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Just wondering if you could get a higher return per acre in the south with higher land utility.

 

Yes, it does work. There are some things that you have to consider when you are double cropping, however.
1. What kind of moisture will your crop demand next year? If it is a crop that puts a higher demand on moisture in the following year, go for a lighter demanding second crop.
2. What kind of root structure does the first crop have, shallow or deep? If you are double cropping into a grass plant, go with a deep rooted plant the will get moisture from where the other plant didn’t. I know in Kansas, Sunflowers are an option because the go get water up to 30 ft down.
3. Do you have no-till equipment? Can you get it? In a dry climate requires no-till at least on the second time. Either rent or secure that.
Does it pay? Yes, going by my figuring here in the extreme north here is what a soybean and wheat rotation will do financially.
Soybean- 45 (average farm yield)bushel per acre @ 8 dollar net profit. Is 360 dollars an acre.
Sp. Wheat- 30 bushels ( half of full season yield) @ 3 dollar profit. Is 90 dollars an acre,
360 + 90= 450 acre net profit.

 

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There is alot of double-cropping going on in the southern U.S., but not cotton where I’m at. Maybe farther south. Our farmers will plant corn, harvest it in the fall then plant wheat, harvest it in June, and plant a shorter season corn. Milo will work also with less irrigation, but less options for weed control. There is alot of wheat following cotton, if it is stripped early enough.

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