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9/27/2019 0 Comments Can I have your ATTENTION?!Over the years I have tried to come up with many ways to draw ATTENTION to my Chisel Ripper and how it differs and the benefits over other farming practices. What caught my attention was one of my best endorsements by the late Kevin Bien. This endorsement verified what I was doing was something pretty unique.
First, if you have never met Kevin, let me tell you a little about him. Kevin was best known as the pitchmen for Gleaner Combines. He was also one of the best salesmen I have ever come across! One of the things that made him so good at his job was that he had complete knowledge of what he was selling. Kevin knew every inch of the Gleaner Combines. He had worked along with farmers and AGCO Corp. to come up with the best machine he believed possible. If you had a chance to hear Kevin talk at a farm show, it was something special. He put on a show that drew a crowd every time. Whenever I attended a farm show I always stopped to listen in. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW HE GOT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, BUT IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE! Four years ago, just before the Farm Science Review, our mutual friend lined Kevin up to come and look at my Chisel Ripper for AGCO Corp. I set up a field demonstration which included two of my neighbors with their equipment. I was a little nervous because the ground we were working was wheat stubble that had been wet when harvested and remained wet during straw bailing and manure application. Unfortunately, we hit a dry spell which turned the ground brick hard. The demo consisted of a disc-ripper behind a track-drive oscillating four-wheel drive, a chisel plow and another large four-wheel drive tractor. Between these two monsters set my Chisel Ripper on a 110 HP four-wheel drive tractor. That in and of itself was an attention getter. We calculated that the disc-ripper had 27 HP per foot. The chisel plow had 21 HP and I was working with just 9 HP per foot. The results of the demo: *The chisel plow would not even go into the ground. *The disc ripper went in one foot and pulled hard. *The chisel ripper was able to accomplish the same one foot depth with an easy pull. This depth was a little shallow from where we normally run our Ripper because we were in some really tough conditions. The best result of the demo was the smile on Kevin Bien's face. Then he told me that you could never drive by and look at your field and see what I was doing. You had to be in the field to understand what it was doing and it was doing a great job. Coming from Kevin, that was one of the best endorsements I have ever received on the Chisel Ripper and was one of the most rewarding days I have ever had working with this machine.
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When you watch videos of Chisel Ripper in motion, note how the soil flies from up around the rear shanks. That is one of the ways our tillage tool sets itself apart from the rest. We have designed the Chisel Ripper to shatter the soil use of forwarding motion. Chisel plows roll the earth over which requires more horsepower. That will not allow the chisel plow to go as deep as we are able. The shanks on a chisel plow are usually closer together, which requires more Horsepower per working foot. The forward shatter from the Chisel Ripper expands the furrows from the bottom point to the top. The center tines work what is left. If You compare the Chisel Ripper to a disc-ripper (this is the closest equivalent tool). The disc ripper forces the large points into the soil. They need to lift to perform there tasks and the heavy disc-blades to work the soil between the rows. When you are done, you have not aerated the soil plus used a lot of fuel and power to do it. If you are not a large enough farmer you may not have a tractor available. Our tool has everything covered. A regular V-ripper was the same issues. Then in wet soil both tend to smear and may not get the desired lift you need. With our tool, you able to get positive results in wet soil.What if I told you that you didn't have to do anything different than what you had been doing and get up to 19 bushel an acre corn yields, but do it faster and with less fuel consumption? You say I am not a corn farmer, what does this have to do with me? Well with the same lack of effort you can improve your soil quality and not have to add anything. The only thing you have to do is purchase a new high-quality tool to replace your old worn out chisel plow or soil savor. With a new FarmBuilt Chisel Ripper which includes a lifetime warranty parts from Bellota Agrisolutions. The Chisel Ripper is one of the very few purchases that you will make that will actually pay for itself in serious yield increases. What is easier than that? 10/11/2018 0 Comments Increasing yields in corn fields!Everyone knows that if you are growing a great corn crop it starts with planting and does not end until it is harvested. Unlike soybeans, corn is a full season endeavor. The new hybrids have come a long way, smoothing over some of the rough spots. Mother nature sure seems to come up with new challenges as fast as science can adapt. One thing that I believe will never change in the ever-changing and ever challenging farm industry is that farmers need to get every dollar out of their fields, leaving nothing but the chance to make more profits the following year. The FarmBuilt Chisel Ripper has several ways to help farmers do just that. Think of corn as more of having a lifecycle than a growing season. Fewer interruptions in this cycle will get farmers better results. It all starts at germination; the Chisel Ripper creates a healthier soil by process of aeration, creating a soil rich with living aerobic microbes. This will help get the farmers plants off to a good start leading to better root growth. The Chisel Ripper opens the soil up through the compacted layers for even larger root structure. This lets the hair roots go after untapped nutrients. After years this will deepen the topsoil. Proper soil health and root growth lead to better and stronger plants. With sufficient and timely nitrogen your corn plants are better able to deal with the uncontrollable elements that mother nature sometimes throws our way. If the plant stays viable longer to a fully matured lifespan the better the test weight will be. Better test weight adds up in a hurry. Then, add all of today's technologies in seeds and fertilizer and you can be confident you have done all you can do to leave nothing in the field but the chance of another great year next year. #Farm #Corn #Yield  9/10/2018 0 Comments Sudden death in Soybeans... and the Chisel Ripper.
Over the years when looking for the short-term benefits of the Chisel Ripper to soybeans one of the most obvious benefits has been the lack of sudden death in beans. I attribute this to compaction reduction. You notice this problem on the headland, which you do not see when you use the Chisel Ripper. This supports my theory because this is where you will get the highest compaction from turning. This year our fields, for the most part, have matured enough that the yields will not be hurt by sudden death. That said we did notice that on one nearby field which we know to was highly compacted that the crop appears to be suffering at a near to 20% damage rate. In todays tight profit margins, you can't afford to lose any yields, especially those which can be easily rectified. If you want to increase your yields, use our Chisel Ripper to make sure you get every cent out of every acre! At last, my Chisel Ripper CR 5.0 is on its way to where it belongs. First in front of the public eye and then on your farm. It may be small in size but what it can accomplish makes up for what it lacks in stature. It is a pint-sized dynamo. If you think about it, if you are covering the same area as a four bottom 18" plow. Around here it takes about 110 HP to pull. You can pull our ripper with minimal HP... You can go faster and you can have all the benefits Chisel Ripper can provide you.  7/3/2018 1 Comment 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!
7/2/2018 0 Comments 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. |