Controlled traffic farming is a management tool used to reduce the damage that heavy or repeated agricultural machinery passes cause to soils. This damage and its negative consequences are well documented, and include increased fuel use, poor seedbeds, reduced crop yields, and poor soil function in water infiltration, drainage and greenhouse gas mitigation, all stemming from soil compaction.
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Practice Class OriginPioneered by Alexander Halkett in the 1850s, later developed by David Dowler in the 1970s 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Controlled traffic farming - Wikipedia
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Controlled traffic farming (CTF) is a management tool which is used to reduce the damage to soils caused by heavy or repeated agricultural machinery passes on the land.
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This is not a recent concept, having been pioneered by Alexander Halkett in the 1850s and David Dowler in the 1970s, but the concept of a wide span vehicle is becoming increasingly attractive because of the other advantages it brings.
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