Patent ID: 6192993
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A method of improving crop residue decay in a field, said method comprising:(a) providing a tillage implement having a frame and a plurality of tillage tool assemblies operably supported by said frame and adjacently spaced therealong, each of said tillage tool assemblies having first and second tillage tools arranged in an opposing angular orientation such that said first and second tillage tools of adjacently spaced tillage tool assemblies are angled outwardly toward one another;(b) engaging said tillage tools of the implement with the soil of the field and traversing the field with said implement prior to sowing crop seeds, such that as said implement traverses the field, adjacently spaced compost rows are formed by said adjacently spaced outwardly angled first and second tillage tools of adjacently spaced tillage tool assemblies mixing and throwing the soil and crop residue therebetween such that the crop residue is thoroughly mixed with the soil in these compost rows thereby improving crop residue decay.