Maybe ploughing is the answer?

[onesiedale]

According to the Irish experts, 16" deep too!

Ploughing grass could result in the sequestration of more carbon

New research from Teagasc has shown that deep ploughing of grassland could result in 1t/ha more carbon being sequestered on reseeded grassland.

www.farmersjournal.ie

 

[deere 6600]

Maybes aye maybes naw

 

[DanM]

Research was commissioned by Kverneland, lemken and overum...

 

[deere 6600]

Research was commissioned by Kverneland, lemken and overum...

An me coz I like plooin

 

[DRC]

@delilah I told you so

 

[delilah]

@delilah I told you so

er, I thought I told you so .
There is nothing wrong our side of the farm gate.
The SFI as it stands will never see full scale roll-out. It can't, it is fundamentally flawed.

 

[delilah]

Ahead of its time ?

https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=4128

 

[Pan mixer]

Ahead of its time ?

https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=4128

Ivan was messing about with that thing in the late 70's - single furrow on the back of a MF 185 I think it was, took a while to plough a field.

 

[clbarclay]

I have enough areas where subsoil has been brought up over the years (digging trenches etc.) and definitely not about to try bring up more of it to replacing my topsoil. One lot of apparent madness from not ploughing is quite enough.

 

[EddieB]

It's certainly an interesting idea, although I am not sure that carbon sequestration is about effectively locking away the biologically active layer of your soil away 16" below ground. Carbon is continually cycled and I would guess that the best long term sequestration is achieved through increasing that cycling by building up microbiological activity and populations.

 

[Pan mixer]

It's certainly an interesting idea, although I am not sure that carbon sequestration is about effectively locking away the biologically active layer of your soil away 16" below ground. Carbon is continually cycled and I would guess that the best long term sequestration is achieved through increasing that cycling by building up microbiological activity and populations.

The double digger though only cultivated the subsoil, it left it under the topsoil where it belongs.

 

[EddieB]

This was the part of the article that gave the impression that topsoil was being buried...
“Teagasc has stated that ploughing to 40cm (16 inches) results in carbon-rich top soil being deposited to lower levels of the soil, which protects carbon stocks.”

 

[delilah]

This was the part of the article that gave the impression that topsoil was being buried...
“Teagasc has stated that ploughing to 40cm (16 inches) results in carbon-rich top soil being deposited to lower levels of the soil, which protects carbon stocks.”

Yes, sorry, my fault for posting the article about the double digger, two different processes at play, I was just reminded of it by this talk of deep ploughing.

 

[EddieB]

Yes, sorry, my fault for posting the article about the double digger, two different processes at play, I was just reminded of it by this talk of deep ploughing.

No worries, not heard of the double digger before seeing this thread. You learn something every day on the FF.

 

[Pan mixer]

Deep ploughing using steam engines and prompted by War-Ag in 1944 really messed up a field of heavy clay next to my farm, it hasn't really recovered yet

 

[renewablejohn]

Deep ploughing using steam engines and prompted by War-Ag in 1944 really messed up a field of heavy clay next to my farm, it hasn't really recovered yet

Blame my father for a lot of reclaimed land in North Lincs next to the River Humber with the War-Ag crawler and plough.

 

[yellow belly]

Deep ploughing mixing high clay with the more loamy top soil ruined Many heavy fields and necessitated the need of a power Harrow and soil loosener

traditionall ploughing was shallow just deep enough to burry the weed seeds
The most important lesson learnt is never work land when it is too wet most farmers have to get it wrong to learn their lesson some just never learn

 

[Bury the Trash]

16 inches would be hard to avhieve mist places i would guess, I know There's not much grou d around here that can be safely ploughed deeper than 8 or 9 inches. Either because its to close to shale or stone or clay .

Anyway

Soil inversion to ameliorate soil water repellence | Agriculture and Food

One-off soil inversion results in the complete burial of the water repellent topsoil in a layer typically at a depth of 15 to 35 cm, and brings to the surface a layer of wettable subsoil. Other benefits include burial of herbicide resistant weed seeds, removal of compaction, improved access to...

www.agric.wa.gov.au

 

[ajd132]

16 inches would be hard to avhieve mist places i would guess, I know There's not much grou d around here that can be safely ploughed deeper than 8 or 9 inches. Either because its to close to shale or stone or clay .

Anyway

Soil inversion to ameliorate soil water repellence | Agriculture and Food

One-off soil inversion results in the complete burial of the water repellent topsoil in a layer typically at a depth of 15 to 35 cm, and brings to the surface a layer of wettable subsoil. Other benefits include burial of herbicide resistant weed seeds, removal of compaction, improved access to...

www.agric.wa.gov.au

They are talking about ploughing an actual desert in that article!

 

[Bury the Trash]

They are talking about ploughing an actual desert in that article!

Yes To you and I , a large part of Australian arable ground would look a bit like desert.