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FB PARRISH AND SON
Controlled Traffic Farming
At
Lodge Farm
Paul Cripsey
Farms manager
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Cropping
• Combinable crops 485 ha.
• Onions-shallots 160 ha.
• Potatoes 65 ha.
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Background
• Onion and potato production at Lodge
Farm utilises a wide variety of soil types
• Concern over the ever increasing size and
weight of modern farm equipment
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How do we deliver CTF?
• A challenge!
• System is based on 1.83m!
• Suits onion and potato production
• All existing machines based on 1.83m
• All new onion investment based on
3*1.83m
• CTF now based on multiples of 5.49m
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1930 1940 1980 2006 2006
Soil stress at 0.4 m depth
14 fold increase
Soils are now over-stressed!
12 t
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Tracking is extensive every
year
• Rake, disc x2, drill, roll, harvest
• 127% tracking
Typical min-till system
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Introduction to CTF
• Onion and Potato production has used
seasonal trafficking systems for over 20
years
• Steering guidance system already
established (SF2).
• Met Tim and introduced to CTF, and the
simple principle of organising our traffic
lanes seemed a logical way forward
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• CTF confines all tracks to least possible area of
permanent traffic lanes
What is CTF?
– CTF is a traffic management system– it’s not prescriptive about tillage
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Planning
• 2 self propelled harvesters
• 3 trailed harvesters
• 3 windrowers
• 3 planters/drills etc
• All using a bedwidth of 1.83 metres, this
had to be the base for any CTF system
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Lexion 580 TT on
2.83 m t rack
centres and 0.56
m wide tracks
9.14 m harvesting
Lexion 580 TT
on 2.83 m t rack
centres and 0.56
m wide tracks
9.14 m harvesting
Lexion 580 TT on
2.83 m t rack
centres and 0.56
m wide tracks
9.14 m harvesting
5.5 m drill 5.5 m drill 5.5 m drill 5.5 m drill 5.5 m drill
Extra long grain auger (7.377 m)
m)
Lexion 580 TT on
2.83 m t rack
centres and 0.56
m wide tracks
9.14 m harvesting
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How do we deliver CTF?
• Base width is 1.83m*3=5.49 metres
• Flatlift increased to 3.66 metres
• Corn drill decreased to 5.49 metres
• Sprayer increased to 27.5 metres
• Combine header increased to 12 metre to
cut 10.98 metres
• Topdown increased from 5.5m to 6 m to
work at 5.49 m
• SF2 signal upgraded to RTK
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CTF
The remaining challenges
• Implement steering essential for working in
1.83m beds
• Harvester wheeltracks do not match our
system
• Combine is 2.7 metres!
• Onion harvester is 2.73 metres
• Potato harvester is 2.7 metres
• Can we move 30,000 tonnes from our
fields without damage to the soils?
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Onion harvester main
problemElevator position and supporting wheel incompatible
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Sprayer
Data Tracked UncroppedPercentage 16% 3%
Bedmaker
Cultivator
Dutch harrow
Planter
Topper
Windrower
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Tracking without harvester16% tracked area
(allowing ± 2.5 cm guidance error)
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Percentage 42% 3%
Sprayer
Harvester 1&4
Harvester 2&5
Data Tracked Uncropped
Bedmaker
Cultivator
Dutch harrow
Planter
Topper
Windrower
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Tracking with harvester
42% tracked area(allowing ± 2.5 cm guidance error)
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Conclusions
• Controlling traffic is a logical way forward
• Can deliver sustainability for our industry
• Has its challenges, as machine
manufactures are not delivering with CTF
in mind.