Is anybody practicing strip tip in Scotland or Northern England successfully in a rotation with potatoes. Currently ploughing everything and drilling with a power harrow drill, except sometimes just deep cultivation after potatoes.
I believe @Colin did have a claydon.
Interested from a soil conservation point of view and mostly for time saving as I do most of the ploughing and drilling myself.
Currently have a 6 or 7 year rotation. Something like pots, ww(or sb), wb, wosr, ww, sb.
The biggest issue I can see is getting stone rows mixed back through soil profile without ploughing after potatoes. Would there be any benefit running a strip till drill and still ploughing before and after potatoes.
Renting ground for potatoes and renting our store provide a good reliable income which is needed in years like this one.
We also apply cattle dung 2 or 3 years out of every rotation and have a little grass for silage.
Cropping approx 400ac of combinables.
Thanks
I believe @Colin did have a claydon.
Interested from a soil conservation point of view and mostly for time saving as I do most of the ploughing and drilling myself.
Currently have a 6 or 7 year rotation. Something like pots, ww(or sb), wb, wosr, ww, sb.
The biggest issue I can see is getting stone rows mixed back through soil profile without ploughing after potatoes. Would there be any benefit running a strip till drill and still ploughing before and after potatoes.
Renting ground for potatoes and renting our store provide a good reliable income which is needed in years like this one.
We also apply cattle dung 2 or 3 years out of every rotation and have a little grass for silage.
Cropping approx 400ac of combinables.
Thanks