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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Regen Ag General Discussion
No-tillers should be paid for their services to society
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<blockquote data-quote="JD-Kid" data-source="post: 116384" data-attributes="member: 479"><p>ummmm yes and no joe public will not give a flying fork about so called green ideas if robed 3 times kid's not learning at schools and waiting for 10 months to get health care .. they are also more intrested in walkways parks etc farmers are just the people that live out of town and thats about there standing</p><p> </p><p>with that we tend to be fire fighters instead of being proactive .. there was a land mangerment group we belonged to years ago they had the right idea trying to put in place ideas workable to farmers before ideas from shiney arses become rule</p><p> </p><p>that was cover crops on market gardens DD hills better types of grasses lowering animal costs etc etc etc etc heap of things</p><p> </p><p>there has to be a better return for any thing done we see some d**kheaded ideas being put in to place here end of the day if the rules are too high people don't play the game simple as that not makeing money they leave farming or the country .. healthy farms end up with healthy local areas not just meaning use of chems etc but more incomes life styles etc</p><p> </p><p>MP</p><p>like yerself we are live stock i was a DD contractor before coming here .. for the live stock sector 80% of what you read about DD is total crap you are not going to lower chem use fert use cheep way of doing things or build up SOM ..in most cases Vs the plow DD can and is offen higher by the time you add in slug baits starter ferts sprays etc etc i can plow power harrow and seed cheeper .. some areas DD is the only way of reseeding due to hills etc the costs need to be worked out carefullys as it's not cheep out of native captal fert applyed etc not alot of change out of 1000 dollars a HA thats a one off cost tho </p><p>i would also go as far as saying guys doing mixed animal /cropping or grass seed clover and grains system may not see the gains spoken about</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JD-Kid, post: 116384, member: 479"] ummmm yes and no joe public will not give a flying fork about so called green ideas if robed 3 times kid's not learning at schools and waiting for 10 months to get health care .. they are also more intrested in walkways parks etc farmers are just the people that live out of town and thats about there standing with that we tend to be fire fighters instead of being proactive .. there was a land mangerment group we belonged to years ago they had the right idea trying to put in place ideas workable to farmers before ideas from shiney arses become rule that was cover crops on market gardens DD hills better types of grasses lowering animal costs etc etc etc etc heap of things there has to be a better return for any thing done we see some d**kheaded ideas being put in to place here end of the day if the rules are too high people don't play the game simple as that not makeing money they leave farming or the country .. healthy farms end up with healthy local areas not just meaning use of chems etc but more incomes life styles etc MP like yerself we are live stock i was a DD contractor before coming here .. for the live stock sector 80% of what you read about DD is total crap you are not going to lower chem use fert use cheep way of doing things or build up SOM ..in most cases Vs the plow DD can and is offen higher by the time you add in slug baits starter ferts sprays etc etc i can plow power harrow and seed cheeper .. some areas DD is the only way of reseeding due to hills etc the costs need to be worked out carefullys as it's not cheep out of native captal fert applyed etc not alot of change out of 1000 dollars a HA thats a one off cost tho i would also go as far as saying guys doing mixed animal /cropping or grass seed clover and grains system may not see the gains spoken about [/QUOTE]
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