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To be a bit more informative on my part: Big coulters, as big as possible, help. My hi-clearance plow can have 20 or 22" coulters - bigger is better. Most of the time, very close to the plow bottom is best. Most of the time, plowing when it is very dry (no rain, no dew, low-humidity wind) can help. Once in a while plowing _during_ a gentle rain will work better, but that is unusual to get conditions that work. The more distance between each bottom, the better chance of this working for you. This is not ajustable - old plows generally have bottoms close together & low plow beams that make things difficult. They also probably only have 16" coulters, can be worn down to much smaller. Makes trash handling nearly impossible. BIG coulters are the biggest help. At this point, disking the field a couple times might help. Wait a week for the mess to decompose a bit - a little rain would help that process, plus firm up the ground again. Perhaps re-mowing the grass with the brush hog will help speed things up. Anything that chops it finer or pushes it into the soil at all will help a bit. Being able to plow kitty corner or cross-ways to the 'windrows' will help a bit - can't change the direction of plowing, but mowing it in a different direction is possible. But, you have a difficult task now any way you look at it if you need it plowed right away. It is much better to leave the grass standing & attached & try to plow it that way. Then the crop material will (mostly) flow through the plow. --->Paul
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