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Richards Farms planted a month early in Circleville, OH, at a time when local rainfall was 90% above normal this spring. Thanks to controlled traffic farming (CTF), the family has 30-year-old established traffic lanes in its corn and bean fields. They provided improved traction and drainage, while neighboring growers sat on their hands as a soggy April and May turned to June. Richards Farms was among only 1% of Ohio farms with corn planted by the first week in May, according to USDA statistics.
The farm’s CTF tracks, compacted from years of traffic, are so dense that they retain less moisture, making them like virtual paved roads.
The farm’s CTF system limits wheel tracks to the same lanes to limit soil compaction, says veteran grower Bill Richards. This separates the traffic lanes from the crop-growing zones.
Less than 10% of his family’s ground is compacted by the traffic of ammonia tanks, planters and sprayers.
If you add harvest traffic, 25-30% of their soil is driven on. Compare that to over 75% of fields commonly driven on in more conventional farm settings.
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