The difference I see in moldboards and discing, including one ways, is that the moldboard usually does a better job of flipping soil with a lot of vegetation. I don't have one and the heavy clay soil around here doesn't like them (gum-up) so I have to do one of the other options.
On the plow pan I agree, especially in our clay. Course a ripper will help cure that and I have a soil conditioner which is a multi shank ripper but not as aggressive as the big ones; shallower and narrower heads.
On flipping the soil and ruining it, I don't know where the guy got that idea. Around here all they preach is plow under stubble and such to build up the humous to enrich the soil, make the percolution improve and improve root growth of the follow on crop.
As far as "as many ways as there are farmers", I certainly subscribe to that. I came out here 35 years ago ag. illiterate and have been working on my PhD in ag. ever since from "Hard Knocks University". Seems I never do the same thing year to year....same with building fence.....no two are alike on my place.
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