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No-Till and Deep Combine Ruts...
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mhagny
Posted 10/15/2007 20:10 (#219998 - in reply to #219840)
Subject: Re: No-Till and Deep Combine Ruts...


Cliff SEIA wrote: "we went to running an inline ripper with "no-till" points (DMI's official name for them) followed by our Phillips harrow in the spring. That combo has done a great job of getting rid of the compaction but without destroying the soil structure or residue cover"

-- These statements are at odds with soil science. Tillage doesn't eliminate compaction -- never has, and never will. Best that can happen is to redistribute the compaction while adding a little more in the process. As for soil structure, essentially all tillage is damaging.
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