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Overcoming Ruts and Erosion

March 27, 2020 Video

In extreme weather conditions like 2019, issues like rutting are unavoidable—though that doesn’t mean farmers don’t get some say.

While ruts are still a reality, farmers are finding that no-till fields feature far fewer of them than conventional.

With that in mind, how can no-till and conventional till farmers best handle existing ruts and what are the practices that will best minimize their emergence in the future? No-till farers are often finding that in most cases, self-healing is the best option.

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