It did a really nice job of laying the stalks over, crushing them, and starting the decay process
Categories: Stalk Roller
For harvest, Mike France used the 5000 Stalk Devastator™ attached to his corn head to knock over and crush corn stalks, testing its effectiveness for Yetter. "When Yetter came at the end of the harvest to take it off, I told them I wanted it back!" said Mike.
For his 2,200 acres of strip-till corn, Mike had previously used stalk stompers on his corn head to save the rear tires on his combine, but they only knocked down some of the rows, leaving others to damage his tires. The Stalk Devastator, however, knocked down all the rows. "It did a really nice job of laying the stalks over, crushing them, and starting the decay process,” explained Mike. “I saw the difference in the field in the spring." And while in the course of the previous year he ruined a set of tires on his tractor, this year he saw no more than normal wear.
He also says that the Stalk Devastator fit easily into his harvest schedule. "Running the Stalk Devastator caused no delays or inconvenience at all."