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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Regen Ag General Discussion
Why are Velcourt not direct/zero drilling on a large scale?
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<blockquote data-quote="ajd132" data-source="post: 7893873" data-attributes="member: 4612"><p>Yes two drills maybe more. But the cost of having the kit and staff on 5000 acres to do ploughing/max till and no till is very expensive. You can do it but my point is you aren’t actually gaining from a reduced overhead system. The only miniscule saving you would gain is some fuel on establishment. You still have to pay all the staff and buy all the machines for the ploughing. </p><p>if you are a smaller farm, with lots of older depreciated kit and family labour it’s a-bit different I suppose but is still kind of missing one of the main point. You really are just doing the odd bit of direct drilling when it suits which is fine if that’s what you want to do.</p><p>We’ve got rid of the majority of the cultivation kit but have got an old Ld subsoiler and a couple of old worthless John Deere and browns cultivators, fine for small areas if really needed but you cannot do 5000 acres with them!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajd132, post: 7893873, member: 4612"] Yes two drills maybe more. But the cost of having the kit and staff on 5000 acres to do ploughing/max till and no till is very expensive. You can do it but my point is you aren’t actually gaining from a reduced overhead system. The only miniscule saving you would gain is some fuel on establishment. You still have to pay all the staff and buy all the machines for the ploughing. if you are a smaller farm, with lots of older depreciated kit and family labour it’s a-bit different I suppose but is still kind of missing one of the main point. You really are just doing the odd bit of direct drilling when it suits which is fine if that’s what you want to do. We’ve got rid of the majority of the cultivation kit but have got an old Ld subsoiler and a couple of old worthless John Deere and browns cultivators, fine for small areas if really needed but you cannot do 5000 acres with them! [/QUOTE]
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