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Hanford, CA | We only rip for cotton. Certainly don't need it for lettuce, whea, tomatoes, or garlic! Most of our dirt has tile and we are trying to leach as much salts out of the soil as possible. We rip to make sure that we can move water through the soil and not create a clay layer that impedes water flow. We DO NOT run D-9's!!! We use MT875 & 865 for deep tillage. For lighter tillage such as chisels and disks, we use lighter cats to reduce compaction. We rip at 30 degree angles, have all of our rows GPS'd so that our true compaction rows are in the exact same place every year. Don't know about you, but I don't see any compaction on these fields...you? Something must be working
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Wilcox Ripper @ Tulare Farm Show
