CROPPING

Know your soils before you start deep ripping

GRAIN growers weighing up the pros and cons of deep ripping as a tool to overcome soil constraints are encouraged to understand their soil types before taking action.

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The GRDC says it's important to know soil types before deep ripping. Picture courtesy GRDC.

The GRDC says it's important to know soil types before deep ripping. Picture courtesy GRDC.

New fact sheets on ‘Correcting layers of high soil strength with deep tillage' have been produced by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) for different Australian cropping regions. ...

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