Since 1993, Schlagel Manufacturing has helped meet the needs of agricultural and fabrication businesses across the country. Company founder Ron Schlagel was a Goshen County farmer who was convinced there had to be a simpler, more economical way to prepare
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TORRINGTON – Since 1993, Schlagel Manufacturing has helped meet the needs of agricultural and fabrication businesses across the country. Company founder Ron Schlagel was a Goshen County farmer who was convinced there had to be a simpler, more economical way to prepare his soil for planting. Conventional tilling practices left his land at the mercy of wind and rain, not to mention the number of trips he had to make through a field
After many designs and re-designs, Schlagel built the Till-N-Plant strip till machine that prepares a strip of ground just wide enough and deep enough for planting whichever row crop is .
“The idea is (the strip tiller) is a conservation operation, only tilling an area eight inches wide right where you place the seed,” said Bryan Schlagel, Ron’s son, who, along with his brother Bryce, have run the company since Ron passed away several years ago. “You can also fertilize with the implement and can even attach a seeder right behind it.
“When dad first had the idea there wasn’t anybody doing strip tilling, now it is a lot more common.”