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Just a quick one what depth of tillage would you class as min till and what depth would you class maxi till ? And what do people think is the optimum depth where fuel and time are saved but crop performance is not compromised?
Min till isn't really classified as a certain depth. It's more of a method than a depth.
Some people will have their TopDowns and Disc Cordones working at 15 cm. that's still min till. Some people might plough at the same depth.
Min till is more a case of doing a lot less work to get an acceptable seed bed than a traditional plough based system.
I do two passes, 125hp tractor, plough then combidrill using about 12 to 15 litres/ha fuel each time.
To me that's mini till .
My neighbour uses 180hp, does 3 passes with deep cultivator then drills and also calls it mini till.
Min till isn't really classified as a certain depth. It's more of a method than a depth.
Some people will have their TopDowns and Disc Cordones working at 15 cm. that's still min till. Some people might plough at the same depth.
Min till is more a case of doing a lot less work to get an acceptable seed bed than a traditional plough based system.
Wow,
if the plough followed by the combi is your definition of min till, I'd like to see your definition of max till
Plough then combi drill = 2 passes, you don't get any more minimal than that [emoji848]
Well, I guess, if you consider shift'in around 3000 tons of soil per ha as minimal, it is
I on the other hand have another definition.
Which is ? Subsoil, X amount of passes with a cultivator of some kind to make a decent seedbed for a high speed drill then roll, or direct drill
For me min till is one or two fast passes with the carrier/disc press at 2-5cm then drill, but quiet frankly I don't care as I don't do it.
I like to direct drill, but hay,that's me.