Farm Progress Show June 15 - 17 Regina - LEMKEN Heliodor Tillage System overview.

[AgrivilleAdmin]

Laurent Letzter of LEMKEN shares some company history and a walkaround the popular Heliodor tillage system which helps farmers prepare and excellent soil seed bed. For more information visit the LEMKEN website at [URL="http://www.lemken.ca"]http://www.lemken.ca

[/URL]Visit the LEMKEN/ Prairie Agri Sales booth in Hall 3 Booth 30000.

[AgrivilleAdmin]

Lots of other great features and speakers at the Farm Progress Show

http://www.myfarmshow.com

Some of the keynote speakers.

[tweety]

Hard to believe anyone would till anything given the seeder systems we have today.

[furrowtickler]

Hard to believe that some have to use tillage in order to use some of the seeding systems "designed" for zero till.

[Guest]

knifing in NH3 in the fall sure helps us out in the spring here in the swamps . found a cultivator shovel in the field when I was seeding one field . what horrible memories it brought back .

[hobbyfrmr]

My neighbor bought a 40 foot Heliodor 2 years ago to do potholes. He used it this spring first time.
Now that is wealth!

[farming101]

What's a cultivator shovel cost these days?

[fjlip]

Might be great on cat tails. Here where it's COLD, blacker is better, so there is an advantage.

[stonepicker]

Some cultivation is good imo and ya shovels are expensive like everything else. Best dandelion and foxtail killer out there though.

[farmaholic]

Remember, be flexible what works one year may not be the best practice the next year. Also what works in one area may not be the best practice in another. There's merits to everything when conditions warrant them.

[pourfarmer]

10" mckay Nok On are $12

[wmoebis]

If it hadn't been for tillage in the past how much land would be farmed today?

[furrowtickler]

VT has its place in some areas but not all areas.
Some areas would be impossible to seed with out tillage. Also some straw issues make it impossible for some para link seeding outfits to even make a reasonable job regardless of "straw management " with combines

[Oliver88]

There seems to be a lot of negatives to the Lemken.

Price tag
Too many moving parts, leaf springs, bearings, discern blades, etc.
HP require to pull
Diesel required
Resale value after a few dry years

[blackpowder]

Havent rented the Lemken yet.
Each seem to be different in how they work. So far prefer the Salford here.