Will we be ploughing for re seeding in the future?
- Thread starter hoff135
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Plough what's that dinasor
Thats old fashion hand that is
Releasing all that carbon and burning all that fuel and picking all those stone
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Thats old fashion hand that is
Releasing all that carbon and burning all that fuel and picking all those stone
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Yes we will. 4000 years of proper farming won't be erased that easily.
Meanwhile a 747 spaffs 36,000 gallons of fuel in 12 hours.
Meanwhile a 747 spaffs 36,000 gallons of fuel in 12 hours.
grainboy
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Yes
To get rid of all the compaction, from stock and machines
To get rid of all the compaction, from stock and machines
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- Cumbria
Christ and I thought it was droughty here...
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- Ceredigion
OK let's bring in a few facts
“The amount of CO2 released by ploughing and cultivation during reseeding can be approximately three tonnes per hectare.
“When you look at it from a global level, you realise that 15-20 per cent of the CO2 in the world’s atmosphere comes from ploughing
“The amount of CO2 released by ploughing and cultivation during reseeding can be approximately three tonnes per hectare.
“When you look at it from a global level, you realise that 15-20 per cent of the CO2 in the world’s atmosphere comes from ploughing
Hilly
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If we are not it will be regulation by loonatics not choice .
from what i can see ELMS is going to make ploughing pretty financial unattractive
There really is no need to plough though and there is no doubt that it is responsible for a LOT of pollution
We have to do something about the damage done to climate, surely of all people farmers can see this ? after 3 desperately dry springs in a row i’m seriously about ready to give up trying to grow combinable crops on light land
There really is no need to plough though and there is no doubt that it is responsible for a LOT of pollution
We have to do something about the damage done to climate, surely of all people farmers can see this ? after 3 desperately dry springs in a row i’m seriously about ready to give up trying to grow combinable crops on light land
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a brown field ot like a piece of unpainted metal, unprotected and rusting (oxidising) away. As you point out as much as 3t:ha of carbon released when what we should be doing is sequestering that kind of qty each year instead ...... and being paid for this unique and valuable service only we can offer !
thats before the effects of unstable soils eroding and leaching nutrition is considered
crazy to even consider doing it in 2021 or that its still legal given the clear present state of our climate
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surely only a lunatic would continue to damage their own environment ?
M-J-G
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Some may call you a dinosaur, hopefully they spell it correctly.
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If they had spent more time on the land rather than learning how to spell dinosaur then perhaps they would understand it better. Or maybe they are stuck in the mud caused by ploughing
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
I regard ploughing a small % to reseed improving my environment and I see over thirty years my soils massive improvement , unlike yourself who wa only the other day saying you will have to change your farming methods as you can’t sustain it in this climate , but going by above graph the climate isn’t really changing at all, but you are right you will have to change your farming method as 100% arable is unsustainable in any climate raping the soil for prolonged periods is as bad as it gets for the environment .
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- Ceredigion
Have your tried direct drilling
no its cyclists farts that's doing the real damage, all that exertion going up hill 
betweenthelines
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So how much CO2 is needed to make the chemicals and machinery that no till relies on?
They're never happy with their drills, serms like they change them more often than their underpants
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Better than changing horses twice a day [emoji23]They're never happy with their drills, serms like they change them more often than their underpants
Yes, I've often wondered about the carbon footprint of producing a 9 ton Fendt and no till drill..
Not against it BTW, it's just the cost of change. In the present climate I would need to be given a drill FOC for it to stack up.
Not against it BTW, it's just the cost of change. In the present climate I would need to be given a drill FOC for it to stack up.