Written by Tom Allen-Stevens
Download PDF For growers looking for the next step from their beet crop, could it be the seeder that holds the key? CPM talks to a Norfolk grower about the capabilities of his 12-row Matrix. The Matrix allows growers to go that extra step with their beet crop. By Tom Allen-Stevens For those committed to conservation agriculture, there’s one crop that doesn’t quite fit the no-till or even limited min-till paradigm: sugar beet. Shotesham Park Estate in Norfolk may have found a beet establishment system that does, however. The sticking point is often the drill – a number of cereal drills now have coulters and other engaging parts that slip the seed into undisturbed soil. Increasingly they’re equipped with variable-rate seeding while GPS-guided precision puts tramlines where they should be and shuts off seed with little overlap on headlands. The traditional precision beet drill has tended to lag behind on such technical advances, however, and has always demanded a fair degree of turning the land upside down. Faced with this quandary, farm manager at Shotesham Jon Nott chose to invest in a Grimme Matrix 1200 12-row seeder. “We’ve taken a major change in cultivation policy towards conservation agriculture,” he explains.…
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