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Soil compaction is becoming an increasingly expensive problem for farmers and growers! It costs money to repair,
it reduces crop yields and it has many negative impacts on the environment. Wheel loads of over 10 Mg are now irreversibly
damaging many soils – our fundamental resource.
But, economics and practicality demand that we use large high output machines. Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF)
recognizes these realities and addresses compaction by confining it to the least possible area. It does this by keeping tracks
in exactly the same place year in year out.
It's a very simple principle and can be achieved on many different scales and in many different ways, but the outcome
is always positive. It is guaranteed to reduce growers' costs and increase their returns.
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Information in brief:
News
13 May 2009
Newsletter: CTF and Conservation Agriculture, CTF in vegetable production / Nyhedsbrev: Faste kørespor og direkte såning, Faste kørespor og grøntsager.
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07 May 2009
DA/EN Tool to calculate tracked area - Nyt beregningsværktøj til at beregne overkørt areal - Agrotech has develloped a tool, in which we can quickly calculate the tracked and the uncropped area based on dimensions of the machines on a farm.
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11 February 2009
EN/DA Videos: NoTill drills / Såmaskiner til direkte såning.
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12 January 2009
Temadag om GPS og autostyring på Forskningscenter Foulum mandag 2 februar.
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This month's story:
We featured potato and onion production with controlled traffic farming earlier this year. This is an update following harvest
of the potatoes, both on a commercial and a research farm
Read the full story.
This Month's Photo
CTF was established on this research site in June 2008. Potatoes were planted in November 2008 and harvested in March 2009.
Come to our field day in the UK on 29 June (see calendar) where you can meet the growers and researchers involved and follow the
story above to find out more