{"id":8022,"date":"2020-03-22T22:34:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.kellytillage.com\/?p=8022"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:13:26","slug":"kelly-diamond-harrow-a-blue-chip-crop-production-asset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kellytillage.com\/us\/kelly-diamond-harrow-a-blue-chip-crop-production-asset\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Diamond Harrow a blue chip crop production asset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Performance in tough soils, ability to plant earlier, valuable attributes.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Like most farmers, Jim Cole is more than willing to invest in his operation \u2014 as long as there\u2019s a pay-off. A recent dividend for the Reyno, Ark., crop producer is the performance of the Kelly Diamond Harrow.<\/p>\n

The innovative tillage tool has become a valued asset on the family farm Cole operates with his wife, Wendy, and his mom, Billie.
\n\u201cI\u2019d seen it in action so I knew it worked,\u201d Cole says, \u201cbut initially I wasn\u2019t sure I could justify the expense. It\u2019s pretty clear to me
\nnow that the Kelly saves us money in time and fuel and chemicals. We use it in so many different ways because it\u2019s a very versatile tool
\nand it does such a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole, who also operates a precision land-leveling enterprise, particularly likes the planting time edge his Kelly Diamond Harrow delivers.
\n\u201cIn the early spring, you can pull the Kelly into a field when it\u2019s pretty wet and you\u2019ll dry out that ground in a day instead of in a week,\u201d he says. \u201cJust working that top inch or two, you get a nice, smooth, level seedbed and it\u2019ll really take care of whatever weeds that are there.\u201d
\nOffset flexible disc gangs on ultra-strong industrial chain and mounted on a top-grade steel frame are drawn across the ground at an angle. Working at a depth of one to two inches, the Kelly Diamond Harrow levels the ground and opens up the soil surface for drying. It also leaves evenly distributed residue fluffed up on top of the soil where it can serve as mulch or be more easily burned.<\/p>\n

On Cole\u2019s rice ground, getting rid of the massive amount of residue can be difficult but it\u2019s also a critical practice.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s really important to get rid of the residue where we irrigate,\u201d Cole explains. \u201cIf you don\u2019t, you\u2019re going to be fighting stopped-up furrows. The Kelly tool knocks the stubble down and lifts it up on top evenly so we can get a good burn. Then we\u2019ll go back in and
\nwork that ground twice with a Kelly and it\u2019s ready to plant.\u201d<\/p>\n

As useful as the Kelly Diamond Harrow is for seedbed preparation, it\u2019s just as handy as a primary tillage tool. Land that\u2019s been rutted, or has been hipped-up, can quickly be put back into shape. On the Cole farm, there is a fair bit of soil type variation but the Kelly does a good job across the spectrum, even in the most challenging soils.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best gumbo tool ever made,\u201d Cole says. \u201cYou can work any soil \u2014 tough as gumbo and light as sand \u2014 and it\u2019s going to do a good job. You don\u2019t get the slabs and clods in gumbo that you get with other tools and it saves us from having to run the land-plane.\u201d
\nThe key, the northeast Arkansas grower emphasizes, is that the Kelly Diamond Harrow helps him create the kind of growing  environment essential to crop productivity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that it saves us a lot of time and a lot of fuel,\u201d he concludes, \u201cbut it still has to do the job. And the Kelly definitely does the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Performance in tough soils, ability to plant earlier, valuable attributes. Like most farmers, Jim Cole is more than willing to invest in his operation \u2014 as long as there\u2019s a pay-off. A recent dividend for the Reyno, Ark., crop producer is the performance of the Kelly Diamond Harrow. 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