Preparing seedbeds is the key to success

Although Fentech Agri’s core business is built around the Simtech drill brand, recently the team has been giving attention to the business of soil preparation prior to seeding.

Establishing stale seedbeds has always been a critical part of weed control, and the company has been using Fentech Agri’s new Phoenix 6m mounted machine working the top with its Max-Life carbide edge 16mm straw type tine to disturb as much as possible before the rubber roller consolidates and gives seed-to-soil contact. Establishment of the stale seedbed prior to seeding is essential.

The alternative to working the top is early-sown cover cropping to ensure the weeds are kept to a minimum; and Fentech Agri says this is always possible, even in the driest conditions, with the Simtech tine drill that’s capable of generating tilth where you would think it impossible.

Alongside the Phoenix, Fentech Agri is also introducing its first in-house sub-soiler which utilises the Metcalfe NG ultra low disturbance system.

Well-proven over a number of years, this will give the flexibility to work a range of depths and widths with the same principle technology to break up any problem pans and fracture the soil vertically to give roots the space to grow.

Fentech Agri explains that these machines, coupled with the expansion of the Simtech Seeder range to cover split products hoppers and integrating applicators have culminated in an expensive year, with R&D budgets blown out the water; however, the result is a far broader range and possibly the most bespoke offering of a seeder to suit the given conditions on the market, the company claims.

The technical team is always happy to discuss how Fentech Agri can help improve your efficiency and capitalise on the changing way you farm to make your business more profitable.

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