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mopinko

(72,135 posts)
5. illinois has been tiling their fields forever.
Fri May 18, 2018, 01:02 PM
May 2018

those tiles must have an outflow. put a pile there.

and it is easily achieved by big machines. not labor intensive at all.
in fact, you could make the dumpers place things where you want them, assuming it is accessible. maybe need to push them around w the front end loader, but that should do.

and i totally understand it does nothing for short term yields, but i would be really sad to learn that farmers, in general, cant think 5-10 years into the future. i do realize that farmers have their gonads in a vice. but remember they would be paid for this, and it is a great way to deal w mud holes and water/water quality in general.



btw, i will be building a new pile at my urban farm next week, which will be filmed for a short 360 documentary. i hope this will actually be a people powered thing, as it is a demo. but my other piles were all built w my bobcat.
i will post as soon as it's ready.

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