Graham A.B Edwards
New Member
It was 42+years ago that Rolf Derpsch started to explain that FARMING has to change from ploughing ro CA-No-,Tillage at all.
It was 42+ years ago that Frank Lessiter established his no-till newsletter in USA & USA now has 35.6 million hectares under the no-till farming system of CA.
During these 42+ years the ploughing system has been predominent........across the entire farming world.so that Ploughing & maximum versatility {of the farm tractor} has become the rule rather than the exception
Now that UK farmers are begining to think ,about the zero-tillage farming system we can,if we wish.learn from the long experience of others................................about CA from FAO & ECAF & No-Till as most farmers call it.
You and others in farming in UK do not seem to understand that "if there is no Ploughing or Rotovating in the CA system & there is a great deal less work of a different kind to do."..........it should NOT be surprising if a new tractor concept is NEEDED.............for a completely new & different FARMING system........compared to ploughing.
Of course .planning & thinking are pre-requisites of no-till & frankly,not many farmers in UK are yet thinking far enough ahead..........evidenced by solitary direct seeding,no thought about the soil-health,little regard for cover crops & not thinking at all about crop-rotation.
Revolutions take time even in CAMBRIDGESHIRE.& I look forward to a significantly long explanation of why you are not thinking about CA & working towards it in a holistic way G.....
It was 42+ years ago that Frank Lessiter established his no-till newsletter in USA & USA now has 35.6 million hectares under the no-till farming system of CA.
During these 42+ years the ploughing system has been predominent........across the entire farming world.so that Ploughing & maximum versatility {of the farm tractor} has become the rule rather than the exception
Now that UK farmers are begining to think ,about the zero-tillage farming system we can,if we wish.learn from the long experience of others................................about CA from FAO & ECAF & No-Till as most farmers call it.
You and others in farming in UK do not seem to understand that "if there is no Ploughing or Rotovating in the CA system & there is a great deal less work of a different kind to do."..........it should NOT be surprising if a new tractor concept is NEEDED.............for a completely new & different FARMING system........compared to ploughing.
Of course .planning & thinking are pre-requisites of no-till & frankly,not many farmers in UK are yet thinking far enough ahead..........evidenced by solitary direct seeding,no thought about the soil-health,little regard for cover crops & not thinking at all about crop-rotation.
Revolutions take time even in CAMBRIDGESHIRE.& I look forward to a significantly long explanation of why you are not thinking about CA & working towards it in a holistic way G.....