Editorial in The Rural, March 2011.
Machinery dealer, HS West Motors, Bobram has just been appointed dealer for the NSW manufactured Bullet Disc Planter.
West Motors has taken delivery of their first bullet at Cobram and demonstrated it at the Lochart field day on Thursday with further demonstrations planned at the Elmore Tillage Demonstration Day on March 9.
Forbes manufacturer of the bullet, Tobin Disc Drills believes the machine has a “seeding edge” over other planters and to prove that draws attention to two recent reports to back up the claim.
The reports detail trials that have taken place in Western Australia and NSW. Both reports were carried out by independent organisations.
The Western Australian report was compiled by Simon Wallwork and describes a trial which was carried out by the Corrigin Farm Improvement Group and compared yields from crops planted using a disc machine to those of a tyned machine. The report was published in Synergy Consulting newsletter.
Managing director of Tobin Disc Drill, Noel Tobin said the result was surprising in the fact that crops planted using the bullet out-yielded both of the tyned machines over five different soil types.
“There are so many advantages of using the bullet, we would have been happy had the yield matched the tyned implements never mind out yielding them,” he said.
The other report was compiled by Rohan Brill, an agronomist with Industry and Investment NSW and detailed the consequences of planting late as a result of trials carried out at its Trangie Agricultural Research Centre in 2009.
The report quantifies the losses at $22.75 per hectare per week.
Mr Brill said, put in context, if a grower sows 1000ha of wheat, and on average the crop goes in the ground two weeks late, the loss in income would be $45,000.
There are many other benefits to using the bullet besides the 25kph planting speed such as more flexibility in the planting program, stubble retention, accurate depth control, flotation over rocks, slashing labour and fuel costs and reducing erosion which all combine to contribute to the bottom line and enhances sustainable farming practices.
For further details on the bullet contact John West on 0427 711 486.
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