R Farms

Neises in the News

Ron Neises and his son, Ethan, discuss why they switched to no–till practices in 1996 on their 2,600-acre operation near Belle Plaine, Kan., and the different components they’ve added to their John Deere 7200 planter that include Dawn row cleaners and Dawn Curvetine closing wheels. In Depth Details on Homemade Fertilizer Spreader Box

Belle Plaine, Kan., no-tiller Ron Neises discusses the fertilizer spreader he built using an old spreader box off an Ag Chem unit, a truck axle, combine tires and other equipment and technology as he uses the machine to spread urea, lime, potash, mono-ammonium phosphate and di-ammonium phosphate. Heston Swather Gets Twice as Much Done

Ethan Neises, who no-tills 2,600 acres of crops and hay with his father, Ron, near Belle Plaine, Kan., talks about their switch to a Hesston WR9760 swather with RazorBar technology and how it helped them double their alfalfa production per hour over the previous Hesston model with a sickle head.