Has anyone heard about Novag drills?

[jaan14141]

We have had demo in spring and autumn, about 50 ha. And I rather say it`s a good rill. They made new blades to get rid of the plugging problem and the new seemed to work nice.

 

[Bill Bill]

We have had demo in spring and autumn, about 50 ha. And I rather say it`s a good rill. They made new blades to get rid of the plugging problem and the new seemed to work nice.

Share pictures to us to see how was a "plow" , please.
Where was that demo and what size of a drill was?

 

[jaan14141]

I only have one picture. It is barley(propino) and demo was in Estonia.

 

[jaan14141]

I only have one picture. It is barley(propino) and demo was in Estonia.

And the drill was 6m and 32 openers. Seed and fert

 

[Bill Bill]

I only have one picture. It is barley(propino) and demo was in Estonia.

Where is the dril Novag on a picture? I do not see it.

 

[J46hr]

I recently went to a Novag demo in France near Paris. Conditions were wet and a lot of residus on the ground.
The depht control system looked great. Here is a picture of the drill and the crop 2 todays ago.

 

[J46hr]

I have done some more research about Novag drills and found this happy customer
https://twitter.com/ChristianVast

 

[normandyfarmer]

Have heard of an other one near Paris. Apparently the Novag team is quite suportive with their customer even though the first one had troubles.
They will face charges agains copying cross-slot this november, so we will know if they will stay in the business pretty soon.

 

[J46hr]

I have read that the Cross slot technology was invented more than 30 years ago? Normandyfarmer do you know what's the problem?

 

[Fred]

Article in Farmers weekly this week

 

[fergie35]

Article in Farmers weekly this week

anyone got a photo of the article?

 

[Gregory Mac]

Spoke with one of the owners of Novag yesterday and he was not concerned about patent infringements.

 

[Fred]

He might not but I think John Baker etc will be

 

[martian]

Any update on these? They want to demo at Groundswell, but I don't want a scrap with the CS boys...

 

[phil]

Any update on these? They want to demo at Groundswell, but I don't want a scrap with the CS boys...

Is Cross slot job for Europe not up in air too at the moment

 

[Clive]

Novag is a blatant copy of a CS without any licencing or consent of Cross Slot , made by an ex employee (intern) of CS I was told - cheaper (but still expensive IMO). I believe CS have tried to take action but patent law is complex expensive and costly to enforce

 

[Clive]

Is Cross slot job for Europe not up in air too at the moment

Seems to be a lot of uncertainty right now yes ! I know there are plans to build them in Europe and reduce the retail price to a MUCH more competitive level, doing so under the current cloud of Brexit and currency / import tariff potential rather hard to plan on though I suspect

 

[Fred]

Seems to be a lot of uncertainty right now yes ! I know there are plans to build them in Europe and reduce the retail price to a MUCH more competitive level, doing so under the current cloud of Brexit and currency / import tariff potential rather hard to plan on though I suspect

This would be very interesting, I wonder what existing CS customers will think ,Does anyone have a price for a Novag machine

 

[Clive]

This would be very interesting, I wonder what existing CS customers will think ,Does anyone have a price for a Novag machine

I saw a quote for a 4m novag recently - 149k euro’s........ not cheap !

I think legal proceedings are still on going though

I would be very concerned as a buyer that potentially you could loose the drill if litigation was successful maybe ?

 

[Andrew K]

I saw a quote for a 4m novag recently - 149k euro’s........ not cheap !

I think legal proceedings are still on going though

I would be very concerned as a buyer that potentially you could loose the drill if litigation was successful maybe ?

Possession is 9/10 of the law Clive!
Seriously though, I wouldnt want to have a deposit lodged on a drill that might never actually get built?