Are there any negative consequences to rolling land?
Land rolling can have detrimental effects on soil properties and injure growing crops. Rolling pulverizes soil aggregates and leaves a smooth surface making the land susceptible to wind erosion. Soil crusting can also occur if fine textured soils or low organic matter soils are wet when they are rolled. Crops that are emerged or just below the soil surface can be broken or crushed by rolling. Damage to these crops often is not fatal but these injured plants probably will be set back by several days and are susceptible to diseases.
