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- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Yes, at the moment, I plough everything having gone back to it from Min-till.I still plough and the fields are still covered in cobwebs amazing how quickly there made
I agree that the spider webs soon come back after drilling, especially with Rape, because the time between ploughing and drilling is so short.
However, how many more spiderwebs would there be if we hadn’t ploughed?
Our land slumps very easily, which is why ploughing suits this farm best at the moment. All crops establish much better, weed control is vastly superior and yields are much higher here with ploughing, instead of Min-till.
With regards Min-till, it amazes me how many times we tried it, then gave up and went back to ploughed. First, there was the Bomford Superflow and Vicon Jumbo-buster in the 70’s. Then the Haylock Triple in the late 80’s, then the Discordon and Sumo Trio more recently.
Is it all a scam by the Machinery manufacturers to make us spend vast amounts of money?
After 2022, we will all be strongly encouraged to go to NO-till., to continue to get maximum farm support payments that will replace BPS. So we need to look at NO-till. I have to say that I see some surprising benefits to it and although the full benefits of it probably won’t happen for a few years, I think it might work.
Providing, most of all, that we still can use Roundup.
Without which, it’s back to the plough yet again
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