Bed Renovation with Neil Halpin

Neil Halpin (Senior Agronomist, QPIF/DEEDI) walks us through the limitations of conventional tillage and some of the challenges moving to a controlled traffic row spacing. Rotary hoeing needs to be followed by a sub-surface rip and cross rip. This requires a huge investment of energy, 30% of which is wasted because of rolling resistance, with the tractor tire running over soft ground, and the energy spend by ripper tine spend relieving the compaction behind the tire. This is the argument for permanent beds, and traffic zones where is is easy for the tractor to work.

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