Chips
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- Location
- Shropshire
I know being from plough manufacturer they have a vested interest but an interesting read .
Is ploughing bad ?
- Thread starter Chips
- Start date
- Location
- Essex
Salesman or scientist?
- Location
- Essex
Yes and part of the cause of it.
No. 4000 years can't be bad........
- Location
- Scotland
Pretty small speck in the earth's lifespan so far.
Ploughing releases carbon.
End of story.
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Hand on heart The plough still is & always will be by far the best start too the next cereal crop in the ground thats just my thoughts.
I do now however use some less invasive cultivation methods for different reasons to est some of the crops here on a yearly basis.
All those who think otherwise can please themselves. this is just my working life spent on the same area of land & working with the weather
season after season & seeing first hand what works best.
I do now however use some less invasive cultivation methods for different reasons to est some of the crops here on a yearly basis.
All those who think otherwise can please themselves. this is just my working life spent on the same area of land & working with the weather
season after season & seeing first hand what works best.
Helps produce good crops though. I’ve seen more failed/ poor no till , which has got to be a waste of resources .
grainboy
Member
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Ploughing or an array of chemical, know what I would choose:
should think chemicals, have done more damage than any amount of ploughing, and yes I was spray contacting for 20 yrs,
should think chemicals, have done more damage than any amount of ploughing, and yes I was spray contacting for 20 yrs,
- Location
- Scotland
What extra 'array' of chemicals are you using on direct drilling??
What are the flaws in their argument?
grainboy
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
Multi doses of Glyophosate, black grass control etc.
Main reason I don’t plough is because it’s expensive and rarely achieves a more profitable crop from our experience. The crops look better in the winter then no yield difference. It also creates the need for more cultivation the next year and creates a much higher fixed cost base. This is on our soil type anyway. Saying that I did get a contractor to plough 40ha this year (long story).
High prices now I should probably buy a plough for next year and burn up the carbon from years of direct drilling and get an absolute mega crop!
High prices now I should probably buy a plough for next year and burn up the carbon from years of direct drilling and get an absolute mega crop!
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
No tools or resources are "bad", but anything too easy can be abused and abuse IS bad, you can abuse pasture with cows if there isn't enough time between grazings and that's about as "natural" as things can be
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I get more yield and use fewer sprays when I plough. Ploughing takes more time and has higher costs. Ploughed land will soak the rain away more quickly - this has been shown even comparing adjacent fields one with 6 percent Om low input permanent (14 years) grass Vs 2 percent Om ploughed cereal land.
Ploughing is more likely to take heavy rain in October and still get drilled. Non plough is more likely to produce a finer seedbed in the end and is better for getting small seeds growing.
Ploughing is more likely to result in a "chocolate pudding" in spring and at harvest whereas non plough will be much firmer.
Ploughing is more likely to take heavy rain in October and still get drilled. Non plough is more likely to produce a finer seedbed in the end and is better for getting small seeds growing.
Ploughing is more likely to result in a "chocolate pudding" in spring and at harvest whereas non plough will be much firmer.