INSPIRING CONFIDENCE

Bernd Valtwies, Lemken’s head of design for precision seed drill technology, comments: “We o er this option for our Azurit with up to eight rows. This unit is not only available for new machines. Depending on the year of manufacture of previous Azurit 9 machines, matching retro t kits will be available.

“The system is controlled via the Azurit on-board terminal. The MicroHub holds 200 litres of fertiliser, which can currently be applied at rates ranging from 1–40kg/ha. The metering unit is operated electrically, and granules are pneumatically delivered to the seed furrow. This is the ultimate in precision.”

The bene ts of DeltaRow sowing with the Azurit 10 compared to conventional single-row drilling were outlined in a recent bachelor’s thesis submitted to Osnabruck University. All trial variations showed greater yields, energy and gas production but the e ects were most pronounced at a seed rate of eight seeds/m2. At this rate researchers observed increases of 4.5% in maize yields, 8.2% in net energy lactation, 7.9% in metabolisable energy and 5.4% in gas yields.

DeltaRow gives plants about 70% more space to develop compared to conventional single-row approaches, meaning each plant has more space to absorb water and nutrients and therefore more room to grow. FG