A new concept

The plough as most would visualise it was developed over centuries, from a largely wooden implement, through a period of cast shares that did not self-clean particularly well, to the polished mouldboards that we know today.

It remains an effective way to invert the soil and bury weeds in preparation for sowing the following year’s crop, but many will argue that it is not financially viable and is detrimental to the health of the soil structure.

This argument