Major Cyclone Delivers Efficiency Gains for Cotton Grower
Sam Stanley purchased a Major Cyclone Rotary Cutter to chop cotton stalks on his 2,350-acre farm outside Levelland, Texas. The 30-ft Cyclone covers 10 rows in one pass, giving him 20% more coverage in one day with one less tractor and driver for immediate savings...
Intensive Farming Operation Requires High Output Machinery
Home Farm Nacton in Suffolk uses the 5.6m Major Cyclone to enhance overall field performance and maintain soil health for its intensive cropping operation. “We are custodians of this very valuable farming land and it’s incumbent on us to ensure we maintain the health, the productivity...
Major Cyclone is Fit for the King of Vegetables
The Major Cyclone turns woody asparagus into fine mulch, thereby improving crop performance for Koteles Farms in Ontario, Canada. Asparagus farming is a year-round management process for Koteles Farms Inc. The fourth-generation farming family harvests fresh asparagus spears from late April to the end of July....
Cover Crops and Major Cyclone Central to Georgia Farmer’s Diverse Cropping System
Lyons, Georgia farmer and Chairperson of the Vidalia Onion Committee Aries Haygood is all smiles when he harvests 750 acres of the Vidalia onions from his sandy soils in east central Georgia. Onions are Haygood’s winter cash crop. “We plant our onion seed beds in...
Choosing the Right Machinery for the Long-term
Major Cyclone demonstrates reliability, safety and performance for Hertfordshire-based agricultural contractor Jamie Burrows of DT & CI Burrows. With multiple businesses to handle, Jamie Burrows appreciates the long-term impact of doing the job right from the beginning. Alongside his family’s 160-acre Sandridgebury Farm, he works on...
New equipment has its place across two operations
New 6.3m (20-ft) Cyclone helps Wilson County, North Carolina farmer Thomas Webb successfully balance labour and equipment demands between mixed crops including corn, tobacco, peppers and cucumbers. Armed with a Field Crops Technology degree from NC State University, the fifth generation farmer came home after college,...
Balancing demand and crop rotation guides North Carolina family farm
Major Cyclone helps family save over $2800 alone this year. When brothers Wyatt and Frank Scott returned home to their Lucama, North Carolina family farm after earning degrees from NC State University in 2016, they planted 18 acres of sweet potatoes. This year, 200 acres of...
Galvanised for Strength and Longevity
Galvanising is widely regarded as the ultimate form of corrosion protection. Buildings, bridges, utilities and many external structures use steel components dipped in molten zinc to resist corrosion for several decades. “We’ve used galvanised steel for our slurry tankers for many years,” begins Martin Keane, General...
Combat insect and crop disease post harvest
Harvest season is in full swing. Besides handling all the post harvest processing, now is the time to manage all the crop residue. It means early preparation to remove stalk stubble so insects like corn borers and leafrollers have no chance to leave everlasting damage...
MAJOR topper helps train farmers of the future
Students training for a career in agriculture at Askham Bryan and Newton Rigg College benefit from plenty of practical experience with the tools of the trade, whether in supervised operation or when carrying out farm duties as part of their course. Machinery used on the college...
The Mighty Cyclone crushes crop stubble and competition
Major Cyclone offers strength, stamina and value for fifth-generation farmers in Saffron Walden Peter and Sian Wombwell run Wombwell Farms based at Rectory Farm in Ickleton, near the market town of Saffron Walden, with their two sons, William and James. The farm and farm contracting business...
Major Expansion to Cyclone Lineup
We are delighted to announce the expansion of our award winning Cyclone Mower range with the launch of three new models in 2.8m, 4.2m and 5.6m working widths. The Major Cyclone Mower bridges the gap between the grass topper and flail mower and requires a...