Starting something newstart smart! Sprayer for CULTAN? Possible with droplegs!!
Verden Nienburg Weser Mittellandkanal Steinhuder Meer Loccum Wiehengebirge Wesergebirge Rain Rain Hessleskew Farm, Sancton, York 200 ha Farm Seed potatoes Cereals OSR Vining peas Injection since 2007 sctf since 2010
Stoney, shallow, over chalk Low Nutrient Availability
CTF how? Harvester Tractor TwinTrac CTF System (Yorkshire) 6 m (20 ) harvester used at 5.8 m centres standard equipment with some home modifications straw baling included
Hessleskew Spring 2007
Tailor made solution Multiple benefits of injection Accuracy In the moist root zone so reliable uptake Beneficial effects of high ammonium applications the depot effect
Hessleskew 2008 OSR Effect of Rhizosphere (root) PH
Effects of CULTAN Lower N-amounts applied (from 250 to 200 kg/ha N anticipated) Protein Quality not decreased SBG Innovatie, NL Established in 2003 (3 students) Some milestones: 2005: introduction first auto steer 2007: Introduction of implement guidance plough, side-shift, TWIN SBG, Holland Navtronics, Belgium
Tractor and implement steer SBGuidance TWIN 18/45 Volume barley
Prototype steered band seeder Prototype steered band seeder
Prototype steered band seeder SBG Innovatie BV Milestones 2009: Introduction GeoSTAR 200 terminal 2009 cooperation with John Deere introduction implement steering: JD-iSteer
Behaves like a fixed base:- Smartbase - Mobile Base Station Reference points can be stored and returned to at a later date A reliable, self-contained solution to the RTK signal problem SBGuidance Auto Terminal Radio-antenna GPS-antenna Controlbox Hydraulics Angle sensor
Benefits of CTF Better soil structure for deeper rooting Lower fuel consumption Perspectives to 45 cm row drilling on all crops
Hof Brammer Brammer Farm Kreuzhorst, Germany A case study of conversion to MinTill Viel Erfolg dabei! Success!
Getting costs under control Approaches for a farm operation Carsten Brammer Kreuzhorst Rehburg-Loccum Perspectives, steps and phases Conversion to MinTill Tractor(s)
39/41 4 30/32 2 25/27 2 44/46 9 44/43 T Ditch/Vorflutgrab Basic Glacier residue/grundmoräne Clay/Ton (Jurassic) Claystone/Tonstein until min. 1200m depth
Pros and Cons of Mintill pros cons Labour requirements Avoiding Erosion Soil strength - Drivability Good experience yet in sugar beet crop Groundwater soils not supposed to be adequate for mintill Compaction of sandy soils Existing compaction Grassweed problems Conversion to Mintill Drill Soil tillage Tractors Reduced number Fuel consumption optimized
130 PS 100 PS 100 PS 45 PS 61,2 64,5 61 65,5 175 PS 125 PS 100 PS ---------------- 1200 Sh 175 PS -------------- 870 Sh Reduction in power requirements 175 PS -------------- 850 Sh 46 45 47 42 39 Before Mintill With Mintill 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
07:50 08:00 08:05 08:20 08:40 08:50 09:00 10:30 14:40 14:45 At Operation Sprayer off Drill on Loading: ca. 1,7 t Maintenance Calibration in 10 min! Driving to the field 3 ha ready Another 11,5 ha ready Shifting staff = 2,5 ha per hour
Harvest and CTF Chaser bin random traffic due to contracting business