New research conducted on carbon retention in soil has led to the latest development of Lemken’s new plough designed just to do so. The Leibniz Centre for Agriculture Landscape Research (ZALF) has conducted long-term trials on the idea, with the research being taken on by Lemken, with the result of the production of a formidable machine to be introduced to the market in 2024.
It’s understood that the machine ploughs at alternating depths and creates deep furrows below the surface, which is then filled in with humus-rich topsoil turned by the shallower body following behind.
Lemken adds that when paired with its iQblue connect module, the carbon farming plough will be capable of collecting site-specific work data documenting the depth and position of the furrows.
In much anticipation to the latest development in new approach to farming, ZALF says more than half of the organic matter introduced in this manner is retained to secure the long-term storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the soil.
The research institute believes that this approach can increase yields by up to 5%, even in the first year. It also claims that the effect was first noted 60 years ago and has since been confirmed by its own more recent field trials.
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