Ploughing and Its Advantages

A Plough is the primary tillage equipment, used to cut, break and turn the soil partially or entirely. Ploughing is an ancient practice that is done to break the upper layer of the soil and its clods, to make it suitable for sowing new plant seeds.

 

This ancient farm equipment has transformed farming ways in modern times as it got improved with modern technology. Earlier farmers used human-made iron-tipped, wood wedge-shaped equipment pulled by oxen to till the soil. Modern plough such as disc plough and mould-board plough are used as an attachment to the tractor and let a farmer to plough even larger fields in minimum time. It also works very efficiently to control weeds and bury previous crop residue.

 

Ploughing being one the primary and most important soil management practices is used for centuries to form a grained, structural and straight planting layer on the upper part of the soil. This simple yet effective farm practice is done to cut, refine, and upturn the soil and to make furrows and ridges with the use of disc plough and mould-board plough. The use of any type of plough is decided as per the depth and structure of the soil.

 

Advantages of Ploughing

 

• Improves air circulation inside the soil to enables the routes to respire with ease.
• The root can enter deeper into the soil so that it can hold the crop plants firmly.
• Ploughing increases the water-absorbing capability of the soil.
• A Plough digs up the weeds developing in the land and helps in the growth of microbes.
• Supports in growing worms and microbes.
• Dig up and bury the old crop weeds.
• Brings the nutrient-rich soil to the upper layer of the soil so that the crop can use those nutrients to grow well.

 

Different types of plough such as disc plough, mould-board plough, reversible mould-board plough is used in modern farming practices. The use of various types of plough in modern farming practices is making farming more profitable for farmers.