Deep Plowing - Why Farmers Plow their Field so Deep?

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  • čas přidán 16. 04. 2022
  • Deep plowing is not recommended for all soils.
    Most soils which produce high yields show little benefit from deep plowing,
    Others may double their yields.
    There are many different reasons to do deep plowing.
    1.For soil which would not take up water readily.
    Water tends to run off such soils rather than to soak down the root zone.
    Deep plowing modifies the soil structure so that water may be transported more
    from the surface to the water table or Co drains.
    2. To restore the ideal structure of the soils.
    Mixing the clods, rolling them over and leave the space on the surface to a new field
    which has not been previously intensively cultivated, which help the birth and the growth of the
    Future new plant. It in fact, will be able to find the proper space to expand its roots.
    3. Weeds control.
    Deep ploughing tended to give better control of many perennial weeds,
    and often of annual weeds than shallow ploughing.
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  • @gardnep
    @gardnep Před rokem +20

    In Australia it is rarely done because in our shallow soils it mixes infertile subsoil with fertile top soil. Apart from being extremely wasteful on fuel and wear and tear on machinery. Over here, plant roots are much more effective at aerating soil than plowing, they die and leave millions of channels for water and nutrients to enter.

  • @ivanlandivar1741
    @ivanlandivar1741 Před rokem +17

    The fertile black soil from the top put under the yellow soil, simply insane. 🤯

    • @loudchips2072
      @loudchips2072 Před rokem +1

      Bro its so the roots seek the nutrients buried deeper, thereby establishing a stronger foothold.

    • @monkeydog8681
      @monkeydog8681 Před rokem +3

      @@loudchips2072 Hmm. But it's the microorganism that activates such minerals so the plants can use them. This basically kills them though.

    • @quillo2747
      @quillo2747 Před rokem +3

      @@loudchips2072 Plowing exposes nutrients short term. Kills off the organic material that produce those nutrients long term. Its the main reason soil fertility is collapsing

  • @zabler2811
    @zabler2811 Před rokem +1170

    My family has been farming for 5 generations and this is a lie. This is an insane waste of time and resources. So much fuel wasted to simply destroy thousands of years worth of top soil buildup.

    • @singhkhangura3732
      @singhkhangura3732 Před rokem +58

      Same! We never did this except normal ploughing...

    • @matsv201
      @matsv201 Před rokem +83

      It really depends on how the soil look. The farm where I grew up the top soil was sevral meters deep. Yes meters.

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState Před rokem +135

      If you grow food in Ukraine, middle America or other rarely found extremely fertile places then ofcourse this makes no sense. Midwestern America is extremely fertile because all of the nutrient dense Earth was scraped off of Canada by glaciers during the ice age and dumped onto the midwest. If you have extremely dense clay soil, the water doesn't soak into the ground well, and will take all of your fertilizer into streams whenever it rains. This makes a ton of sense if you're starting a new plot. If youve been "growing for generations" then youre the beneficiary of years of growth activity and root penetration where the soil is looser and more prone to absorb water and fertilizers both natural and artificial. I use a really large raised bed where i live because i dont have heavy equipent to loosen up the 115 year old back yard filled with heavy clay, shale and ceramics/glass people used to toss outside back before trash pickup services were available. If i had King Tiger Tank or something i might plow but i grow food by hand, so i couldnt hope to grow without a raised bed.

    • @zabler2811
      @zabler2811 Před rokem +7

      @@SubvertTheState that's sad

    • @garykeenan3724
      @garykeenan3724 Před rokem +7

      Lol searching for diamonds I guess

  • @southronjr1570
    @southronjr1570 Před rokem +18

    The problem, as mentioned in other comments, is that you turn over and bury the most fertile top layers of soil, breaking the hard pan in certain areas is a good thing but plowing that deep is fairly rare. Most of the farmers in my area have completely gotten away from plowing at all and use drills to plant seed and alternate the crops from heavy nitrogen feeders to legumes to put nitrogen back in every few years.

    • @philippeboisclair4488
      @philippeboisclair4488 Před rokem +2

      yes but also if its the fist time doing it its to loose the soil for the roots and help more seed the chance to open and go but i totaly agreed they did it too low so they will have to add alot of fertiliser

    • @unknownuser2737
      @unknownuser2737 Před rokem +2

      I live in central Midwest United States we rotate our crops. We plant corn or soybeans every other year. Sometimes we let the fields rest and raise alfalfa. It helps put nitrogen in the ground just like soybeans do.

    • @bonniebon7335
      @bonniebon7335 Před rokem +4

      @@unknownuser2737 Your roots, especially the deep roots like alfalfa, are doing the deep plowing for you. Same thing, just more less time efficient.

  • @carlbergevin8376
    @carlbergevin8376 Před rokem +19

    Silliness. Add organic matter to improve drainage. Chisel plow if necessary leaving soil layers intact. Use rotary tillage or discing on the top layer to incorporate crop residues. And don't compact the soil by running 5 CATs over it.

    • @topcat5988
      @topcat5988 Před rokem +6

      The cats do not compact the soil.
      The cats in this video have a ground pressure rating of 5 psi and the tractors hove as high as 70 psi.

    • @MatejVelican
      @MatejVelican Před 3 dny

      Finally, a commenter that is jot mentailly ill. Thanks topcat!

  • @michaelplunkett8059
    @michaelplunkett8059 Před rokem +9

    My Dad, born 1918 and not a farmer thought this helped aerate lower soils and bring untapped minerals to the surface, increasing fertility and building deeper topsoil.
    Current no till runs counter.

    • @shawnclemenson9939
      @shawnclemenson9939 Před rokem

      Plowing may increase fertility in the short term but long term it has shown to negatively impact soil health and quality. It destroys soil structure for microfauna, bacteria and aggregation for soil water intake and it releases mass amounts of carbon into our atmosphere. Not sustainable practices!

    • @silverdale3207
      @silverdale3207 Před rokem

      conventional ploughing helps mix in organic matter , aerate the soil and gets good results but this seems illogical ( would love to hear their side of the story.)

  • @jasminelindros8923
    @jasminelindros8923 Před rokem +12

    Just look at the cross-section of the soil before the plow turns it over. Fertile, humic-rich soil on top, lighter and less fertile soil below, and deep plowing deliberately takes that fertile layer and buries it where the roots of annual crops can't reach it. Deep plowing is only a benefit to sterile soils with poor structure, where you won't necessarily lose anything by destroying that already-poor structure.

  • @HanginInSF
    @HanginInSF Před rokem +19

    I don't know jack about farming but hooking up 5 tractors to cut a huge hole in the ground is bad ass.

  • @bb1257
    @bb1257 Před rokem +8

    One of the first guys plowing straight up sand to the surface... Smart.

  • @bigchieftomato
    @bigchieftomato Před rokem +6

    I love the comments section in this post, as a farmer I am shocked we are definitely messing the soil structure by plowing - there are other methods of soil regeneration

  • @artmosley3337
    @artmosley3337 Před rokem +13

    After the huge floods in the mid west back in the early’90’s , they made a 10 foot plow, pulled by 2 Caterpillar tracked tractors.. they had to plow under 12-20 inches of sand and new dirt from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers on all the bottom ground farms.. they did soil test and said that there was 20-30 feet deep of top soil underneath.. we have been farming only the top 2 feet for over a hundred years in many places..and after the Mount St Hellen volcanic eruption.. over a Billion tons of fresh volcanic dust has enriched the entire Northern states, Midwest and top eastern farm lands.

    • @radi2173
      @radi2173 Před rokem

      What i understand is that you mix a lot of things together

  • @charliepiston3169
    @charliepiston3169 Před rokem +10

    Watch Gabe Brown's lectures to learn about NO-TILL, MULTI-SPECIES COVER CROPPING, MOB GRAZING and more. See how today's farmers are improving their soil, increasing organic matter, increasing water infiltration, protecting soil from erosion and top soil loss, increasing profitability, reducing inputs, growing healthier food, protecting the health of the environment., and more.

  • @tracnunya7165
    @tracnunya7165 Před rokem +16

    You know that great smell after you plow ?
    That's all the value of your land going up in the air and drifting away $$$$$$$$$$$$$

    • @veramae4098
      @veramae4098 Před rokem +3

      Any plowing brings up seeds buried in the soil.
      A relatively new farm technique is NO plowing. Using Round up or something similar, then a seeder that drills holes and drops seeds in.

    • @tracnunya7165
      @tracnunya7165 Před rokem

      @@veramae4098 round up no longer works on most farms, instead, they have superweeds, and round up pays the farmer to shut up and plow then under

    • @tracnunya7165
      @tracnunya7165 Před rokem

      @@veramae4098 been using it for decades , no till drill

  • @wannabefarmer6056
    @wannabefarmer6056 Před rokem +15

    It's terrifying to see all the black dirt turned under. I wish we had black. All ours is yellow clay.

    • @Hankbhomeless
      @Hankbhomeless Před rokem +1

      You must have a higher matter of sulfur and clay soils I imagine.

    • @wannabefarmer6056
      @wannabefarmer6056 Před rokem

      @@Hankbhomeless all yellow clay. Terrible to work with and washes easy. We manage though. Not much plowing in our area. Southern Ohio

  • @jamesrogers4674
    @jamesrogers4674 Před rokem +17

    A lot of that looked like they were burying the good under junk.
    I'd freak out if I saw someone doing that to my field.

  • @benweber9185
    @benweber9185 Před rokem +10

    I don't know who is gonna run over that with a disk but it ain't gonna be me

  • @andrebartels1690
    @andrebartels1690 Před rokem +10

    Look at all this beautiful dark soil buried under lifeless sand. One can only expect benefits from this technique when you see soil only as a mechanical plant-holder.

  • @moose2577
    @moose2577 Před rokem +22

    It's almost like these "experts" didn't even watch the video. Just because you'd never do it on your farm doesn't mean it isn't needed on a different farm in a different freaking country. And nobody SHOULD be dumb enough to think this is an every year thing.

  • @xhawkeye8717
    @xhawkeye8717 Před rokem +11

    And here comes the "ain't never heard of that around these parts, therefore it don't exist" crowd.

  • @jantschierschky3461
    @jantschierschky3461 Před rokem +10

    In Australia were topsoil is very thin, plowing is discouraged. Zero tillage has much better outcome. To me plowing is a bad idea, you disrupt the soil fauna, cause compaction, destroy topsoil and get erosion. Hydrophobic soil can be dealt with biological and or chemical

    • @nalley6815
      @nalley6815 Před rokem

      Same here in the US. most everyone is moving to no till. It’s just the smarter thing to do

  • @Hankbhomeless
    @Hankbhomeless Před rokem +16

    There are a few exceptions in the US where deep plows are needed. One thing not mentioned in this video is sandy or silty clay soils in desert regions that haven’t been worked before may be necessary. States such as Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and even parts of New Mexico where ground hasn’t been worked in awhile may see this. It really isn’t something you would ever want to do on conventional fields that are worked because you’ll destroy your top soil horizon and essentially have to start all over again with added nutrients and fertilizer to being back you 3 major Macronutrients. If someone is doing this regularly, they have no idea how soil health works and should leave the ag industry alone.

  • @dperreno
    @dperreno Před rokem +15

    Nice footage, but the explanations were crap.

  • @raymondo162
    @raymondo162 Před rokem +12

    2:53: ploughing the dark soil under and leaving nutritionally-bland yellow sand on top. terrific illustration of THE main failure of ploughing. well played, eejit

  • @justaguy995
    @justaguy995 Před rokem +9

    No till is now the most used method

  • @maarts665
    @maarts665 Před rokem +9

    Oh...this kind of deep plowing 😳

  • @lipmifo7019
    @lipmifo7019 Před rokem +10

    Reading the comments, one realises there's a lot of arm chair farmers. This practice is probably done/recommended at best maybe once every 10-12yrs. It's also done when rain events are less likely so there is no erosion events that can take place. As the top soil of any farm is a farmers best asset, so why destroy, lose it?
    Why undertake this practice:
    1) Bust up the compaction layer left by using large mechanical equipment in wet conditions. Allows plants to penetrate deeper into the ground also helping with erosion rainfall events when crops are established.
    2) To mix, bring some clay into a top soil profile which helps retain water and nutrients in the top soil profile. Some top soil profiles are that sandy the soil retains nothing, by adding clay it starts the regenerative process e.g. sandy deserts.
    3) It brings leachable nutrients which have leached into a clay pan back to the top soil so they're once again accessible to the plant e.g. Calcium, Potassium, Boron
    Closing note.
    Yes in some parts of the world this practice is outdated on certain farms. Just like on some farms need irrigation whilst others don't.

  • @gbrown9273
    @gbrown9273 Před rokem +53

    How can you grow anything at all in the turned over soil.? I was watching the fertile top soil being buried like 5 feet down, and now the "hard pan / sand layer" is on the top..

    • @michaelf.2449
      @michaelf.2449 Před rokem +3

      I imagine their soil is just different from what we're used to. It's definitely just crazy looking compared to what I've grown up seeing.

    • @Beregorn88
      @Beregorn88 Před rokem

      You add a shitload of fertilizer...
      But yes, there are plenty of studies showing that deep plowing is actually detrimental most of the time, especially in the long run

    • @yuukpakpa
      @yuukpakpa Před rokem +7

      In some parts of Canada, they deep plow because "the nice black topsoil" is just peat moss and grows nothing. Deep plowing mixes it with the dirt underneath and then crops can be grown.

    • @Mark-em5zm
      @Mark-em5zm Před rokem +7

      When perception is stronger than reality. Pretty sure a farmer who has been plying his trade for decades knows a bit more about agriculture than people posting on CZcams.

    • @nicholashomler1494
      @nicholashomler1494 Před rokem

      @@Mark-em5zm even the randome CZcamsr my know something, the reason to plow is to allow a greater diversity of nutrients to become available to the roots. Deep soil of all kinds are full of inorganic nutrients by taking the organic topsoil and putting it under the inorganic soil it gives the roots a greater reason to go deeper using less water and creating more drought resistant plant, the topsoil is still available for use to the plant. It just has to get to it.

  • @Xanthopteryx
    @Xanthopteryx Před rokem +15

    I would say that if you need deep plowing, you have not taken care of your soil but mistreated it so it becomes kind of a dead soil.

    • @CookingWithCows
      @CookingWithCows Před rokem

      Ideally you wouldn't plow at all, keeping the soil layers and microbiology in them intact. However, for some crops like carrots that will split into multiple legs if they suddenly encounter denser soil, you need deeply loosened soil and on large areas I guess plows are the best option.

  • @raymondmoore2707
    @raymondmoore2707 Před rokem +18

    That s one way to get rid of that pesky organic topsoil and replace it with sterile silt.

  • @martinjeffery3590
    @martinjeffery3590 Před rokem +10

    Well i listen to other people and read comments but i think its down to growing the same crop in the same place for decades ,no crop rotation to replace vital nutrients ,no lying fallow to allow structure to repair itself .They are looking for more fertile soil that has not been completely raped of all natural nutrients

  • @davyp2993
    @davyp2993 Před rokem +10

    The guy is correct, it is only beneficial in some areas, especially now with the heavy-weight farm machinery compacting the soil.
    In the south of Spain every 15 to 20 years when they dig up and replace the almond trees they deep plough, a couple of reasons but mainly because it helps stop soil erosion allowing the heavy rain to percolate down through the soil rather than wash it away.
    In Scotland I have seen it done because of years of "no-till ploughing" for shallow rooted crops of barley, and no crop rotation, the top soil becomes tired, any fertiliser can seep down further than the 4 to 6 inches that is disturbed. The deep ploughing and a few years of different crops, brings the yield of the barley up by atleast 20%.
    The other commenters that have been against the video probably come from areas where crop rotation and ploughing to a decent depth is normal.
    Keep up the good work, I enjoyed seeing all the different ploughs and "tractor-trains" used.
    Also the way they tied the tractors together, especial using a tractor tyre to use as a tension device.!

    • @silvergreylion
      @silvergreylion Před rokem

      By "tired", you probably mean depleted of some minerals and nutrients. It would be so easy to add a bit of volcanic ash to replenish it.

    • @davyp2993
      @davyp2993 Před rokem +2

      @@silvergreylion the minerals and nutrients had just been washed down into the lower layer and needed "stirred" up to the surface again.

    • @colto2312
      @colto2312 Před rokem

      @@davyp2993 by washed down, do you mean into the river systems? There's no drainage in dead soil

    • @silvergreylion
      @silvergreylion Před rokem

      @@davyp2993 That's because the fertilizer makes them soluble so some is washed down, and the plants take up some, so the top layer becomes depleted over time.
      Then you plow into subsoil, and some years later, the layer of depleted soil is even deeper.
      That is not a sustainable way to grow crops. You have to replenish what's taken away or washed out/down.
      Volcanic ash and dust will do that.

  • @AwoudeX
    @AwoudeX Před rokem +11

    We mixed the soil of the top 80cm because there was a layer of stuff that blocked water drainage. It killed the crops and the soil life all the same. No worms were found in that piece and it might take years before the biodiversity of that area becomes good again. The road is now taken though and the field now has a chance again.

    • @stephanesoler3085
      @stephanesoler3085 Před rokem

      In that case indeed

    • @tracnunya7165
      @tracnunya7165 Před rokem

      add lime

    • @jantschierschky3461
      @jantschierschky3461 Před rokem

      Did you try biology ? Or minerals ?

    • @AwoudeX
      @AwoudeX Před rokem

      @@jantschierschky3461 biology no because the basic bacteria and worms get mass murdered by the waterlogging of the soil, what kind of life would you try to add to the soil to improve it?
      also minerals, what would you add when the disturbing layer is 80 cm deep, to compensate for waterlogging of the soil?

    • @jantschierschky3461
      @jantschierschky3461 Před rokem

      @@AwoudeX i been doing that for 40 years, so trust me it works in right combinations. So if you have waterlogged soil, ask yourself why ? Only clay subsoil ? If not than you can improve drainage in many different ways. Well you done it already, but good biology opens up soil fast.

  • @intheshell35ify
    @intheshell35ify Před rokem +11

    While everybody else is trying to get on board with no till you got these jokers that treat the ground like a piece of paper they can flip.

  • @suspiciousspaghooti
    @suspiciousspaghooti Před rokem +10

    Just here for the deep plowing.

  • @bryanbrewer4272
    @bryanbrewer4272 Před rokem +12

    I have plowed deep my whole life...........I'm not a farmer.......

  • @watchthe1369
    @watchthe1369 Před 11 měsíci +17

    Every few years a hardpan develops below the usual depth of the various seed bed preparation methods. It tends to force water to run off and you do not get the deep moisture that helps crops through week long dryspells and such. It is used to help fields recover from sandy silts left by flooding (If it is a high clay soil it is beneficial to mix the sand in too.) and in the case of deeper rooted crops like grapes and fruits, it is necessary to get the depth to level and re-contour the rows. It also helps the soil get aerated for the nitrogen fixing bacteria something to work with. Sometimes there might be some minerals that are becoming depleted on the surface and the dirt needs rotated to regenerate deep down.
    Some of that deep plowing seems to be dumping good dark soil that has been developed back down into deeper layers in the video, it makes me wonder what special crop they might be preparing for.

    • @sadrao0o
      @sadrao0o Před 10 měsíci +1

      great info thank you ❤

    • @beardedbowhunter6139
      @beardedbowhunter6139 Před 7 měsíci +3

      This comment is exactly what I was looking for. All these keyboard warriors saying how dumb it is are not the same people who would invest the the time and resources required to farm much less seek to understand why someone would go through the effort an operation like this would require

  • @kiwidunca
    @kiwidunca Před rokem +10

    I was watching quite a different deep plowing video last night. Giggidy

  • @loosehandle1
    @loosehandle1 Před rokem +14

    Good thing diesel is so cheap

  • @gibblespascack1418
    @gibblespascack1418 Před rokem +7

    The only time that I have seen deep plowing was when the fields were flooded and that flood brought a few feet of sand to the property. Crops will not grow on sand, so you plow below the sand layer to bring up the actual soil to the surface. Then you can grow crops again..

  • @michaelshylaluckey2838
    @michaelshylaluckey2838 Před 10 měsíci +12

    In California it was done to bury the high salt content of the top soil.

    • @Reotha
      @Reotha Před 4 měsíci

      Real definition of knowing your soil.

  • @sbourdondvm
    @sbourdondvm Před rokem +7

    I always thought deep plowing was for areas with PH imbalances and salt intrusion and is very limited in the areas where it is beneficial and used.

  • @Andyisgodcky
    @Andyisgodcky Před rokem +42

    So many didn't watch the video and ignored the "this isn't suitable for all soil types" part, and just angrily ranting about no-till. Farmers KNOW wbat gets them good yields in their area because thats how they make money! A farmer doing this in an area or for a purpose its not good for will go broke fast!

    • @FelonyVideos
      @FelonyVideos Před rokem +3

      I do agree with you, but if it takes 5 tractors chained together to pull a plow, well, that's just stupid. I think those scenes were just for show, like a carnival act.

    • @printing_fan
      @printing_fan Před rokem

      So short sighted

    • @hnorrstrom
      @hnorrstrom Před rokem +6

      Yes this is the only comment that matters. Everyone do what is best for their farm.
      How the hell can people know how to grow crops on the other side of the globe?
      It is learnings inherited from generations.
      What is best for you is not the best for somebody else.
      I just hate it when a keyboard warrior tells others what to do..

    • @peterclark6290
      @peterclark6290 Před rokem +3

      Farmers are living off chicken feed and have been getting poorer since the Green Revolution. For a few years Agribusiness was taking over 100% of all farm revenue. So no, farmers don't necessarily see the end game, they are stuck with tradition which "is just peer pressure from dead people" and a whole heap of 'followers'. Regenerative Agriculture is where the real farmers hang out now. Gabe Brown brags that he only likes to sign the back of a check/cheque.

    • @danielclark8036
      @danielclark8036 Před rokem +2

      @@FelonyVideos sorry deep ploughing is real and the number of tractors relates to soil type and depth. Some of these ploughs take a cut a metre plus in depth. This isn't yearly I think it's done on something like a 5 year cycle. And the benefit in crop production will pay for this process.

  • @clashtwo5066
    @clashtwo5066 Před rokem +13

    On a scale of 0 to fucked up: DAMN that’s fucked up

  • @Reotha
    @Reotha Před 4 měsíci +10

    Know your soil. Farmers dont just deep plow everyday for fun.

  • @joaovictorfernandes6919
    @joaovictorfernandes6919 Před rokem +5

    Here in Brazil, before plowing the soil, we do a compaction assessment before plowing.
    and we also use the no-tillage technique, which generates great savings and profits for producers.

  • @lordofhowell7158
    @lordofhowell7158 Před rokem +2

    5 tractors to pull 1 plough does make me chuckle 😂 New subscriber. Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @Lastchatte2
    @Lastchatte2 Před rokem +16

    deep plowing is mostly done to have fun with huge tools and several tractors

  • @randyschneider6086
    @randyschneider6086 Před 8 měsíci +17

    The plow pulled by five crawlers is burying the topsoil,if you did that on my land the 6-8 inches of topsoil would be replaced by heavy yellow clay forever,I’ve even turned up the clay deeptilling.

    • @fendtclaas8689
      @fendtclaas8689 Před 8 měsíci

      The clay is what you want full of rich nutrients, which eventually turns into top soil. People these days are so clueless, do some research, what is clay???

    • @randyschneider6086
      @randyschneider6086 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Any spots in the field where topsoil was replaced by the clay due to excessive deep tilling or water erosion produces only 1/4 of what the topsoil covered area does.

    • @fendtclaas8689
      @fendtclaas8689 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@randyschneider6086 water erosion dissolves nutrients and carries them away that obvious. Over here in Canada where ever we do deep tillage and bring up the clay we have bumber crops. Proven over and over. Also you have to know your clay colors, some clays are bad. You always want to look for that golden clay. ,😋

    • @randyschneider6086
      @randyschneider6086 Před 8 měsíci

      @@fendtclaas8689 it’s obvious I don’t have golden clay😄

    • @fendtclaas8689
      @fendtclaas8689 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@randyschneider6086 theirs different shades of golden clay. Theirs also many different types of clay soils as well. Crumbly, pasty, sticky, heavy ect..
      I run a custom farming business and we do alot of plowing in the spring and fall. I've got thousands of acres under my belt all over the country, so I've seen every condition under the sun.

  • @terrymcguire8476
    @terrymcguire8476 Před rokem +11

    Plowing too deep results in bringing subsoil to the surface which isn't great soil medium for growing plants.

  • @Motologist95
    @Motologist95 Před rokem +7

    This video is confusing a deep plowing practice that is rarely carried out anymore with video clips of deep plowing in certain parts of the Netherlands and Germany. The plowing carried out in this videos is mixing multiple soil types in river bottom group to reduce soil stress. It's pretty well documented why the Dutch have this specific practice.

  • @raymondcamp8212
    @raymondcamp8212 Před rokem +6

    I would like to see crops before deep plowing and after. Yeild records compared. It has to be very expensive to deep plow. Can you emagine preparing a seed bed in that much loose soil.

  • @chasingliberty1776
    @chasingliberty1776 Před rokem +6

    Not sure why you would want the subsoil on top but I guess they do things different in the east

  • @alekkce-7776
    @alekkce-7776 Před rokem +11

    Весь плодородный слой смешали с глиной зачем так глубоко пахать это неразумно

    • @user-st5hv3ro8i
      @user-st5hv3ro8i Před rokem

      Когда будут высаживать плодовый сад или виноград то плодородный слой будет у корней.

  • @ev1558
    @ev1558 Před rokem +2

    I find it interesting on the different types of soils we see here.

  • @Keith-dn9pf
    @Keith-dn9pf Před 3 měsíci +2

    I live in southern Alabama, surrounded by farmers and farmland in all directions. I've watched them plow season after season, they all use chisel plows. They might plow to a depth of 12 inches at a maximum. I've asked plenty of different farmers "do you have a turn plow" ? , and most of them said "no" and the few that did say they had one told me they never used theirs and just stayed with a chisel plow.

  • @shoego
    @shoego Před rokem +6

    Afaik this is mostly used to defrost frozen soil faster. It's not a very common pratice nowadays.

  • @gouravsoni6349
    @gouravsoni6349 Před rokem +7

    HOW STUPID CAN WE PROVE OUR HUMAN RACE ?
    DEEP PLOUGHING HUMANS: HOLD MY BEER

  • @jeffclark5024
    @jeffclark5024 Před rokem +8

    I could see it maybe in certain cases where you have abundant topsoil. Some of these look like they’re plowing the black dirt under and pulling up the sand and crap that nothing will grow in

  • @jimmywyatt4144
    @jimmywyatt4144 Před rokem +9

    Burying the top soil with sand and clay where is the logic in that?

  • @JehovahsBitches
    @JehovahsBitches Před rokem +15

    No till all the way! We shouldn’t disturb the soil. Fungal ecology is an important aspect that is often overlooked

    • @tomwilliams8102
      @tomwilliams8102 Před rokem

      What you going to do when your weed burden is sky high

  • @42lookc
    @42lookc Před rokem +4

    Man, if you tried that here in the dried up bed of the Champlain Sea in the Ottawa Valley of Eastern Ontario, Canada, you would instantly end up with a new Death Valley. The clay underneath the first 8 inches or so would grow _nothing_ at all.

  • @bertyaustin
    @bertyaustin Před rokem +4

    I would love to do some metal detecting after ploughing that deep. 😊

  • @pakabe8774
    @pakabe8774 Před rokem +292

    That is how you prepare a future desert.

    • @MonsieurNarlan
      @MonsieurNarlan Před rokem +13

      That's not how magic works

    • @NZAgriculture
      @NZAgriculture Před rokem +3

      Yes, well, Greg Judy's comments come to mind!

    • @krishnaramalingam1944
      @krishnaramalingam1944 Před rokem +15

      Legit.... All I could think about during this video is " that looks like overfarmed soil right there, barren and weak"

    • @liderasstro4118
      @liderasstro4118 Před rokem +3

      Nope i disagree

    • @souffle420
      @souffle420 Před rokem +8

      ikr? These guys prepared millions of dollar worth of equipments just to create a future desert.

  • @charlestheodoreheissman8418

    Oklahoma dust bowl 🥣, remember?? Opposite of that which creates the desired results, here we go again.

    • @robertcasellas4751
      @robertcasellas4751 Před rokem +3

      No one remembers.

    • @5th_decile
      @5th_decile Před rokem

      ​Said@@robertcasellas4751while a solemn WWI-type remembrance tune is playing in another of my youtube-tabs 😂

    • @jmd1743
      @jmd1743 Před rokem

      @@robertcasellas4751 They remember, they just see dollars in the sky. They'll gladly give their grandchildren a dust bowl to inherit if they thought they could retire on the beach.
      I think a lot of society's ills has to do with aging older generations who no longer really believe in the afterlife even though they go to church regularly, so they support policies they know are terrible out of spite for the generations who will inherit the nation.
      Look at the greedy farmers who sink 10,000 foot deep wells to grow alfalfa for the Saudis for their own cattle.

  • @masterquadbiker
    @masterquadbiker Před rokem +6

    And so it turns out that over time this has been recognised as a really bad way to treat and eventually degrade good soil

  • @dustyplains9467
    @dustyplains9467 Před rokem +5

    If you did this in western Kansas the weeds probably wouldn’t even grow lol

  • @OhioRiverFisherman
    @OhioRiverFisherman Před rokem +1

    The deeper they plow it, the more artifacts come up. Plow baby plow, Rocks!!!

  • @AgriFatech
    @AgriFatech Před 6 měsíci +2

    This video offers a great exploration into the reasons behind deep plowing in agriculture. It's intriguing to understand the benefits and considerations of this farming technique. I'm curious about the long-term effects of deep plowing on soil health and fertility. Also, how do different soil types and crop requirements influence the decision to plow deeply? It would be interesting to hear from farmers or agronomists about their experiences and insights on this topic. Deep plowing seems to be a crucial aspect of effective farming strategies!

  • @veeranagoudapatil6992
    @veeranagoudapatil6992 Před rokem +3

    I would recommend ripping it does not change the soil profile and structure but it helps in water holding and rooting system.

  • @Ra_Z_Q
    @Ra_Z_Q Před rokem +22

    RIP Mycelium
    RIP Soil microbiology
    RIP Soil fertility

    • @Shadowfax2121
      @Shadowfax2121 Před rokem +1

      Lol also...
      WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY INSECT PESTS I DONT UNDERSTAND. SOME MYSTERIES WILL NEVER BE SOLVED

    • @Ra_Z_Q
      @Ra_Z_Q Před rokem

      @@Shadowfax2121 Have you tried companion planting?
      Creation does not exist as separated mono-cultures. Work within creation or continually fight it.

  • @andrewslagle1974
    @andrewslagle1974 Před rokem +2

    In new york state where we farm we just chisel plow & disc,We also do a lot of no till planting for corn.

  • @charlesdall8165
    @charlesdall8165 Před rokem +4

    Some fields used to produce 1(one ) ton of maize per ha .Now adays many farmers produce as much as 20 to 30 tons per ha because of research and correct modern farming methods. Just keep quiet and day thank you for the farmers feeding the world

  • @willianmarcolino3258
    @willianmarcolino3258 Před rokem +5

    Aqui no Brasil 🇧🇷 não reviramos o solo pra plantar, pois em caso de excesso de chuva o solo não seja levado ou em caso de seca a umidade não seja evaporada, utilizamos semeadoras com grande capacidade de corte, para descompactar o solo usamos escarificadores ou descompaquitadores conhecidos com Ripper. Assistam o vídeo com um Ripper em operação: Terros GTS

  • @mm-le2qq
    @mm-le2qq Před rokem +9

    Lots of specialist here 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Traktor_Ngawi
    @Traktor_Ngawi Před rokem +2

    Good job, thank for sharing👍

  • @EDBZ28
    @EDBZ28 Před rokem +1

    Thx for video. I’ve always wondered the reason for deep plowing. Have never seen it here in the States.

  • @randymack2222
    @randymack2222 Před rokem +15

    There are better ways to "reverse compaction"! They can plant a type of horse radish that grows nearly a meter in to the ground, after the plant dies the root remains as a hollow core. Air, water, and nutrients are capable of reaching deeper into the soil!

    • @milkdrinker5966
      @milkdrinker5966 Před rokem +1

      Also it as a farmer you should look at why you got the compaction in the first place and fix that issue. As a farmer you should strive to never get excessive compation

  • @dundonrl
    @dundonrl Před rokem +5

    I know in California they will deep rip (using a D-11 dozer) to bust up the hard pan that's 6 ft deep.

    • @jackdbur
      @jackdbur Před rokem

      Yes but turning the sub soil over your top soil makes no sense

  • @letsdothis9063
    @letsdothis9063 Před rokem +1

    I was born in the MS Delta and have never seen this. Pretty wild. My little cousin works on a farm. I will have to ask him about this.

  • @dragutintodosijevic4195
    @dragutintodosijevic4195 Před rokem +6

    under a certain depth the soil is barren

  • @tomkitchen2764
    @tomkitchen2764 Před rokem +5

    Deep ploughing looks very expensive.

  • @jackrichards1863
    @jackrichards1863 Před rokem +5

    If anyone believes the process is being done at such expense for no financial benefit. You've only missed knowing what it is that is being sold from the effort.

  • @f1rehawk99
    @f1rehawk99 Před rokem +17

    The only reason I can think of to deep plow is if you are in Siberia where you need to get down and break up the permafrost so you can get deeper roots.

    • @reaperhunter7297
      @reaperhunter7297 Před rokem +1

      That's what I was thinking it seems like a waste of fuel and time if you aren't breaking up frozen ground

    • @jackdbur
      @jackdbur Před rokem

      Then use a deep ripper it will break up compaction or a hard pan layer with out burying your top soil.

  • @davidgreve2181
    @davidgreve2181 Před rokem

    Wow! I had never heard of this until now! I always thought that a 6 point moldboard plow was the cats buttt!

  • @lastname1st
    @lastname1st Před rokem +6

    That music though

  • @jester832
    @jester832 Před rokem +9

    They dig down the soil and Bring Up Sand?

    • @snowfuhrer
      @snowfuhrer Před rokem +6

      My thoughts exactly. Like wtf?

  • @teaguehall
    @teaguehall Před rokem +8

    Everyone should watch "Kiss the Ground" documentary, it explains how and why modern agriculture is destroying this planet. I take my hat off to the farmers world wide, who struggle to break even, feeding the planet, chasing inputs and yields, fighting nature, the greed of industry has pushed the farmer into this decline.

  • @ashoakwillow
    @ashoakwillow Před rokem +4

    If you have a hard compacted pan, where and rainfall races over the surface to the nearest gully, one effective solution is strip tillage. Particularly in so-called 'goat-deserts' where overgrazing has destroyed any cover. Typical strips might be a metre or so apart and 20 to 30 cms deep. Even better to follow contours, then any rainfall can flow into the cultivated strip, maybe even replenish groundwater, and certainly reduce flood risk down-stream.

    • @nalley6815
      @nalley6815 Před rokem +3

      Can do that or you can use a subsoiler. That way you’re not turning over the dirt but you’re still breaking up the compaction

  • @TheBushdoctor68
    @TheBushdoctor68 Před rokem +19

    1:50 This soil USED to be fertile, that's why the farmer started working there in the first place. What we're seeing here is the result of decades of chemical use, which has killed all life in the topsoil, turning it to a barren wasteland. Deep plowing will bring up the deeper fertile layers, and once those have been destroyed, the land has become worthless for agriculture or anyone for that matter.
    It's funny how organic techniques have proven themselves to work, keeping soil alive and actually improving, while retaining the same profits, but most farmers are like "Nope, I'm sticking with the ones forcing me to destroy my soil and send me into dept for millions every year, because THEY know what they're talking about".

    • @mushi475
      @mushi475 Před rokem

      Well world ground is becoming that wasteland very fast

    • @nalley6815
      @nalley6815 Před rokem

      It’s sad. Just look at it. It looks like someone just dumped truck loads of sand out there. It’s just lifeless. There’s nothing there. Chemicals aren’t great for it but that’s mostly the result of plowing and other tillage.

  • @christinalynn8143
    @christinalynn8143 Před rokem +4

    Not ALL land is farm land. So when comparing the average piece of land to the piece of farmland and the cultivation process it goes through or doesn't it is important to factor in the change of condition from that of what could be considered a commercial farm property to that of a residential home. The need for land cultivation is still there on a residential property but the care provided is varied, yet still similar.

  • @spiloFTW
    @spiloFTW Před rokem +12

    I am confused. Where is the girl?

  • @usptact
    @usptact Před rokem +7

    Wait a sec… they need 5 (!) tractors to pull that plough?

  • @GreenTitan333
    @GreenTitan333 Před rokem +5

    I'm no expert in heavy agriculture, but a lot of this is seems unnecessary. Tilling fields is one thing. Digging down to hard pan, with a bunch of machinery. Seems like overkill for little benefit.

  • @HighBrixGardens
    @HighBrixGardens Před rokem +3

    I can see the value of deep subsoiling to break through a hard pan. I can see the use of occasional regular plowing. But I honestly can’t figure out why someone needs to do deep plowing. I guess it could be used to deepen the top soil layer but that would take several years to build the sub soil on top into true top soil.

  • @maniek2207
    @maniek2207 Před rokem +9

    1:04 clay soil instead of black soil? Where is agriculture in this? This is stupid AF.

  • @joxterthemighty
    @joxterthemighty Před rokem +2

    Heard the drums and started looking for the tow truck

  • @radi2173
    @radi2173 Před rokem +7

    20cm is too deep also.

  • @jhonthewolf
    @jhonthewolf Před rokem +5

    I'm my entire life farming I have never heard of those
    It's a overly complicated version of ripping

  • @anshulgoswami275
    @anshulgoswami275 Před rokem +1

    Why it looks so satisfying 😌

  • @breakfast917
    @breakfast917 Před rokem +5

    That looks harrowing.