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How tillage increases compaction
2014-03-02 19:32:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Heavy equipment and poor soil structure from tillage is also a compaction culprit. Tillage, at one time a go-to solution for loosening compacted soils, also creates poor soil structure and hardpan soils. There is a downward spiral with tillage. The more you till the soil, the more you destroy its structure," says Jim Hoorman, Ohio State University. While deep ripping or vertical tillage offer a short-term solution, the long-term answer to soil compaction is to rebuild soil structure, says Hoorman. read more
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