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Hanford, CA | We rip just about every year and have heavy clay soils. We go 2 year cotton, then 1 year wheat. We rotate garlic every 5 years...part of the farm we rotate tomatoes, onions, or lettuce...depends on price (wheat is breakeven or we may even lose money). Our cotton yields over the past 10 years have been around 4 bales/ac. (had a 155 ac. block that went 5.1 bales/ac in '02) which will pay off. We usually deep-rip when the soil has not had any moisture for about 4 months. As far as roughness...we only run track equipment, so that definately helps, but if you look at the pic, you can see what follows the implement to break the clogs of dirt.
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Wilcox Ripper @ Tulare Farm Show
