Cover crop seeder for easy and economic establishment
- Claydon, the European market leader in direct drilling technology, launched another new addition to its range of Opti-Till® crop establishment machinery at LAMMA 2025
“The Claydon NutriSeeder has been designed to allow farmers to establish cover crops quickly, accurately, reliably and economically,” says David Furber, Sales Manager UK and ROI.
“It has been proven on the Claydon family’s own arable farm and will be a popular addition to our range given the increasing take up of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) schemes and cover crops.”
Claydon will offer two versions of the NutriSeeder for its 7.5m Straw Harrow, a single 200-litre hopper with a single metering mechanism, or twin-hopper design with dual metering systems. The latter, which allows two types of seed to be applied at the same time and mixed in the distribution head, provides higher seed capacity, more accurate metering and avoids seed separation in the hopper.
Both NutriSeeder models incorporate a hydraulic fan and electronic control with forward speed rate mechanism. On headlands, the NutriSeeder is started and stopped by the operator via a hydraulic cylinder, as best practice is to leave the Straw Harrow down so as not to release weed seeds or drop clumps of straw. Fitting different metering wheels/sections enables seed rates to be adjusted up to 30kg/ha for wheat, 15kg/ha for grass seed and 25kg/ha for cover crop mixes, at a forward speed of 15kph.
Eight spreader plates at the front of the Straw Harrow distribute seed evenly in front of the implement’s standard 14mm or optional 16mm-diameter tines which create a shallow tilth up to 30mm deep, ensuring good seed to soil contact.
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