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Regen Ag General Discussion
Direct Drilling - Clay soils
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<blockquote data-quote="ajd132" data-source="post: 7234397" data-attributes="member: 4612"><p>It’s gone well this year, we learnt masses last season.</p><p>Winter barley and wheat after cereals straight into stubble look as good as anything in the area.</p><p>Lots of wheat after osr into covers after it got wet. Slugs were an issue for abit when it wouldn’t stop raining but everything is now up in the row looking good.</p><p>We havnt caused soil damage, the plants look healthy. Roots are going deep.</p><p>Yellow belly is the best person to listen to on heavy land no till.</p><p>Obviously still getting comments from people about it looking a ‘mess’ but these are generally from people who will never change their ways no matter how often it is proven to them.</p><p>The no till is really just the tip of the iceberg of a system that needs less synthetic fert and chemical inputs. </p><p>we have always been good on ditches and drainage so this won’t change apart from maybe more often moling, deep cultivation can hide a drainage problem for a few years. </p><p>I have to make this system work. There is no way I could carry on with heavy tillage and abit of ploughing overhead wise, especially now rotations are wider for agronomic reasons. We cannot rely on a farming system that needs so much fertiliser and pesticide either. Bps Going and likely future legislation input wise, aswell as the ever continuing treadmill of resistance suggests to me that the 20th century farming system is no longer fit for purpose. Many seem to have their heads in the sand about this, or don’t actually realise what costs are. </p><p>if we can make it work this well in a season like this on our clay then it can work in any season. Our min till cultivator is now for sale aswell as a big subsoiler.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajd132, post: 7234397, member: 4612"] It’s gone well this year, we learnt masses last season. Winter barley and wheat after cereals straight into stubble look as good as anything in the area. Lots of wheat after osr into covers after it got wet. Slugs were an issue for abit when it wouldn’t stop raining but everything is now up in the row looking good. We havnt caused soil damage, the plants look healthy. Roots are going deep. Yellow belly is the best person to listen to on heavy land no till. Obviously still getting comments from people about it looking a ‘mess’ but these are generally from people who will never change their ways no matter how often it is proven to them. The no till is really just the tip of the iceberg of a system that needs less synthetic fert and chemical inputs. we have always been good on ditches and drainage so this won’t change apart from maybe more often moling, deep cultivation can hide a drainage problem for a few years. I have to make this system work. There is no way I could carry on with heavy tillage and abit of ploughing overhead wise, especially now rotations are wider for agronomic reasons. We cannot rely on a farming system that needs so much fertiliser and pesticide either. Bps Going and likely future legislation input wise, aswell as the ever continuing treadmill of resistance suggests to me that the 20th century farming system is no longer fit for purpose. Many seem to have their heads in the sand about this, or don’t actually realise what costs are. if we can make it work this well in a season like this on our clay then it can work in any season. Our min till cultivator is now for sale aswell as a big subsoiler. [/QUOTE]
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