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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.

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This Month's Photo

Standard wheel track widths are being used to maintain a CTF system for onions, potatoes and brocolli in Tasmania

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

News

28 February 2012

Drought proofing one's farm might have seemed an unnecessary requirement in UK's eastern counties a few years ago, but we are now facing that need as we enter our spring with soil water reserves at their lowest level for many years.

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19 November 2011

Agritechnica 2011 CTF presentations All seats were taken in hall 16 during the opening of the Smart Farming Forum sessions by three CTF talks on practical experiences and European Research work.

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Calendar

24-25 May 2012
ISTRO workshop on European CTF research with farm visits
Southern Sweden.
Confirmed programme here
and costs by end of week beginning 26 March

CTF Training Courses

On-farm practical introduction to CTF

"Train the Trainers" theory and practical course for groups wishing to find out more. UK based but we are happy to offer these courses elsewhere on request. Please contact one of our advisors.

Blogs

We have set up two "blogs", one for discussions about or to swap experiences with CTF (Controlled Traffic), the other for questions and issues relating to satellite guidance and autosteer (Ag autosteer). We now also have one on the general topic of soil compaction (Soil Compaction) Please give them a try.

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Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtshaft

DARCOF Newsletter

Agroscope, Switzerland

Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung

GRDC Research Summaries

CTF research and demonstration at Unilever R&D Colworth, UK

In 2004 the first known CTF system in Europe was set up on a single 8 ha field in the UK. Following two successful years, a further eight fields were added in 2006 totalling 73 ha. Go to our CTF at Colworth page to find out more.

Links

Future Farming Systems

CTF Solutions

John Dale Drills

Australian CTF Association

Controlled Traffic Farming, Alberta

Farming Futures, UK

Precision Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture

Grains R&D Corporation

LandWISE New Zealand