Agricultural row unit for field cultivation

A row unit assembly for tilling a row of soil for planting seeds, the row unit assembly comprising:

• a pair of tine assemblies each having at least one tine mounted to a hub, said hub adapted to rotate about a first axis, whereby rotation of said pair of tine assemblies fractures soil and forms the outer edges of a tilled row with a row width;
• a rolling cultivator adapted to treat soil being ripped and fractured and form a generally flat profile to said tilled row;
• and
• a seedbed cultivator adapted to work through said soil in the area defined by said row width,
• wherein said rolling cultivator rotates about a shaft,
• wherein said rolling cultivator is set at a depth corresponding to the planting of seed, and
• wherein a pair of gauge wheels are fastened to each end of said shaft such that said gauge wheels are located outside the outer edges of said tilled row.