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<strong>CTF</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> <br />
An overview <br />
Tim Chamen, <strong>CTF</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>
First beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs, 2004 <br />
Unilever, UK
1 st opera@on – on SF2! <br />
Sponsors: <br />
Unilever, John Deere & Dale Drills
3m axle – a mistake!
<strong>CTF</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> launched at <br />
Agritechnica 2007
<strong>CTF</strong> systems <br />
OutTrac
OutTrac <strong>in</strong> practice
<strong>CTF</strong> systems <br />
Tw<strong>in</strong>Trac
Tw<strong>in</strong>Trac <strong>in</strong> practice<br />
Tractors<br />
Harvester<br />
Implement width = Harvester track gauge + Tractor track gauge
The sta@s@cs <br />
2012 <br />
Descrip(on Total UK DK SE NL <br />
<strong>CTF</strong> area (known), ha 29,595 14,795 5,100 3,800 <br />
s<strong>CTF</strong> area, ha 1675 345 800 100 430 <br />
Planned 43,148 25,538 4,770 4,500 Unknown <br />
Forage grass, ha (est.) 15,000 15,000
Forage grass <strong>in</strong> DK, s<strong>CTF</strong> <br />
12 m the norm
Vegetables <strong>in</strong> NL, s<strong>CTF</strong> <br />
3.2 m track gauge
Organic veg. <strong>in</strong> NL, s<strong>CTF</strong>
Celeriac and potatoes <strong>in</strong> NL – a <br />
virtually complete <strong>CTF</strong> system
Cropped traffic lane management <br />
• Maximis<strong>in</strong>g yield without compromis<strong>in</strong>g <br />
func@on <br />
– @llage only to sow<strong>in</strong>g depth <br />
– no-‐@ll, but deeper sow<strong>in</strong>g
Non-‐cropped traffic lane management <br />
• In-‐fill as required <br />
– lateral move shallow @llage <br />
• dra<strong>in</strong> shoulders if needed <br />
This example 5 years old
Limita@ons <strong>in</strong> mach<strong>in</strong>e compa@bility <br />
12 m – doesn’t reach!
11.66 m width to cater <br />
for harvester!
Where it all goes wrong – job <strong>in</strong> progress!
Conclusions <br />
• <strong>CTF</strong> becom<strong>in</strong>g ma<strong>in</strong>stream thought <strong>in</strong> parts of <br />
<strong>Europe</strong>. <br />
• Recognised as logic by some, fiercely resisted <br />
by others. <br />
• If you can’t get more yield from non-‐trafficked <br />
soil, we just need to learn how! <br />
• Not a ques@on of “does <strong>CTF</strong> work?”, rather, <br />
“is it prac@cal, cost-‐effec@ve and susta<strong>in</strong>able?”
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