Established over 40 years ago, Shield Agricultural Equipment designs, manufactures and distributes a full line of tillage tools and hardware. Based in Hutchinson, Kan., the company offers a wide range of products, including stubble-mulch blades, chisels and spikes, ripper, subsoiler and cultivator points, as well as disc blades, coulter blades, planter and grain drill discs and assemblies, to name a few. Shield Agricultural Equipment also manufactures a complete line of fertilizer application gear, including a wide variety of fertilizer knives, shanks and clamps.