Controlled Traffic Farming: Case Studies of Growers in Western Australia

Subsoil compaction caused by cropping machinery ‘traffic’ in paddocks is a costly and increasing problem across the Western Australian grainbelt. The GRDC is making significant investments in managing this issue through the ‘Soil Constraints – West’ project. The GRDC Western Regional Panel initiated this booklet of grower case studies to identify and extend information about the CTF practices being used on-farm to manage the problem.

The tactics they are using that are highlighted in the CTF case studies include:

• Implementation of guidance systems
• Redesigning paddock boundaries
• Matching a range of machinery wheel and operating widths and ratios
• Tramline management
• Inter-row sowing innovations
• CTF with deep ripping/tillage
• Chaff decks and weed control
• Sheep in the system
• Hay production and CTF.

Short URL: https://grdc.com.au/ctf-case-studies-wa

• GRDC Controlled Traffic Farming: Case Studies from Growers in Western Australia (PDF 4.3 mb)