Is it a sprayer or is it a drill? | Undersowing maize | Unique 16.5m Agrifac | Rovers - Boekel

New Dutch regulation forces farmers to plant cover crop when growing maize on sandy soils. This is to prevent leaching of nutrients. The cover has to be established before October 1st. As many maize crops won't be ready to harvest before this date a lot of farmers are now undersowing their maize crops. Half to late June is a perfect time, before the canopy is fully closed.

Dutch contractor Rovers - Boekel build a unique machine to do this job. They bought a used Agrifac ZA 3400 P sprayer and removed the tank, booms and pumps. Instead a Swincosem stainless hopper and metering system was installed. Berkers Techniek build a 16.5m boom with 11 floating drill elements. Splash plates spread the grass seed in between the rows and small tines harrow it in. This is sufficient on the sandy soils. The boom can be swapped over for a fertiliser spreader. The hopper then acts as an extra storage facility for granular fertiliser.

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