For perfect seed and fertiliser placement – let’s get straight to the point

two inches and deposit the weed seed in the germination zone – thus defeating the stale seed bed system.

“The Triton blade faces downwards in the top three inches of the ‘seed bed’, so black-grass seed cannot be brought up to the germination zone. This is another unique advantage of the Triton, with some previously grassinfested elds now only requiring rotational grass weed herbicides, leading to microbe-rich fresh unpolluted soils. In order to perform in this way, the Triton blade works three times deeper than any other tine drill so that it can draw itself into the ground by the lower half of the blade, which is a standard upward-facing design.

“This increased depth is only possible by virtue of the patented seed tail which stops seed falling too deep into the seed slot. The extra depth of the seed slot brings mineralisation right down the sides of the rooting zone, giving us tillering well in excess of any previous establishment system.”

Triton farms six units, from Kelso to Cambridge, with one Triton coulter drilling rape, wheat and maize and beans, without adjustment, into a wide range of soils, conditions and climates. FG

We all know that the key to good plant establishment is not only perfect planting depth control and excellent seed/soil contact but also targeted fertiliser application in the seed row.

So bring on the Primera DMC direct seeder which, with its integrated fertiliser hopper, does all of these things by the bucket load.

With a huge clearance from point to point, the chisel openers perfectly follow every little contour and cope with any amount of trash, so the Primera DMC is ideal for working in a cover crop, after a cover crop, after a cash crop or just well - drilling!

So if you are looking for a direct seeder that will cope with life’s up and downs - look no further than the Primera DMC.

With Amazone’s Primera DMC direct tine seeder (pictured), the clue is in its name: Direct – Mulch – Conventional, as it covers all the options. The Primera has a row spacing of 18.75cm and comes in 3m and 6m widths. The unique chisel opener means every row keeps to that perfect sowing depth irrespective of how undulating the land is, Amazone reckons. The Primera has a seed hopper capacity of up to 5,800 litres which can be split into two for combined grain and fertiliser drilling or multiple seed varieties; a third hopper can be added for micro-granular or small seed application.

The 12m and 15m Condor tine seeders o er a 7,800-litre hopper which is divided up into three sections for exibility. The drill folds down to 3m and is highly manoeuvrable. There is a choice of either 25cm or 33cm row spacings.

The Cirrus MinimumTill Disc uses a straight running, hydraulically pressurised wavy disc in front of the TwinTeC double disc opener on 16.6cm spacings. The front discs cut through surface trash and open up ne, moist soil for the sowing coulter to place the seed into. The seed row is embedded by the following Control 65 press rollers.

Amazone reckons the Cayena tine seeder is the ideal, multipurpose seeder. The hopper can be supplied as seed only, or combined grain and fertiliser, with both materials being metered down into the TineTeC coulter. FG