LAMMA preview Opico launches new range


of inter-row cultivators • Camera-controlled guidance performance • Diff erent variants to suit diff erent crops • More machines bought by cereal growers


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rowers looking to reduce dependence on herbi- cides can now choose from a complete range of Hatzenbichler inter-row cultivators to help com- bat weed issues. Austrian fi rm Hatzenbichler is well known for its comb weed- ers, grass harrows and seeders – brought into the UK by Lin- colnshire-based Opico since the mid-1990s. But only recently has precision guidance made the ma- chines a realistic option for main- stream arable production. “We’ve traditionally sold most of our comb harrows to organ- ic producers wanting to control


weeds in broad-acre combinable crops and to vegetable producers looking to reduce herbicide usage,” explains Opico managing director James Woolway.


“However over recent years, with cost pressures and herbicide resistance developing, more and more conventional growers are showing an interest. Technology has moved on too – camera guid- ance on steerage hoes means it’s now possible to cover decent acre- ages in a working day.” The biggest take-up has been among beet, vegetable and maize growers. But more cereal grow- ers looking at moving to wider


row spacings specifi cally to pro- vide them with the opportunity to integrate some sort of mechan- ical weed control in their system.


New range To that end, Opico is now introduc- ing a complete range of inter-row cultivators to complement the Hatzenbichler harrow line-up. With working widths stretching from 3m right up to 18m, there are different variants to suit different crops and row spacings.


The principle for all versions remains the same – tines mount- ed on parallelograms with indi- vidual depth wheels run between the crop rows, cultivating the soil surface and slicing through weed roots, leaving unwanted plants to die on the surface. There are a choice of points and tines which need to be matched to


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Röhren- und Pumpenwerk BAUER Ges.m.b.H. 8570 Voitsberg, Austria, Phone +43 3142 200-0, sales@bauer-at.com, www.bauer-at.com


Contact Adrian Tindall: T 07708 919597 E a.tindall@bauer-at.com 28 ANGLIA FARMER •DECEMBER 2019


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