7/3/2018 2 Comments Hay and the Chisel Ripper!You may ask why I use the Chisel Ripper for hay (or forge) with all the costs you encounter just to get your field prepped. Then there is the seed 7 to 9 $ up to 12 $ for organic. But, the better the soil drainage the longer your field will stay productive. Alfalfa can handle dry but not high moisture well. I have noticed that your grass respond well to the chisel ripper ground. As you know, corn is also technically a grass. The CR 5.0 is a very economical option. Look how easy it will pay for itself. For one load of good quality 3rd or 4th alfalfa at a price of $5 for 100 bails. With seven loads you have paid for the ripper plus you get change back. Hay, CR 5.0 will work for you!
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7/2/2018 1 Comment Precision FarmingI admit precision farming is a good thing but years of farming taught me if nothing else doing the same thing over and over more than likely will not get the same results. I have spent all my years of farming on ground that is very inconsistent in its self. We have about 6 different soil types in 60 acres on the home place plus property that has its own challenges. It is a little inconvenient but a good place to prove the constancy of your tillage practices in different conditions. I have watched our Chisel Ripper enhance our yields in all soil types every year no matter what other factors have been thrown at it. We have had corn yields averaging above 200+sence our second year of using the Chisel Ripper. That is when we had most of our compaction issues addressed.
6/26/2018 0 Comments Looking for free stuff?We all love getting free stuff. You know you have come to farm shows looking for the coolest handouts, free caps, buckets, yard sticks, etc. Well, our Chisel Ripper gives you all sorts of FREE STUFF!
When you give your soil the air for the Aerobic Microbes to do their thing, you get FREE STUFF. The Chisel Ripper brings your soil back to life! If you care about your land, you will look into this implement for your farm. There is nothing like this on the market. Take a look and either contact me or A.M.S. Incorporated for more information! 2/5/2018 0 Comments A PROBLEM YOU DEVELOP WHEN USING A ROTOTILLER IN YOUR GARDEN OR LARGE VEGETABLE PLOTYou know if you have ever read anything that I have written on tillage and farming I preach the idea of what compaction does to yields. If you are a vegetable producer, more than likely you wonder how compaction effects you. If you run a rototiller you would think at first I am eliminating my compaction because I have loosened the ground completely. You are right at that minute. The unfortunate consequence of your action is you have pulverized the soil to where it re-compacts very easily. After this, you expose your dirt to foot traffic. You pack it down on daily bases. You do this year after year and the lower layer (deeper thank what your tiller can dig) will get harder and harder. In two words: soil damage. This will also reduce soil health in more ways than just the compaction itself. The soil basically suffocates by pushing out the necessary air promoting anaerobic bacteria which are the bad bacteria. This, in turn, decreases the aerobic bacteria which is the good bacteria.
This is where our FarmBuilt CR 5.0 comes in. By opening the soil down deeper, it allows the air in where it needs to be for all that is required for proper soil health to bring your soil back to life. Then there are the drainage issues you have created with the compacted soil and our tillage tools will do an excellent job of dealing with this. 12/7/2017 0 Comments Plow preference?I had a comment from an individual mentioning his preference to plow. This gives me a platform to compare the many differences between using my tool and the mow board plow. The FarmBuilt 5.0 opens the layer that is compacted below the plow. This helps for better drainage when wet and also lets moisture be pulled from underneath when it is drier. It also creates better conditions decomposition of the residue by letting the aerobic bacteria go to work. Especially if you add manure in the fall by spring it is ready to go to work for you. Years ago when the soil you are looking at was plowed (I have farmed this ground all my life) we applied manure every year but had poor soil structure. As you can see we ...
8/15/2017 0 Comments A simple theory...With the coming end of fall tillage, you will see a lot of different tillage styles in our area. This is my take on it all: Look at it this way when it comes to corn stalks if they are on top of the ground. Stalks are not being used to their fullest potential. When they are left on top as they break down you are losing the energy that you used to grow them. If you bury the stalks or other organic matter under a few inches of dirt, it helps maintain carbon into the soil instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. With our CR (Chisel Ripper), only a little amount of material is left on top to help control run off.
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I personally have never let what others say or do influence what I know is possible. If someone says I cannot it becomes a challenge to me. I never stop trying to improve on whatever I am doing. No matter what job I have ever done and no matter what I feel, I look back and learn something from it.Jeff Sberna - Farmer and Founder of J&D FarmBuilt LLC |