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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7919597" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>If we hadn’t ploughed in the autumn of 2020 we would have drilled no wheat at all. We would have been £24,000 down on gross income from wheat. Not sure we could have withstood that financial loss on our small farm.</p><p>Some advisers would say “oh well, part of the DD philosophy is being able to decide when it’s best to not drill at all.” Well we cannot afford to decide not to drill, and nor can the nation when you look at security of food supply. Ploughing widens the drilling opportunity on heavier land. And actually ploughs don’t do as much cultivation in terms of pulverisation as some of these heavy time based “direct drills”. Ploughs turn soil over, leaving a lot of the structure in tact. That’s why they developed with a mouldboard and share rather than being just a leg and tine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7919597, member: 2119"] If we hadn’t ploughed in the autumn of 2020 we would have drilled no wheat at all. We would have been £24,000 down on gross income from wheat. Not sure we could have withstood that financial loss on our small farm. Some advisers would say “oh well, part of the DD philosophy is being able to decide when it’s best to not drill at all.” Well we cannot afford to decide not to drill, and nor can the nation when you look at security of food supply. Ploughing widens the drilling opportunity on heavier land. And actually ploughs don’t do as much cultivation in terms of pulverisation as some of these heavy time based “direct drills”. Ploughs turn soil over, leaving a lot of the structure in tact. That’s why they developed with a mouldboard and share rather than being just a leg and tine. [/QUOTE]
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