RIDGERS

Category: Agriculture

Summary: A ridger, also sometimes known as a furrower or lister, is an agricultural implement primarily used in farming to shape cultivated soil by creating a series of parallel, raised beds called ridges, separated by channels known as furrows.

A ridger, also sometimes known as a furrower or lister, is an agricultural implement primarily used in farming to shape cultivated soil by creating a series of parallel, raised beds called ridges, separated by channels known as furrows. Typically attached to a tractor's three-point linkage (or drawn by animals in simpler setups), a ridger uses V-shaped moldboards or angled discs to penetrate the soil and push it outwards and upwards, forming the distinctive ridge profile. This practice is common here in the agricultural areas around Koronadal City for several reasons: certain crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and some vegetables thrive when planted on the better-drained, warmer soil of the ridges; the resulting furrows provide convenient channels for efficient furrow irrigation; and the ridging process can also be used later in the season to perform "hilling" or "earthing up," adding soil around the base of growing plants for support and weed control.