Interesting thing that will disappear in the future

[Murbayn]

Found this on an interesting list of things that will be gone in the next 10 years.

"Few things are as symbolic of farming as the moldboard plow, but the truth is, the practice of “turning the soil” is dying off.

Modern farmers have little use for it. It provides a deep tillage that turns up too much soil, encouraging erosion because the plow leaves no plant material on the surface to stop wind and rain water from carrying the soil away. It also requires a huge amount of diesel fuel to plow, compared with other tillage methods, cutting into farmers' profits. The final straw: It releases more carbon dioxide into the air than other tillage methods.

Deep plowing is winding down its days on small, poor farms that can't afford new machinery. Most U.S. cropland is now managed as "no-till" or minimum-till, relying on herbicides and implements such as seed drills that work the ground with very little disturbance. Even organic farmers have found ways to minimize tillage, using cover crops rather than herbicides to cut down on weeds. Firms like John Deere (DE) offer a range of sophisticated devices for these techniques."


Dial-up internet was also on the list

[ErwinR55]

I don't see ploughs leave out of the Netherlands for the coming 100 years.
We need it to turn op the best soil for high demanding crops like patatoes, all kinds of vegetables and flowers.

Sure for grains and crops like that ploughing isn't really needed, no till or minimum till will suffice.

[theSeb]

It really depends on the area, but no, I don't see the plough disappearing in the next 10 years.

[Scotia1314]

Ploughs won't die out here..what else we ment to put behind the wife...horse..sorry,horse. Typo ! Just joking. But ploughs are here for a long time yet in our neck of the woods

[mattbrun12]

In our area, they are almost gone, just a few left. Everyone has moved on to rippers.

[texasplowboy]

In the US, the big farms that is they will die out. The reason for this is because the number of crops produced each year has become more frequent than in the past (less time to sit). Also conservative soil management with more super fertilization. In some parts of the US some farms have gone from fruit growing to such crops as as hay and corn (for foraging). I read in national geographic that the ground in many places have just became unusful as farmland

[jenna_q]

We haven't used a moldboard on our farm in decades and have never looked back. We have switched over to subsoilers, disc rippers, and other deep cut rippers. Partner that along with fertilizer and crop rotation and we have been able to keep good yield and keep healthy soil.

[FordFarmer97]

Our moldboard hasn't been out of the weeds in a few years. We mainly just disk or no-till