Compaction

[sumdumguy]

Ideas to deal with the problem?

[Dr Tone]

A Ripper.

[Sheepwheat]

A lfalfa

[the big wheel]

X Lax? But be close to the washroom.
This may help increase the use of masks
Also.

[Guest]

I’m sure seeing it around here
Those 700+ carts with a juice can behind and tractor draft pulling 70-80 ft drill really is showing up in peoples fields in the last 3 weeks
Some of this equip has gotten to big and heavy !

[Guest]

Who wants to wager that the socialists won’t even open this thread

[Horse]

Tillage radish.

[Guest]

Tillage radish.

We wondered about that last year but was too dry for anything to germ
This year is worse
There is grass seeded for a month here with nothing coming

[WiltonRanch]

Frost.

[Happytrails]

Frost.

Moisture and frost. We’ve only been getting frost.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Compaction is my number one problem, and it is the cause of most of my other problems and more compaction seems to be the net result of most of the "solutions" to compaction.

I have a big V ripper, D8 with a giant single shank ripper, grow alfalfa, etc.

My conlcusion is that the only solution is not to create it to start with.

Aiming to have tracks on everything possible, biggest tires possible on equipment, least possible number of passes, No discing, No till everything, I've accepted that field entrances are not going to produce well.

I think the long term solution is small lightweight autonomous machinery or drones not creating compaction in the first place.

[burnt]

A lfalfa

Tillage radish.

Moisture and frost. We’ve only been getting frost.

All of the above.

Mechanical means only move the problem around and does nothing for soil structure.

The roots create channels which allow more water to soak in and then crack everything up from the bottom.

it's obviously a lot tougher to correct when there isn't enough moisture in a year or more.

I wonder how long it takes to loosen it up even with ideal conditions.

I do know it's years.

Or you could prevent it this way -