Zonal tillage with Peter Russo
Peter Russo shows us his zonal tillage machine. It covers three rows in a single pass, and is fixed at 1.8 metre centres. The cultivation for each row consists of a pair of scolloped discs at the front, followed by a coulter disc to cut through any trash stubble, a winged ripper tine and a crumble roller.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , 1 comment... ]
Rip Strip Farming System with Chris Johnston
On the 2008 BGA annual bus trip, we visited Chris Johnston's farm where he described his "Rip Strip" farming system. Given the prolonged drought in the south east, and fears that climate change will bring dryer seasons. Chris explains that one of the great benefits of minimum till cultivation is the preservation of soil moisture.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , 1 comment... ]
Zero Till with Darren Rachemann
On the 2008 BGA annual bus trip, we visited Darren Rachemann's farm. He talks about some of the challenges of mixing a full till farming system for peanuts, with a zero till farming system of grain production.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , Read more... ]
Minimum Till with Wayne Seabrook
On the 2008 BGA annual bus trip, we visited Wayne Seabrook's farm and engineering shop. Seabrook Engineering manufacturers minimum till planters, and in this clip Wayne describes one of his planter designs.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Wednesday, December 17, 2008[ , Read more... ]
2m Zonal Ripper with Martin Thompson
Martin Thompson describes his zonal ripper, used to prepare a 2 metre bed system with 600 mm duals. He rips the stool area, then comes back in two to three weeks time when the clods have started to dry on top, and follows with a bed former. Martin says "it cuts a lot of time down, a lot of fuel use, and running on guidance, its all simple".
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Thursday, November 6, 2008[ , Read more... ]
Zonal Tillage with Tony Chapman
Tony Chapman shows us his zonal tillage machine. Built from readily available second hand parts and a frame from an old trash incorporator. Tony says the 1.8 meter centred, three row cultivator saves fuel, time and maintenance costs.
Posted by Henry Thomas, 3 years ago on Thursday, September 18, 2008[ , Read more... ]
