Had mixed results with direct drilling here we are on heavy land and had good results from spring beans with both a claydon and a simtech and good spring barley from the simtech but the winter wheat with the simtech is looking like it needed more loose soil to cope with the wet but with the autumn and winter we have been having direct was the best option other than just mixing mud with the plough. I agree direct is a good option but it's good to keep other methods around when conditions don't suit the system. Chisel ploughed for all the spring barley this year as the stubble had set like concrete.
Direct drilling 🤔 i can understand why people think its good but I think to achieve the full benefits takes a lot more than just the drill... chopping straw, muck, cover crops etc. And I know I would struggle with the initial output of money for kit then lower yields for a few years while the land adapts. I'm also not sure how it works with root crops as on my own land we have a root crop every other year. Although if I was to take over where I work I would consider it for the heavier land. And I'm definitely considering a drill that can go direct for myself but purely so I could offer it for contracting purposes
Great Video! Totally agree about the Horsch drill, quality bit of kit, but at the end of the day the equipment has to make financial sense. were you temped by a muzuri drill at all?
I bought one of the original 3mtr trailed Mzuri's and kept it for all of 12 months before i got rid for a Sumo DTS3, had that 8 years now and all's well
How are you getting on with this drill two years on from this video?
Quality video & looking Forward to seeing a new video every other week 😀
I’m sure Matt McIver will do you a good deal on an Avatar maybe even for sponsorship!!! 😂
Had mixed results with direct drilling here we are on heavy land and had good results from spring beans with both a claydon and a simtech and good spring barley from the simtech but the winter wheat with the simtech is looking like it needed more loose soil to cope with the wet but with the autumn and winter we have been having direct was the best option other than just mixing mud with the plough. I agree direct is a good option but it's good to keep other methods around when conditions don't suit the system. Chisel ploughed for all the spring barley this year as the stubble had set like concrete.
Oi Steve popping by 🤣👌
not exactly heavy land at the bottom of that field is it hahaha
Direct drilling 🤔 i can understand why people think its good but I think to achieve the full benefits takes a lot more than just the drill... chopping straw, muck, cover crops etc. And I know I would struggle with the initial output of money for kit then lower yields for a few years while the land adapts.
I'm also not sure how it works with root crops as on my own land we have a root crop every other year. Although if I was to take over where I work I would consider it for the heavier land. And I'm definitely considering a drill that can go direct for myself but purely so I could offer it for contracting purposes
Great Video! Totally agree about the Horsch drill, quality bit of kit, but at the end of the day the equipment has to make financial sense. were you temped by a muzuri drill at all?
I bought one of the original 3mtr trailed Mzuri's and kept it for all of 12 months before i got rid for a Sumo DTS3, had that 8 years now and all's well