new farm

[nfl]

hi ya  guys went to a new farm today and after about 3 hours i was wondering why i was only pulling up georgian stuff{coins,lead seals}e.t.c so then the farmer tells me he only ploughs 6 inch deep, why plough so low?? does anyone know the reason why some farmers only plough 6 inch?.

[Legacy Hunter]

have not got a clue maybe they are just lazy lol
debs

[outlaw]

Probably depends on what he intends to sow on the plough soil m8 

[handyman [Alan}]

a matter of economics  -- deeper ploughing requires more diesel.

you will get deeper ploughing if they intend to seed potatoes.

[rjm]

It's to save money..............and they don't plough as such, they "disc".

These are steel discs in a line and turn like a corkscrew. They don't go down that deep compared to
proper 'ploughing' which is more of a dredging action that can turn up down to 18 inches.

It's all down to economics.

A farm I go to has ploughed this year rather than disc. As it's gone deeper some more Roman stuff
has come up, whereas the last years not a lot has been brought up.

I think the last time he ploughed was about 8 years ago when he had spuds in the field when they
fetched a decent price.

This year I think he's planted rape? (large bean type seed)

As anything, it's all about money.