posted 8 years ago
My first suggestion would be to do a soil sample to see just how degraded the soil truly is. Your plan sounds good, but it may be more than what is required as conventional farming in the midwest of the USA might be vastly different than what conventional farming in Switzerland is like. "It is only a guess unless you test!" is a great mantra to remember. Why do more work than might be required especially if needing to establish cash flow is paramount right out of the gate. Typically it takes a few years for farms to start making money.
A case in point is my own farm, conventionally farmed for generations, but because it used dairy cow manure and chicken litter for fertilizer, it is actually on the upper end of the spectrum. Fortifying my soil with more organic matter would only make it worse. To take my farm to the next level I need more diversity in my fields to break up compaction without resorting to tillage. But I know this because soil reports come back as high in organic matter.
Not sure what they cost there, but in the USA they are $12 US Currency.