The Outdoor Farm Show had field equipment demonstrations with the SPSP – Single Pass Seedbed Preparation tillage demonstration.
A total of 17 manufacturers lined up and showcased what their ideal one pass tillage solution is. The best seedbed comes with tillage according to Pat Lynch CCA Lynch says, “Excessive tillage costs money, can reduce yield and increase erosion. This year COFS will demonstrate equipment to get the optimum seedbed with the least tillage.”
This demonstration included manufacturers like Lemken, Salford Farm Machinery Ltd. and Case IH. . “The SPSP - Single Pass Seedbed Preparation demonstration is like an open-ended question that they can answer with whichever piece of equipment THEY feel is best.”
The full list includes Case IH; East-Can Equipment Sales /Vaderstad; Farm Fleet /Amazone; Great Plains; Gregoire-Besson; Horst Welding/MK Martin/Dal-Bo; Horst Welding/MK Martin/Strip Cat; John Deere; Kongskilde; Kverneland; Landoll; Leading Edge Equipment/AerWay; Lemken; Robert H. Laning & Sons/McFarlane; Salford Farm Machinery; Steqcan/TULIP Canada; and Walco Equipment.
Equipment worked wheat stubble that is seeded to an oat cover crop. Seed was donated by Hyland Seeds. According to Lynch there is huge movement to growing cover crops after winter wheat.