Cover crop drills soil deeply

By Stephen Burns
Updated May 24 2017 - 8:51am, first published 4:55am
Jake Hamblin, "Big Tree", Matong, with a young Tillage radish plant self sown from last season's crop. The initial use of Tillage radish was successful in penetrating the soil to a depth to over 60cm, breaking through the hardpan.
Jake Hamblin, "Big Tree", Matong, with a young Tillage radish plant self sown from last season's crop. The initial use of Tillage radish was successful in penetrating the soil to a depth to over 60cm, breaking through the hardpan.

Concerned about the development of a hardpan under the surface of his families cropping country near Matong, Jake Hamblin accessed various web sites to find an alternative to the accepted method of deep ripping.

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