In 2015, we took a Busa row-crop cultivator to Szentes for testing, where we demonstrated the advantages of the KS Rotary row-crop cultivator on a 10-hectare area. This was when Mr. Levendovics got acquainted with BUSA as a brand.
Nothing proves his satisfaction better than May 2015, when 90 mm of rain fell at once. As a result, a 2-3 cm thick crust formed on the top layer of the soil.
“I thought a lot about how to solve this problem. So, I called Busa Bt., and they said there was no problem, they could help me. It was time for cultivation, they brought the machine, and I ran it over the area. The most interesting part is that the next rain that year fell after August 20. My fellow farmers’ yields were about 2-3 tons lower than mine, and I still harvested 10 tons of corn per hectare that year. It was incredible to me that it could retain so much moisture in the soil.”
As a result of the Busa KS FK, László Levendovics acquired an FKM Rotary Seedbed Maker in 2019. We asked him about this machine.
“I remember when the machine arrived, Benedek Horváth – the owner of BUSA – accompanied it. He set it up on concrete, and only a little tuning was needed in the field, but even then, it did a very correct job from an agronomic point of view. No matter how many machines I bought – because this is not my first machine investment – no other company followed up on the machine’s work and settings as closely as they did. This is such a sympathetic thing, you can only speak in superlatives about it.”
You recently replaced your old tractor with a ZETOR PROXIMA HS120. Did you do this because of the seedbed maker?
“Not exactly, but the FKM’s work improved because it can pull it better. The point is that it works very nicely when there is adequate speed.”
What did you use before?
“I used a spring-tine cultivator and a harrow. With the cultivator, you could only make a nice seedbed if you harrowed beforehand. This year’s dry spring, the BUSA, without a harrow, made a wonderful seedbed in one pass. The plants emerged simultaneously, almost on command, thanks to the uniform seedbed depth and the nice smooth, fine soil the machine created. Even though our spring was dry, the emergence was so uniform that it was unbelievable. The same can be said for the rainy autumn weather with wheat. Moreover, the machine did not get stuck! Practically, I could open the seedbed two days before the disc harrow with the BUSA FKM.”
What do you like about it?
“It has a very interesting invention, the mud-scraper roller at the back. The point is that it doesn’t clog. I picked up quite large clods that fell into the compaction roller, which digested them and then spat them out once. I’ve pulled it through total mud, and there was no problem; you can’t say that about other machines.”
What led to your decision, and to whom would you recommend the BUSA FKM?
“I really like my stubble to be well-maintained. The pulled weeds – even the weeds of the cultivated plants – did not strengthen. Although some argue that the Rotary Tiller is the cause, I believe it even reduced the population of voles and mice.
Anyone who likes well-cultivated, nicely worked soil will choose no other machine but this Rotary Tiller because it is very suitable for that. If you like an excellent quality seedbed prepared in early spring, you will only choose this. In autumn, if you want to work earlier than you could with disc tools, you will only choose this. If it was a rainy autumn, this machine is a jackpot. Not to mention that here the weed is equal to zero. It removes every weed that dares to sprout in the soil.”
