Content direct from those who make the drills and have spent years perfecting the way they work
INDIVIDUAL PLANT DETECTION – CAMERA SYSTEMS WITH A FUTURE? Camera-based plant protection – the technology already exists but where do we stand when it comes to using it in practice? HORSCH LEEB has been carrying out tests in this respect for quite some time. Theo Leeb tells us about the challenges and the chances. What …
JOHN DEERE SEE & SPRAY™ ULTIMATE – TARGETED, IN-CROP SPRAYING With See & Spray Ultimate, you can gain cost efficiency in your herbicide applications by reducing your spray volume, which in turn enables you to use more advanced tank mixes. We have added to the previously launched See & Spray, to allow in crop targeting …
HIGH HOPES FOR HARVEST With crops on the farm showing great promise, output prices at record levels and the family’s agricultural machinery business operating at capacity, Suffolk arable farmer and inventor of the Opti-Till® direct strip seeding system Jeff Claydon is optimistic for the months ahead. But it is tinged with caution, the watchword in …
STRIGER STRIP-TILL FOCUS In response to the growing interest in minimal tillage cultivations, KUHN has developed its Striger strip-till range and will be showing the machine at Groundswell 2022. Available from 4 to 12 rows, the Striger 100 is designed around a parallelogram system that allows all elements to operate independently, ensuring excellent ground following …
SOLAR-POWERED SEED-N-WEED ROBOT WITH SIMPLICITY ON ITS SIDE A fully autonomous, solar-powered robot capable of precision drilling and weeding has joined the OPICO line up and will be on display at Groundswell this June. Offering pesticide-free weed control with zero fuel and minimal labour bills, the FarmDroid is the brainchild of two Danish farmers and …
STRIPPING BACK ESTABLISHMENT COSTS Looking to reduce the cost of producing grain maize, Andy Longman of Snagg Farm near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, has opted for a Kultistrip to develop strip tillage practices for the high value forage crop. It followed a demonstration in 2021, where a six-row Kultistrip was put to work, preparing ground ahead …
Agriweld’s low disturbance cultivation range provides numerous options to reduce tillage methods in line with modern, minimum tillage systems. Tillage reduction provides many benefits, including enhancing soil aggregation and promoting biological activity, leading to greater available soil moisture and improved soil tilth. Reducing tillage can also be economically advantageous for farmers, by minimizing passes and …
NEW MZURI IPASS LOW DISTURBANCE DRILL SHOWCASED AT CEREALS 2022 WITH NEW LOWERLINK SENSING DRAWBAR British manufacturer’s Mzuri have recently launched their new low disturbance, iPass direct drill at LAMMA earlier this year which continued its public tour at Cereals in June. Staying true to the Mzuri concept, the iPass has been designed to achieve …
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 …
