This spring would be a great time to investigate the advantages of using a roller-crimper to terminate cover crops for even more benefits. A roller crimper has blunt steel blades spaced roughly 7 ...

Researchers tested the effects of vetch residue management strategies incorporating green manure using a roller-crimper and different organic fertilizers on organic zucchini yield and quality.

Also, consider whether you need to knock down the cover crop with a roller crimper when using herbicide; some non-organic farmers just plant into rye and burn down the cover crop without rolling. A ...

In both Illinois and Washington, Williams and USDA-ARS agronomist Rick Boydston grew vetch, rye, and a combination of the two cover crops before killing them with a roller-crimper -- a machine ...

Watch the video and read the report below: James Alexander is trialling a crimper roller on the cover crops growing on his 323ha organic farm near Chipping Norton, with the hope that he will be ...

Now, an international study reveals that the uses of the technique called roller crimper —creating a layer of plant waste in the crop surface without perturbing the soil— contributes to ...

Austin Schweizer, a farmer in Reno County, converted a stock chopper to work as a roller-crimper. "It seems to suppress weeds," he said. "It helps hold moisture and cycle nutrients." ...

Cousins of Emneth has designed a new crimper roller with helical blades to roll, break and bruise cover crops ahead of the drill. The Crop Check outfit fits to the front of the tractor to allow ...

"You can either till it under, disk it, or you can roller crimp it. So, what the roller crimper does is it crimps the rye. It just pushes the rye down and crimps it at two or three locations ...

They use a roller/crimper on a portion of their land. The 15-foot wide roller has blades and fits on the front of a tractor as an attachment that lifts and lowers with hydraulics. The Millers ...

The experiment was designed to determine the effects on organic zucchini yield and quality of vetch residue management strategies incorporating green manure using a roller-crimper and organic ...