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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Regen Ag General Discussion
Building resilience in heavy soils
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<blockquote data-quote="yellow belly" data-source="post: 7234046" data-attributes="member: 305"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/direct-drilling-clay-soils.331339/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>2019 did not drill any crops after 23 september because it was too wet (by 30 september we would have ben drilled up )</p><p>2020 completed drilling on 2nd october fortunately it did not rain on fields where autumn planting was planned </p><p></p><p>no till on heavy land since 2012 bigdisc now a gd</p><p>did some direct drilling before that with a moore drill</p><p></p><p>mole drain regularly use gps to add new moles between the old ones (ahdb has a very good webenar )</p><p>heaviest fields are always dryer after mole draining</p><p>i do it in the spring after drilling a spring barley or spring bean crop or before a late april planted crop</p><p></p><p>controlled traffic with grain trailers on tramlines only</p><p>use wider drill at slower speeds</p><p></p><p>drill autumn crops early last week of september here </p><p></p><p>but most important do not drill when it is too wet the drill may go but it is not right to drill</p><p>dont worry about the neighbours notill never looks a good from the road</p><p>remember the grass is always greener over the fence</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yellow belly, post: 7234046, member: 305"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/direct-drilling-clay-soils.331339/[/URL] 2019 did not drill any crops after 23 september because it was too wet (by 30 september we would have ben drilled up ) 2020 completed drilling on 2nd october fortunately it did not rain on fields where autumn planting was planned no till on heavy land since 2012 bigdisc now a gd did some direct drilling before that with a moore drill mole drain regularly use gps to add new moles between the old ones (ahdb has a very good webenar ) heaviest fields are always dryer after mole draining i do it in the spring after drilling a spring barley or spring bean crop or before a late april planted crop controlled traffic with grain trailers on tramlines only use wider drill at slower speeds drill autumn crops early last week of september here but most important do not drill when it is too wet the drill may go but it is not right to drill dont worry about the neighbours notill never looks a good from the road remember the grass is always greener over the fence [/QUOTE]
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