It's time to work the soil again. Which method is best for healthy soil? And what alternatives are there to ploughing? That's what farmer Mathias Afhüppe and his father Paul want to find out on their farm in the Warendorf district. Mathias wants to switch to regenerative agriculture and is preparing his arable land for direct sowing. To do this, he uses an ultra-flat cultivator to control weeds, to cut off catch crops, and for good soil protection. His father is still a bit skeptical. He prefers to work the soil with a classic plough. You can see whether the new flat cultivator can convince in practice and what the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods are in a new episode of WDR Lokalzeit Land.Schafft.! ____ Table of contents: 00:00 Healthy soil: which method is better? 00:18 Introduction: Mathias and Paul Afhüppe 00:34 Current situation on the field 01:09 Practical test: shallow cultivator vs. plough 01:17 Working effect of the two methods 02:24 For Mathias, an alternative to ploughing 02:43 Differences in working depth 03:31 Loss of moisture in the soil 04:33 Fuel consumption 04:48 Completely forego tillage before sowing? 05:15 Afhüppe farm: plans for the future and conclusion 05:39 Like, comment, share, subscribe! ____ Check out our video on regenerative agriculture here: • Save regenerative agriculture de... ____ You can find more information on this on our website https://www1.wdr.de/lokalzeit/landwir... and other interesting topics from agriculture: https://1.ard.de/landwirtschaft ____ We are #Lokalzeit Land.Schafft., the WDR YouTube channel where people with agriculture in their DNA are at home! Every Sunday at 10 a.m. we take you to a modern farm in North Rhine-Westphalia. We show you what the farmers next door are coming up with to secure the future of their farms. Inspiring family stories, appreciative and entertaining. Don't want to miss a video? Then give us a subscribe! ???? _____ Do you have any topic suggestions for us? Then send us an email to: [email protected] _____ Author: Silke Schmidt-Hassenzahl Camera: Bastian Polonyi, Mirko Kahmann Editing: Iris Moser ???? Editors: Louisa Meisterernst, Bojana Beste, Annika Jürgens, Anna Lena Meinheit ______ Imprint: https://www1.wdr.de/impressum/index.html Data protection declaration: http://www.wdr.de/k/datenschutz Produced with ???? and your broadcasting fee. #WDRLokalzeit