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It’s not the plough, but the how!

Sustainable Food Trust

As news of weed killer resistant plants hits the headlines, Patrick Holden reflects on discussions at the latest Oxford Real Farming Conference, highlighting why the plough may not be the worst option when it comes to nature-friendly cultivation. The theme was how ploughing and cultivation can be good for soil health.

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More things in Heaven and Earth: Mycorrhizal fungi, ploughing, no-till and glyphosate

Sustainable Food Trust

But will the current trend away from ploughing towards direct drilling and the accompanying use of glyphosate bring the benefits advocates claim, or could this make matters even worse? Richard Young follows on from his article, Speed the plough or the direct drill and sprayer?

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Why cultivation equipment is making a comeback on Wiltshire farm

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly For the past eight years a direct drill was the only piece of equipment Wiltshire mixed arable and beef farmer George Hosier has used to establish his arable crops.

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Far Eastern Agriculture - Untitled Article

Far Eastern Agriculture

From ploughs to seed drills to crop care machines, arable farming specialist Pöttinger, has a colourful bouquet of innovations lined up for the new season

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Far Eastern Agriculture - Untitled Article

Far Eastern Agriculture

From ploughs to power harrows, flat cultivators and seed drills, Pöttinger has presented many interesting and innovative new products and features 1. New SERVO 2000: The SERVO 2000 ploughs are available with 3 to 4 furrows, as well as various underbeam clearances and point-to-point spacings.

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Ten things you should know about soil 

Sustainable Food Trust

Each gram of humus can hold twenty times its own weight of water, allowing soil with high organic matter to act as a sponge to soak up heavy rain and continue to provide moisture for crops during dry conditions. The Dust Bowl culminated in three million people leaving farms in the prairies of North America and Canada.

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A Blueprint for Cooling our Blue Planet

Farming Secrets

This is critical distinction as to the effect of leaving land exposed of deforestation of overgrazing and the use of the plough and industrialised chemical farming has alter vast amounts of the earths land surface, as the amount of heat reradiated from the surface is = to the surface temperature to the power of 4!