precision PERFORMANCE
Maize planting season always involves a burst of intense labour, needing to happen in a relatively small window of time, ideally as soil temperatures start consistently hitting 10 degrees plus for best establishment.
With an eight-hectare block in Matamata on the North Island cultivated and ready for maize planting, the early season timing presented a good opportunity for us to assess the Kverneland Optima TFprofi SX 8-row maize planter’s latest features and design enhancements; sussing out whether the machine will make the busy period of maize planting a bit easier for contractors and farmers (in Australia Kverneland products are distributed by PFG Australia).
TEST TIME
As with any new machine, choosing the right machine for the job is key; as is ensuring it has all the features and capability required to achieve maximum performance.
Proper set up of what can be a complex machine is also important and it’s crucial to
