Strip-till establishment with Michael Grace in Clane, Co Kildare
For this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Michael Hennessy visited Michael Grace’s farm in Clane, Co Kildare to chat about the strip-till establishment system on the farm.
Michael Grace explains that yields are as good as any of his neighbours and he is very happy with the system. In order to use strip-till successfully he emphasises that it is critical to have a good rotation and also to only work the soils when it is sufficiently dry enough.
Michael uses strip-till to establish all of his crops from winter wheats, winter barleys, beans, oilseed rape to a range of spring crops. He says the…
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