An me coz I like plooinResearch was commissioned by Kverneland, lemken and overum...
@delilah I told you so
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Ivan was messing about with that thing in the late 70's - single furrow on the back of a MF 185 I think it was, took a while to plough a field.
The double digger though only cultivated the subsoil, it left it under the topsoil where it belongs.
No worries, not heard of the double digger before seeing this thread. You learn something every day on the FF.
Blame my father for a lot of reclaimed land in North Lincs next to the River Humber with the War-Ag crawler and plough.
www.agric.wa.gov.au
They are talking about ploughing an actual desert in that article!16 inches would be hard to avhieve mist places i would guess, I know There's not much grou d around here that can be safely ploughed deeper than 8 or 9 inches. Either because its to close to shale or stone or clay .
Anyway
Soil inversion to ameliorate soil water repellence | Agriculture and Food
One-off soil inversion results in the complete burial of the water repellent topsoil in a layer typically at a depth of 15 to 35 cm, and brings to the surface a layer of wettable subsoil. Other benefits include burial of herbicide resistant weed seeds, removal of compaction, improved access to...
Yes To you and I , a large part of Australian arable ground would look a bit like desert.
