Sowing · Spraying · Fertilising · Harvesting

Bringing technology into plant breeding

We design and supply the machines for every stage of your trial (sowing, spraying, fertilising and harvesting), then calibrate them on site and train your team to run them.

Wheat variety trial in Cambridgeshire, with labelled strips of two varieties side by side
Wheat variety trial at Gypsy Corner Farm by Michael Trolove, CC BY-SA 2.0

Machines

Machinery for every stage of your trial

We design and supply plot-scale machines for each stage of a breeding programme, built to treat every plot the same way, every time.

Sowing

Sowing

Plot drills and seeders that place every seed lot at the right rate, depth and spacing, with nothing carried over between plots.

Spraying

Spraying

Plot sprayers that apply each treatment at the exact rate, plot by plot, with fast changeover between products.

Fertilising

Fertilising

Plot fertiliser applicators that deliver each nutrient treatment accurately, granular or liquid, plot by plot.

Harvesting

Harvesting

Plot harvesters that take each plot cleanly and record its yield, ready for your trial data.

Calibration and training

Machines you can trust, people who know them

A trial is only as good as the consistency of its application. We calibrate all types of trials machinery on site, ours or not, and train your team to set up, run and check it themselves.

A tractor-mounted boom sprayer applying a treatment across a green cereal crop
Crop Spraying by Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0

How we work

From specification to first plot

  1. 01

    Specify

    We talk through your crops, plot sizes, row spacings and timings, and agree what each machine needs to do.

  2. 02

    Design and supply

    We design or source the right machine for each stage, build it to your specification and deliver it ready to work.

  3. 03

    Calibrate

    On site, we calibrate every machine against your targets and record the readings so you have a baseline.

  4. 04

    Train

    We train your operators to set up, run and check the machines, so every plot is treated the same way.

Planning next season's trials?

Tell us about your crops, plot sizes and timings. We'll recommend the machines, then calibrate them and train your team.

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