The machine manages crop residue, levels fields and conserves soil moisture, says designer
REGINA — European equipment manufacturers trying to capture business from broad-acre prairie farmers need to remember farmers here like to stretch out. Laurent Letzter, commercial sales manager at Lemken Canada, said the company’s new 52-foot disc for high speeds, called the Heliodor, is built to answer the prairie demand for more acres per hour. The […] Read moreTag Archives tillage
Interior scraper cleans out baskets
Rolling baskets get their own scrapers, on the inside. Packing and harrowing behind vertical or disc tillage can be a challenge in wet conditions. Rolling baskets are especially prone to plugging with heavy soil when times turn damp. Self cleaning, as the rolling basket spins, provides clearance for the tool. Brian Perkuhn of Summers in […] Read more
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
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
