Degelman’s heavy duty implement will help resolve compaction problems caused by large tractors and combines
REGINA — Soil compaction has not been a serious issue under minimum tillage conditions in Western Canada, but increasingly heavy equipment is having an effect. Degelman Industries recently launched its heavy duty staggered ripper at Canada’s Farm Show to help alleviate the problem. The equipment has been available for the last eight months through a […] Read moreTag Archives subsoil compaction
Controlled traffic farming may pay off in wetter years
Advocates of practice believe sticking to their tramlines will benefit fields by preventing soil compaction and the production of ruts
Adam Gurr stuck to the tramlines as he piloted heavy equipment across the field while seeding dry beans on a rare, dry, early-June day in the Brandon area. The advocate of controlled traffic farming doesn’t mind the careful management the system requires. A wet spring like this year means many farmers are facing a compaction […] Read more
Prairies face unrecognized compaction risks
Most farmers are doing everything they can to avoid soil compaction, trying to glide across their fields like fleet-of-foot velociraptors. But down in the subsoil, it feels as if farmers’ grain carts and other heavy equipment are stomping down like brontosauruses. It’s a problem most farmers don’t know about. “It’s the deeper soil, the subsoil […] Read more
