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<blockquote data-quote="AllForage" data-source="post: 834174" data-attributes="member: 14878"><p>I have heavy clay and our frost goes 4 feet deep in winter. The pastures still become compacted. With heavy clay, subsoiling or total renovation every 4-6 years is probably best. We plant annual crops to be grazed for one summer. We also try to re-plant forages with deep taproots to help with water infiltration to break-up up subsoil. I don't have rocks though. If you plow, hire a chisel plow. As organic matter is increased it should help with the compaction although with heavy clay I think you just have to plow every so many years. I have definitely seen a decrease in forage production over the years and need to renovate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllForage, post: 834174, member: 14878"] I have heavy clay and our frost goes 4 feet deep in winter. The pastures still become compacted. With heavy clay, subsoiling or total renovation every 4-6 years is probably best. We plant annual crops to be grazed for one summer. We also try to re-plant forages with deep taproots to help with water infiltration to break-up up subsoil. I don't have rocks though. If you plow, hire a chisel plow. As organic matter is increased it should help with the compaction although with heavy clay I think you just have to plow every so many years. I have definitely seen a decrease in forage production over the years and need to renovate. [/QUOTE]
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