1 pass topping & ploughing | Valtra T214 & Lemken Juwel 8 OF Pro | PPO Lelystad

It is always a very satisfying sight to see a green field full of cover crops being turned over into neatly laid down brown furrows. Whether you agree on the merits of ploughing or not, it does give you a feeling that the farming year has ended but a new one is upon us.
We join up with PPO Lelystad, one late November day, when they were doing just this job. Their black Valtra T214 is hooked up to a Maschio flail mower on the front and Lemken Juwel 8 OF Pro six furrow plough on the back. The latter being new on the farm this year. Via the CCI terminal all plough functions can be electronically adjusted through Isobus. This is what the Pro suffix stands for. Rather than using bolts for adjustment all controls are under the fingertips of the driver.
Autumn 2018 has been a challenging one for Dutch farmers with low yields due to a spectacular dry season. Even now it is still very dry. This field grew winter wheat in 2018, after which a cover of oil seed radish was drilled to increase SOM and prevent Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) to spread. Next year this field will probably grow a crop of sugar beet.
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[@grahamhowland566]

Some of the tidiest commercial ploughing I’ve seen on KZbin, clearly the person operating knows very well how to set up their tractor and plough 👍🏻🚜

[@Agriculturespotter]

Prachtige combinatie, mooie video Niels!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Bedankt Jan zeker een mooie combi. Hij staat te koop dus... ;-).

[@nielsrooiman772]

Agrifoto ik heet ook niels

[@glennmiller8880]

I think everyone is missing the beautiful point, he is using the practice of green manure. By cutting the forage ahead of the tractor, then deep plowing all that leaf matter in it will decompose slowly over time, it aerates the soil and releases valuable nutes for the crop. Such as nitrogen. This farmer is employing a sustainable land management program, this man is a hero for the earth, well done sir!

[@thomasbennett886]

Yes well said, this is a much better practice for the environment rather than using manufactured synthetic fertilisers and other products 👍

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Magnificent video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thank you!

[@drive9997]

That’s on my lotto winning list

[@serba_serbi]

Very excellent, and smart driver.

[@rtmpteam1268]

great movie greet RTMP TEAM from Poland and we invite you for a slightly less professional movie and similar action in which Valtra and mashio participated👌👍

[@bigmess201]

No doubt. An absolute perfect Job!!! So satisfying to watch!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thank you very much!

[@fisher7814]

Really good set up there, lovely video, thanks for sharing 👍

[@danmurphy6541]

Lovely work, looks a bit boring with that huuuugge field tho..great vid thanks

[@toddjacobs5660]

Wow this is a very cool video, impressive 👍

[@senjalars]

Thank you very much for explaining the sciense in what we see in the video. I have interest in everything so learning what, why and how is really nice.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thank you very much for your kind words!

[@landtechnikmv-agriculturalvide]

Nice video!! Greets Stefan

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thank you Stefan.

[@JesusPRIETO-lp2st]

AGricurtura.el.tesoro.mas. Valioso.En.planeta.tiera.donde Vibimos.amen

[@matteolorenzin3646]

🔝video 👍👍

[@terrywagner1308]

Fantastic soil!!

[@agrospol3342]

great work, thumb up :) greetings

[@trekkerTV]

Prachtige video

[@MikevandenHardenberg]

Prachtige beelden Niels!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Bedankt Mike!

[@brendaadams666]

Isn't that soil amazing! If plowing could be called a thing of beauty, this is it.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Wow thank you!

[@codydog1700]

You ever heard of no-till?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@codydog1700 Eeeeeehhhrrr no doesn't ring a bell.

[@codydog1700]

@@Agrifotodotnl oh I see. Well if you want to increase yield and water infiltration you might want to look into it. It can greatly reduce erosion too.

[@xSCHEF]

I wouldn’t even attempt plowing a field this big without at least 8-9 furrows. Imagine the time you could save!

[@mmast5880]

jullie zijn wel merk gericht

[@123gimmedatbeat]

Can someone explain to me the added value of chopping it and plowing vs. just plowing it like I always do ? Plow kills cover effectively for me .

[@Agrifotodotnl]

By using the flail mower to chop up the cover crop it can more easily be broken down in the soil by soil life. Otherwise there is the fear of creating a thick math of cover in the furrow bottom.

[@123gimmedatbeat]

Agrifoto why would that matter ? It would break down very quickly being lush and green , have you seen negative crop response from too thick of a cover mat being Plowed in ? Ever ?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@123gimmedatbeat On our soils the conditions can quickly become anaerobic so the cover or straw doesn't decompose as quickly. If you want to use your fireplace you also cut down a tree and chop it into small blocks. If you do the same with a cover crop soil life can work it down more easily.

[@123gimmedatbeat]

I can see what you mean if you have very wet or heavy clay soils I’ve had this issue with corn stalks but heavy green cover disintegrates very quickly even in my wet untiled clay I’d like to see a strip trial

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@123gimmedatbeat Your soil life must be very good then! Credit to you as a farmer.

[@kanarie93]

mooiste van het ploegen is toch altijd wel die gepolijste spiegels van een ploegscharen, ongelofelijk hoe dat ze glimmen altijd door de klei/zand!

[@houmetengoede1178]

Hoezo word dat al zo vroeg onder gewerkt. Blijft het land nog een paar maand braak liggen tot het voorjaar?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Dat klopt zo kan de grond verweren door de vorst zodat je een mooie structuur krijgt. Deze grond is te zwaar om in het voorjaar te ploegen.

[@houmetengoede1178]

@@Agrifotodotnl bedankt voor de uitleg

[@นิสสัยนามวิชา]

รถคันนี้ใช่ดีมาก. ประเทศไทยไม่มีแบบนี้เลย

[@12501980]

Mooi , prachtig werk !

[@gerrywittenberg4348]

Another channel off the list of what to watch. If I wanted to listen to eurodisco I would tune to a channel that plays it. When I click on a farming/agricultural channel I expect to hear machinery. Bye

[@Agrifotodotnl]

It was great having you here Gerry.

[@czechagrovideos3890]

Nice video :)

[@theodzkieteam2479]

Great video,good job.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thank you!

[@toddjacobs5660]

Good quality plow job, plow is scoured perfectly...

[@mhassi]

"By cutting the forage ahead of the tractor" Why it has to harvest? Is there something wrong to harvest it?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This is a cover crop that is grown to improve the soil structure, increase the SOM (soil organic matter) and control PCN (potato cyst nematode).

[@zuber9819]

enough power for 6 furrow plough?

[@toxicator666]

I wondered exact the same. Local reseller here says that on-land plough with 5 furrow at least needs a Fendt 724 fully weighted…. must be a selling argument, since this seems to be going just fine. :-)

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@toxicator666 This is not very heavy soil. They also use a Fendt 820 on this plough.

[@alexveldhuis6004]

These ploughs typically only have 12 inch/30cm furrow width to help turn the soil completely and help bury the plant material. The width he is ploughing is roughly the width of the tractor, 6 x 30 = 180cm. Counting furrow number alone is not enough, their individual width has a range and this varies how much power is required.

[@Mariini]

If T isn't big enough then there is always S-series. 🤗

[@adamstefan4252]

@@alexveldhuis6004 Here is 40cm/furrow

[@codydog1700]

You ever heard of no-till?

[@javierbringas4385]

buenos días. quería consultarte porque es necesario hacer primero el corte? y luego dar vuelta la tierra? que ventajas tiene cortar y luego voltear? no se puede hacer el volteo directamente con el arado sin hacer el corte? saludos desde argentina..

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Hola, gracias por tu pregunta. Si corta el cultivo de cobertura primero, se deteriora más rápido en el suelo y no hay peligro de acumular una capa de material orgánico en el fondo del surco.

[@tomislavbuza7951]

whonder whay nead to mulch that gras when that plou is more than capable to bury that gras, instead can pull one more furow?

[@MrKaba1985]

That is oil redish no gras, it is used as cover crop normally you waiting for frost that plants are killed by but not everywhere that happens. It is like Canol in Canada often you see the Farm Form swath that they can harvest

[@tomislavbuza7951]

@@MrKaba1985 i know that is cover crop I'm practicing that on may fields but my question was something other, i never mulch cover crop just plough field and nothing stay on top

[@joeltoohey1505]

My family no-tills, but it’s satisfying to see the dirt neatly flipped over 😅

[@glennmiller8880]

I think if your family were to adopt the green manure method, you would not need as much fertilizer, nor would severe droughts affect it as much. I was raised Amish and a love for the earth was instilled in me at an early age. I was taught to farm and one thing dad did was make use of green manure. He did this by choosing the field that he would plant in corn the coming year, and he would plant buckwheat, as soon as the buckwheat was six to eight inchs tall he would plow it under, and plant a second crop of buckwheat, and repeat the process. Then for the third plant towards fall, he would plant rye and allow it to over winter, then in the spring he woul plow the rye under and plant his corn! If your family were to adopt the green manure method you would double your harvest, the reason being that buckwheat is the best crop for fixing nitrogen into the soil. If your family were to do this to one field every year, you would save thousands of dollars in fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides. It's time to go back to the old ways, and stop polluting our earth, it gave us life, let's treat it with the respect it's due! Thank you.

[@amandeepsingh9635]

I love agriculture machine

[@mm-qt4qk]

👌👌👌👌

[@Mannergeim]

Такой покров запахивает, зачем? Это же защита от испарения влаги

[@valerijs5866]

У скандинавов такой проблемы нет - дожди там с избытком.

[@fisher5420]

Coś pięknego

[@revman417]

That's making a beautiful job. Nice camera work too.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thanks!

[@b_agronoma]

бомба

[@travisedwards9983]

Beautiful field

[@MATFarm22]

500th Like!!!! Finally!!! Thank you so much for having my day great! +Like and Epic video!

[@Simon-390]

Why are you chopping all that green stuff up and just ploughing it in ?

[@alexveldhuis6004]

green manuring.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This is a crop of oil radish which is grown as a so called cover crop. It prevents nutrients from leaching and improves the soil structure. This is a very useful hybrid variety. It manages to attracts nematodes which can harm a following crop of say sugar beet. The nematodes will feed on the radish and die. Previously these nematodes would have been controlled chemically but there is no need after growing this cover crop. The plants are chopped up so the soil life has an easier job of turning them into nutrients. The same as if you would cut down a tree into small blocks of firewood rather than stuffing a whole tree into your fireplace. Hope this clears things a little!

[@Simon-390]

Agrifoto , that’s great info , thanks very much , I am at an age where things are changing so fast I find it hard to keep up , it sounds good stuff , I am all for going back to a more natural way of life and if we can use modern knowledge in an old way then it must be a good thing . Thanks again 👍

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@Simon-390 Glad to hear you found it useful! Thank you for your kind words.

[@pierrewebar1444]

Faltra 👍👍👍👍👍

[@pingpongpung]

Wow! Farming Simulator sure has improved it's graphics!

[@rubencamps6689]

Is dit bladrammenas dat men in de grond verwerkt ? Mvg

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Klopt inderdaad.

[@rubencamps6689]

@@Agrifotodotnl ha geweldig .... Blokf dot soort content maken. Ik vind het geweldig als farmer fan :). Bezitten jullie zelf boerderijen of puur contentmakers.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@rubencamps6689 Puur foto en video in de agrarische sector hoor.

[@rubencamps6689]

@@Agrifotodotnl blijven doen. Zeer mooie content :)

[@jurajsooky2678]

Gooooooooooood

[@WeinviertlerAgrarvideos]

How big was that Field?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

About 30ha.

[@WeinviertlerAgrarvideos]

Trank you

[@jerrybear3081]

get it in there!

[@hansgrehoner9847]

a cover crop should grow untill spring time.

[@FelixB98Aus]

What if you want to grow wheat in the next season?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

We usually don't get a good frost which can kill the oil radish cover crop. You then have to spray glyphosate next spring which is bad also. It's a decision between 2 evils... ;-)

[@hansgrehoner9847]

we get extra money from the waterworks for cover crops. from febr.15th we can cut or spray it. the next crop ist corn or sugarbeet or peas/barley mixture,@@Agrifotodotnl

[@hansgrehoner9847]

too late for wheat,@@FelixB98Aus

[@Agrifotodotnl]

That seems excellent. Our clay soils need ploughing in the autumn so they can weather and create a fine tilth next sprint for beet or onions. Some mulchsaat or direktsaat is tried but very difficult with those crops. @@hansgrehoner9847

[@mrvarus8957]

No birds ??????????

[@Agrifotodotnl]

They were already sitting in the pub.

[@mrvarus8957]

@@Agrifotodotnl ????????

[@jwenting]

@@mrvarus8957 very late in the year, most birds in that area are migratory. Breeding species had already left for their winter grounds, and the winter guests not yet arrived.

[@johntopp8266]

@@Agrifotodotnl 🤣🤣

[@Karol-bc5sf]

speed?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Or GHB?

[@Karol-bc5sf]

@@Agrifotodotnl what is the working speed?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

@@Karol-bc5sf About 6-7 kph

[@patrice-or3xx]

This is a great video :D

[@martinstokkebye659]

Why not no till ?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

This field will grow a vegetable crop such as potatoes or onions and it is difficult to plant this in the cover crop.