Ryan NT - Retrofit Double Discs for Small Farm Seeders and Pasture Drills

If you’re considering upgrading the tines on your small farm seeder or pasture drill, the RYAN NT Retrofit Double Discs are the perfect option. Notably, we have recently released a system that fits the popular Duncan drills from New Zealand.

Our Discs are an alternative to buying a new machine, saving heaps of money in the process! And the good news, RYAN NT Double Discs work on just about any machine manufactured in the last 30 years, meaning you can get your small farm disc seeder or disc pasture planter today!

Discs are a preferred part for pasture cropping programs, when wanting to achieve minimal disturbance. Especially, when sowing your perennial grasses and winter crops for livestock. 

It`s never been a better time to use discs, due to changing cultivation practices, no-till equipment, heavier bars, interrow sowing and reduced livestock trampling. Togther, all contributing to higher productivity and profitability.

Our small farm disc seeder and disc pasture planter systems, includes disc coulters that make light work of stubble and trash in all soil types. This means you can plant early in dry conditions without making a mess; and you won’t get blocked up in the wet.

You`ll have no issues sowing legumes and clovers into your grasses, even if you have thick grass country, you`ll be impressed with the result. Cattle farmers prefer the RYAN NT discs as they don’t leave a mess in the paddock and do not lose time due to their drills being blocked up. Ultimately, they can sow into existing pastures without disturbing organic matter, such as lucerne. Our discs roll and cut, meaning they don`t drag and rip out like a tyne.

And farmers find they can plant up to 30% faster than average as there is no draft – plus they also spending a lot less on fuel – up to 50%. It only takes around 2-3 horsepower per disc unit to pull.

The big advantage with the RYAN NT Double Disc opener system is soil moisture retention, far more than using a standard tyne point system.

Standard direct drill disc systems often put the disc coulters side by side causing them to act as a wedge, making it harder to penetrate the soil. Our discs will outperform tynes in thick grass and won`t rip up everything, rather rolling over obstacles easily. Plus there will be a perfect slot cut for seed placement.

The RYAN NT Double disc coulters are offset, allowing extra penetration, easier cutting and no hairpinning. This unique system works brilliantly because the lead or driving disc is on the ground, an inch forward of the plain coulter disc.

The plain and serrated coulters on our small farm disc seeder system, mean you get good tilth with enough soil through for chemical incorporation.

Our small farm disc seeder and disc pasture planter systems includes a front seeding boot design. This design avoids blocking and gets perfect seed or fertiliser placement directly at the bottom of the trench; also, the spring-loaded scrapers will help alleviate blocking…and the system can Double chute.

Outside disc scraper option now available – click here to learn more

Quickly turn your conventional tyne planter into a highly versatile small farm disc seeder or pasture drill with the revolutionary RYAN NT multipurpose disc system.

RYAN NT`s no-till drill conversion kits allow you to switch to discs, then just as easily convert it back if conditions require it.

The RYAN NT Retrofit Double Disc system easily attaches to existing tine trip assemblies.

It’s as easy as dropping the current shank out from the tine trip assembly and replacing it with our matching disc shank…a simple process involving a couple of bolts or a pin.

The bottom line: You don’t need to buy a new machine; rather, convert your existing planting tyne trip for dual purpose with the RYAN NT Double Discs.

Then, for even better results, invest in RYAN NT Press Wheels that work in tandem with the revolutionary Double Discs.

Click here for an in-depth video walkthrough, from Paul Ryan, of the RYAN NT Retrofit double discs.