Vaderstad purchased Canadian seed drill maker Seed Hawk for a reason, and the new Vaderstad Seed Hawk 600-900 C is like a child of the traditions of both companies.
There’s Vaderstad’s trademark red colour, and its attention to detail in building of planters and drills, including its E-Control data management system.
But the 600-900 C also has the Seed Hawk opener system and carries the name, as the leader of the high-capacity no-till drill section of Vaderstad’s business.
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As expected, Vaderstad, has taken the strong points of the Seed Hawk drills and moved them into a broader range of global products.
The Seed Hawk 600-900 Combination drill had its global launch at Agritechnica, the major farm machinery show at Hannover, Germany. The drill is expected to sell around the world, although it won’t have the appeal of its larger sister drills in Western Canada.
Chris Bettschen, who manages Vaderstad sales to Australia and New Zealand from his base in Canada, says the drill will have a larger market in Europe and Australia and New Zealand, but would also be of particular interest in Eastern Canada.
Those knowledgeable with Seed Hawk drills will recognize the dual knife opener and on-row packing from Seed Hawk on the 600-900 C.
“It also has a front disc to allow us to go through more residue than our standard Seed Hawk machines,” Bettschen said at Agritechnica.
“Realistically, it’s meant for our small- to medium-sized farmers that still want the precision technology of a Seed Hawk but don’t need the larger scale out of the Canadian factory.”
Several technology options are available for the new machine, such as the SeedEye system and more hydraulic control, and all those options were on the version displayed at the show.
The machine requires about seven horsepower per opener, so on an eight-metre machine with 32 openers, a 200-horsepower tractor would be required to pull it.
The machine will also have the Vaderstad E-Control system for management of data. It will be manufactured in Sweden.
