Fitting as much crop as possible on the land, sometimes you can cover more area with long strips instead of large square fields.

@@evmanbutts also helps with erosion and water management

Less turnaround time

You wouldn't be able to harvest without it. The rye fell down about 2 days before harvest so we had to take in almost the whole plant and it was 6 feet tall. We were going about 1.5 mph.

@@wilcoxfarms3590 wow thats tall! I was wundering why it was such slow speed. What was your yeald per acre?