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Is ploughing bad ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Timbo1080" data-source="post: 7855850" data-attributes="member: 3693"><p>Historically, our plough established crops were crap, used epic amounts of slug pellets, heroic amounts of chemicals & stupid amounts of diesel, way more machinery and time, with a narrow window for drilling & very little wearing metal.</p><p>Scratch Til crops were good, regular slug pellet use, about the same chemical use as ploughing, far less time and diesel, very little wearing metal, and a slightly wider drilling window over ploughing (generally due to being able to drill much faster).</p><p>Our No-Til crops are very good by comparison, we very seldom use pellets, have often not used pre-ems, can drill during all months of the year, use about 2/3rs the volume of Glyphosate as we did when ploughing. We no longer have a rotation…..we just drill whatever is appropriate for the specific field at the time. We would never have used 2nd wheats when we ploughed, but, as it happens, this year we have some 3rd, 5th and a 7th wheat. Never seen take all (yet?!), and never had a Mycotoxin problem. But we do have a very high %age of Clay, and it would appear to be pretty fungal.</p><p>I’m happy carry on as I am. Still have a plough, but only use it on contracted land if a customer demands it, which is rare.</p><p>I’m not sure that the article salesman know the difference between humus, specifically, and the general term of Organic Matter.</p><p>As AJD mentioned….why would anyone change the sampling methodology dependant on the system?! Bizarre.</p><p>Soil pits here, also show significantly greater root mass (by visual assessment), at far greater depths than under the plough.</p><p>As mentioned also, before….A Shite plough based system can yield different results to a good one, and likewise with No-Til, or any other system. The world is littered with examples of every single system being better than all others.</p><p>That’s what I find so enjoyable about farming….there are so many ways to skin a cat, and it’s up to you to do as you see fit.</p><p></p><p>Out of interest, if the KV article said that ploughing is the worst thing in the world, would you believe it? And would you change anything as a result?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timbo1080, post: 7855850, member: 3693"] Historically, our plough established crops were crap, used epic amounts of slug pellets, heroic amounts of chemicals & stupid amounts of diesel, way more machinery and time, with a narrow window for drilling & very little wearing metal. Scratch Til crops were good, regular slug pellet use, about the same chemical use as ploughing, far less time and diesel, very little wearing metal, and a slightly wider drilling window over ploughing (generally due to being able to drill much faster). Our No-Til crops are very good by comparison, we very seldom use pellets, have often not used pre-ems, can drill during all months of the year, use about 2/3rs the volume of Glyphosate as we did when ploughing. We no longer have a rotation…..we just drill whatever is appropriate for the specific field at the time. We would never have used 2nd wheats when we ploughed, but, as it happens, this year we have some 3rd, 5th and a 7th wheat. Never seen take all (yet?!), and never had a Mycotoxin problem. But we do have a very high %age of Clay, and it would appear to be pretty fungal. I’m happy carry on as I am. Still have a plough, but only use it on contracted land if a customer demands it, which is rare. I’m not sure that the article salesman know the difference between humus, specifically, and the general term of Organic Matter. As AJD mentioned….why would anyone change the sampling methodology dependant on the system?! Bizarre. Soil pits here, also show significantly greater root mass (by visual assessment), at far greater depths than under the plough. As mentioned also, before….A Shite plough based system can yield different results to a good one, and likewise with No-Til, or any other system. The world is littered with examples of every single system being better than all others. That’s what I find so enjoyable about farming….there are so many ways to skin a cat, and it’s up to you to do as you see fit. Out of interest, if the KV article said that ploughing is the worst thing in the world, would you believe it? And would you change anything as a result? [/QUOTE]
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