Improving the pasture with the Yeomans plow- regenerative agriculture
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- čas přidán 18. 04. 2024
- 20/04/24 The timing was right with weather , ground moisture & the rotation of our animals to run the Yoemans plow in the front paddock. The pasture in that paddock is very poor with a fair bit of love grass. using the Yoemans plow on contour will help with water retention.
I spent a lot of time walking the lines dropping seed into the cuts, which after a week has started to sprout. It takes a lot of time to do it properly but well worth the effort.
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Thank you for sharing, it really leaves the surface clean. A follow up in a year or so would be great.
Hi Landon.
I did 2 other paddocks about a year ago & can see a lot of change in both the amount of ground cover & also water retention for longer after rain.
Thanks for watching. 🍻
What a great project ! Looking forward to seeing how it turns out !
Very informative and interesting.
Thanks for the video, that is a good idea putting a ripper behind the tractor to loosen up the subsoil. never seen a factory make ripper in the US. We usually make something if we need it and don't have it. Take care and keep enjoying your farm.
Hi Charles
Thanks for watching. I know Yeomans have a presence in the US as some of the CZcams I’ve watched are based in the US.
We were lucky to pick it up from an old farmer who hadn’t used it in years. Brand new they are about $15k AU.
Look up PA Yeoman he has a lot of good info on subsoiling.
All the best.
Rob 🍻
yeomansplow.com.au/1-red-book/
Looking good 👍
Hey Guys, Love your videos. Amazing work. You r livin the dream. 😁 Could you please do a segment on the tractor and implements. Also encourage you to speak to an Agronomist and mb overseed some Winter pastures.
Hey Warren.
Thanks for watching. I don’t have that many implements, flail mower, Yeomans plow & a box grader. The farm came with a little dingo with a bucket, trencher & post hole digger. You’ll get to see some of them in use once l get better at doing videos while I’m doing stuff.
I have checked in with one of the local agronomists & they are great. I still have to do a proper soil analysis across the farm but did my own for ph & have been using some biological sprays to see if it helps.
Winter crops are a bit hit & miss in our area as winter is our dry period but I’m working on a water system that I might be able to irrigate around a quarter of the place.
Thanks for the advice much appreciated as we are trying to learn as much as we can. 🍻
that is very good ,you know a seed box is available for the yeomans plow . I think you'll get a better response than the first paddock maybe.
Hey Adam.
Thanks for the comment. Yes l asked for a price for the seed box & the crumble roller but was very expensive. The seed box & shank l will save up for & get in the future. Will save a lot of time & yes hopefully get a better response. 🍻
@@ourstoneycreekjourney5702 your very lucky to have such a good implement,,,, the crumble roller is not needed unless your preparing a seed bank,, or its muddy ground. Looks like you enjoyed the walk doing the seeding.
Do a follow up vid when it is a bout 4 foot or so
Thanks for the informative video. What contour level do you set out and how many horse power is your tractor for running the 3 tynes?
Hi @adavisops.
Good question. I basically pick a spot to set up the laser in the middle of the paddock. It has a 400mt diameter pickup. I then mark the same level around the paddock, moving the laser as l run out of height on the staff. When l run the plow around l run it slightly off contour from the valley to the ridge, so water will move from the valley towards the ridge. (Hope that makes sense)
The tractor l have is 53hp & you need around 15hp per tyne. 🍻
quick question re your augered tree holes - how deep are you drilling before filling with ammendments?
Hi There.
I have a 450mm auger on the dingo & drill the holes about 500mm deep. Sometimes depends how dry & hard the ground is. We are on granite soils & sometimes very rocky in spots once you get below the topsoil.
Have a good day
Rob🍻
Nice. But wouldn't a no drill till work just as good ?
Hey Clint
I’d like a no till drill as well but are really expensive. The Yeomans breaks the compaction of the soil down to 12-14 inches. I’m running it down to 6 - 8 inches at the moment. By running it around on contour, l can hold the moisture in the soil & help roots penetrate into the soil deeper.
Thanks for watching 🍻
Can you not make (or adapt) a seeder that rides along with the yeoman plow and adds the mixed seeds to the work as the tractor does it?
Seems to me that about any farmer should be able to make a ground driven wheel, a mechanism to add some of whatever was mixed together, and a simple tube that followed behind the plow share structure, to that plow... Just sayin'
Hey Trevor.
Good idea & one l have given a bit of thought to but I’m no MacGyver
Yeomans do make a seeder box that does exactly what you described but more than l want to spend.
If l had more acreage I’d probably justify the expense or have a go at making something.
With a small farm & being semi retired l have the time to walk the paddocks a few times.
Good way to get to know the ground you’re trying to improve at different times during the season. 🍻
@@ourstoneycreekjourney5702
I see too many really effective and cheap designs for seed metering out there, that would be a grand choice for your purposes, where you are applying a small qty of mixed small seeds! A couple bicycle gear clusters, some bike chain, and any of many choices of metering you can think of, from crude (Planet Jr style metered trickle, through varied size holes) to very precise (Vacuum plate seed metering) are all well within a fella's abilities to make at home on the farm.
I can appreciate having the time to walk the paddocks, as well as the desire to do so, but it seems to me, time spent walking them while in the throes of actually getting something that requires any coordinated thinking on the walker's part, means that that time really is not spent actually seeing what details might be worth noting. :)
Plow may be similar/to a chisel plow
Hi Dennis
I think it is basically the same as a chisel plow but with a coulter running in front to cut a path for the chisel to lessen the surface disturbance.
It has different attachments for the foot for different effects in the soil. 🍻
Subsoiler.
Doesn’t look good. You need a aerator and a soil test. Looks like your wasting your time
Why not
Hey Kev.
Thanks for watching. Are you able to explain a bit more of what you mean.
I have had a soil tests across all the paddocks.
The Yeomans is more about breaking the compaction & when used on contour or just off contour about capturing more water in the soil & directing it towards the ridges. 🍻
Looks like you are wasting everyones time commenting without knowing what you are talking about