Link to Vision no.15

Väderstad Tempo
sets new record
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In a 24-hour race on the 4th
April, a Tempo R12 drilled 306
hectares of sunflowers at an
average speed of 19 km/h.
Väderstad Spirit
StripDrill offers flexible
drilling solution
Opening of new
production hall
Väderstad is opening a new 780 m2
production hall. The new building
doubles the size of the research
and development workshop.
June 2014
vision
Nick Tilt has drilled 400ha near
Ludlow, Shropshire, with a Spirit
StripDrill, one of the first in the UK.
News from Väderstad
Swift work beats the weather
The primary aim is to provide flexible and highly
competitive repayment profiles to farmers by
way of Hire Purchase, Lease, or Operating Lease
options, taking into account factors such as cash
flow, tax relief, and any individual requirements.
One of the main purposes of Väderstad Finance is
to make the decision to purchase a new machine
realistic and affordable, with funding costs fixed from
the outset, enabling accurate capital budgeting.
One positive development this year has been the
increase in the Annual Investment Allowance,
as announced in the Budget, to £500,000. This
will run until December 2015 and will provide a
valuable incentive to increase or bring forward
capital expenditure on plant and machinery.
The main advantage of using Väderstad Finance
is that by having one point of contact we can
control the administration processes right
through rom supplying the initial quotation
to providing the funding for the machine.
Over the last 4 years the number of customers
who have chosen to use the schemes on offer has
increased dramatically and since we started this
bespoke service 8 years ago we have advanced
over £56m for the purchase of Väderstad
machinery valued at more than £96 million.
It is also worth noting that finance is available for the
purchase of both new and second hand machines.
If you require any further information,
please do not hesitate to contact me and
I will be more than happy to help.
Janet Hart
Finance Administrator
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Today the work is done with two
Carriers. An 8m tine/packer ring model’s
role is primarily as a back-up for use
where soil conditions do not require
discs. The bulk of the work is done with
a two year old 9.25m CR925 System Disc
model with a Crossboard and ring packer.
of power
for a wide
implement and
also helping
to keep the
forward speed
up. The ideal
is 8kph plus,
although in the
wet conditions
it was more
like 7-8kph
last year.”
I joined the company in January 2010 as Väderstad
Finance Administrator. This is very much a
team effort with Väderstad staff and dealers
all involved in the process, and my colleague
Tracey Parkinson assisting me in the role.
Väderstad Finance offers a range of different
schemes throughout the year which are designed
to fit in with the specific needs of farmers, for
example when Single Farm Payments have been
received or when crops have been sold.
Carrier carries cultivations
With 850ha of combinable
crops at Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire, getting
over the ground quickly
with timely cultivations
is important for Arthur
Markillie Ltd.
During last autumn’s testing
establishment conditions,
Sam Markillie also needed
a primary cultivator that
could work in wet soils
and improve soil structure
after break crops.
“We really needed to get
across the ground and
remove compaction, and the
Väderstad Swift has proved
ideal,” he comments. “It’s
a clever design which has
updated the proven principle
of using spring tines, giving
a good clearance height
and generous spacing to
work through trash.”
The 8.7m Swift was used
in multiple passes in
different directions, working
progressively deeper to help
dry out and restructure the
heavy silty/clay loams.
“The Swift is pulled by a
765C Challenger which is a
good match, providing plenty
The first pass
is made at
about 12.5cm
(5in), working
deeper in the
next passes
which is made
in a different
direction, and the Swift is
fitted with narrow 50mm
points, which Mr Markillie says
have been particularly useful.
“There is a really good flow
of soil through the tines,
and it has done a great job
of taking out compaction
– discs would just have
covered up the tracks,” he
comments. “Also, the mixing
and incorporation offered by
the Swift is exceptional.”
Primary cultivations are
followed by a pass with
the Väderstad Rexius Twin
press, before drilling with
the Väderstad Rapid.
Versatility is another plus,
he reckons “The Swift would
be equally applicable in a
dryer season, it would just
be a matter of not letting the
ground dry out too much
between passes. On land that
bakes, a Rexius Twin could
always be used to work the
seedbed down afterwards.
The rear drawbar also allows
rolls or press wheels to be
fitted behind, or you could
close the weather window
by adding a packer.”
It covers some 2500 acres/season
preparing mainly autumn-sown cereal
ground, where a typical cultivations
sequence consists of two passes with
the CR925 to create a stale seedbed, then
subsoiling if needed before a final pass
in front of an 8m Väderstad Rapid drill.
Soil type and the need to create a
good seedbed in a wide range of
conditions where the minimum
number of passes dictates the type of
implement John McLaren uses for its
primary and secondary cultivations.
“We minimise on ploughing, the majority
of the work is done with a cultivatorsubsoiler combination and high speed
disc cultivators,” explains John, who, as
John McLaren Agricultural Contractor,
has had experience of working the
predominantly heavy Essex clays of the
Chelmsford area for nearly 40 years.
Based at Lawling Hall, Latchingdon,
the firm’s main operations are
cultivating and establishing a range
of combinable crops, on which it
also does the fertiliser spreading and
spraying. This is for a mostly longterm customers base, whose typical
rotation includes oilseed rape, winter
and spring cereals, peas and linseed.
“We have farmers for who we do
everything and others for whom
we provide one-off operations, but
we are not involved in combining,”
says John, who is the main sprayer
operator. He is supported by one
highly-skilled man and seasonal help.
The cultivations regimes are based on a
heavy disc cultivator with underbuster
tines and two trailed Väderstad Carrier
disc cultivators. The Carrier is an
implement John has used for a number
of years. “We wanted a flexible cultivator
that would enable us to do a number
of jobs,” he explains, “one that could
do the initial cultivations and create
a tilth, or work down the land in the
final preparation in front of the drill.”
He saw that implement in the Carrier
concept; two banks of 450mm-diameter
conical ‘Systems Discs’ manufactured
from V-55 hardened Swedish steel
with a high rotational speed and
high pressure. They aggressively cut
the ground and mix harvest residue
thoroughly throughout the profile
down to 10 – 12cm depth. The discs’
conical shape also crumbles the soil to
provide good germination conditions
for the stale seedbed and maintains a
constant working angle despite wear.
The disc’s X-shape eliminates side forces
ensuring straight operation behind
the tractor. An optimal 12 – 15kph
working speed provides high output.
The Carrier is available in 3.0 –
12.25m working widths in mounted
(3.0 – 4m) and trailed versions.
Depending on model consolidation is
by a 550 or 600mm-diameter steel or
rubber roller, CRX models (4.25 – 6.25m)
are also offered with a cage roller.
Aggressive System Disc models from
4.2 – 9.25m working widths (the CR
420, CR 500, CR 650 and CR925) have a
Crossboard as standard for crushing,
pulverising and levelling ploughed
land, and for seedbed preparation.
In early 2000 John was one of the first
users of the implement in the area when
he bought a 6m Carrier second-hand.
To increase output he added extensions
to increase the working width to 8m.
The Carrier works behind a 314hp (max)
tracked John Deere 8420, when, John
comments “the heavy ground means that
it needs all the tractor’s horsepower”.
When the JD 8240 moves on to the drill,
a 300hp articulated JD 8650 on Michelin
flotation tyres takes over. When required
final consolidation is by a set of 12m
Väderstad rolls. The CR925 can also
be used for the final pass for springdrilled crops, although the majority of
this is still done with a long-serving 6m
Väderstad NZ spring tine cultivator,
which John describes as “still an ideal
cultivations tool” for spring work.
As to the Carrier CR925’s performance
and benefits, he says: “Its action
combined with an output of about
150 acres/day enables us to do the
cultivations at the appropriate time –
critical on these soil types – and improve
the timeliness of the operation. It is also
very effective at controlling black grass.
“It’s extremely versatile; it can be used
as a high-output primary implement
and as it’s very controllable it can also
cultivate accurately to the required
depth and create an ideal precision
seedbed for both winter and spring
crops. In the last two weeks (the
beginning of March) we have found that
land we pulled down in the autumn but
couldn’t drill has come through the
wet winter extremely well, the water
has drained away and left the ground
level. It’s also reliable and doesn’t have
a huge demand on daily maintenance.
“At present all the crops are put in
with the Rapid drill but I’m considering
extending the Carrier CR925’s versatility
through installing a seeder unit on it.”
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Points for different purposes
Each point is designed for a specific area of use. Väderstad aims to provide as
complete a range of points as possible in order to meet all requirements.
NZ Aggressive
Swift
Rexius Twin
Cultus
TopDown
Root slicing points
Väderstad has two different designs of root-slicing points, duckfoot or wing share.
The difference is in the angle of the share. The duckfoot share is completely
horizontal and is optimised for slicing only. The rear part of the wing share is
angled slightly upwards so it slices through the soil but also lifts it, giving a
loosening action and clearly cutting off the water supply to the weeds. The wing
shares are mounted on existing points and carry out some cultivating. They can
be fitted on either breaking or mixing points to give the desired work outcome.
Considerable work has been carried out to produce wing shares that undergo
precisely the same degree of wear as the share, which greatly reduces service time.
Mixing points
80mm
120mm
240mm
80mm
120mm
80mm
120mm
120mm
80mm
120mm
50mm 80mm
120mm
50mm 80mm
120mm
Mixing and breaking points
The upper part of the point is designed to work and mix harvest trash
into the upper few centimetres of the soil where the air and numerous
microorganisms decompose the trash extra fast. The lower, oxygen-deficient
regions are carefully fractured but not disturbed any more than necessary
in order to protect the soil’s best cultivation resource – earthworms.
MIXING
50mm
MIXING
Mixing points are the type most commonly used in minimum tillage and are normally
employed by those looking for an alternative to the plough. Mixing the soil up with
a cultivator avoids all types of pan formation, since the soil is broken loose. The
fracture planes leave fine cracks in the base of the cultivated layer. These cracks
allow drainage of water and access by roots to deeper soil layers. A wide range
of mixing points are available to suit all requirements. In general, broader points
are better for shallow cultivation, while narrower points are better for deeper
cultivation. The more harvest trash there is, the deeper the cultivation required.
140mm
210mm
120mm
80mm
50mm
50mm 80mm
Combining Deep Loosening with a standard point allows thorough mixing while
at the same time slicing through any tillage pan that has formed at depth.
BREAKING
BREAKING
35mm
For a clay soil in a region with warm summers and/or cold winters, nature can do
part of the work of breaking up pans, but soils with a higher sand content tend to
become naturally denser over time, for example. To reduce the draught requirement
the standard point can be exchanged for a Low Disturbance point. All types of
barrier to root development or water transport are yield-limiting and the aim should
therefore be to improve the situation as much as possible through soil cultivation.
Marathon saves time
Marathon points last much longer than standard points. This saves
time since the points do not need to be replaced as often. Points on
different parts of a cultivator suffer different degrees of wear. Points with
a flatter surface do a better job and create a steadier flow of soil.
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SUB SOIL
Repeated cultivation to the same depth in unfavourable conditions
leads to the formation of tillage pans and hardened layers in the soil.
This results in yield decreases, since the soil drains more slowly after
rain and root access to water during dry periods is restricted.
300mm
Levels and grades
soil.
cm
0
SUB SOIL
Breaking points
Slices off weeds.
No mixing.
Slices off weeds.
Broad slicing effect.
Slices off weeds.
Mixes and lifts the
upper soil layer.
Slices up and mixes
the upper soil layer.
Good against mice.
Mixes thoroughly in
shallow cultivation.
All-round cultivation.
Breaks up hard soil
layers. Improves
drainage.
Cultivates and mixes
to depth.
Breaks up dense
soil layers to
40 cm depth.
Breaks up dense soil
layers to 40cm depth
and mixes down to
30cm depth.
0 cm
10
10
20
20
30
30
40
40
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Väderstad Spirit StripDrill offers
flexible drilling solution
Nick Tilt has drilled 400ha near
Ludlow, Shropshire, with a Spirit
StripDrill, one of the first in the UK.
“I had been mulling over the various
min till, CTF and direct drilling options
to improve efficiency as I’m a oneman operation. I need to move more
soil than a min-till drill can achieve,
especially on some of the leased
land which is not in quite as good
a condition as our own fields.”
Mr Tilt was also interested in
increasing precision for rape drilling,
having established the crop from the
back of a subsoiler previously.
“I looked at a number of drills but was
attracted to the Väderstad machine
as it is based on the proven Spirit
drill. I’ve also got previous experience
of the high quality of Väderstad’s
equipment and the level of customer
service that the company offers. ”
The facility for fertiliser placement
was another plus, he adds “We aim
to apply fertiliser where it is needed
– we are a LEAF demonstration farm
and member of LEAF Mark, so it is
important that it is used judiciously.”
The 4m Spirit StripDrill has 12 loosening
tines staggered at 33cm centres at
the front, which can be altered for
pitch and depth from the cab.
“The tines can work from 2-18cm deep,
although at greater than 10 or 12cm more
horsepower is needed. We aim to manage
the land to avoid creating compaction at
depth, and will subsoil if needed, rather
than trying to take it out with the drill.”
Base fertiliser is applied according to
requirement – at 33cm spacings it is
placed below and to the side of the
seed, while at 16.5cm spacings, the
knife can be set between the rows.
“We’ve trialled narrow and wide spacings,
including blocking additional coulters
to drill rape at 66cm row spacings,
while the cereals go in at 16.5cm,”
says Mr Tilt. “The flexibility is a big
advantage and it is very easy to adjust.”
He comments that Väderstad’s wellproven Fenix II distribution system
gives excellent accuracy at all rates
– when drilling 80ha of rye, there was
just 20kg of seed left at the end.
Trials included direct drilling, and
working into land that had been
lightly cultivated, ploughed or
loosened with a deep cultivator.
“The Spirit StripDrill worked well in all
situations and also in testing conditions
– 30ha of winter beans went in on 20th
October on freshly cultivated land
which brought dry soil up to drill into.
Opening of new production hall
“With workrates at around 4ha/hr we
can get drilled up in good time before
the weather really deteriorates.”
Väderstad is opening a new 780 square metre production hall. The new building
will double the size of the research and development workshop and allow 6-7
prototype machines to be built at a time.
He expects that he will need to plough
more in the future to control brome, and
comments that while this is not his ideal
establishment method, the drill also
gives a good result on ploughed land.
Fertiliser rates from 30 to 450kg/ha have
been applied, and a baffle in the split
hopper allows capacities to be adjusted to
carry more fertiliser or seed as required.
“Despite a wet back end to the
season we have seen very good
rooting and I would put that down to
the ability to get phosphate where
the crop needs it at drilling.”
Mr Tilt pulled the drill with a
210hp John Deere 6010, shod on
wide tyres, and comments that
this was a good combination.
“Fuel consumption of 7l/ha was
slightly more than the min-till drill, but
more metal is being pulled through
the soil and it does a better job.”
The prototype workshop opened the doors for the first time in February 2014
“The prototype workshop has been overcrowded for a while and since machines
are becoming bigger and research and development projects more numerous,
larger premises are needed” said Roger Larsson, building manager at Väderstad.
“The drill is very well thought out and
designed. I have worked closely with
Väderstad as it is such a new machine
and they have made improvements as we
have gone along. It’s a very good concept
and a very good machine in the field.”
Roger Larsson at the opening ceremony
“The new premises will double the manufacturing capacity and allow 6-7 machines to
be built in parallel” added Roger Larsson.
“The development of new machinery and concepts lies at the very heart of Väderstad.
I am delighted to see our capacity for product development becoming even better”
said Crister Stark, Chairman of the Board.
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Väderstad Tempo sets new
record with sunflower
Precision at a high tempo
James Bell believes that in the
future a considerable percentage of
drilling and harvesting the UK maize
crop will be to meet the demands
of the biomass industry, rather than
that of dairy and beef farmers.
“I can see the push for an expanded
maize acreage coming from that sector,”
he says. It is a crop Gloucestershire
contractors J Bell and Son is heavily
involved in. Depending on the season its
general contracting operation currently
grows and harvests 3000 – 4000 acres of
forage maize within the 40km radius it
works in from its base at Shipton Moyne.
Its two harvesting teams also typically
clamp 12,000 acres of grass silage a
year. In the arable sector J Bell and
Son farms 6000 acres in a mix of
stubble-to-stubble and share farming
agreements, and individual jobs.
Where the maize crop is concerned,
half is on a stubble-to-stubble basis,
on the other half the farmers prepare
the seedbed, and do the fertilising and
spraying, explains James, who bought an
8-row Väderstad Tempo TPF8 precision
drill last year, the first time the make
of drill had been changed from the
one it had been using for the 20 years
it has been involved in the crop.
“We were running two 6-row and a
12-row drill, but we wanted greater
accuracy in terms of seed rates,
placement and drilling depth, and
reduced misses and seed bunching,”
he says. “We saw the Tempo at the
LAMMA show and were extremely
impressed by the metering unit.”
In conventional ‘drop type’ drills, the
singulated seed falls from the seed
meter through the seed pipe under
gravity. At high drilling speeds, when
vibrations increase, the seed bounces
in the pipe and much of the precision of
the seed meter is lost, Väderstad says.
On the Tempo, this is overcome
through the use of ‘Power Shoot’,
where pressurised air is used to move
the singulated seed at high speed
down a short seed pipe. A soft press
wheel stops the seed as it leaves the
seed pipe, to prevent it rolling along
the slot and ensure there is good seed
to soil contact. Pressure- and angle-
adjustable closing wheels shut the slot.
Väderstad argues that controlling the
movement from meter to soil and the
rapid transport of the seed decreases
the effect of vibrations and slopes, and
allows precision drilling at high speeds.
“Although the concept is relatively
new to the UK, we could see the
logic of the system,” James says. “We
bought the Tempo TPF8, with a bulk
fertiliser hopper and micro-granule
applicators, to replace the two 6-row
drills, without a demonstration.”
“We almost doubled
drilling speed and went
from 60-70 acres in a 10hr
day to 120-130 acres”
The Tempo drilled 2000 acres of
forage maize last season, when theory
proved itself in practice; to the extent
that a second Tempo TPF8 has been
purchased to replace the 12-row
for this year’s drilling campaign.
Output increased dramatically. “We
almost doubled drilling speed and
went from 60 – 70 acres in a 10hr day
to 120 – 130 acres in the same time
period,” James explains. The Tempo
was on a 240hp MF7624, which is
also used on the firm’s 6m Väderstad
Rapid drill. “220hp will pull the
Tempo comfortably at the right speed
and handle the banks,” he says.
In a 24-hour race on the 4th April, a Tempo R12 drilled 306 hectares of sunflowers at an
average speed of 19 km/h. The Väderstad tempo race was held near Pleven, north of
Sofia in Bulgaria, together with Väderstad’s Bulgarian import agency Titan Machinery.
From an operator’s standpoint, head drill
man Sunny Mashanyare says calibration
of the seed rate is quick and simple.
“You can calibrate accurately to seed
numbers/acre if you wanted to,” he
says – as are fertiliser and microgranule application rates. “And it’s
easy to adjust the drill to the state of
the ground, which gives us a bigger
window of seedbed conditions; it can
cope with seedbeds that are not as
good as you’d like them,” he says.
“And misses are fewer as the driver is
alerted when a hole in the seed plate is
missed three times.” He adds the central
bulk fertiliser hopper is a good shape
and easy to fill from both sides and, an
important consideration in light of the
amount of road work, the Tempo folds
easily to a compact transport width.
“Establishment and emergence were
definitely more uniform,” says James
who adds the Tempo TPF8’s ability to
place fertiliser and micro-granules –
both accurately as they, too, are blown
down the tubes – is a further benefit.
“I can use one machine to meet all my
customers’ preferences,” he explains.
“On the previous make we could apply
only fertiliser with the 6-rows and
only micro-granules with the 12-row.
“This showed Tempo R’s ability to drill with great precision at
high speed”, said Lars Thylén, product marketing manager.
The record attempt began at 13:45 on 3rd April and finished 24 hours
later. Four drivers drilled a total of 306 hectares of sunflower at an average
speed of 19km/h on the Agrotrade Commerce estate near Pleven.
The field was drilled at a seed rate of 62,500 seeds per hectar, placed at
approx. 5cm depth. “I feel really proud of the team who made this possible
and our colleagues who developed the machine”, said Lars Thylén.
“Although we’ve gone down in row
numbers, the two Tempos give us higher
capacity. Now that we have evidence
to demonstrate the drill’s quality of
drilling, we can now push the service.”
“I’m certain the Tempo is going enable
us to pick up more work, I’ve already
had customers asking specifically for
the drill,” says James Bell (left) with his
head drill man, Sunny Mashanyare.
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A happy Väderstad and Titan Machinery team celebrating when the race was done.
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New specialist Väderstad
dealer in Ireland
Soil & Water Management Centre
ecosystems across the country. It
is predominantly a research based
organisation that works in collaboration
with other interested parties such as
Natural England, Catchment Sensitive
Farming and Controlled Traffic Farming.
and individuals or organisations
interested in the environment and who
want to play their role in helping to
put right some of the wrongs of recent
years,” says director of the Soil Water
Management Centre, Shane Ward.
The Centre focuses on five key themes:
“High attendance level for the workshops
is down to the quality of the contributors
and a real hunger for new information
and also the fact that they are being
delivered locally, where local conditions
apply such as soil type and weather
patterns, rather than basing them only
at Harper Adams. Farming systems also
differ from region to region as does
the scale of farming operations.”
• Water – water and irrigation
• Soil biology and chemistry
• Soil compaction
Shane Ward, director of the Soil
Water Management Centre.
Positive feedback from a series of
local workshops set up by the Soil
Water Management Centre based at
Harper Adams University, demonstrates
that there is a real appetite across
the whole farming community and
further afield for solutions to help
solve issues associated with poor
soil and water management built
up over the past two decades.
The Centre was set up over two
years ago to fulfil a much-needed
role in securing the future efficiency
and sustainability of all farming and
• Information technology applied
to soil management such as
sensors and data collection
• Sustainable system
To engage with members of the
agricultural industry as well as the
public a series of on-going local
workshops was set up in November
2013 by the Soil Water Management
Centre to cover topics such as
repairing damaged soil; precision
farming; controlled traffic farming
and soil biology and organic matter.
“The workshops are open to farmers,
agronomists, members of the public
“Interest in the workshops
and the initiative itself
is coming from all
walks of life”
Mr Ward says that he is looking at
a ten year horizon for the Centre
initially, and with two years already
under his belt, some valuable
feedback has been gained from key
industry experts and participants.
“Interest in the workshops and the
initiative itself is coming from all
walks of life,” he says. “It’s definitely
not confined just to agriculture.
Poor soil management has an impact
downstream too with pollution, flooding
and water supply all being affected.”
The workshops are underpinned by
national information which is up to
date and scientifically proven. Mr
Ward says nobody else is doing quite
what the Soil Water Management
Centre has set out to achieve.
“We take a very holistic approach to soil
management and we collaborate with
other organisations such as Cranfield
University who have already contributed
to the workshops this year,” he says.
“This initiative is linked to the
agricultural industry and covers
all aspects that impact on soil. We
are looking to bring together other
specialist groups that deal with
related challenges within the UK. For
example, blackgrass is a huge problem
that is getting worse, so we are going
to introduce a specific workshop to
tackle the subject later this year. We
are not just focusing on soil, it’s more
about the whole management issue.”
Mr Ward adds that the success of the
Soil Water Management Centre is also
largely down to its commercial backers,
whose primary objective is to increase
their own knowledge base and to use
the workshops and meetings to interact
directly with the farming community.
Pictured: Philip Wright, Wright Resolutions
presenting a soil biology & organic
matter workshop to Väderstad dealers
during their Knowhow training event.
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The Cooney Furlong Machinery
Company, based at Enniscorthy in
south east Ireland, is the latest addition
to the Väderstad dealer network and
has been established to emulate the
successes of a number of specialist
Väderstad dealers in England.
The new company will complement
existing Cooney Furlong businesses
which are highly active in the supply
of farm fertilisers, agri-chemicals
and general farm supplies, as well
as being a leading trader of grain.
Walter Furlong, who is a co-owner of the
businesses, is also a highly respected
and pioneering farmer, as well as being
a long term Väderstad owner and fan.
Experience from specialist dealers in
England strongly supports the premise
that farming customers respond
positively to the focussed and dedicated
services that such dealers provide.
History also shows that the will and
ability to pro-actively trade used
machinery is fundamental to developing
the sale of new equipment. Equally it
shows that commitment to the stocking
of machines and spare parts, and
commitment to staff training is key to
providing the quality of service expected
by today’s farmers and to building a
profitable and sustainable business.
From the perspective of the
manufacturer/supplier it is evident
that specialist dealers retain a unique
focus on all areas of the franchise and
provide a complete and ‘joined-up’
service which enhances the brand
and supports a closer and more
effective working relationship.
The Cooney Furlong Machinery Company
will be fronted by Paschal Twomey,
who has worked in a field-based role for
Väderstad Ltd across UK and Ireland
for close to 5 years. During this time
Paschal has grown and matured into a
highly valuable member of the team.
Accordingly, Paschal will bring with
him a wealth of product and company
knowledge to support his natural
enthusiasm, energy and local knowledge.
Everyone involved in this new venture
has high expectations of what can
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Väderstad targets the Netherlands
Draincleaner, a machine for cleaning
drainage pipes and The Handler, a device
for mixing and filling chemicals.
Northallerton contractor Angus
Snowdon(right) was the Winner of the
Profi subscriber competition to win a
£100 Collection Shop Voucher
redeemable on the Väderstad
on-line Collection Shop.
Mr Snowdon was presented with his
prize by Väderstad’s Territory Sales
Manager Nick Tinker.
Väderstad is targeting Netherlands with
its new import agency Homburg Holland.
The mild climate, flat landscape and
fertile soils make the Netherlands a
major exporter of agricultural products.
The country is a world leader as regards
production of fruit and vegetables.
Homburg Holland is based in Stiens
and has depots at four different sites
throughout Holland. The company sells
Hardi and Väderstad products and
produces and sells the Homburg Herrow,
a self-propelled sprayer, the Homburg
“Holland’s agricultural area is roughly the
same as that of Norway, but Netherlands is
known for its highly mechanised farming and
fertile soils. The interesting products we have
for the Dutch market are Rapid, Carrier and
Tempo”, said Per Hellman, who is responsible
for the Dutch market at Väderstad.
“Homburg Holland was started in the
1960s and is managed by Johannes de
Boer. It has 25 employees and sales have
increased by 22.5 percent since 2008, which
can be compared with a drop in general
tractor sales of 29 percent, said Per.
During the autumn tillage season, 50
demonstrations of Väderstad machines were
held in Netherlands. There is great interest in
this new manufacturer on the Dutch market.
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