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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. See this video clip

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. Look at this simple flash animation (English) (Deutsch) (Français) to see how CTF brings order to chaos! If you think CTF makes sense download a flier to find out more and join the increasing number of growers who want to embrace the "straight and narrow"!

Information in brief:

News

08 June 2010

CTF Europe will have a presence at Cereals 2010 in the UK on 9 -10 June, on the John Dale Drill stand, number 276.

03 March 2010

DA: Engelske erfaringer med faste kørespor EN: 11 UK farmers reported on the experiences and challenges with CTF on our agronomic seminar on 2 Februar.

24 January 2010

We are using the year 2010 as a means of promoting the advantages of controlled traffic farming - a 20% reduction in inputs matched by a 10% increase in outputs; and judging by those who have converted, these are modest claims.

04 December 2009

Controlled Traffic Farming and Spatial Technologies efficiently manage in-field variability - The abstract below is sent to the organisers of the 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) to be held in Colorado on 18 - 21 July 2010.

This month's story:

This is a return to the Antipodes where John McPhee and his team in Tasmania have continued their work showing just what can be achieved in productive soils when traffic is removed from the cropped area.

Read this new update

This Month's Photo

Standard wheel track widths are being used to maintain a CTF system for onions, potatoes and brocolli in Tasmania. Read the story so far

Calendar

24 November 2010
CTF Field Day with a UK Member in Norfolk
Further details coming soon

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Blogs

We have set up two "blogs", one for you to swap experiences with or discussions about CTF (Controlled Traffic), the other about satellite guidance and autosteer (Ag autosteer). Please give them a try.

CTF Research

Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtshaft

DARCOF Newsletter

Agroscope, Switzerland

Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung

GRDC Research Summaries

CTF research and demonstration at Colworth

We would like to thank the following companies and organisation for their sponsorship of CTF at Colworth (see web page on left menu) and for their support for other events and activities undertaken by CTF Europe. CTF Europe is an independent company and relies on its membership to fund most of its activities, reports and information.