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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Bullock" data-source="post: 1689420" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>We have owned a direct drill for 17 years and hired them in for several year prior to then. And yes our soils did improve and we were seeing all of the benefits that many of the contributors to this thread (and forum) have described. However the wheels fell of the wagon in 2007/2010 (wet late harvests) and again in 2012... If the weather goes against you have to press the re-set button and make some adjustments to your system. Rotation is essential if you are to be a successful no-tiller but if that is disrupted you might just have to do some cultivations to replace the benefits of a balanced rotation. We have been using cover crops since the mid eighties and they are only as good as the soil that they are planted into...its a total myth that by planting some expensive seed you are going to deal with all of your soil structure problems... plant a cover crop into a decent soil and you will see many benefits, but plant it into a compacted dead soil and it will be like any other crop.. it will not come up with the goods.</p><p>Our soils are not that as heavy as Simon C's but they contain high levels of silt which makes them run together in a wet year. The only land which we have managed to continuously direct drill over the last 18 years has been some of our heaviest, probably because it has a proper up-to-date drainage system.</p><p>I am 100% in favour of no-till/direct-drilling and all of the concepts surrounding Conservation Agriculture but it does worry me that some believe its going to the solution to all of their cropping problems... it's just a piece in the jig-saw..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Bullock, post: 1689420, member: 97"] We have owned a direct drill for 17 years and hired them in for several year prior to then. And yes our soils did improve and we were seeing all of the benefits that many of the contributors to this thread (and forum) have described. However the wheels fell of the wagon in 2007/2010 (wet late harvests) and again in 2012... If the weather goes against you have to press the re-set button and make some adjustments to your system. Rotation is essential if you are to be a successful no-tiller but if that is disrupted you might just have to do some cultivations to replace the benefits of a balanced rotation. We have been using cover crops since the mid eighties and they are only as good as the soil that they are planted into...its a total myth that by planting some expensive seed you are going to deal with all of your soil structure problems... plant a cover crop into a decent soil and you will see many benefits, but plant it into a compacted dead soil and it will be like any other crop.. it will not come up with the goods. Our soils are not that as heavy as Simon C's but they contain high levels of silt which makes them run together in a wet year. The only land which we have managed to continuously direct drill over the last 18 years has been some of our heaviest, probably because it has a proper up-to-date drainage system. I am 100% in favour of no-till/direct-drilling and all of the concepts surrounding Conservation Agriculture but it does worry me that some believe its going to the solution to all of their cropping problems... it's just a piece in the jig-saw.. [/QUOTE]
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