OptiSurface in Mexico
John Allan Brealey of Inntagri promotes OptiSurface in the ATALC Congress in Veracruz, Mexico. What is variable slope in shaping agricultural land? This technique uses satellite leveling system Trimble Field Level II with three dimensions (3D) OptiSurface designs for optimum surface with the lowest earthwork. Compared to traditional leveling, saving between 50% to 80% of…
Reduce Water Logging By Optimising Traffic Direction With OptiSurface Drainage Analysis
Tim Naele of www.precisionagriculture.com.au discusses on the Conservation Farmers Inc. Newsletter how OptiSurface helped determine the best wheel track direction for a field to significantly reduce water logging. Controlled traffic has been broadly adopted across Australia to help manage the impact of compaction. Over two million hectares of Australia’s cropping areas is now cropped under…
OptiSurface At The International Controlled Traffic Farming Conference
By Clarissa Collis Heavy rain over three days provided a wet backdrop to the first International Controlled Traffic Farming Conference held at the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, Queensland, in late March. It was the beginning of three weeks of rain that caused more flooding across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, and starkly emphasised…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2016 August
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OptiSurface Newsletter – 2016 July
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OptiSurface in Germany
OptiSurface was featured in a German website. Here is the English translation of the section: Optimized arable land for more water efficiency Several good reasons to optimally prepare agricultural land, so that the factor of production water can be used more efficiently. In particular, the increase in extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, but…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2016 June
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Consquences of Poor Drainage
Poor germination A poorly drained soil is essentially a late soil. In any soil the temperature must reach a critical level before germination can take place. The evaporation of excess moisture uses up specific heat of the soil and one which is badly drained will be slower to warm up than that of a well…
OptiSurface Newsletter – 2016 Apr
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Impact Of Wheel Tracks On Surface Drainage & Yield
Introduction This case study examines the impact that tractor wheel tracks can have on surface drainage and then yield. The case study is from a farm in USA that grows vegetables. The field has some depression area that hold water after rainfall events but this problem is exacerbated by the small furrows create by the ‘controlled…
