Workshop: How changing a drill's coulters has reduced workload plus improved soil health

A north Yorkshire grower has transitioned into low disturbance, one-pass drilling using a Horsch Sprinter equipped with J.J. Metcalfe’s 12mm coulter conversion. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

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Workshop: How changing a drill's coulters has reduced workload plus improved soil health

A north Yorkshire grower has transitioned into low disturbance, one-pass drilling using a Horsch Sprinter equipped with J.J. Metcalfe's 12mm coulter conversion. Geoff Ashcroft reports. W. Raper and...

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