From land clearing and management to hay equipment, there is a Lackender by ECS skid steer attachment designed to tackle whatever your project is. Let’s take a look at some of the Lackender by ECS skid loader attachment fan favorites for this season.
Designed for medium to large acre hay producers, the Krone EasyCut Trailed Center (EC TC) mower conditioners are the Krone solution for the 13’ and 16’ center pivot mowers. These larger mowers offer many of the same hallmarks as Krone’s smaller 3pt and pull-type mowers. Those highlights include: QuickChange blades, SafeCut Hubs—for individual disc protection, SmartCut Cutterbar, and conditioner options.More
From soil sampling to transportation intern to Iowa State graduate and now a member of our precision ag team, Austin Marshek is a familiar face to Stutsmans. Since starting full time in January, Austin hit the ground running in the precision ag division.More
By: Derek Bontrager & Nate Sutton, Equipment Sales
Dressing for success isn’t just a phrase to do well on a test or in an interview. The precise application of top-dressing and row cropping to get plants the food they need to maximize yield is what the Salford BBI Grasshopper’s high clearance design calls dressing for success. From lime to granular fertilizer and wheat to cover crops, this premium row crop spreader can be used across all seasons.More
A famous proverb states, “necessity is the mother of inventions”. For Randy Lackender, this proverb could be edited to state: frustration is the mother of inventions. With scrap steel, some ingenuity, and a desire to not dig another hole by hand while his skid loader idly sat by, Randy built his first backhoe attachment. After seeing how well the prototype worked, Randy went on to form Lackender, Inc and diversified his business with a wide array of skid loader attachments to make operators’ lives easier.More
By: Brian Miller & Derek Bontrager, Equipment Sales
Sometimes too many options and features can be overwhelming and a nuisance… especially when it comes to technology. However, a little forward thinking now could save you many headaches down the road if you foresee continued technology expansions in your operation’s future. To help simplify and compare the various monitor platforms, we made a quick reference chart.More
Rising fertilizer prices in the last couple of years have growers looking for ways to maximize inputs without compromising soil health or hurting the plant. Knowing that, one of the fastest growing topics for us at Stutsmans has been strip-till. By getting nutrients ideally placed for seedlings, strip-till implements create and place fertilizer in a 4-6″ wide strip exactly where the future plant needs it.More
Many people have seen pictures or videos of front-mounted disc mowers and thought, “Why would I do that?” Most of these are of European tractors in European conditions and often show grasses being cut for hay. There is also the “out-of-the-box” concept that you would need to have a tractor with a front 3pt hitch, front PTO and a set of hydraulic couplers. These tractors are not the ones seen in every machine shed in the Midwest.More
Having grown up on a livestock farm outside of West Branch and being an active 4-H and FFA member, Jill Hamer is familiar with agriculture. After earning her associate degree from Kirkwood Community College in agricultural business, she continued to gain experience in the industry from serving as a soybean research specialist to customer service roles. As a customer service representative for our field & application equipment division, she has been helping with parts orders, inventory and shopstutsmans.com since January 2022.More
Each summer we are fortunate enough to get a handful of future agriculturists. This summer is no exception as we welcome five students who will have the opportunity to apply their classroom learning in real-life situations. From the fields and the shop to the office and the road, we’re excited for them to begin their adventure as our 2022 intern class.More
