While hybrid tools are versatile, they aren’t the Swiss Army Knife of tillage equipment. “A hybrid tool engages the top 1" to 6" of soil,” says James Shurts, product manager for Great Plains ...

This implement overturned the soil and buried the previous crop’s residue, leaving only fragments covering less than 15 percent of the soil surface. In the last 50 years, farmers across the country ...

Especially for those who tried to reduce tillage a long time ago to no avail, it’s easy to be discouraged from trying again. However, in the past 15 years a lot has changed, including equipment ...

A struggling farm economy continues to take a toll on Iowa manufacturing with agricultural equipment maker Kinze announcing another round of layoffs ...

And while many have recently made a leap of faith and purchased one of these machines, others are still trying to understand just exactly what vertical tillage is all about. To give farmers a ...

Tillage exposes soil and weed seeds to the light. For some species, this triggers germination. When cultivation was performed at night or if the implement was covered, weed populations were reduced by ...

Irish Distillers is now the first to partner with Bank of Ireland to support the roll-out of Enviroflex loans to the tillage ...