Controlled Traffic Farming

Strategies for adoption in

arable cropping

Tim ChamenCTF Europe Ltd

www.controlledtrafficfarming.com

What’s possible

Continual improvement

Get you started

Non-prescriptive

CTF Tiers

Tier 4 = 5%

Tier 3 = 15%

Tier 2 = 25%

Tier 1 = 35%

What are CTF Tiers?

% area trafficked

What are CTF Tiers?

35%

Tier 1

What are CTF Tiers?

25%

Tier 2

What are CTF Tiers?

15%

Tier 3

What are CTF Tiers?

5%

Tier 4

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What are CTF Tiers?

Tier 45%

Tier 4

A wide track vehicle or gantry – the elegant and most sophisticated solution for CTF

Tiers in practice

Tier 1 system2 track widths

2 implement base widths6 m harvester4 m cult/drill

1.8 m

2.5 m

AdTrac 4 : 6 : 24 m system30 – 40% of area tracked

24 m chemicals

Yield +4.9%

Tiers in practice

Tier 2 system2 track widths

1 implement base width

8 m drill 8 m harvest24 m chemical applications

3 m

OutTrac 8 : 24 m system

2 m

20 – 30% of area tracked

Yield +5.7%

Tiers in practice

Tier 3 system1 track width

1 implement base width

8 m drill 8 m harvester24 m chemical applications

3 m

3 m

ComTrac 8 : 24 m system10 – 20% of area tracked

Yield +6.5%

CTF transition exampleThe Farm

Crops on 500 haWheat, OSR and peas

Machinery Working width, m

8 f Dowdeswell plough 2.85Cousins 7 tine Flatlift 3.5Kuhn power harrow 6Discs 6Ransomes discs 3.6Simba double press 3.8Cambridge roll 6.3Cambridge roll 12Simba Freeflow drill 6Simba Cultipress 6John Deere 8420TJohn Deere 6620John Deere 6920John Deere 9680 WTS combine 7.2Houseman 2500 SP sprayer 24

Wheat after oilseed rape

3.6 m discs x 26 m Cultipress6 m drill12 m rolls24 m sprayer7.2 m harvester

Conversion to CTF

12 m rolls

JD 6620

JD 6920

6 m Horsch Terrano

24 m Househam

7.2 m JD 9680 WTS used at 6 m

JD 6620

6 m Kuhn Power Harrow

6 m Freeflow

JD 6920

6 m tine cultivator6 m power harrow6 m drill12 m rolls24 m sprayer7.2 m harvester used

at 6 m centres

Tier 1 system

38% with ± 5 cm

CTF – potential savings

Crops on 500 haWheat, OSR and peas

Machinery Working width, m

8 f Dowdeswell plough 150 hp tractorCousins 7 tine Flatlift 3.5 Tine cultivator (Terrano?)

Kuhn power harrow 6 Medium weight pressDiscsRansomes discsSimba double pressCambridge roll

Cambridge roll 12Simba Freeflow drill 6

Simba Cultipress 6John Deere 8420TJohn Deere 6620

John Deere 6920 Increase wheel track to 2 mJohn Deere 9680 WTS combine 7.2 changed to 6 m Replace 800 tyres with 650s

Househam 2500 SP sprayer 24

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