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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 4490608" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>Sure can.</p><p>It just takes either a big mob of cattle, or one of those fancy crimper rollers to smash and bruise the buggery out of it, or mulch it.</p><p>Most of the guys down this far who grow cereal crops just DD straight into a paddock that grows older shorter grasses and then "blitzkrieg it" with sheep til the grain starts to come up, but don't want to lift the lid on removing all that straw <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p>Unfortunately the straw-stealing type of system is great for starving the soil as it breaks the natural carbon flow, until the new crop starts to photosynthesise <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite70" alt=":shifty:" title="Shifty :shifty:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":shifty:" /> whereas the continual cover way keeps living and keeps feeding. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p>For all the money spent on chemicals you'd be better spending it on seed (wait for the howls of dismay from the angrichemical folks) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 4490608, member: 63856"] Sure can. It just takes either a big mob of cattle, or one of those fancy crimper rollers to smash and bruise the buggery out of it, or mulch it. Most of the guys down this far who grow cereal crops just DD straight into a paddock that grows older shorter grasses and then "blitzkrieg it" with sheep til the grain starts to come up, but don't want to lift the lid on removing all that straw :eek: Unfortunately the straw-stealing type of system is great for starving the soil as it breaks the natural carbon flow, until the new crop starts to photosynthesise :shifty: whereas the continual cover way keeps living and keeps feeding. (y) For all the money spent on chemicals you'd be better spending it on seed (wait for the howls of dismay from the angrichemical folks) :) [/QUOTE]
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