Farm Machinery Locator Planting Equipment Blog Archive

With five models to choose from, with working widths from 3 to 6 metres and single-hopper (R) or double-hopper (RC) versions, Kuh Espro seed drills are suited to many different cropping strategies. ...

Fendt’s Momentum 16 planter won first place at the 47th biannual Moldagrotech agri tech fair in Moldova. ...

Väderstad, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding, and planting, launches the unique ProDrain disc as an option for the Tempo and Proceed row units. ...

Case IH recently picked up several ASABE AE50 awards, including recognition for the Steiger 715 Quadtrac, Steiger 425 to 645 tractors, its AFS Furrow Command technology, and the 2120 Early Riser’s toolbar lift system. ...

Väderstad will mark the world premiere of the new Seed Hawk 600-900C no-till seed drill at Agritechnica 2023 in Hannover next month; the seed drill is built on the Seed Hawk knife coulter concept and uses the Fenix III metering system. ...

Väderstad has added a liquid fertiliser option to its high-speed, trailed Tempo L 8-24 planter capable of handling a wide range of fertiliser rates without requiring nozzle changes. ...

Väderstad’s Tempo Planter is getting a new electronics system with automatic seed singulation, active hydraulic row unit downforce, and curve compensation to improve planting accuracy. ...

The 9- and 12-metre-wide seed drills can carry 2,000 litres of seed and 6,000 L of fertiliser, and allow for planting at speeds up to 15 km/h. ...

“Proceed is an innovation that we very strongly believe will have a big impact for many UK farmers in the years to come,” says Väderstad UK Sales and Marketing Manager Andy Gamble. ...

For the second year in a row, Proceed has won the Farm Machine award, previously known as “Machine of the year” in the Seeding category, and also won a silver medal for best innovation at SIMA. ...

“The Väderstad Farm in Germany is a 50-hectare farm together with an 800 m2 machine hall for demonstrations and trainings,” says Nina Pettersson, Chief Agronomist at Väderstad. ...

Benefits include the prevention of nutrient depletion, which in turn promotes enhanced crop growth and higher yields. ...

Occurring 6 to 10 November at the Parc des Expositions de Paris Nord Villepinte convention centre in Paris, the trade show is celebrating its 100th anniversary. ...

The 1,600- or 2,200-litre FTender can simply be used as seed hopper with Amazone’s Avant 02 seed drill, or it can combine with the manufacturer’s soil tillage equipment to add fertiliser in a single pass. ...

The manufacturer says it also works with a number of tillage tools and can be installed sans tools, thanks to Amazone’s QuickLink coupling system. ...

The aim of the partnership is to further develop AMAZONE mounted implements with regard to their autonomous use in the field. ...

The company has been giving farmers and dealers a first-hand look at the BioDrill 500 during an ongoing Väderstad Tour. ...

The twin-chamber steel hopper facilitates the simultaneous placement of seed and fertiliser or of more than one seed type, saving time, money, and fuel. ...

The new drills increase the series’ maximum working width to 9 metres, and both come with 5,600-litre seed hoppers. ...

Field trials to date show Proceed can cut the seed rate of wheat by half and keep the same yield as modern seed drills. ...

The award was announced at the Golden Autumn 2021 event held at Patriot Park, which drew roughly 100 exhibitors from throughout Russia. ...

Tempo planters are suitable for no-till, minimal-till, and conventional tillage applications; the newest member of the family delivers what Väderstad says is unmatched precision at double the speed of traditional planters. ...

Väderstad says it has sold 28,000 Rapid units around the globe; Rapid seed drills can prepare and level a seedbed, plant, and reconsolidate the soil all in one pass and in all types of conditions at a high working speed. ...

The seed drill’s SmartClip electronically driven metering system lets operators make quick, toolless metering adjustments to individual lines. ...

The new options, HORSCH says, make the seed drill easier to operate, give farmers greater flexibility for multi-product placement, and lessen soil disruption while increasing the drill’s payload capacity. ...