Ontario producers have a wide range of tillage tools available to them today. Some tips to help you sort out the options you need
by PAT LYNCH
I received an education at this year’s Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. I was asked to moderate the tillage demonstration. What follows is a summary of comments the equipment people made to me.
When you work soil, you want to incorporate residue shallowly and evenly, so allowing the residue to break down. Tillage must leave the soil level. If you incorporate residue properly and leave the soil level, this will reduce erosion and conserve moisture. Today’s tillage tools are designed to make a seedbed in fewer passes. If you do all of this, you maintain soil structure and reduce costs.