Minimum tillage implement

TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus and method for tilling a seedbed with a soil manipulation device comprising a tilling shank for forming a groove in the soil followed by a pair of coulter blades for closing the groove and a rear finishing device such as a rolling basket for further tilling and firming of the soil with improved coulters downward pressure and shank head.

TL;DR: In this paper, an agricultural tillage implement is disclosed employing a series of apparatus to perform one-pass primary tillage, including a coulter, a rotary reel and a pair of soil gathering blades.

TL;DR: In this article, an agricultural tillage implement that employs multiple apparatus to carry out a strip-till farming operation is described, where a tillage shank runs a point through the compaction layer to fracture and loosen the soil, forcing it upwardly and outwardly where a pair of angled soil-gathering blades, located adjacent the shank, redirect the soil into a newly created berm.

TL;DR: In this article, a rolling basket structure facilitating movement of the rolling device to and from a field-working position includes arm structure pivotally connected to the aft end of tine support members fixed to the rear of the implement frame.

TL;DR: In this paper, a front coulter assembly is used to break the surface soil and breaking and shattering the "hard pan" created by years of conventional tillage, followed by a slot filler assembly for filling the slot or crevice left by the subsoiler as it moves through the ground, a sufficient amount to prevent cave-ins or settling which would carry seeds too deep to properly germinate.

TL;DR: In this article, a minimum tillage planting apparatus includes a soil conditioning device comprising a coulter for cutting through surface residue and slicing into the soil, a plow element behind and in alignment with the coulters for penetrating and lifting soil, and a pair of spaced-apart pressure wheels located above the point of the plow elements for exerting a downward pressure on the soil and, in cooperation with the plows, creating a crushing, shearing action.

TL;DR: In this article, a tillage implement is provided which is of the type that has a plurality of working components that perform a multiple number of different soil treatment operations during a single trip across an agricultural field.