Spray duo provides top protection in high-stakes cereal crops
As the seed cereal manager at Carrfields, in Ashburton, Phil Smith carries a fair weight of responsibility.
Tulloch North Island regional sales manager Nick Gillot says the pull-style design allows towing by lower-powered tractors than three-point-linkage planters.
Monosem, a French maker of planter and inter-row cultivators, has introduced several innovative features with the seeder, Gillot says. These innovations assist with transportability, control and strike rate.
While stretching out to just over 6m in full work position, the seeder folds to 3m for easy transport.
And it achieves better results over a wide variety of ground conditions thanks to its Pro wheel. Positioned between the seed chute and rear press wheels, the Pro wheel (an intermediate press wheel) is a 295mm cast iron unit that pushes the seed into the soil below the trench created by the double disc openers and shoe for the maximum level of contact, leaving only the closing of the furrow to press wheels.
Gillot says this is hugely beneficial when planting in drier conditions as it means operators are able to get the best seed-to-soil contact without having to slow down as much as in situations where they rely on rear press wheels for consolidation.
“If the seed is not in good contact with the soil then the paddock won’t germinate evenly. With the Monosem Pro wheel system all the rear press wheels are doing is closing up the furrow.”
For the most precise seed singulation Monosem has a tried and tested patented system that allows the vacuum to be altered independently on each planter unit while adjusting the seed singulator.
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