Matt McCaffery

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We like ploughing because it reduces the weed load, so the planted seeds don’t get outcompeted. We like it because the initial digging gives us that hit of nitrogen for our crops. Ploughing has tamed formerly wild lands and made growing food more manageable, smoothing out bumpy ground.
Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy
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