Some may call it a matter of faith, but one thing’s for sure — crop farming hasn’t been boring in recent years. We can more or less estimate the weather a week ahead, but to keep it close to home: at the beginning of the year, everyone was preparing for Sahara-like conditions. Then, just as it was time to sow, the rain and the cold arrived, and our crops stalled for an entire month.
It currently seems that this autumn won’t be as brutally dry as last year. But for the sake of learning from experience, let’s talk a bit about the lessons from the dry weather we had last year.
Last year ended busily for us at Busá. Toward the very end of the season, our seedbed preparation equipment sales suddenly surged, and everyone came to us with similar motivations. Our partners shared some truly interesting stories.
A szélsőséges száraz időjárásban már nem volt elég a tudatos talajművelési technológia sem, hiába a fokozatos mélyítés, ugyanúgy elművelhetetlen területekkel álltak szemben a megfontoltak és azok, akik egyből megszántották a tarlót. Nehéz és nehezebb feladat volt.
Az egyik ilyen vevőnk mesélte, hogy az évek folyamán eltávolodtak tőlünk, de idén elő kellett venniük az udvar sarkából a hosszú – hosszú évek óta csak pihenő forgókapájukat. Akkora volt a baj, hogy bocsánatot kellett kérni az öreg géptől és nagyon örültek, hogy kihúzta őket a bajból, el tudtak vetni, de ami fontosabb, ilyen szélsőséges körülmények közt is kikeltek a növények. Hát eljöttek hozzánk és gyorsan vettek egy újat is.
The rotary tiller’s effectiveness is easy to grasp with common sense—it succeeded where other tools didn’t. Picture the stubborn clumps of soil in our fields. If we try breaking them up with a hoe, they simply roll away. If we use a disc harrow, it merely pushes them along. A heavy roller might split a few, but only partially. The rotary tiller’s rotor, however, strikes the clods at high speed with its sharp blade, which then starts cutting downward. This leaves the clods with nowhere to go, and as the blade moves forward, it delivers another slicing blow. The faster we go, the harder it hits—and, not incidentally, the more area we cover.
That first story was just one example—and one of the luckier ones, too. Some had already sold their rotary tillers, only to realize now that while other tools might work in good conditions, nothing handles extreme challenges better than a Busa.
Opening coulter variations
Internal mud scraper with bar and rubber roller
These returning customers didn’t just rediscover the durability and efficiency they were used to with us—they also saw that we’re not just resting on our laurels. Our new developments are making the machines usable in an increasingly broad range of conditions. For example, those who had only used them in autumn—because spring typically means wet, sticky soils in their region—were pleased to find that, thanks to the new tine options and clog-resistant crumblers, their tried-and-true equipment proved highly useful for spring sowing as well.
If this autumn turns out to be rainy, the solution is ready! – Busa Rotary Tiller Seedbed Preparation System
