Teena Bailey's value-added grain operation in Lehigh County offers milled wheat, oats and rye products at retail markets.

This places an even greater emphasis on maintenance of the moldboard system. "With more and more contractors going to automatic blade control (GPS, sonic, laser guided) for grade control ...

For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos for fieldwork. That’s changing as fears about climate change come into focus.

"Considering that finish grade is typically from 1/8 to 1/4 in., turntable and moldboard slide tolerances must be maintained as close as possible," says Phil Newberry, market development engineer ...

Because nightcrawlers require residues at the surface to pull down into their burrows, we do not expect to find any nightcrawlers in fields which routinely leave no surface residue cover (i.e.

Currently much of the primary tillage is done in the fall. Deep tillage with the moldboard plow is still common, but fall chisel plowing for corn or soybeans is widely used. Other forms of ...

3. The Moldboard Plow: China, Third Centrury BCE. Called kuan, these ploughshares were made of malleable cast iron. They had an advanced design, with a central ridge ending in a sharp point to cut the ...

Simply put, a vertical system means managing the entire soil profile for uniformity. For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos ...

However you like to collate the ideas you love, whether it be online or going old school with a moldboard, this is a super simple starting point that will help you visualize what you like and see ...

The marker notes that he moved to Illinois in 1836, where the following year he built the world’s first steel moldboard plow. Let’s continue the theme of renowned 19 th-century men born in ...

CAT equipment dealer Hastings Deering was established in 1932. In the same decade, CAT started producing motor grader ...

You won't find Norman Rockwell, Pearl S. Buck or John Deere buried in Vermont, so you'll have to travel out of state to see ...