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Download PDF Getting more yield out of headlands is a topic provoking interest among many arable farmers, with losses of 10% commonly seen. CPM finds out how one farmer has tackled the challenge through investment in new tines for his drill. Though we’re yet to see the results in terms of yield, everything looks and feels right. By Rob Jones Depending on the shape and layout of your fields, headlands can make up a substantial part of the cropped area on farm. However, with losses of up to 10% often seen, this less productive ground often tends bring more headache than reward – with growers increasingly left wondering how they can get more out of such significant parts of the field. Andrew Robinson, farms manager at Heathcote Farms in Beds, had headlands in mind when deciding to equip the business’s eight-year-old Väderstad Rapid 800S drill with Agrilla tines up front, replacing the System Disc ahead of the coulters. The tines mean that instead of drilling the headlands first and then having to travel back onto them at the end of a run, Andrew Robinson can drill the field and do the headlands last. “We were looking at ways to increase…
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