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4 Tips for Avoiding Compaction at Harvest

By Laura Barrera posted on September 15, 2015

There’s a risk that running heavy harvesting equipment in wet conditions will result in soil compaction. Considering compaction can cost you 5-10% in yield, it’s a good idea to avoid it when possible.

The Cost Of Ruts In Your Fields

November 24, 2011 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: By Sjoerd Duiker, Soil Management Speclalist, Penn State University

What impact does a fall harvest that requires tracking of your fields as you combine cost?

Avoid Driving On Wet No-Till Fields

August 12, 2010 | Posted in Water Management

Source: Tom Bechman, Indiana Prairie Farmer

One advantage proponents of no-till have championed for years is getting on their no-till fields without making ruts long before their neighbors in conventional tillage can run. Sometimes there's a day's difference after a heavy rain. As it turns out, that's a mixed blessing.

No-Till Briefs

May 1, 2010 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

No-tillers should be cautious about planting corn 2 inches deep or more, says Barry Fisher, Indiana state agronomist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service

Homemade Tool Takes On Tough Corn Residue

A $3,000 investment turned unused disc into vertical-tillage implement that’s easy on soil, but helps corn residue break down more quickly

By Darrell Bruggink posted on March 1, 2010 | Posted in Equipment, Residue Management

If there's ever a need to fix washouts or ruts on Marvin and Kim Burkhart’s farm, they will need to borrow something from the neighbors.

Building Spring Strips When It Didn’t Get Done

If a late harvest didn’t allow you to strip-till last fall, making shallower berms and splitting fertilizer this spring can help you stay on track

By Dan Zinkland posted on February 1, 2010 | Posted in Strip-Till Farming

While many strip-tillers would have preferred to build strips and put down fertilizer in the fall, a late harvest prevented much of the work from being completed.

Harvest Ruts, Compaction Leave No-Tillers With Questions

Long-term no-till fields may recover through natural means, and tillage may set back those all-important macropores a few years

By Jim Leverich posted on January 1, 2010 | Posted in Soil Health, Water Management

With wet conditions during harvest, no-tillers are likely concerned about whether they compacted their no-till soils.

Soil Compaction Threat Increasing This Fall

October 23, 2009 | Posted in Crop Protection

Farmers are eager to harvest soybeans and corn, but fields are soggy after significant snow and rainfall over the past week. Sjoerd Duiker says the compaction threat is therefore very considerable.

Choosing Between No-Till And Tillage

June 9, 2009 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: By Randall Reeder, Ohio State University Extension ag engineer

If a no-till cropping system provided the highest yields and greatest net profit, what tillage system would you use?

Handle Ruts, Compaction Wisely After Summer, Fall Downpours

Even established no-till fields could be damaged by traffic following the heavy rains that suddenly hit much of the Midwest, but ruts must be dealt with.

October 1, 2007 | Posted in Water Management

In many areas in the middle of the country, the dry summer suddenly turned extremely wet with widespread flooding, and even no-till fields were saturated and vulnerable to runoff problems.

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