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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7136792" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>well put. We, as farmers, seem to be firmly attached to ploughs, yet, we know the huge damage they can do, as well as the benefits. Many soils, on poorer land, are becoming 'sterile', to bring those, and to halt the decline, of more, we have to rebuild soil structure, continues ploughing often destroys it. On livestock farms, it's less obvious, but still kills worms, fungi and other 'goodies' present in the soil, all of which, can seriously help profit ! Ploughing isn't going to stop, at the right time, huge benefits can be had, turning in FYM etc. But, min-til, direct drilling, are the way forward, just because it's never really caught on, in the UK, doesn't mean it shouldn't. We are getting very good results, using tines, at whatever depth is needed, to get rid of any panning, it's not perfect, but you leave a lot of the worms etc, alive/active, which ploughing kills. We are seeing mushrooms, where we haven't for 20/30 years, or more. Modern d/drills are very good, at correct placement of seed, and make a lot simpler job of reseeding, and a lot cheaper too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7136792, member: 86168"] well put. We, as farmers, seem to be firmly attached to ploughs, yet, we know the huge damage they can do, as well as the benefits. Many soils, on poorer land, are becoming 'sterile', to bring those, and to halt the decline, of more, we have to rebuild soil structure, continues ploughing often destroys it. On livestock farms, it's less obvious, but still kills worms, fungi and other 'goodies' present in the soil, all of which, can seriously help profit ! Ploughing isn't going to stop, at the right time, huge benefits can be had, turning in FYM etc. But, min-til, direct drilling, are the way forward, just because it's never really caught on, in the UK, doesn't mean it shouldn't. We are getting very good results, using tines, at whatever depth is needed, to get rid of any panning, it's not perfect, but you leave a lot of the worms etc, alive/active, which ploughing kills. We are seeing mushrooms, where we haven't for 20/30 years, or more. Modern d/drills are very good, at correct placement of seed, and make a lot simpler job of reseeding, and a lot cheaper too. [/QUOTE]
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