I believe the drill exerts greater pressure on the soil than a cambridge roll?
Where I had to work late ploughed light land patches, I tried to broadcast and lightly harrow in Spring Barley in early March, often with a Quad and 2m light tined grass harrow at speed to reduce compaction. Then drill into the emerging barley in late March. Reduced wind blow dramatically. Also had some success broadcasting barley onto the pressed furrows before rain was forecast and accept some bird losses as it germinated on top. Always wanted to try a tiny drill on the press...
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We farm a piece of land and the landlord is still horrified that we drill beet straight into fresh ploughed and pressed land. Everytime we put beet on this land he tells us in great detail how when he used to grow beet(his last year 2003) first he would deep dig plough the field, which would take a few days so by th time he had finished the first ploughed stuff had dried right out then he would kkk springtine with a cambridge roll towed behind and a set of drag narrows behind that. This would be done opposite to the direction of ploughing, then he'd apply his fert and then go over it all againa with his kkk/roll/drag harrows and then he would drill unless in the mean time it had caught some rain and got wet in which case it would be kkk/roll/harrow again.?
Then he normally goes onto say how the germination of beet is better now because he often had to go and bibble In seed by hand on areas which didnt germinate or caped if they had heavy rain after drilling and how much different the seasons are now because we dont get any wind blow "like in the old days"
Sometimes he would roll post drilling aswell If he thought it was a bit dry.
Back to the OP there is a good few acres rolled around here some years on some of the more cloddy "heavier" land.
I would have to drastically improve my ploughing to do as you suggest. Surely the headlands need a tidy up or are you as good as @slim shiny ?We farm a piece of land and the landlord is still horrified that we drill beet straight into fresh ploughed and pressed land. Everytime we put beet on this land he tells us in great detail how when he used to grow beet(his last year 2003) first he would deep dig plough the field, which would take a few days so by th time he had finished the first ploughed stuff had dried right out then he would kkk springtine with a cambridge roll towed behind and a set of drag narrows behind that. This would be done opposite to the direction of ploughing, then he'd apply his fert and then go over it all againa with his kkk/roll/drag harrows and then he would drill unless in the mean time it had caught some rain and got wet in which case it would be kkk/roll/harrow again.?
Then he normally goes onto say how the germination of beet is better now because he often had to go and bibble In seed by hand on areas which didnt germinate or caped if they had heavy rain after drilling and how much different the seasons are now because we dont get any wind blow "like in the old days"
Sometimes he would roll post drilling aswell If he thought it was a bit dry.
Back to the OP there is a good few acres rolled around here some years on some of the more cloddy "heavier" land.
