Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

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Retraceh

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• Jan 4, 2015

• #661

farmgrant said:

Please can someone post some photos of some autumn drilled cereals that have gone in with a Mzuri Pro-Til?

I love the concept, and there are heaps of videos on YouTube of them working, but I can't say any of the pictures posted here have been of particularly healthy looking crops. They all look rather patchy and thin compared to other systems.

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Some wheat drilled into sprayed off grass. Did it for a neighbour as a trial and went back today. Drilled around the beginning of October. Went in really well odd lumps of torn turf but once rolled was fine. No slug pellets were added. Was pleased with how it has come through.

 

Rob Holmes

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Ashbourne, Derbyshire

• Jan 4, 2015

• #662

Retraceh said:

Some wheat drilled into sprayed off grass. Did it for a neighbour as a trial and went back today. Drilled around the beginning of October. Went in really well odd lumps of torn turf but once rolled was fine. No slug pellets were added. Was pleased with how it has come through. View attachment 97132

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So did we, see above link....

 

average farmer

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North Notts

• Jan 15, 2015

• #663

some pics of some tower barley sown at a pretty high seed rate in some nice soil first week of november last pic taken last week.

 

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strip-till-phil

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DN5

• Jan 15, 2015

• #664

Spin em round for us Iv'e got a bad neck

 

average farmer

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North Notts

• Jan 15, 2015

• #665

Believe me Phil i've fliped these pics around from Iphone to johns iphone to my pictures to on here. Always got on ok off the the camera, I'm not even going to bother anymore tonight,

Pleased with how it looks from the field, Drilled with the V drill after a quick pass with the carrier.

 

strip-till-phil

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DN5

• Jan 15, 2015

• #666

average farmer said:

Pleased with how it looks from the field, Drilled with the V drill after a quick pass with the carrier.

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Yes it looks well mate

 

Devon James

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Devon

• Feb 4, 2015

• #667

This is winter wheat claydoned in the autumn into a westerwold ley. Was actually a home brew cover crop mix grazed last winter then cut x3 before wheat. Slight mistake with the last cut and seeds dropped out which didnt germinate in the dry september but the post em has done a good job

 

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Cows 'n grass

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Modbury, South Devon

• Feb 6, 2015

• #668

Thought I'd just put a picture if my calves on kale on here to give the soil structure gurus some sleepless nights!

(I actually love the dd section and hope to make a general move away from ploughing, but not after kale)

 

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Baling Hay

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• Feb 6, 2015

• #669

Cows 'n grass said:

Thought I'd just put a picture if my calves on kale on here to give the soil structure gurus some sleepless nights!View attachment 111980

(I actually love the dd section and hope to make a general move away from ploughing, but not after kale)

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Surely some forward facing tines would be a better option for that than a plough?

 

Cows 'n grass

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Modbury, South Devon

• Feb 7, 2015

• #670

Steakeater said:

Surely some forward facing tines would be a better option for that than a plough?

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I'm open to suggestions. Last year we went through with an old shakeaerator then just once over with the power harrow to make a tilth but I wasn't entirely happy with the result.

 

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Baling Hay

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• Feb 7, 2015

• #671

Cows 'n grass said:

I'm open to suggestions. Last year we went through with an old shakeaerator then just once over with the power harrow to make a tilth but I wasn't entirely happy with the result.

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When we outwintered back in N.Ireland we just hit it with a spring tine harrow usually twice. The tines break the compaction caused by the trampling.

 

Dan Powell

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Shropshire

• Feb 7, 2015

• #672

Cows 'n grass said:

Thought I'd just put a picture if my calves on kale on here to give the soil structure gurus some sleepless nights!View attachment 111980

(I actually love the dd section and hope to make a general move away from ploughing, but not after kale)

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@BSH does this within a DD rotation I believe?

 

BSH

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Romsey, Hampshire

• Feb 7, 2015

• #673

I do graze hybrid forage rape/kale in a DD situation. I am going to tweak the system a little for next season following a visit by Dr Dwayne Beck but find that it is possible to outwinter cattle on forage crops and still DD.

 

Dan Powell

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Shropshire

• Feb 7, 2015

• #674

BSH said:

I do graze hybrid forage rape/kale in a DD situation. I am going to tweak the system a little for next season following a visit by Dr Dwayne Beck but find that it is possible to outwinter cattle on forage crops and still DD.

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Richard, what are you going to change? I'm looking to increase my cattle numbers and try to extend the grazing season, but not sure if brassicas are the answer here. Mainly youngstock, not cows though.

 

BSH

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Romsey, Hampshire

• Feb 7, 2015

• #675

I would like to include oats either black or ordinary or maybe rye so that I can have some increased root structure to knit the soil together a bit better after grazing. I do get regrowth of the forage kale/rape but I was impressed with the regrowth I got last year after grazing off the DSV cover crop I trialed last year. I got a secong grazing off the black oats in the spring after grazing the cover in early feb. I was worried about not having enough forage over the winter, but hope that a combo of extending the grazing season a little thanks to the mob grazed grass area and then getting more than one grazing out of the covercrop area I should be ok. Also by having a slightly lower brassica component the stocking density will be lower which will be a benefit. I am tied to having a strong brassica component as I have the area in an HLS agreement for overwinter brassicas. Not quite sure how far I can push this with NE.

 

BSH

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Romsey, Hampshire

• Feb 7, 2015

• #676

It is also worth stating that when the brassica is DD the ground holds up much better than when cultivated. I also find that the only lasting damage from this system is from taking machinery into the field so avoid this by pre placing bales etc.

 

Cows 'n grass

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Modbury, South Devon

• Feb 7, 2015

• #677

I completely agree with this. We had one really wet week at the calves were looking a bit sorry for themselves so I sent someone out to put out a few hay bales to supplement the swift and placed bales and the ruts from the tractor are far far worse than the mess made by the calves.

 

Cows 'n grass

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Modbury, South Devon

• Feb 7, 2015

• #678

A bit off topic for dd photo gallery but back in September October i thought my swift was looking fantastic but then a lot of in fell over at the end of November and utilization is far lower in these areas. Why would this be? Is it normal?

Swift, sown 1st July, picture in mid sept

It had 1cwt of 40:0:0:8 in the seed bed and a lot of slurry.

 

BSH

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Romsey, Hampshire

• Feb 7, 2015

• #679

Not sure why that would be. Maybe @Great In Grass could comment?

 

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SilliamWhale

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Does it matter anymore how far WalterP is from me?

• Feb 7, 2015

• #680

Cows 'n grass said:

Thought I'd just put a picture if my calves on kale on here to give the soil structure gurus some sleepless nights!View attachment 111980

(I actually love the dd section and hope to make a general move away from ploughing, but not after kale)

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did you plough for the kale?