chop it to bits then start at ground level its not stuble then
All be whinging about chopped straw then!
Laid straw is a pain especially as it gets later in the year and grown in. Can usually bury it in one direction - have to clean it off for’tother
Interesting one!! I had a plot this weekend that in some places had straw 14" tall and some laid, some still had the heads on, course it was damp first thing in the morning but I cleaned some as best I could before I did my split, got into my midwork and it was terrible, I borrowed a rake from next door and raked the remaining unploughed area and dumped it on the headlands (there was too much of it to put in the furrow) it went ok after that. This was at a Qualifier and no one said a word but Fergie skims are no match for 14" tall stubble!!
Had a similar thing in National first time it was at Marden. A third of the plot was diabolical. Had a false rig next to a pond. Ground was unbelievably uneven - lot of standing corn left where they could not get the header down low enough to cut it. Tramlines were 3’ wide and so deep that I had cast 4 or 5 rounds before the plough touched the bottom of them. Got e 2.5 metre length of channel and a rope as thick as my arm both stuck in the plough as I opened up, plus penalty points for late opening just for good measure - and yes you guessed it right, steam ploughs, demonstrators and world style all in the best o’plots!