North Central Illinois | chirpfarm - 10/31/2024 08:40
I'm not saying that he has to rip, but disagree with the idea of an inline ripper pushing compaction lower. The ripper pressure is going upwards, that's why you can see the ground ripple as it goes through.
There lots of talk about deep ripping notill or striptill ground on Twitter right now. Some say no results, while other have yield maps showing 10+bpa advantage in corn.
Part of what forms a higher density/lower infiltration layer isn't truly compaction, but fine soil particles dislodged by tillage being moved down through the soil profile in solution with water and settling out at the bottom of the tillage layer. Deep ripping will move that point lower.
I'm not sure what the answer is yet on whether to rip or not though. |
Ripping Ground or Getting Ripped Off?
