Elsewhere at Commodity Classic, a few companies debuted brand-new strip-till equipment. We got our first look at the ETS liquid and dry fertilizer system and the Case IH Nutri-Tiller 1000. Let’s check out some of the key features.
Environmental Tillage System: “This provides growers a larger tank for their liquid systems. This is a 1,250-gallon liquid tank. The dry bin behind it is a 5-ton fertilizer bin. It allows them to run dry and liquid together. Where the fertilizer is applied on the row units themselves, it’s a dual drop tube, so you’re applying your liquid and dry fertilizer right in the strip as you would traditionally with our equipment. This just brings it all together, giving growers a lot more versatility for their fertility programs. It’s all still run through our SoilWarrior technology — it’s a Raven RCM. It’s an ISO connection into your tractor.”
Case IH: “Then the final step of this system, the berm builders, berm conditioners to provide what we want the width of that strip to be and provide the nice strip out the back of the machine. That brings me ahead to the shank. This unit is a shank machine. You can run 6-9 inches. We offer fertilizer options to run liquid, dry, anhydrous or liquid and dry together. We also offer it without any fertilizer attachments.”
Looking forward to learning more about both of those at the National Strip-Tillage Conference, August 6-7 in Springfield, Ill.
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