Tim Chamen from the UK and John McPhee from Australia have contributed an article to NEXAT's blog highlighting the differences between wide span or gantry tractor CTF and conventional tractor based CTF systems.

One thing we missed highlighting in the NEXAT blog was the advantage of wide span when harvesting grain crops. Wide span leaves standing stubble across the whole width between its wheel tracks, whereas standard systems will roll down at least 15% of the area, meaning this will have to be dealt with differently. Steve Larocque in his NEXAT blog emphasized the advantage of leaving a long stubble to protect a new crop and indeed provide support for crops such as peas. Do read Steve's article, it really highlights the advantages of CTF in so many ways and particularly the improved resilience of cropping in these times of increasing weather uncertainty.

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