Deep Plowing - Why Farmers Plow their Field so Deep?

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!

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Waste of fuel to plow so deep

Usually it’s 6 inches to plow fields

die tote erde nach oben transportieren und den guten Boden nach unten das ist schwachsinnig nach ein Atomangriff kann man die gute erde wegschieben aber tief pflügen ruiniert den Acker

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.

This is rubbish. Farmers NEVER do this! It just destroys the topsoil

Что это такое? Для чего так пахать землю? Это мелиорация?

سلام وقتتون بخیر علت این شخم عمیق چیه در صورت امکان برایم توضیح دهید بسیار تشکر میکنم ❤

I've done some deep plowing in the past. I have two kids as proof that it's effective, lol.

What a waste??!!

They do a small round robin tournament of rock paper scissors beforehand to decide who gets to drive the front tractor.

in the forest nobody use plow but lots material making year by year

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

i like all plow this videos

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.

theres 100% an innuendo or joke in here somewhere.

Unfortunately the humic topsoil gets buried! Isn't this a major disadvantage?
Unglücklicherweise wird der humose Oberboden vergraben! Ist das nicht ein großer Nachteil?

To get air into the soil, l do it every 5 to 7 years depending on the past crop or before we do long range planting.

Deep plowing brings up minerals depleted over time & also breaks through impenetrable hardpan.

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

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..

Regular plowing Rarely exceeds 7.9" 🤣🤣 never have i ever ploughed at such a shallow Depth

Gut das einige Bauern gar nicht mehr pflügen!! Um die humusschicht zu schützen!! 😅😅😅😅👎👎👎🇩🇪👎👎absoluter Schwachsinn!!!

never said anything about breaking the hardpan.

It sure looks like an expensive process. Hope it works for them.

What about wind erosion. Isn't this what caused the dust bowl

No se dice aran su campo.. se dice aran la tierra. La tierra no nos pertenece, al contrario, nosotros le pertenecemos.. en parte.

Lost me at 20cm

I have did some deep plowing before. Have 2 kids to prove that it works lol

Some soils this can really help. All the "organic" gardeners are chiming in I see. Some soils seem really weird if you've only dug in 1 type of soil your whole life.its often better to get the organic matter deep in a soil instead of on top. What if you have sticky clay over sand. Weird but it does exist.

Plows are parked in the weeds & edges of the woods with trees growing through them for a reason.

As a farmer this is baffling to me. No farmer would ever purposefully bury the topsoil under feet of subsoil to kill some weeds or whatever. Why on earth are they actually doing this?

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

ils sont fou de laboure a une telle profondeur ,ca sers a rien ,destruction du sol , melange avec de la terre vierge sol detruit pour des decennies

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

There are a lot of armchair warriors on here!!!

Also known as geniasses!!!

Ever grown a crop of carrots without plowing!!!

This is almost too horrific to watch and listen too. Barbaric practices to bury living topsoil.
People have to stop abusing innocent and helpless children already!!! I know you're too harmed to tell but you people must somehow wake up as some say and stop bullying and harming people, because it's making the majority continue to make bad judgments.

Ah yes, plowing. Destroying all soil life for no reason

I thought it was for giant food

Mantaaaab.....👍

Everyone experts here in comment section....

When plow you destroying soil

Это тот случай когда плодородную землю испортили глиной

Plowing is so Bad, pls let it! Worms and Root ways a the best for water and Microorganism

Ok...The misunderstanding about Plowing...If anyone recalls what was deemed the worst and hard times of America was the Dirty 30s ie The Dust Bowl namely Farmers proudly plowed their Fields becuz that was their only tool...look Plowing is not the smartest method to grow or plant anything

What plowing does is what was described here helps loosen the Soil...what THAT does well is; dry the top Soil and then becomes arid to produce anything...

Good job, thank for sharing👍

No-Till every year for ever and ever is best.