Content direct from those who make the drills and have spent years perfecting the way they work
The KUHN Performer is a deep cultivator, available in working widths from 3 to 7 metres, designed to prepare the soil for minimum tillage drilling. The Performer fulfils four cultivation tasks in one, by chopping, mixing, loosening, and levelling the soil in just one pass. At the front of the machine there are two rows …
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The latest 12m HORSCH Avatar 12.25 SD, launched in early 2022, has been updated with new equipment options, including a new control concept. The intuitive handling system is based on ISOBUS and makes it easier for the farmer to adjust, operate and monitor the drill. The terminal interface can be adapted to the user’s requirements …
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DIRECT DRILLER MAGAZINE – AUTUMN 2022 Excellent results from the 2022 harvest, but what next? With the harvest safely gathered in Jeff Claydon, Suffolk arable farmer and inventor of the Opti-Till® direct strip seeding system, discusses the results and looks ahead to next season. ——————————————————————————————————————————— 18 August 2022 It has been a very strange year …
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Martin Lole of Springfield Farm and Mzuri, reflects on drilling into stubble and his recipe for successful straw management. As farming systems become more productive, arable enterprises are faced with increasing levels of straw to manage post-harvest. For many this provides a valuable secondary income source when baled, but for others, whether through environmental objectives …
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HORSCH has been pursuing topics like automation and robotisation for quite some time. Michael Horsch tells us how the idea for the Gantry was born, how it develops further and where the journey will lead to. The idea of the Gantry is almost forty years old. Michael Horsch has been following the development already since …
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Since the release of the Virkar Dynamic DC machine back in 2018 Virkar have continued to develop the Dynamic range with the addition of the Dynamic D and C and soon to be released DD machine. This now means we have 4 coulter options to go into the Dynamics frame. All …
TIME TO CHECK YOUR SOILS TO SEE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE. Spring is the ideal time to take stock of your soils, test how good they are, look for signs of compaction and check that drainage is operating correctly, says Jeff Claydon. In this article the Suffolk farmer and inventor of the Opti-Till® direct …
Triton seed drills are a British seed drill company that arrived on the market just 4 years ago and are now the fastest growing seed drill company in the UK with 120 seed drills now on the ground. Simon Chaplin who heads up Triton talks us through the background and development of the Triton Seed …
WEAVING TO EXPAND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND LOW DISTURBANCE PRODUCT OFFERING At Weaving Machinery, we believe in offering effective and user-friendly low disturbance machinery at anaffordable price, all designed according to the real needs and requests of farmers. Yield is always a massive consideration on farms, and this is true now more than ever – as …
REDUCED TILLAGE DRILL CAN OVERCOME WET SOILS KUHN Farm Machinery has developed a significant presence in the tillage sector over the last decade, introducing a range of cultivation equipment and drills with the versatility to work in varying conditions. Specifically, the Espro and the more recently launched Aurock drills have been designed to operate effectively …
