Front tire question - time to replace or keep fixing leaks?

I have a 1991 (or 1993?) JD Model 2755 two-wheel drive tractor. It has around 2500 hours on it and I assume the original set of tires. The fronts are Firestone tubeless 10.00-16 6-ply, which I inflate to 32 psi due to the rear ballasted tires and the mounted loader. I recently noticed one of the front tires was low, after I had added air a few weeks prior. Checking it with a spray bottle, I found three places where it was leaking, one around a plug repair and two through a network of small cracks around the central rib.

Should I just keep repairing these holes, or is it time for new front tires? They look like they still have a good amount of rib life left, but there is an extensive network of small cracks on both sides of the central rib on both front tires.

I am a gentleman farmer type so my experience with tractors is limited to what I have learned through the manual (which isn't much - JD's manuals provide very limited info on actually using the tractor or implements) and by actual use. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

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