Controlling Traffic, Controlling Compaction

“Producers should practice controlled traffic to reduce the areas in the field with wheel traffic compaction. Eighty to 85 percent of soil compaction damage is done with the first pass of the tires. If additional passes are made on the same traffic lanes, little additional compaction occurs. Because once a traffic lane has been driven on and the soil has been firmed up, subsequent passes have little effect on the amount of compaction. By using the same traffic lanes year after year, the soil structure and water infiltration in the no trafficked areas greatly improve.”

Read more at the link below:

https://cropwatch.unl.edu/avoiding-compaction-harvest

University of Nebraska–Lincoln