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MINIMUM TILLAGE GUIDE > > Summary · Kuhn : a minimum tillage specialist. · Minimum tillage techniques viewed by two specialists. · European agriculture in development. · Analysis of wheat production costs. · Economic and organisational implications. · The effect of minimum tillage on plant development. · Agronomic implications. · Environmental implications. · Success factors. · The Kuhn Concept : Non-PTO driven implements.
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· Inter-crop management : Choosing your implements. · Inter-crop management : Choice of Non-PTO driven implements. · Seeding for success. · Minimum tillage or direct drilling. · Alternative PTO driven solutions for minimum tillage. · Essential for residue management. · Bibliography and acknowledgements 3 4-6 7-8 9 – 11 12 – 13 14 – 15 16 – 17 18 19 – 21 22 – 25 26 – 27 28 – 30 31 – 32 33 – 36 37 38 39 KUHN : A MINIMUM TILLAGE SPECIALIST Changes in the economic and regulatory environment are forcing farmers to review their production systems by using minimum tillage techniques. When fully implemented a minimum tillage system will enable producers to: -reduce the cost of production e.g. machinery and labour -rethink crop production systems e.g. retaining crop residues on the soil surface, improving biological activity -make environmental improvements e.g. reduce erosion, and loss of nutrients The area of land non-ploughed worldwide has increased fourfold in the last ten years. In Europe it is estimated that 25% of the cultivated area is no longer ploughed. There is a diverse range of options available from direct drilling into a cover crop to deep cultivations, which have the same versatility as ploughing. This would suggest that equipment adaptable for use in a variety of systems is required. In this guide the Kuhn group outlines the various tillage systems available to farmers and makes suggestions on which Kuhn equipment is best adapted to which system. It must be emphasized that non-plough systems require changes in crop agronomy such as residue management, fertiliser policy and crop protection programmes. To be successful, this approach needs to be viewed as a complete system. 3 Minimum tillage techniqu Steve Townsend, Steve Townsend & Company, Economic Crop Systems Specialists, United Kingdom M inimum tillage systems are now an established part of mainstream UK agriculture, accounting for an estimated 40% of all cultivations, but as across Western Europe as a whole, it is a concept still in its infancy when compared with activities in North America, Latin America, and Australia, for example. A false start in the 1970’s and 80’s, together with an agricultural support regime that encouraged complacency ahead of innovation, are jointly responsible for our own relatively slow uptake of minimum tillage, but we are now entering an era where better knowledge and superior drill technology are underpinning sustained growth.