When Canadian farmers with Väderstad Planters take a closer look at the company’s new Proceed V seeder, they’ll notice something familiar.
The tillage and seeding company has been working on the Proceed V for several years and will be equipping it with a Gilstring seed meter when production begins in 2025. The meter is currently used on Väderstad’s Tempo seeders, which are used on many Canadian farms.
Proceed V was exhibited. agritechnicaIn this video report, held in Hannover, Germany, RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin speaks with Väderstad’s Bernt Martensson to learn more about seeder and how it has won innovation awards across Europe since it first started appearing in 2021. I learned about why I am there.
Martensson says the Proceed V is a new category of seeder, capable of increasing yields on a range of crops, including wheat, barley, rapeseed, sugar beet, peas, maize and sunflowers, all with one machine.
With the ability to place the smallest seeds at the perfect depth and with millimeter precision, the company claims that this sowing machine can be used to sow wheat while maintaining the same yield compared to the latest sowing machines on the market. The company says field tests have shown it can cut rates in half.
The company also notes that testing has shown that Proceed V plants grow stronger because they have less competition from other plants, and they receive more exposure to both sunlight and moisture, so they grow evenly throughout all growth stages of the crop year.
Martensson explains that the heart of the Proceed V is the highly accurate row unit. Once the seeds reach the row unit from the central hopper, an improved version of Väderstad’s PowerShoot system ensures perfect control of every single seed, all the way down to the soil. As the seeds leave the short seed tube, they are received by a stop wheel. This ensures optimal seed-to-soil contact at the selected depth across the entire working width of the sower.
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