Manufacturers return to Cereals event.
After several years’ absence, Kverneland is returning to Cereals for the 2025 event with an impressive display of sprayers, fertiliser spreaders and mechanical weeding equipment.
Spprayers will include an iXtrack trailed sprayer and an iXter B mounted sprayer with front tank, both hosting the latest in Kverneland’s application technology and Sync telematics.
Mechanical weeding continues to develop in effectiveness, and alongside the Ecomat shallow plough range on stand 822 will be a rage of mechanical weeding solutions in the guise of Kverneland’s inter-row cultivators and rotary hoe models.
These include the Helios – a star-wheel equipped rotary hoe suited to cereal crops, and the Onyx tined hoe, designed for inter-row applications such as maize, sugar beet and veg crops.
At 6m wide, the hydraulically folding Helios rotary hoe uses a series of cast iron star wheels, mounted in pairs on a tandem axle. Downward pressure for each pair is controlled by adjusting the amount of hydraulic pressure applied to the star wheels, to create a fine, delicate control to suit the surface of the field and a crop’s growth stage, to carry out shallow weeding through the top 10mm of soil.
“Helios provides an effective mechanical solution for black grass control, with the star wheels capable of pulling out small weeds and leaving them on the surface to wither and die,” explains Kverneland product specialist Adam Burt.
For inter-row applications, the Onyx can be combined with a Lynx guidance interface plus camera and control panel technology from by Tillet and Hague, for enhanced precision.
The guidance interface sits between the weeder frame and tractor three-point linkage and can be equipped with up to two, forward-facing colour scanning cameras to provide active side-shift of up to 25cm, keeping the hoe positively steered to ensure accurate working between the rows, even at high forward speeds.
Kverneland’s Ecomat shallow plough range has been extended to include models for in-furrow use, in addition to on-land versions. In-furrow models are available in six-, seven- and eight-furrow builds, and join the existing eight- and 10-furrow on-land versions.
Developed as an option for minimum disturbance seedbed preparation, the Ecomat shallow plough offers mechanical control of pests and weeds through soil inversion, reducing the reliance on chemical methods.
“Ecomat is a half-way house between a plough and a cultivator,” says Kverneland’s Adam Burt. “As a shallow plough, the Ecomat still turns soil over but without needing to work as deep as a traditional plough, so it is faster and more fuel efficient.”
“We’re achieving 95% inversion at a depth of 9cm, with an implement that is easier to pull than a traditional plough, while doing a far better job of inversion than a cultivator,” says Adam.
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