While Cross Slot USA isn’t exactly a household name among Great Plains and Corn Belt no-tillers, over the past 25 years, the company has become a popular OEM for direct-seeding tools for growers.
The myth is that no-tillage should put seeds in the same soil environment that tillage has been doing for hundreds of years, but to do it with seed openers on the planter instead of cultivating entire fields.
A discussion in the Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) email group started with a question about upgrading a drain grill for no-tilling fields of small grains and seeded forages, and from there, evolved into a larger conversation about other farm equipment preferences and advice.
Due to the previous wet autumn of 2019, the farm had planted over-yeared seed in conditions that were unsuitable for cultivating. It was a backwards step and 2020 ended up being worse than 2019. So Brixworth Farming made the decision to do more cultivations where it was needed, to keep the ability to direct-drill. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.
Lewis Krueger, CEO of Cross Slot No-Till Systems in Appleton, Wis., talks about the unique seed delivery mechanism of the Cross Slot drill, how the gangs can be raised and lowered for different row spacing options, and some design and production changes that are in the works now that these machines are being made in the U.S.
Soil scientist John Baker explains how no-till not only prevents more carbon from being released into the atmosphere, it returns it to the soil for future crop production
Baker No-Tillage Limited and Cross Slot were named finalists in the Corporate Environment section of the World Technology Awards 2010 held in New York on December 1.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, longtime no-tiller Jim Leverich explains why 20-inch corn rows are paying off big time on his Sparta, Wis., farm.
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