| Case Study |
Location |
Predominant soils |
Cropping |
System |
Efficiency
hP/ ha:
tractors/
man |
Case
Study 1
Reduced cultivation
with disc harrows or direct drill |
|
Clay loam over clay, variably affected by surface
wetness |
Combinable crops |
Reduced cultivation with disc harrows or direct drill
on 320ha |
1.2 : 1.0 |
Case
Study 2
Reduced cultivation
with disc harrows or direct drill, with surplus horsepower |
|
Clay with surface wetness |
Combinable crops |
Reduced cultivation with disc harrows direct drill
with surplus horsepower on 400ha |
1.5 : 1.2 |
Case
Study 3
Successful adoption
of reduced cultivation, large scale |
|
Clay with surface wetness and well drained clay loam |
Combinable crops, roots,sweet corn vining beans |
Successful adoption of reduced cultivation, on 2000ha |
0.1 : 1.3 |
Case
Study 4
Progressive adoption
of reduced cultivation |
|
Clay with surface wetness wetness plus clay loams
over chalky gravel |
Combinable crops, break crops |
Progressive adoption of reduced cultivation on 352ha |
1.0 : 2.0 |
Case
Study 5
Progressive adoption
of new system, sharing equipment |
|
Clay with surface wetness wetness plus well drained
deep clay loams |
Combinable crops |
Progressive adoption of new system sharing equipment
on 617ha |
1.7 : 2.0 |
Case Study 6
Large business
adopting tined and plough cultivations to suit soils and cropping |
|
Shallow, flinty clay loam and silty clay loam over
chalk |
Combinable crops, set-aside |
Large business adopting tined and plough cultivations
to suit soils and cropping on 1630ha |
Contract hire |
Case
Study 7
Environmentally-driven,
reduced cultivation systems |
|
Clay soils and some medium loams with surface wetness |
Combinable crops, rotational leys |
Environmentally-driven, reduced cultivation systems
on 65ha |
Experimental |
Case
Study 8
Simba Solo (discs/ press/
subsoil) / cultivator drill |
|
Clay with surface wetness, locally well drained clay
loam and sandy loam |
Combinable crops and sugar beet |
Simba Solo (discs/press/subsoil) /cultivator drill
on 752ha |
1.2 : 1.0 |
Case
Study 9
Planned change
from plough to reduced cultivation system |
|
Deep stoneless silts, occasionally over peat and
locally with peaty topsoils |
Combinable crops, roots and vegetables |
Planned change from plough to reduced cultivation
system on 1483ha |
0.4 : under change |
Case
Study 10
Plough/power
harrow system on an arable livestock farm |
|
Stony, well drained clay loams over reddish sandstone
plus clays with surface wetness |
Maize/grass/ livestock |
Plough/power harrow system on an arable livestock
farm on 205ha |
0.6 : 1.0 part contract |
Case
Study 11
Plough and reduced
cultivation systems |
|
Clay loam over clayey soils with surface wetness |
Combinable crops, sugar beet, vining peas |
Plough and reduced cultivation systems on 928ha |
1.5 : 1.8 |
Case
Study 12
Plough based
system, sandy soils |
|
Well drained sandy soils locally affected by groundwater
near water courses |
Cereals, sugar beet, potatoes |
Plough based system, sandy soils on 330ha |
2.8 : 0.8 trials work |
