Tillage
Spring barley crops are renowned as being ‘lazy rooters’, which begs the question -are they suited to strip-till establishment systems?
There is now strong evidence that points to the growth in grass weed burdens on those tillage farms where ploughing is no longer practised.
Strip till establishment is a feature of the crop management systems implemented by Co. Kildare farmer, Michael Grace.
There is scope for Irish farmers to exploit faster and lower-cost establishment systems, such as strip-till.
Machinery
Strip-till specialist Mzuri will introduce a low disturbance coulter system for its Pro-Til machines at LAMMA.
