An Australian innovation now available to American farmers (represented by Hood & Company) is Kelly Engineering’s Disc Mulching range of Chains.
Designed initially for managing stubble residue, the disc chains are now used for everything from primary tillage to planting poppies.
The mulching chains are used with the primary aim of returning crop residue to the soil.
They roll down stubble and chop and split it into smaller lengths allowing weathering and microbial breakdown to accelerate.
In the right soil types, the mulching chains can cut up to 100% of weeds.
The cost efficiency of this operation means that integrated weed management incorporating a full cut is once again a realistic proposition.
