A longtime crop consultant and OEM equipment marketer-turned-manufacturer lays out the basics of strip-till ground-engaging tool designs and how to choose the best for your needs.
Bill Preller says knives are most prevalent in areas where strip-till evolved from converted anhydrous ammonia applicators and are more typical in central and northern Corn Belt fields.
SIMPAS Technologies Technical Representative Cory Ritter describes the unique qualities to the new Smart Integrated Multi-Product Prescription Application System (SIMPAS). Comparing the new systems functionality to that of an Ink-Jet printer, SIMPAS can accurately apply up to three different products in one pass through its precision application.
Founder and CEO Craig Ganssle illustrates how Farmwave uses autonomy alongside a multi-camera system to count grain loss in realtime. Front and back mounted cameras continually register and document individual kernels that fail to be harvested, which the system will extrapolate to determine the percentage loss per bushel in real time. With this information farmers can make adjustments to manage loss wherein they can immediately see the results if the changes and prevent or reduce the yield loss.
Steve Martin grew up on his dad Howard’s farm raising tobacco, corn, wheat and soybeans. After trying no-till farming in the early 1970s, Howard Martin wasn’t satisfied with the results he was seeing. Roughly a decade later, he decided to give it another try.
Gregg Sauder could be on a beach sipping a Mai Tai right now after selling Precision Planting for $250 million in 2012. But that’s just not in his DNA. An unrelenting drive and passion to help farmers succeed pushes him to keep grinding.
The late owner of Yetter Manufacturing, Pat Whalen, says it was a “natural progression,” the way that his grandfather first got the company off the ground and his grandparents were able to start the company in 1930 during the Great Depression.
According to second-generation Duo Lift President Jim Hellbusch, the company owes its existence to 2 things: his dad Arthur’s sore back and a load of corn stuck in a wagon box.
Steve Tesarik, who farms corn for silage, soybeans and wheat in Whitelaw, Wis., takes pride in making strip-till equipment modifications with a purpose.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we honor the life and legacy of Bill Richards — the ‘Grandfather of No-Till’ — who passed away Tuesday at the age of 93.
Environmental Tillage Systems is a leading manufacturer of strip-till and nutrient-management equipment which enhances soil productivity and farm profitability.
Kuhn Krause's focus, above all, is to continue to produce quality products to serve producers better; to strive to respond to their needs with new tools and new technology to meet their growing challenges. Agronomic practices are constantly changing, and at a faster pace now than ever.
For over 90 years, Yetter Farm Equipment has designed and manufactured innovative and effective solutions for the agriculture industry. Today, we are proud to be recognized worldwide as an industry leader in designing row cleaners, strip till tools, planter attachments, precision fertilizer placement attachments, rotary hoes, toolbars, and harvest attachments.