Horse drawn cutting system

The use of work horses in agriculture has a long tradition and mowing with a horse-drawn cutting system was very widespread before the development of motorized mowing technology. The progress in the development of motorized mowers and the profit orientation of modern farms have led to a different situation. Today the horse-drawn cutting system has been replaced by motorized mowers in the commercial farming. This development has led to massive increases in yield and is also welcome in terms of animal welfare. The horse-drawn cutting unit, as made by ESM, is still used for special applications in agricultural. The background for the use of work horses for mowing today is fundamentally different than in previous times when the horse-drawn cutting system was the most effective mowing technology available. Modern horse-drawn cutting systems, equipped with ESM Bidux® double blade systems are used especially in organic farms that want to combine effective mowing, for example for feed production, with a natural and gentle way of working. Farms that have an interest in protecting and promoting rare working animal breeds have turned more to horse-drawn cutting systems with ESM mowing technology in recent years. This step to natural mowing is enabled and facilitated by the development of cutting systems that have the appropriate features for such special tasks. Since in the context of an increased awareness of animal welfare and the use of workhorses, this gruelling use of animals, as was commonly practised before motorized mowing, is no longer desirable. Instead, the horse-drawn cutting system should serve to use the work horse humanely and to provide it with the proper exercise. In addition, the mowing process should of course provide good mowing and clean feed. These requirements are met easily by the professional technology of Ennepetaler Schneid- und Mähtechnik. The ESM Bidux® double knife system used as a horse-drawn cutting system enables animal-friendly, effective and clean mowing in ecological special applications.