Harvest is often a race against time. Delayed harvest can increase grain losses, reduce grain quality and create additional weather risk. Wheeling on wet soils during harvest and grain handling may be unavoidable this fall. Iowa has received more precipitation during the months of July, August and September than average.
Minimize soil compaction
From left, soil that fragments before rolling into an approximate one-eighth-inch thick ribbon has a low compaction risk. In comparison, if a soil ribbon stretches to the same thickness and then it begins to crack, the soil is likely too wet, closer to the plastic limit, and susceptible to compaction.
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