Why are Velcourt not direct/zero drilling on a large scale?

Fish

Member
Location
North yorkshire
As above, as I thought they made themselves out to be a progressive farming business. :scratchhead:
This seems to be a popular misconception on here, to go DD/ no till you have to be farming a gazillion acres, which of course is very far from reality.
Most of the DD/ no tillers I know personally, in fact I would say all of the DD/ no till farms I know , are family owned and run, in the 500-1000 acre class.
 

puntabrava

Member
Location
Wiltshire
This seems to be a popular misconception on here, to go DD/ no till you have to be farming a gazillion acres, which of course is very far from reality.
Most of the DD/ no tillers I know personally, in fact I would say all of the DD/ no till farms I know , are family owned and run, in the 500-1000 acre class and care not for much work..
I have sorted that post for you
Funnily enough a few of the spoilt little brats returning from their world travels that I know of are fully embracing the ‘let’s all be done in a week farming’.
Hell what do Velcourt know.
🙄
 

Two Tone

Member
Mixed Farmer
As above, as I thought they made themselves out to be a progressive farming business. :scratchhead:
Velcourt are a well respected organisation that offer a service to land owners. I have several friends who are former Velcourt managers. The prime directive is to make money for Velcourt and not necessarily for the client’s maximum advantage.
I suspect that with the ending of BPS, Velcourt will be forced to adopt Zero-till a lot more in future.
 

Pilatus

Member
Location
cotswolds
Velcourt are a well respected organisation that offer a service to land owners. I have several friends who are former Velcourt managers. The prime directive is to make money for Velcourt and not necessarily for the client’s maximum advantage.
I suspect that with the ending of BPS, Velcourt will be forced to adopt Zero-till a lot more in future.
That’s what I thought.
When contract farming large blocks of arable land on family estates with trustees to keep financially happy, one surely can can’t cast aside a crop
establishment system that is less risky than D/D,certainly a case of “horses for courses” on the varying soil types Velcourt farm on a large scale. From what some posts say Velcourt is adapting D/D but very
cautiously.
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
In a previous life as a contract farmer I was told in no uncertain terms I would not be direct drilling. That was an international land agency. I fully expect as trends have changed that they will now be masturbating vigourously over the new Horsch / whatever offering, whereas at the time when I suggested drilling cereals with the mzuri it was greeted with the same reaction as if I'd shat in their mouths.
 

Ffermer Bach

Member
Livestock Farmer
Velcourt are a well respected organisation that offer a service to land owners. I have several friends who are former Velcourt managers. The prime directive is to make money for Velcourt and not necessarily for the client’s maximum advantage.
I suspect that with the ending of BPS, Velcourt will be forced to adopt Zero-till a lot more in future.
in this book (years since I read it), he says, the land in Italy was impoverished (during the Roman times), by large land owners using managers, who were only interested/measured by their profits each season, not how the land was in 10 or more years, hence, "mining" the fertility of the soil.

 

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