Cultivator Comeback

Row-Crop Cultivators Resurrected to Combat Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Orthman offers several size cultivators, including one as wide as 24 rows. It also sells a GPS-directed implement-guidance system to keep the tool in the rows. (Photo courtesy of Orthman Manufacturing)
Orthman offers several size cultivators, including one as wide as 24 rows. It also sells a GPS-directed implement-guidance system to keep the tool in the rows. (Photo courtesy of Orthman Manufacturing)
The old, steady row-crop cultivator many farmers discarded years ago with the advent of Roundup Ready crops is experiencing something of a renaissance.

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