Väderstad’s Carrier line of high-speed discs is available in different models and in working widths up to 40 feet. | Väderstad photo

Today’s tillage tools offer versatility

Väderstad’s tillage implements offer a wide range of configurations for residue management and seed bed preparation

The number and types of tillage implements on the market today has grown significantly over the past decade. European brands such as Lemken and Väderstad have increased their presence in the North American market and introduced a number of modern implement designs that had their origins in Europe. Today, farmers have choices that go well […] Read more

The Solitair DT combines extensive tillage and seeding in one pass, as well as fertilizer application.  |  Scott Garvey photo

Lemken Solitair DT blends tillage and seeding

Unit wins Environmental Sustainability Award for its combination of seedbed prepping and seeding in one pass

Lemken’s Soilitair DT combination tillage and seeding implement is new to the North American market, and the brand has been showing the machine at different farm shows around Canada this summer to introduce farmers to it. That includes at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ont., where it won an environmental sustainability award. It impressed […] Read more

Lemken is currently field trialling a Rubin 10 high-speed disc with the widest working width it has yet offered: 33 feet. It is expected to be available next season.  |  Lemken screen capture

A bigger Rubin 10

Lemken has become a major player in the North American tillage equipment market in the last decade. That has meant offering a select group of its machines here that fit with prairie broadacre farming practices, which can be a little different than the type and scale of machines many farmers use in its home market […] Read more


Lemken displayed its Equalizer drill at the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Sask., in July. The prototype on display used a mounted product tank, but production drills will use a tow-between or tow-behind cart.  |  Scott Garvey photo

Lemken introduces Equalizer drill

Another no-till seed drill option for farmers will soon hit the market as European manufacturer debuts new implement

Prairie farmers have seen the number of no-till drills on the market grow significantly over the past two decades. Soon, one more will be added to that group, one with a very international pedigree. Germany-based Lemken, which has had a strong presence in the tillage implement market here for several years, has announced it intends […] Read more