Martin-Till Unveils New Frame Mounted Walking Tandem Row Cleaner
Steve Martin of Martin-Till unpacks the features of the all new Frame Mounted Walking Tandem Row Cleaner at Farm Progress Show 2024.
NAME: Curtis Furr
LOCATION: Albemarle, N.C.
YEARS NO-TILLING: 45
ACRES: 1,000
CROPS: Corn, soybeans, cotton, popcorn, winter wheat and cereal rye cover-crop seed
My father and grandfather started experimenting with no-till in the late 1960s with the primary goal of stopping erosion. The steep hills we farm would simply wash away when you worked them up.
They started with an old John Deere Grassland drill to sow new ground. It had shovels…