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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