Will we be ploughing for re seeding in the future?

Derrick Hughes · Apr 24, 2021

7610 super q said:
Yes, I've often wondered about the carbon footprint of producing a 9 ton Fendt and no till drill..
Not against it BTW, it's just the cost of change. In the present climate I would need to be given a drill FOC for it to stack up.

Why buy one . £27/acre . Job done

Dave6170 · Apr 24, 2021

Can someone explain how the carbon is released by ploughing? Is it in gas form?
The carbon held in OM is going nowhere

Scholsey · Apr 24, 2021

What will happen when glyphosate and similar chemicals have been taken away? Hot/cold climates will be less effected as winter kills weeds/previous crop residues.

Hilly · Apr 24, 2021

Scholsey said:
What will happen when glyphosate and similar chemicals have been taken away? Hot/cold climates will be less effected as winter kills weeds/previous crop residues.

Next to no change for mixed farms.

Treg · Apr 24, 2021

7610 super q said:
Yes we will. 4000 years of proper farming won't be erased that easily.
Meanwhile a 747 spaffs 36,000 gallons of fuel in 12 hours.

Right you pack it in , you cannot bring leisure pursuits into Global emissions, going on holiday and rubbing the poorest people's nose in it is one of the bonuses of being born in the west.

vantage · Apr 24, 2021

Clive said:
a brown field ot like a piece of unpainted metal, unprotected and rusting (oxidising) away. As you point out as much as 3t:ha of carbon released when what we should be doing is sequestering that kind of qty each year instead ...... and being paid for this unique and valuable service only we can offer !

thats before the effects of unstable soils eroding and leaching nutrition is considered

crazy to even consider doing it in 2021 or that its still legal given the clear present state of our climate

Apparently the “Park Grass” ecological experiment, run at Rothamstead Research, since 1856, reckons peak carbon capture was 100 years ago, not a lot being caught now. The study is published in BMC Biology. Just read an extract from our local farming paper, “Wales Farmer”.

john432 · Apr 24, 2021

I thought that carbon dioxide is needed in order for plants to produce carbohydrates and starch etc. So if there is very little ( it's a tiny fraction of 1 percent at the moment I believe) available, how does my King Edward get to grow?

john432 · Apr 24, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
Why buy one . £27/acre . Job done View attachment 956550

Seen a lot of disappointment with drilling, much more than ploughing and a proper reseed.

hoff135 · Apr 24, 2021

Hilly said:
If we are not it will be regulation by loonatics not choice .

Yes I meant either being banned or being paid not to plough permanent leys

Greythundercloudys · Apr 24, 2021

What if you've rushy ground, plough is the only answer there.

serf · Apr 24, 2021

7610 super q said:
Yes we will. 4000 years of proper farming won't be erased that easily.
Meanwhile a 747 spaffs 36,000 gallons of fuel in 12 hours.

Ahh but but but ...
that is the masses going on holiday so that is OK and a worthy cause ....

serf · Apr 24, 2021

hoff135 said:
Yes I meant either being banned or being paid not to plough permanent leys

Best get them all turned up to temp grass now while you can , thats what we doing, prob be locked into PP forever else knowing this green nonsense

serf · Apr 24, 2021

Scholsey said:
What will happen when glyphosate and similar chemicals have been taken away? Hot/cold climates will be less effected as winter kills weeds/previous crop residues.

Should think there would be a lot of IBC s get filled with it if it gets banned ......

Hilly · Apr 24, 2021

Greythundercloudys said:
What if you've rushy ground, plough is the only answer there.

DrWazzock · Apr 24, 2021

Levelling out rabbit Warrens and mole hills is one reason we plough for reseeds.
If it’s level, then yes we’d contemplate direct drilling.

AJ123 · Apr 24, 2021

Sorry, stupid question, how does ploughing release co2?

M-J-G · Apr 24, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
If they had spent more time on the land rather than learning how to spell dinosaur then perhaps they would understand it better. Or maybe they are stuck in the mud caused by ploughing

Yeah it is a tricky one that would take quite a bit of time alright

Anyway these days you can Google that spelling while driving up a field, and besides most people learned the likes at school.

Are your grass seed growers ploughing?

hoff135 · Apr 24, 2021

serf said:
Best get them all turned up to temp grass now while you can , thats what we doing, prob be locked into PP forever else knowing this green nonsense

Yes done a fair bit of that at home in the past 5 years. Partly wondering because I do a bit of contract re seeding so wondering if there will be anyone doing it in future. I guess if livestock farming gets hammered it will knock it on the head.

jondear · Apr 24, 2021

7610 super q said:
Yes we will. 4000 years of proper farming won't be erased that easily.
Meanwhile a 747 spaffs 36,000 gallons of fuel in 12 hours.

They are all parked up now in aeroplane graveYard!

Scholsey · Apr 24, 2021

Derrick Hughes said:
If they had spent more time on the land rather than learning how to spell dinosaur then perhaps they would understand it better. Or maybe they are stuck in the mud caused by ploughing

M-J-G said:
Yeah you can Google that while driving up a field, and besides most people learned the likes at school.

Are your grass seed growers ploughing?

Take it you dont have many organic customers?

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