The Kelly Diamond Disc Chain Harrows employ four long disc-chains around the diamond shaped perimeter plus two smaller disc-chains that run in the centre section of the frame.  The radical angle of the tiny dull discs wallops and levels the soil.  |  Kelly Engineering photo

Dull discs wallop dirt, improve soil

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

Setting up tillage tools correctly improves the quality of the job and uses less horsepower in the process. |  Agco photo

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