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Big yields can lead to big residue management issues. Start sizing and mixing the residue in the fall to help it break down by spring. This can also help incorporate important nutrients back into the soil.

For most people, fall tillage involves more conventional tillage tools, such as disks and chisel plows, that offer deeper tillage depths for mixing a lot of soil.

Whether it’s dry, liquid or NH3, adding fertilizers and other nutrients to your soil is the best way to give crops a head start on reaching their full potential. With varying commodity prices and increased input costs, doing so with great precision is key to sound returns, regardless of a farming operation’s size.

No matter what types of chemicals you plan to apply, pull-type field sprayers are an efficient way to get the job done. They can be an effective solution for both large and small acre operations.

Rocks, root balls and other solid objects can cause expensive damage and wear to combines when harvesting low-to-the-ground crops. That’s why we recommend using a land roller soon after planting. It pushes those objects into the ground, so they aren’t picked up later by the combine header.

Land rollers also firm the soil (without compacting it) to maximize seed-to-soil contact. In our side-by-side field tests, we’ve found that land rolling results in quicker emergence and increased yields of one to two bushels per acre in soybeans. Additionally, land rollers can be used in the fall after harvest to fracture tough residue.

Coil packers are similar to land rollers, but they deliver less pressure to the ground, and the coils also provide light tillage action by sizing dirt clods. These products leave a herringbone pattern in the soil, compared with the smooth finish produced by standard land rollers.

For operations that are somewhere in-between no till and conventional tillage, there are a variety of tools available to manage residue and condition the soil, while keeping soil disturbance to a minimum.

Create the ideal field finish with a mounted attachment on your tillage equipment. You can use harrows, rolling baskets or rolling choppers to achieve the desired soil profile.

No till has different meanings to different people. Some no-till operations believe in zero soil disturbance. Others feel that no till doesn’t necessarily mean “never till.” No matter what camp you’re in, Summers has solutions for you.

Remove rocks completely with a continuous rock picker. Or, you can use land rollers and coil packers to push rocks into the soil after planting, which can help avoid costly combine damage at harvest time.

Seedbed preparation is more important than ever with today’s high-speed planters. A good seedbed preparation tool will leave a smooth, level soil profile to ensure accurate planting depth.

Getting ready for spring planting? A light tillage tool can help get your soil in top condition.

Heavy residue can prevent the soil from warming and/or drying out in the spring. The right tillage tool can help size the residue and warm the soil, so you can start planting sooner and achieve quicker emergence.

Whether you do light or heavier tillage in the spring, there are many equipment options to help warm the soil and produce a level soil profile ahead of spring planting.

A vertical tillage tool is one that enters and exits the soil on a vertical plane, hence the name, vertical tillage. By definition, tillage tools that have concave disks and/or angled disk gangs are not true vertical tillage, since they move soil horizontally. This horizontal soil movement can create layers, restricting root growth and hindering moisture flow. On the other hand, a true vertical tillage tool uses straight-tracking coulter blades that slice through the soil, rather than smearing it.

There are many benefits to vertical tillage, including residue and moisture management. It was originally designed for chopping heavy residue and warming wet soil conditions to aid spring planting. But it was eventually adapted for other applications, including residue incorporation in the fall and moisture conservation in minimum till operations.

Summers didn’t set out to invent Variable Rate Tillage, but that’s exactly what happened after working closely with farmers on our first piece of equipment boasting the technology, the VRT2530. The idea was simple: give the operator the ability to adjust tillage aggressiveness from the comfort of the cab. Because fields can vary greatly, Variable Rate Tillage allows a farmer to shift aggressiveness in order to get the best field finish possible.

The secret to Summers Variable Rate Tillage technology is in the patented hydraulic hitch, which allows the operator to transfer weight between the front and rear blades. Placing more weight on either allows the blades to engage differently for the ideal field finish.