BRANDON — Farmers are interested in tillage equipment again as they look to attack crop residue and work the soil. “There’s really not much choice for a lot of us,” says Aaron Yeager, Canadian importer of the Kelly Diamond Disc Chain Harrows from Australia. He has sold 125 units to prairie farmers in three years. […] Read more
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Fall tillage starts with tandem tune-up
Keeping everything in harmony | Pulling a poorly adjusted disc harrow is like playing a violin that’s out of tune
Conquering B.t. corn root balls and stalks has become an industry unto itself in the past decade. The older disc harrows and field cultivators just don’t have the weight or aggressive design to cut, slice and chop the residue of genetically modified corn, says Sunflower Manufacturing tillage specialist Larry Kuster. “I can recall dozens of […] Read more