See Every Kind of Spring Seed Bed Tillage

[@allenrnewbauer]

This is one of my favorites. Thanks for posting and all the information provided.

[@TPKLiah]

This is so helpful to me as an Agricultural Engineering student ,specialized in Agricultural Mechanization....

[@pentax2]

Thank you, This is great! Thank you for the great explanation, I'd would be great to see more videos like this, that explain seemingly "trivial" things as tillage!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@robertpayne2717]

We always tried to have a disc to run behind our moldboard plow soon after plowing before the rains hit. If you plow in the early spring and don't get a disc or field cultivator run over the plowed ground and it rains you may find your ground is to wet to work in the spring .

[@terrymcsparrin3682]

Maybe your best video ever, I had never heard of a short disc before, thanks.

[@JohnnyGibson230]

Very instructive!! Thank you! 💚

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@africadreamin]

Excellent descriptive video of the most popular primary tillage systems available, I will be showing this video in Africa to government officials, farmers and students to explain the importance of seedbed preparation and the numerous options available even though their acreage is a lot less. Mechanical seedbed preparation is still in its infancy in many parts of Africa hence in part to the low yields they get.

[@andym.802]

Fantastic video. Very well done and informative!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@AgrarfilmeNorddeutschland]

Great video and compilation! Thank you!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@curtweatherbee2523]

thank you big tractor. 👍🏻🐝

[@crazycoyote1738]

Great educational video!! Thank you.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@michaelsawyer8313]

Wow, finally someone made a video for us that is simple to understand and actually shows each tool to get the job done, TYVM.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Kyleyz250frider]

We run our Sunflower mulch ripper anywhere from 18-22 inches deep, and field cultivator runs 4-8 inches deep depending on what we are doing

[@3113-q5z]

First time i ever heard of a chain disc

[@maxhallman1036]

In Australia there's quite a few

[@arthurmiller9434]

I noted that you did not feature a wishek disc! Has Wishek fallen out of favor in the no-till low-till era?

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Very informative. Thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@roberthiggins6401]

I'm amazed no one use reversible ploughs in the greatest country in the world.

[@bigtractorpower]

There are some reversible in the United States. I would say they are most common on Wisconsin potato farms.

[@ShainAndrews]

We use them, although not nearly as much as we used to. Minimum till as much as possible now.

[@robertpayne2717]

Deep plowing is good in certain years

[@jasonknight4906]

great video

[@bigtractorpower]

Glad you liked it.

[@PhilipFarrell]

Disc isn't even cutting deep.outer blades aren't even in the ground

[@jackgerberuae]

How many seasons can pass using only ‘no till’ before you have to plow ‘deep’ again?

[@bigtractorpower]

Well the first no till Field ever was planted right here in Kentucky where I film. I drive by that field all the time. It was first no tilled in 1962 and has been no till for 56 years now. So the answer would be at least 56 Years.

[@moosey1978]

I've always read after 3-5 years after starting no-till the hard pan naturally goes away.

[@angelozamba]

If you do the no-till method correct, i can say that the answer is never.

[@austinthomas5907]

What about sub-soiling?

[@bigtractorpower]

This was just for spring tillage. Sub soiling is a fall deep tillage. I will do a fall tillage video with subsoilers.

[@johnpeters7686]

Disc*

[@adruery]

It's great that you point out some benefits of no till; however you miss the two biggest benefits in the long run for humanity: no till does not release deposited carbon into the atmosphere (tillage increases the greenhouse effect and exacerbates climate change), and the death of living soil (beneficial bacteria, fungus, et al) which, when left alive in the soil, sequesters carbon from the atmosphere and greatly reduces the need for fertilizers. Well done otherwise!

[@eraaspr1]

Great video. Also thankful as always that you let the viewer hear the sounds of the tractor and the implement and not a lot of some random music.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@richardwalsh1838]

I agreed with the sentiments, this is the best farm machinery video channel by a mile. A great variety of machinery shown in action out in the field without any music played in the background, just the pure sound of the tractor engines at work.

[@alexlechef2]

I apreciate that too!

[@RJ-ox8on]

Same here. Music drone videos....seen enough lol

[@Brobro449]

You should update this video with some more tillage types such an inline ripper/subsoiler, rototiller/power harrow, rotary hoes like a yetter, and an older style machine for organic operations so they dont have to spray to control weeds in the spring a noble blade. Also some of the implements might have more common names like i have never heard the name short disc until this video they are more commonly know as high speed discs as far as i know. Also same with the mulch ripper is more commonly as a disk ripper

[@slk2303]

That's a very good explanation Jason. I was wondering about all the various implements and why so many.

[@PhilipFarrell]

I think it's because of the different residues on fields grass ff or loose soil wetness and dryness buddy I'm not a farmer but just thinking of the di

[@catfishinwithcrow685]

Thank you I’m just starting my hobby farming and this cleared a lot up for me your videos are always very informative and educational.

[@cormus1]

the aerator doesn't pull plugs out, it is a 8 inch blade like a knife that pokes into the ground,, also you forgot to include the ripper( which is a vertical tillage machine to remove the layers left from the plow, cultivator and disc layers.)

[@bigtractorpower]

This video covers spring tillage at least here in Kentucky rippers are only used in the fall.

[@brianruane8505]

Very informative video - and a good range of ploughs shown too..!! Keep them coming!!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it. I will do a fall tillage version of this video soon.

[@farmerjakebrake4520]

BTP I want you to know this is my favorite video of all. The way you narrate sets you apart from any other KZbin channel thank you for your work I can’t get enough of your videos

[@chops6302]

An excellent bit of educational information. I’ve been searching for months trying to figure out what process to use. We only have literally a few acres to work, and only want good grass for a bit of hay. The paddock’s never been worked and is as rough as, but with your info, I feel confidence in what I’ve decided. Thank you.

[@brianruane8505]

Another excellent video and superb explanation of the various tillage machines...keep up these excellent videos!!

[@larry4082]

Very comprehensive look at tillage. You've taken your videos to a new level of detail. Much appreciated. I see that Deutz made it out in the field.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. Yes the Deutz 9340 TTV is an impressive tractor.

[@PhilipFarrell]

Jason you do a very great job describing everything your video shows us I think that the disc video was a issue with the disc not being pulled or lowered properly

[@TataJedePlecke]

That guy is plowing pure clay ground,I can`t imagine how low are his yields

[@bigtractorpower]

Just a low spot in the field. The crop of corn hit 190 bu. On organic.

[@Cole-xq2tl]

It looks like the field burned or something. The ground is black and torn up

[@wrightfarmshoffman8663]

We have to use mulboard plowing on our ground due to white clay but however we are starting to use vertical tillage now but if the soil compaction gets too much we have to go back to plowing again , we tried chisel plowing but due to our stony ground we can’t

[@blakep4507]

A lot of Australian growers who run no till enterprises still have a strategic tillage every few years. It seems to be a good way to capitalise on the benefits of no till, but still manage nutrient stratification and reduce weed burden.

[@farminginmissouri4308]

You guys make just the best stuff! I love the case tractors working hard😀

[@paddypoolfc3579]

Great video that. Very informative and some lovely machines. 👍🏻👏🏻

[@glenkoopman7347]

Missed out a power harrow

[@michaelbergman8249]

Power harrows are rare in the US, I have yet to see one anywhere.

[@bigtractorpower]

I have never had a chance to film a Power harrow. Some farms here in Kentucky ran them in the mid-1970s with a 4 or 6 row planter in tow. To my knowledge I don’t not know of any farms running them now. I did see Kuhn-Krause had one on display at the National Farm Machinery Show back in February. I want to say the largest was 20ft. Maybe we will see them used again. For row crop production 40-60ft tillage is the norm here.

[@anguswallace6579]

And subsoiler

[@jamieshields9521]

Great vid👍 even some tillage we don’t use on our farm. After we burn off stubble, we use harrows to apply chemical for ground contact. Over years we change our tillage program but soils do get compacted over time so maybe our rippers might come out and be used.

[@bigtractorpower]

Where I live no-till was invented back in the 60’s. No-till is very popular although last fall several farms inline ripped because they found deep tillage is improving yields by breaking compaction. Strip till has been gaining allot of popularity in the past two years.

[@rurallegendstv]

Time in: 1:14. The agronomist in me is screaming. ITS NOT DIRT! ITS SOIL! That is all. Good video.

[@michaelsawyer7029]

For us new farmers, could you take pictures of each item and put them in video in front of each item, all I see is farm equipment working, and a lot of dirt moving. I can't tell what they look like up close or what I need to buy to get started, no, I'm not being smart or funny, I'm retired and want to get into farming, don't know what equipment to buy if I can't tell the difference when all I see is dirt flying, but I really enjoyed the video, I have watched it several times. Tyvm for making this video.

[@silvershelbygt500]

Great video. They're always top notch. I love listening to you narrate. From someone who grew up on a farm but no longer lives on one, I miss it. This is the next best thing.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I enjoy getting out and finding all the machines to share them here on KZbin.

[@mariodavidlira8277]

It is nice to hear that seed bed tillage equipment agricultural machinery correlates with the type of soil and the climatology of the zone, to use the equipment economic appropriate. The video well explained, thanks.

[@joseph-ur2ks]

you didn't mention subsoilers. narrow long vertical legs that go deep in to the ground with a triangular horizontal plate that picks up the ground and breaks up the pan caused by cultivating and ploughing and brakes up compacted ground from driving over it. in the US you have very different views on compaction ploughing and heavy cultivation reduces compaction but can smear the ground underneath causing a pan that stops water going deeper into the ground in the UK everyone says compaction is from driving over land and compacting the soil so roots cannot penetrate deeper to find water if a farmer shallow cultivated all the time the pan would be shallow so all crop roots can do is go sideways instead of down.

[@culmalachie]

Can I jump in and say that you are not often right - but this time you're wrong ? );-)) LOL! I do agree with most you say - but generally despite what I've seen on theTube, and it really ANNOYS me the way farming is going - people do not know or understand HOW to set up a plough! A plow should be "carried" thru' the soil to provide traction for the tractor and NOT to smear. - it can then be used to break up Pans as deep as the Plow depth. Smearing and Plow Pans is caused by several factors: (heavy) traffic in the WET; poorly setup plows - the shares being "blunt" = worn so that they push down as much as up to get through the soil. A properly set up plow will suck down so that it has to be maintained at its level by t he tractor. It appears that most of our BIG Reversible plows are effectively just trailed - hence the need for soooo much Ballast to pull them! - It is a large enough subject to discuss but if folk would get the Basics right ..... ( NOTE: - I cannot see this video yet - something to do with HTML5 )

[@bigtractorpower]

In line and v rippers are the main tillage tool for fall primary tillage. I did not include them in this video because the focus was on spring tillage options. I have not seen subsoilers used in the spring.

[@alcramer7992]

joseph jackson why don't you explain then

[@scruffy6151]

There are many soil types in the USA. I grow up on the farm we played in swamp ground and heavy clay. I worked for six other farmer and they all had different soil from sandy, rocky, black soil and clay sometime all in one 60 acre field. What works best for where you live is what you uses

[@wildturkey5838]

You need to look at the math/physics of how the tires transmit power to the ground. When you start putting over 200 hp to the ground the compaction from the torque of the wheel becomes important. We used hard-surfaced discs for our primary tillage tool for a long time, but then we realized the small the edge of the disc to more it compacted the deep soil. Yes, our discs were so sharp they would chop up a pine 2"x4" board but we were still putting thousands of pounds of pressure on the edge of the discs. We finally went min till before the Peanut Farmer and his wheat embargo killed the prices and the fuel prices put us out of business.

[@uniquechina9427]

If you need cultivator blades, feel free to contact me.

[@ShainAndrews]

Dang it. I was hoping the no till was going to be just a shot of a field with maybe crickets in the background...

[@FarmerTrio725]

Would a subsoiler leave a layer of compaction

[@garytanger965]

2022 May... Like others have said, great video.. I bookmarked this one...

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I need to update this video with a newer version. It was fun to put together.

[@jackbrown9424]

That caterpillar and chisel is our exact setup for fall tillage

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Nice tillage team.

[@redbug3485]

Whats the implement at 13:45? Looks like 2 different ones together. Great video for everybody wanting to know about preparing fields for different uses or reasons!

[@johnpeters7686]

One reasons why we use the ripper, or chisel plow is to break the hard pan for the next year.. we run it about 11-12inches

[@curtweatherbee2523]

I did big tractor thank you very much for that tour😉👍🏻🐝

[@stanleybaker3400]

12 wheels wow!

[@dennisflesner7139]

Put the implement in the ground.all u do is farm the surfice,uall get hard pan.that grounds got to be opend up an get root depth.

[@phil6012]

Deep tillage? Hoping to see some ripper action soon!

[@bigtractorpower]

This video was focused on spring tillage options. Deep ripping is normally done in the fall. I will produce a fall tillage episode. There are several John Deere 915 subsoiler videos here on the channel.

[@damanifesto]

Nice video, especially for those of us new to these concepts.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@ghostdivision836]

John deer in its natural habitat

[@jimmystrain883]

This is a nother great video Jason , thank you

[@lewisbrazil5485]

where was the kuhn/krause gladiator strip till filmed at?

[@terrywilkinson381]

Best Way To Plow A Field

[@markwitzel6101]

I gave this a 'dislike'. The video was to be about all the kinds of tillage; yes the narrator was explaining the various kinds of tillage. But the video would have been much better if it had shown up close the tillage equipment. You're not learning much about tillage watching the tractor pulling some sort of implement through a field. The main difference between the types of tillage has EVERYTHING to do with the differences between the implements, and that was not shown AT ALL. Again, the narration was good, but the supporting video was not good at all (for its intended purpose).

[@BillyRillkratz]

Great video, I very much like your explanations. Also, I am a follower of your channel since a couple of months and have gained very interesting insights into US farming and methods. Cheers from North Germany!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I equally enjoy watching European style farming.

[@muscletractorfan2441]

You forgot the John Deere Vripper.

[@bigtractorpower]

These are spring tillage tools. The V Ripper is a fall tillage tool.

[@chriswilloughby5295]

Just love watching farm work it relaxes me and makes me want to play farm sim

[@robertpayne2717]

I use to use a moldboard plow when I farmed 40 years ago mostly for residue management in rice fields if i timed it right soil moisture content only needed a field cultivator once or twice in the spring

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool to see rice ground plowed. What tractor and plow did you use ?

[@thorbusch-petersen1472]

Hello bigtractorpower, i am from europe and i cannot understand the way that you plough in the states, it looks so horrible and rough. a very bad job i must admit, if you go look at how we plough in europe it is smooth, and even sometimes so even we can seed directly after the plough! even in clay. greetings from a dane wondering about this.

[@lileti2199]

Exactly, the mouldboard plows in usa are not doing a proper job

[@TheJUAREZ2012]

Cool and interesting video. Great Job!! I´m studying agronomic engineering at universiy and now I´m getting soil science lessons, I´ve just already sent the link to this video to the teacher so I´ll be able of showing the video in the claasroom proyector.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for sharing. I hope the presentation goes well.

[@markstengel7680]

Yes i did enjoy and Thank's for the education of Tillage types used by today's farmers. You are a busy guy with many video's available very often. The RFD channel is not available in my area of Nevada on Cox. I enjoyed watching today this video because i always love learning things that interest me. Best to you on this Friday 13th 🚜🇺🇸

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching many of the BTP videos and leaving comments on them. Feed back is very appreciated.

[@robertfutch733]

Looks like a whole lot of wasted horse power and fuel.

[@bigtractorpower]

Not all crops and soil conditions are the same. Tillage is a part of raising a crop in many places.

[@jacobframe8769]

The field cultivator lools like a chisel plow with a drag behind it.

[@bigtractorpower]

They are similar. The chisel plow is a more aggressive primary tillage machine with heavy duty shanks where the field cultivator is secondary with lighter sweeps to smooth the soil.

[@jacobframe8769]

@@bigtractorpower I did not know that. Thank you for replying.

[@blaneupshaw2152]

The roll a cone cultivater I pulled was 72'

[@Freedom20244]

Nice job. We need all of the equipments that are used for farming with its proper names so that way we understand the used of it so we can plan better for purchasing the right tools.

[@codyludwig2811]

Can't say that you don't have this video really worked out Mike.

[@lwoodt1]

No farmers , no country. We hardly give our farmers a thought . God Bless our farmers and thank you.

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@ozarksfarmerhansen8782]

A chain disk harrow looks like it would work good to finish a field before you plant Pasture hay.

[@bigtractorpower]

They do a nice job.

[@willjenkins4726]

Hi I just thought that I would mention that in Australia we have something called a scarefier it is Matabele fixed tines we use this just to rip the ground and loosen up the soil

[@bigtractorpower]

Very interesting. I will have to check one out.

[@Lovesuckz12345]

big fan of the big tractors. relaxing

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@charliesaker6857]

We use a short disc (amazone catros 3m) you mentioned 8-10mph+ with regard to operating speed. We regularly use ours at 22kph+ and on some ground I know of one guy that was taking it at 28kph

[@bigtractorpower]

It is an impressive tillage tool. Thank you for sharing. What tractor do you pull your Amazone with?

[@crpth1]

Charlie Saker - It sounds more like a mini race track than a crop field. LOL :-) On the other hand I guess it saves a huge amount of hours and fuel. Cheers

[@obasanchonedd4278]

Thanks

[@lwilton]

Where I grew up the thing you called a field cultivator I'm pretty sure we called a spring-tooth harrow. But then we were growing orange trees, not field crops. Are these the same thing, or is a spring-tooth something else that isn't common in field cultivation?

[@bigtractorpower]

The spring tooth harrow was the predecessor to the field cultivator.

[@TheJUAREZ2012]

I farm lemon trees and no tillage

[@danielkebede141]

Thank you, sir... a very useful video.

[@austinthomas5907]

Stubble-busting? I know its not a tiller but still

[@mustacheman19]

This guy sounds like Seth McFarlane 😂

[@lsgreger2645]

You forgot to add the rock picking to prepare the seedbed. That is a big part where I farm in ND. Though Western Kentucky might not have that much of a problem.

[@bigtractorpower]

We have some rock picking here. This was just to look at tillage. I will do a full seed bed prep from fall tillage to planting and include a rock picker. Good suggestion.

[@scruffy6151]

bigtractorpower so how many people are going to pick rock by hand for the video can not leave them out old school lol. I liked rock picking machines that means i do not have to do it by hand.

[@ignasanchezl]

Im not a farmer (yet), and most of this is personal opinion and analysis based on my studies, but my ideology in tillage leans towards a mix of: Shallow tillage with minimal inversion for mechanical weed, volunteer control and accelerated residue breakdown. (AKA: "vertical tillage)". Cover cropping and direct drilling. Deep loosening with low disturbance tools for certain crops. Cultivation at medium depths when required do to trash conditions, wetness or ground temperature. And also, but only when necessary; shallow inversion (20cm ploughing) for a monotonous rotation or pest control. I really like some European tools, specially tools from Väderstad, the Carrier short disk harrow is one of the best tillage tools around IMO, it competes, together with the TopDown, with "vertical tillage" by running at very high speeds (15 to 20kmh or 9/12mph recommended) and by using low diameter, conical disks which are thought to chop and trow soil rather than other machines which lift and invert it. The new CrossCutter disks also a great tool that could benefit even "no till" farmers who need to clear some straw and slugs. Other European cultivators which are a mix of a chisel plow and a field cultivator (and a cultipacker if you wanna add), They are composed of generally 2, 3 or 4 rows of heavily angled chisels, a set of closing disks and a packer, the machine can work pretty deep, mix in a ton of crop residue and even leave a nice enough seedbed that you could drill intermediately after the soil dries, or even at the same time if using a broadcaster to drill Canola (Rapeseed). I find that tillage machinery in the United States is weird by the fact that almost none of them features packers and they are used or designed to be used very slowly. This combined leaves the soil very un-uniform, susceptible to wind erosion and loose for any humidity, carbon and nitrogen to simply fly away. I do like tillage concepts from the USA, like "vertical tillage", which in my opinion does not help much to avoid compaction, but does work really well by avoiding mixing layers of soil, allowing formation of humus and soil structure. What I think you guys are missing on your machines is mostly packing rollers. Chisels and rippers could also benefit from closing disks to level the field before packing. Field cultivators used for weed control are the only machines that shouldn't have a packer, since you want the roots out of the ground for the weeds to dry off. About the drills; I see reasons why you would want to have the drill separate from any form of tillage: Either from avoiding lifting moisture to increase drilling precision, or not to lift up volunteer seeds while drilling, all the way towards increased throughput, for drilling in limited time windows. But its hard not to appreciate the convenience of having a short disk welded into you seed drill, sometimes completely eliminating the need for seed bed cultivation altogether, consecutively eliminating the need for two tractors. And the tool can be lifted anytime (on most machines) if required. Finally lets not forget, every tillage must have a purpose, lets not just trow a plow and then a rotavator in cause the soil must be loose and broken down into dust for the roots to grow, which is simply not thinking. Recreational tillage is bad guys, let structure form and leave that stubble in there when possible, save your carbon and your nitrogen , the atmosphere does not need any more of it. My two cents.

[@ignasanchezl]

BTW I live in South America, so the whole EU vs US is mostly unbiased (expect for the fact that we do have a width limit for transport of agricultural machinery).

[@ignasanchezl]

Also keep in mind that one of the main causes of compaction is actually tillage itself. Intensive mixing of soil, breaking of fine porous structures and reduction in organic matter lead to soil having extremely low bearing capacity. Gradual reduction in tillage combined with cover crops will lead to better soil structure and behaviour. If necessary, consecutive usage of low disturbance loosening tools can be used to further reduce the effects of heavy machines running over ground.

[@angelozamba]

You're in the right way, in some parts, in other, can say that are better methods to do agriculture itself. Brazil is competitive worldwide in agriculture because besides its tropical climate, almost every farm do the no-till method of cultivation.

[@tyroneboboo8576]

I have an exam tomorrow so here I am

[@bigtractorpower]

I hope the test went well.

[@jakobrebeki]

which method do you think is better or best?....

[@bigtractorpower]

The Kelly Diamond harrow makes a nice seed bed and covers a bunch of acres fast. The new high speed disks are impressive.

[@angelozamba]

The method used to reach your objectives that is less agressive to the soil. So, if possible, the no-till will be the most sustainable along time

[@jesse8614]

great video sir, real good information for someone who knows almost nothing about these methods.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. It’s fun getting to film and share a variety of machines like these.

[@crouchsonsfarm2884]

Jeez, you got me excited for tillage, can't wait to run the good ol' 4020

[@bigtractorpower]

👍

[@wildturkey5838]

The "Harrow attachment" on the back of the "soil finisher" not only smooths the soil to give a better seedbed but it also seals the surface to reduce moisture loss. May not be important in wetter areas but in the Texas Panhandle (where I grew up)with 18" of rain per year it could be important.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very good point.

[@wildturkey5838]

You need to make a video giving the retail prices of the tractors and equipment you show. Many folks don't realize how expensive those tractors and plow are!

[@bigtractorpower]

Prices are tough to say on new machines because there are so many options that cause a price to range $30,000 to $50,000 or more. I will see what I can do. On the classic videos I share pricing is easier and I share it in spec videos as there less options.

[@michaelkoop6731]

Great job explaining the different kids of tillage or no tillage.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@scruffy6151]

Well done thank you. I have played with six of these. Never have planted corn or beans just a farmers son and farm hand for other.

[@bigtractorpower]

Glad you liked it.

[@hp2084]

How is soil compacted by ploughing? If you dont open the soil you are literally nothing loosening it up. Lets say that new road is being built and they are preparing the substrate of the road, they will roll the soil with heavy rollers but according to you they should be ploughing to get better compaction. Also, ploughing loosens up the soil and increase its water retention capability. About erosion, how does that happen once your plants have grown because their roots will hold the soil. Second if you are worried about erosion after harvest, use cover crops, they will make a really good compost for next season. One more point on erosion and that is if you shallow plough your field you are not mixing the soil and hence not mixing the organic waste of the last crop very deep hence your deeper soil will lack that material and in case of heavy rains what washes away is top soil which is the only layer that contains most organic matter in your case. So what you will be left out with is soil with reduce organic matter.

[@bigtractorpower]

The compaction caused from a plow is under the soil. The blade scrapes the soil at the same depth year after year. While the soil is loose on the surface it becomes hard 8 inches deep where the blade scrapes to turn over the soil. Because it is not a spring tillage tool I did not show a sub soiler that rips into the ground 18 inches deep to fracture the soil and hard pan to improve soil growth.

[@cormus1]

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[@robertpayne2717]

A conventional disc with concave blades though it shears the soil away from the concave side of the blade the weight of the disc compacts the soil on the convex side

[@davidlamb6342]

Another great video thanks!:) In a couple of months I am beginning a new farm, on never-before-farmed or tilled land. It’s about 5,000 feet elevation, located in SW New Mexico and has served ranchers, off and on, as forage acreage of native grasses (such as black and blue grama) for a couple hundred years of a bare minimum rate of 6-8 cows per section. (I have 6 sections.) There is a bit of creosote bush and some other smaller “forbs” but nothing too big or cumbersome. What implements would you suggest on prepping this new virgin soil for planting hays? Thanks again for posting these awesome videos.

[@ignasanchezl]

If you could describe the soil horizon I could be specific, but hay does not really need much in terms of soil depth, unless the soil is waterlogged or there is a hardpan generated by either chemical soil reactions or animal traffic. Tillage before hay is almost irrelevant since soil will actually form a good structure by itself if plants are growing on it and its not disturbed. Make sure the PH of the soil is right before you do anything. If the levels of organic matter are too low, cultivation of cover crops before seeding the hay might increase the soil's potential. In the case of a hardpan, loosening of soil to depth might be necessary, mixing in the case of a chemical hardpan. Mixing to depth will degrade soil structure, so avoid if not necessary. After this is resolved, I would recommend shredding of the vegetal cover followed by some sort of medium depth cultivator, or disk-chisel combination. No more than 20cm/8 inches deep if possible and a shallow second pass if necessary to fine the soil a bit. Soil may be very hard to break do to roots, so using a disk harrow to cut through could work in that case. Seeding could be done by broadcasting, harrowing and rolling over the seed, grassland seed drills designed for overseeding are great for this. Never actually used this machinery, so take this advice with a pinch of salt. Im just transferring knowledge. Ive researched a lot about farming methods and soil structure formation, I do have experience with seeding grassland by hand and I am currently studying agriculture in an institute.

[@davidlamb6342]

Ignafiltro Sanchez thanks much for taking the time to respond and write all that. The interesting thing is, that through talking with other farmers (a month has passed since my posted question(s)) and by studying a bunch of online info you’re pretty much spot on with everything you wrote. Thanks again

[@ignasanchezl]

That is great. Good to know that my research is giving correct results. Let me know how it goes if you ever can. Good luck.

[@davidlamb6342]

Ignafiltro Sanchez thanks! I’m very excited to get it started.

[@littlerougue]

great video and I don't know what it is about those Deutz Fahr tractors but they look cool out in the field

[@bigtractorpower]

They are impressive tractors. I will have a full video and cab ride along in a future video on the Deutz 9340 TTV.

[@littlerougue]

I can't wait

[@southlakelife]

Deutz has their stuff together. They are sharp. No other color like that. Cool stuff.

[@highsocietypottery9381]

#ILOVEIT #newsubhere

[@Applerockdairy]

Looks like that aerator is setup for drag lining liquid manure

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes it is.

[@RD2564]

Quite a thorough survey, very nice, much appreciated.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@remi.3920]

Ton super vidéo

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you.