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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7289645" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>its an interesting topic, the lighter soils of the country, are as you say, dead. This is the result of ag practices, created during and after ww2, the nation had to be fed. The lighter soils are showing the results, the heavier soils will follow, in due course. The answer is soil structure, we removed it, to improve, we have to replace it, and it's not difficult, or expensive. In our case, we were suffering drought from dry summers, and looked at reasons why our intensive new leys were not surviving their allotted time, nor giving us the yields we needed to support our dairy herd.</p><p> There are several 'points' that have altered here, ploughing, for one, the inversion of soil, kills worms, soil bacteria and fungii, think back 20/30 years, when you went ploughing in a cloud of seagulls, now ? So, now we use deep tine, followed by p/harrow, or d/drill, neither kill many of the soil 'goodies', and work out cheaper ! We are changing the type of grasses we grow, and from this autumn, are including herbs, all with the aim of increasing soil structure. We are now into year 3, and it is this autumn that the real difference can be seen, after the previous two dry summers, we were left with pathetic looking leys, that required overseeding, for us, this last summer, was the worst, till it started to rain mid sept, everything went into overdrive, and, is still going, we have grass, cut mid october, that could be cut again ! The growth, since the rain, has meant, with a bit of luck, we shall go through the winter, with out buying large amounts of forage. It's not all good news, the f/ing moles are coming back, good, is the fact mushrooms are returning to fields, where they haven't been seen for years ! The best bit, reseeding has dropped down dramatically, which also reflects in our spending plans ! The one other bit we have done, is to leave longer residuals following grazing. All in all, it looks like we are improving our farm, and saving money, and we are very intensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7289645, member: 86168"] its an interesting topic, the lighter soils of the country, are as you say, dead. This is the result of ag practices, created during and after ww2, the nation had to be fed. The lighter soils are showing the results, the heavier soils will follow, in due course. The answer is soil structure, we removed it, to improve, we have to replace it, and it's not difficult, or expensive. In our case, we were suffering drought from dry summers, and looked at reasons why our intensive new leys were not surviving their allotted time, nor giving us the yields we needed to support our dairy herd. There are several 'points' that have altered here, ploughing, for one, the inversion of soil, kills worms, soil bacteria and fungii, think back 20/30 years, when you went ploughing in a cloud of seagulls, now ? So, now we use deep tine, followed by p/harrow, or d/drill, neither kill many of the soil 'goodies', and work out cheaper ! We are changing the type of grasses we grow, and from this autumn, are including herbs, all with the aim of increasing soil structure. We are now into year 3, and it is this autumn that the real difference can be seen, after the previous two dry summers, we were left with pathetic looking leys, that required overseeding, for us, this last summer, was the worst, till it started to rain mid sept, everything went into overdrive, and, is still going, we have grass, cut mid october, that could be cut again ! The growth, since the rain, has meant, with a bit of luck, we shall go through the winter, with out buying large amounts of forage. It's not all good news, the f/ing moles are coming back, good, is the fact mushrooms are returning to fields, where they haven't been seen for years ! The best bit, reseeding has dropped down dramatically, which also reflects in our spending plans ! The one other bit we have done, is to leave longer residuals following grazing. All in all, it looks like we are improving our farm, and saving money, and we are very intensive. [/QUOTE]
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