This seems to be a popular misconception on here, to go DD/ no till you have to be farming a gazillion acres, which of course is very far from reality.As above, as I thought they made themselves out to be a progressive farming business.
I have sorted that post for youThis seems to be a popular misconception on here, to go DD/ no till you have to be farming a gazillion acres, which of course is very far from reality.
Most of the DD/ no tillers I know personally, in fact I would say all of the DD/ no till farms I know , are family owned and run, in the 500-1000 acre class and care not for much work..
Why work harder, if you can work smarterI have sorted that post for you
Funnily enough a few of the spoilt little brats returning from their world travels that I know of are fully embracing the ‘let’s all be done in a week farming’.
Hell what do Velcourt know.
RealyDD needs more attention to detail than combi drillers generally give.
Tin hat on as a combi driller.
Is he going back to cultivating or carrying on with DDI was told yesterday by a good friend who farms a decent size block of land in a zero till situation to not bother with DD as on our land the results won’t be very good
Velcourt are a well respected organisation that offer a service to land owners. I have several friends who are former Velcourt managers. The prime directive is to make money for Velcourt and not necessarily for the client’s maximum advantage.As above, as I thought they made themselves out to be a progressive farming business.
He’s on largely heavy clay and is totally committed to DD and has been for a good number of years. But he’s also realistic enough to know what will and won’t work.Is he going back to cultivating or carrying on with DD
That’s what I thought.Velcourt are a well respected organisation that offer a service to land owners. I have several friends who are former Velcourt managers. The prime directive is to make money for Velcourt and not necessarily for the client’s maximum advantage.
I suspect that with the ending of BPS, Velcourt will be forced to adopt Zero-till a lot more in future.
do you think its because in the eyes of their clients they would appear to not be doing very much work and leaving their farms scruffy
in this book (years since I read it), he says, the land in Italy was impoverished (during the Roman times), by large land owners using managers, who were only interested/measured by their profits each season, not how the land was in 10 or more years, hence, "mining" the fertility of the soil.Velcourt are a well respected organisation that offer a service to land owners. I have several friends who are former Velcourt managers. The prime directive is to make money for Velcourt and not necessarily for the client’s maximum advantage.
I suspect that with the ending of BPS, Velcourt will be forced to adopt Zero-till a lot more in future.
A lot of farmers look over the hedge and choose the contractor on the basis of liking to see the same way of things been done on there farm.Clients prefer to see their land farmed in a certain way perhaps? For someone unused to it, drilling into a load of green matter/cover crop doesn't look right?