www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles peter-kenagy-albany-or Peter Kenagy, Albany, OR Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers More Weed Control With Fewer Passes Peter KenagyAlbany, Oregon Weed management highlights Strategies: strip tillage into herbicide- and winter-killed covers... banded herbicides... field borders in mowed sod crops... prevention of off-site introduction of weed seeds Tools: Maximum-residue cultivator... rotary hoe... front-mount conventional cultivator.. rotary tiller Cover crops on Peter Kenagy's […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles dick-and-sharon-thompson-boone-ia Dick and Sharon Thompson, Boone, IA Agronomic Row Crops: The Farmers Thompson Farm Trials Confirm Efficiencies of Covers, Hoes, Cultivators Dick & Sharon ThompsonBoone, Iowa 300 acres of corn, soybeans, oats, hay, cover cropsridge-till for row crops in the rolling fields of central Iowa Weed management highlights Strategies: early weeds managed to suppress late-germinating weeds... no preplant tillage... increased plant population... […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-farmer-profiles Row Crop Farmer Profiles Agronomic Row CropsThe Farmers Dick and Sharon Thompson Boone, IowaPeter Kenagy Albany, OregonCarmen Fernholz Madison, MinnesotaRich Bennett Napoleon, OhioJack Erisman Pana, IllinoisRex and Glenn Spray Mount Vernon, OhioGary Thacker Tucson, ArizonaNelson Hattaway Blakely, GeorgiaSteve McKaskle Kennett, Missouri
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools ridge-till-planter Ridge-till planter Agronomic Row CropsRidge-till Planter Ridge tillage uses permanent elevated rows 30" or more apart that keep traffic off the row area. Cultivation is central to ridge tillage. Suitable cultivators can handle residue and work 4" to 6" deep. Disk hillers need to be height-adjustable to run higher than sweeps for early passes. At first cultivation […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools disk-steer-guidance Disk-steer guidance Agronomic Row CropsDisk-Steer Guidance (electronic sensing/controls, hydraulic adjustment)Overview: One of the earliest electronic-sensing guidance systems, steering disks are now used primarily in the most severe conditions or with 12-row or wider equipment. Sophisticated electronics provide self-diagnosis and automatic calibration, important features for wide tools when a control lapse could affect so many rows at once. […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools tool-pivoting-guidance Tool-pivoting guidance Agronomic Row CropsTool-Pivoting Guidance (electronic sensing/controls, hydraulic adjustment) Overview: A pivoting guidance system requires stabilizing coulters and loose (unblocked) three-point hitch arms. It effectively compensates for the 'tailout' effect with long tools when the implement end and tractor front move in opposite directions. This effect is aggravated with articulated tractors and when working on contours. […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools side-shift-guidance Side-shift guidance Agronomic Row CropsSide-Shift Guidance (electronic sensing/controls, hydraulic adjustment)Overview: A side-shift unit works best with straight rows and on cultivators with shorter fore-to-aft clearance. Suitable for conventionally tilled or no-till fields. It keeps the cultivator toolbar parallel to the tractor axle at all times. Insert sway blocks to hold hitch arms rigid. Stabilizing coulters not necessary […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools hitch-steer-guidance Hitch-steer guidance Agronomic Row CropsHitch Steer Guidance (electric sensing, hydraulic adjustment)Overview: Using a simple electric switch, this system provides dependable service with readily available parts. It tracks tool position relative to the row with crop-sensing wands, then compensates for tractor drift by hydraulically adjusting the cultivator toolbar left or right. Stabilizing coulters may be used on the […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools guidance-ridge-mechanical Guidance, ridge mechanical Agronomic Row CropsRidge/Mechanical Guidance Overview: This rugged, all-mechanical system keeps planters or cultivators in line whenever there is sufficient ridge height to guide its dual, rubber tire V-wheels (pictured, straddling ridge top) or metal Bell wheels (pushing against ridge sides). The ridge-following wheels swivel at their anchor point. As the tool's orientation to the ridge […]
www.sare.org publications steel-in-the-field row-crop-tools guidance-furower-wheel Guidance, furrower/wheel Agronomic Row CropsFurrower/Wheel Guidance Overview: Furrow-following guidance systems perform well in fields that are fairly flat and relatively residue- and rock-free. At planting or final tillage pass, a furrowing ripper forms a distinct trench shaped to securely guide a sharp-edged steel wheel or thin, ribbed rubber tire attached to the cultivator toolbar. Positioning the guide […]