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50 years of AMAZONE seed drill combinations

The development of the When, in 1966, AMAZONE initially developed the seed drill combination, consisting of a reciprocating power harrow and D4 seed drill, it turned out to be not only a new technique but also at the same time, the beginning of a huge success story. This was the first PTO-driven mounted seed drill combination | 50 years of AMAZONE seed drill combinations

active seed drill combination to be in practical use in the field. For the farmer, this innovation was a huge advancement because, by combining the soil tillage and sowing operations, it enabled them to save on the number of passes required yet, simultaneously, significantly improve their sowing performance. 2016: an extensive range During the last 50 years AMAZONE has sold, in total, far more than 100,000 active seed drill combinations. The current programme includes rotary cultivators and rotary harrows, in up to a 4 m working width, which can be combined with D9 mounted seed drills or...

50 years of active seed drill combinations In principle nothing has changed regarding the significance of the active seed drill combination system. However, the composition of these combinations, such as the soil tillage and consolidation roller technology, as well as the coulter and harrow systems, has developed on enormously. In addition, in recent times, more and more electronic components have been integrated into the sowing side. Initially, the PTO-driven reciprocating power harrow proved to be the successful model from the AMAZONE soil tillage range. It was easy to pull and was...

Initially, to improve the centre of gravity of the mounted seed drill behind the tractor, the drill could be raised hydraulically over the soil tillage implement via the “Liftpack” system. And then as an alternative, and in order to further optimise the centre of gravity position, AMAZONE introduced onto the market in 1988 the AD8 pack top seed drill and in 1993 the AD2. The concept of the pack top seed drill is that the seed hopper is mounted on top of the packer roller and is carried by it. With this compact unit of soil tillage implement, packer roller and seed drill, the total weight of...

In particularly heavy soils, and with high soil moisture content, however, there was not always enough loose soil left for sufficient coverage of the seed. So, AMAZONE introduced in 1996 the wedge ring roller as the successor to the tyre packer roller. This roller, so to say, can be used as a “sowing insurance” both under dry and also wet soil conditions. Thanks to narrow, hollow rubber rings, the soil is accurately reconsolidated in the seed rows so that the seedling has a guaranteed supply of soil capillary water in dry conditions whereas, at the same time, the zones between the...

coulters and Roller harrow represents the perfect system for reconsolidation, seed placement and embedment. For the precise metering of the seed, the mechanical D9 and AD3 machines are equipped with the steplessly adjustable, Vario gearbox in conjunction with a combination of fine and normal seed wheels which allows the precise metering of seed rates from 1.5 kg/ha to 400 kg/ha. As an option, the hydraulically-actuated seed rate control is available which allows the matching of the seed rate to changing soil conditions on the move. The pneumatic seed drills are an additional example of...

Great Britain: AMAZONE seed drill combinations on a family-owned farm in North Yorkshire An overview of Gritts Farm It was in the late 1980s that the first drill combination was used on Gritts Farm, home to Tim and Ann Vasey near Weaverthorpe, Malton. Then a conventional trailed MF 30 seed drill was towed behind an AMAZONE RE 30 reciprocating power harrow and a tooth packer roller via a bridge link. The farm, which today has 190 ha arable land in cropping, is situated in the gently sloping Wold landscape in the English county of North Yorkshire. “We worked with that first seed drill...

Roller Drill System RDS The system for improved seed emergence and increased yields 1 Controlled reconsolidation of the seed furrow with the wedge ring roller 2 Controlled seed placement with the RoTeC Control coulters 3 Controlled seed embedment via the Roller harrow KG rotary cultivator with “on-grip tines” Levelling board KW wedge ring roller we are growing catch crops”, co-owner Tim Vasey explains. In 2013 the Vaseys purchased from Wilfred Scruton Ltd their current pneumatic seed drill combination from AMAZONE: an AD-P Special with KW wedge ring roller and RoTeC disc coulters. This...

Investing in a seed drill combination every 8 years “I am very satisfied with the machine”, this is the judgement of Johannes Wallmeyer Jun. from the Westphalian town of Hamm. We are talking of a 3 m seed drill combination, consisting of KG Super rotary cultivator with KW wedge ring roller and AD pack top seed drill with RoTeC Control coulters and Exact harrow. When Johannes Wallmeyer Jun. took over the family farm some years ago, the history of the seed drill combination already dated back here over several decades. 32 years ago, his father, Johannes Wallmeyer Sen., invested for the first...

“The rotary harrow was not bad, but then the rotary cultivator came along. The rotary cultivator was supposed to work on our heavy soils with even more penetration. In fact it was tailor made for our farm and this is why we have always adhered to the rotary cultivator on all the subsequent purchases.” So, after that initial investment, again and again, a new AMAZONE seed drill combination has been purchased on what has been about an 8 year cycle. Whereas the first combination, however, still featured a mounted seed drill including the “Liftpack” system, an AD pack top seed drill soon...

An advocate of active-driven seed drill combinations “I am an advocate of the active-driven seed drill combination. Because with a rotary cultivator and a wedge ring roller they can be very flexibly utilised, no matter whether mulch sowing or following the plough” – this statement comes from Friedrich von Schönberg, an end user who knows what he is talking about as, throughout all stages of his professional life, he has enjoyed excellent experience with AMAZONE sowing technology. Initially on the Schwarzenraben estate in Lippstadt, where he started his career as stand-in manager in 1983,...