![]() ![]() Montgomery said he became interested in double disc drills after seeing the Horsch Anderson machines in North Dakota. “We run a 48 foot hoe drill, and the bigger disc drill took quite a bit less fuel and the 450 horse tractor wasn’t feeling it,” he said. “You can pull 50 feet on 250 horsepower.”Ĭolin Montgomery of Perdue, Sask., seeded 600 acres of canola with the 60 foot version of the machine this spring. And the power requirement for discs is far lower than shank type machines,” he said while attending Canada’s Farm Progress Show held June 20-22 in Regina. ![]() “We know this stuff really well and you can’t beat it for precision seed placement. The new model 525 drill was an evolution of the company’s line of disc tillage and seeding equipment said Van Veen. “They let you keep your stubble, but if you want that black line for quick warming of the soil in the northern grain belt, you can have that too.” “Disc drills have some real advantages in western conditions,” said Mark Van Veen of Salford. REGINA - At 70 feet wide, the new Salford independent, double disc drill mixes what the company thinks is the best of planter and seeder technology. ![]()
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