Controlled traffic farming: A review of the environmental impacts

Gasso, Vicent; Sørensen, Claus Aage Grøn; Oudshoorn, Frank W.; Green, Ole

doi:10.1016/j.eja.2013.02.002

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“…Chamen (2011) showed that CTF was found to be practical and that it has fundamental advantages in maintaining all aspects of good soil structure with lower inputs of energy and time compared with conventional field traffic systems. Despite this, and the potential economic and environmental benefits arising from its adoption (Kingwell and Fuchsbichler, 2011;Gasso et al, 2013), the rate of uptake of this technology in Europe and other parts of the world has been relatively slow (Tullberg et al, 2007;Chamen, 2011). Although there have been numerous studies on the effects of tire characteristics on soil deformation and soil compaction, there is still a pressing need for robust quantitative data that describe these processes.…”

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Soil Displacement and Soil Bulk Density Changes as Affected by Tire Size

Antille¹,

Ansorge²,

Dresser³

et al. 2013

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Soil Displacement and Soil Bulk Density Changes as Affected by Tire Size

Antille¹,

Ansorge²,

Dresser³

et al. 2013

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“…CTF has demonstrated an increase in crop yield related to random traffic farming. Advantages can be significant in root and bulb crop systems for instance potatoes, onions and sugar beet (Gasso et al, 2013;McPhee et al, 2015). The present work is focused on sugar beet, with the aim of analyzing the subsoil compaction during the growing period of sugar beet with different farming approaches: controlled traffic passages and random traffic.…”

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Traffic effects on soil compaction and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) taproot quality parameters

Marinello

Pezzuolo

Cillis

et al. 2017

Span. j. agric. res.

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Soil compaction is a critical issue in agriculture having a significant influence on crop growth. Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is accounted as a crop susceptible to compaction. Reduction of leaf area, final yield, and root quality parameters are reported in compacted soils. The most obvious visual indicator of topsoil compaction is root depth affected by agricultural tractor and machinery traffic up on the soil. Such indicators are mainly correlated to initial soil condition, tyre features, and number of passages. Monitoring and controlling frequency and position of machine traffic across the field, in such a way that passages are completed on specific, well-defined tracks, can assist with minimization of compaction effects on soil. The objective of the present work was to analyze the subsoil compaction during the growing period of sugar beet with different farming approaches including controlled traffic passages and random traffic. To this end, tests were carried out following each agro technical operation using penetrometer readings in order to monitor the state of cone-index after each step. In addition, at the harvesting time, root quality parameters were analyzed with particular attention to length and regularity of the taproot, total length, circumference, mass, and above-ground biomass. Such parameters were usefully implemented in order to evaluate the effects of controlled traffic passages compared to the random traffic in a cultivation of sugar beet. Results highlight how an increase in crop yield, derived from samples monitored, higher than 10% can be expected with implementation of a careful traffic management.Additional key words: soil; traffic management; compaction; crop parameters.Correspondence should be addressed to Andrea Pezzuolo: andrea.pezzuolo@unipd.itAbbreviations used: CI (cone index); CT (controlled traffic area); CTF (controlled traffic farming); CT0 (soil portion not affect by machines compaction); CT3 (lanes undergoing three machines passes); CT8 (lanes undergoing eight machines passes); RT (random traffic area); WW (work widths). Funding:The authors received no specific funding for this work.

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“…The world science has already accumulated certain experience in the items of studying and practical implementation of controlled traffic farming [2][3][4][5][6][7]. The technological basis of these systems are wide span vehicles or wide span tractors [8][9][10][11].…”

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“…Naturally, an increase in the track width of the latter has a positive effect on the land use indicators in controlled traffic farming, yet it is becoming more problematic technically to design such machines and to automate the control of their movement. Therefore, it is purposeful to increase the track width of wide span tractors to a definite value, which allows having satisfactory land use indicators in controlled traffic farming.The world science has already accumulated certain experience in the items of studying and practical implementation of controlled traffic farming [2][3][4][5][6][7]. The technological basis of these systems are wide span vehicles or wide span tractors [8][9][10][11].…”

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Research of possibilities for efficient use of wide span tractor (vehicle) for controlled traffic farming

Bulgakov

Аdаmchuk²,

Kuvachov

et al. 2017

Engineering for Rural Development

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Abstract. In part, the economic effect gained from the introduction of controlled traffic farming can be directly determined by the area of the field lost under the engineering (or traffic) zone of the vehicles involved. With a wide span tractor, as with other vehicles, the area lost under the traffic zone will depend upon how efficiently operations in the field are organised. The purpose of the present investigation is to substantiate the design and other parameters of the wide span tractor from a position of efficient land use in controlled traffic farming. Theoretical studies, synthesis of the construction diagram and parameters of the wide span tractor were carried out using computer simulation of its operation. These studies indicated that planning of the field for controlled traffic farming with the use of a wide span tractor should take into consideration its track width and its field operational parameters. The use of a contemporary design of wide span tractor with a track width more than 7.5 m results in field traffic zone losses of no more than 5 -6 %, which is quite acceptable. Practical use of a wide span tractor for controlled traffic farming needs automatic steering to reduce field traffic zone area losses by a factor of 1.5 times compared with manual steering.Keywords: controlled traffic farming, wide span tractor, wide span vehicles, bridge (gantry) agriculture, engineering zone, land use, technological track. IntroductionBy using agricultural machinery with different working widths most of the fertile soil (around 75 % of the area) is subject to the unfavourable impact tractor and machinery wheels [1]. Controlled traffic farming (CTF) is a system, which confines all machinery loads to the least possible area of permanent traffic lanes [2].The efficiency of controlled traffic farming is higher, if there are less unproductive parts of the field designed for the engineering zone. The latter, as it is known, is determined by the pass, which depends on the track width and the parameters of the actuators of the undercarriage of the wide span tractor. Naturally, an increase in the track width of the latter has a positive effect on the land use indicators in controlled traffic farming, yet it is becoming more problematic technically to design such machines and to automate the control of their movement. Therefore, it is purposeful to increase the track width of wide span tractors to a definite value, which allows having satisfactory land use indicators in controlled traffic farming.The world science has already accumulated certain experience in the items of studying and practical implementation of controlled traffic farming [2][3][4][5][6][7]. The technological basis of these systems are wide span vehicles or wide span tractors [8][9][10][11]. There is considerably increased interest in wide span tractors recently. Their development is the aim of scientists in the USA, Great Britain, Japan, Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, and many other countries [12].Among the widely known models of wide span ...

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Controlled traffic farming: A review of the environmental impacts

Cited by 78 publications

References 99 publications

Soil Displacement and Soil Bulk Density Changes as Affected by Tire Size

Soil Displacement and Soil Bulk Density Changes as Affected by Tire Size

Traffic effects on soil compaction and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) taproot quality parameters

Research of possibilities for efficient use of wide span tractor (vehicle) for controlled traffic farming

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