This shallow tillage operation uses a one-way disc plow to cut into the topsoil, uprooting early weed growth and mixing crop residue into the dirt. It prepares a rough seedbed without the deep inversion of a moldboard plow. Operators typically use it in dryland farming to conserve moisture while managing the stubble from the previous harvest.
Go ahead and one-way the north forty so we can get the winter wheat planted before the rain.
Related terms
Disc harrow
A heavy tillage implement with rows of concave steel blades used to chop up soil and crop debris.
Plough
A heavy farm implement with a blade used to break up soil and cut furrows in preparation for sowing.
Stubble
To grow a secondary crop from the root systems left behind after a harvest.
North forty
A distant or remote section of a farm, originally referring to a specific forty-acre parcel.