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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 6683636" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Zero till is an option I am looking at. But I needed to return to the plough to get my BG back under control first.</p><p>In previous years has been shown to work well around here on the lighter and medium soils, but not so well on the really heavier stuff.</p><p></p><p>There were a lot of Weaving and Claydon demonstrations planned in this area this Autumn. None of which took place, ours included.</p><p>I haven’t seen a single field around here that was Zero till drilled apart from some rape. That has worked well on some areas, but was drilled early and in very good conditions.</p><p></p><p>In a normal year, one of the attractions of Zero till to me is that you don’t have to delay drilling, compared to Min till.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me you either plough it and bury the BG seed properly, which will stop 70% if it germinating and which only 30% would remain viable if you plough back up the following year, or you min till and don’t mix the BG seed through the soil profile.</p><p>This will depend on the continued use of a lot of Glyphosate and how long is this going to be allowed?</p><p></p><p>I am a one man band here now, with help if needed from my neighbour with a special Labour and Machinery share agreement we designed a few years ago.</p><p>Even so, Zero till is an attractive option as it would save a lot of my time, particularly in the hours I spend ploughing.</p><p></p><p>However, I have all the kit I need to plough it all and I really enjoyed doing it all myself this autumn. I got it all drilled, whereas nearly everybody else didn’t. </p><p>The other frightening factor is the investment in a Zero till drill, that would become scrap, the minute Glyphosate is banned!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit:</p><p>Ironically, my share agreement neighbour, still uses (our) Min till equipment to do all of his and got maybe 10% of his drilling done, half of which is now written off!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 6683636, member: 44728"] Zero till is an option I am looking at. But I needed to return to the plough to get my BG back under control first. In previous years has been shown to work well around here on the lighter and medium soils, but not so well on the really heavier stuff. There were a lot of Weaving and Claydon demonstrations planned in this area this Autumn. None of which took place, ours included. I haven’t seen a single field around here that was Zero till drilled apart from some rape. That has worked well on some areas, but was drilled early and in very good conditions. In a normal year, one of the attractions of Zero till to me is that you don’t have to delay drilling, compared to Min till. It seems to me you either plough it and bury the BG seed properly, which will stop 70% if it germinating and which only 30% would remain viable if you plough back up the following year, or you min till and don’t mix the BG seed through the soil profile. This will depend on the continued use of a lot of Glyphosate and how long is this going to be allowed? I am a one man band here now, with help if needed from my neighbour with a special Labour and Machinery share agreement we designed a few years ago. Even so, Zero till is an attractive option as it would save a lot of my time, particularly in the hours I spend ploughing. However, I have all the kit I need to plough it all and I really enjoyed doing it all myself this autumn. I got it all drilled, whereas nearly everybody else didn’t. The other frightening factor is the investment in a Zero till drill, that would become scrap, the minute Glyphosate is banned! Edit: Ironically, my share agreement neighbour, still uses (our) Min till equipment to do all of his and got maybe 10% of his drilling done, half of which is now written off! [/QUOTE]
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