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Farmers Guide, March 2006 When Peter Norman of B E Norman & Sons, Hall Farm, Wisset, Nr Halesworth, ordered his new 4 metre DP400A Moore drill in May 2004, he had never even seen one in the flesh. “I liked the look of the coulter system” he said “and knew that because it was in effect, a similar principle of depth control to a sugar beet drill, but much more heavy duty, it would easily cope with our variations of soil type from kind easy worked soils through to heavy clays.” “I also liked the fact that the Moore drill could be used as a direct drill as well as work on minimum and conventional cultivations. My father and brother saw the drill at work for the first time at Cereals, and were suitably impressed that we had made the right choice.” The new drill went to work on 250 acres of rape and 350 acres of wheat in September 2004, after and indeed during a fairly challenging harvest.” The rape was established following three different tillage regimes. Some direct drilled, some following the farm’s Flat Lift and some following a Cousins type 28 cultivator. This consists of 2 rows of tines, a spring levelling board, and two rows of packer razor rings. “On kinder land there was no difference in the establishment of either system, which will encourage us to direct drill more next year, but on the heavier soils it was better behind the Flat Lift, probably due to the compaction from the wet harvest.” “We intended to carry out more minimal cultivations with the Flat Lift and type 28 for wheat this year, but due to the harvest damage, ended up ploughing followed by the type 28 on the majority of the 350 acres, and resorting to plough and power harrow on the worst of it, but it was all drilled with the Moore in some pretty appalling conditions.” “The simplicity, and fact that the drill moves very little soil whilst keeping the seed covered at a constant depth meant we could keep going.” “We normally plough, roll, power harrow, drill and roll but this year we didn’t use rolls at all and I have to say that the drill never blocked once with trash and I particularly like the two section folding wings for road transport which also makes maintenance very easy, with no need to climb underneath.” “So even though we didn’t use min till for wheat as we would have liked, we still saved on passes and the associated costs, and establishment is superb.” The 4 metre drill was pulled by a 135 hp McCormick which was quite adequate for the job. “The drill might seem like a very expensive piece of kit on 600 acres, but I reckon that it will have paid for itself in 5 more seasons and it’s built to last a lot, lot longer that that.” Peter Newman reckons his new Moore DP400 Unidrill will have paid for itself in 6 seasons on the farm’s 600 acres. Peter Newman with his Moore DP400 Unidrill. FG
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Farmers Guide, March 2006
When Peter Norman of B ENorman & Sons, Hall Farm, Wisset,Nr Halesworth, ordered his new 4metre DP400A Moore drill in May2004, he had never even seen onein the flesh. “I liked the look of thecoulter system” he said “and knewthat because it was in effect, asimilar principle of depth controlto a sugar beet drill, but much moreheavy duty, it would easily copewith our variations of soil typefrom kind easy worked soilsthrough to heavy clays.”
“I also liked the fact that theMoore drill could be used as adirect drill as well as work onminimum and conventionalcultivations. My father and brothersaw the drill at work for the firsttime at Cereals, and were suitablyimpressed that we had made theright choice.”
The new drill went to work on250 acres of rape and 350 acres ofwheat in September 2004, after andindeed during a fairly challengingharvest.”
The rape was establishedfollowing three different tillageregimes. Some direct drilled, somefollowing the farm’s Flat Lift andsome following a Cousins type 28cultivator. This consists of 2 rowsof tines, a spring levelling board,and two rows of packer razor rings.
“On kinder land there was nodifference in the establishment ofeither system, which willencourage us to direct drill morenext year, but on the heavier soilsit was better behind the Flat Lift,probably due to the compactionfrom the wet harvest.”
“We intended to carry out more
minimal cultivations with the FlatLift and type 28 for wheat this year,but due to the harvest damage,ended up ploughing followed bythe type 28 on the majority of the350 acres, and resorting to ploughand power harrow on the worst ofit, but it was all drilled with theMoore in some pretty appallingconditions.”
“The simplicity, and fact that thedrill moves very little soil whilstkeeping the seed covered at a
constant depth meant we couldkeep going.”
“We normally plough, roll,power harrow, drill and roll but thisyear we didn’t use rolls at all and Ihave to say that the drill neverblocked once with trash and Iparticularly like the two sectionfolding wings for road transportwhich also makes maintenancevery easy, with no need to climbunderneath.”
“So even though we didn’t use
min till for wheat as we would haveliked, we still saved on passes andthe associated costs, andestablishment is superb.”
The 4 metre drill was pulled bya 135 hp McCormick which wasquite adequate for the job.
“The drill might seem like a veryexpensive piece of kit on 600 acres,but I reckon that it will have paidfor itself in 5 more seasons and it’sbuilt to last a lot, lot longer thatthat.”
Peter Newman reckons his new Moore DP400 Unidrill will have paid for itself in 6 seasons on the farm’s 600 acres.
Peter Newman with his Moore DP400 Unidrill.
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Variable soil types persuaded NorthLincolnshire farmer Richard Marristo try a Moore Tandem Unidrill inAutumn 2004 on demo. A lightsandy field following lupins wasprepared using a variety oftechniques, ranging from directdrilling, one pass of a Vaderstadcarrier and a carrier on two passes.
Establishment and subsequentharvesting, showed no differencein yield, and so the decision wasmade to purchase a DP400A toreplace a 4.0m power harrow/drillcombination for the Autumn 2005drilling campaign.
More than 600 acres wereestablished in a variety of seedbedsat Cockthorn Farm, Scotton, NearGainsborough, and the results havebeen impressive.
Drilling rates have nearlydoubled to 80 acres/day, comparedto the combination unit, using thesame tractor, a Case MX135, withthe same amount of diesel.
Seed rates have been droppedby 30% and establishment has beensuperior, especially on the heavierclay land.
“The individual heavy rearpress wheels really follow the
ground contours, closing andpressing the seed furrow in a waythat a conventional Cambridgeroller never can,” said RichardMarris. “This has not only givensuperior seed/soil contact, whichis necessary for goodestablishment, but has also cutdown on our slug problem, with
pellet application down a further40% on normal.”
Moore Unidrill has also beenplaying with the big boys, with itsrecent field trial of the first TandemUnidrill DP800H. Spring barley hasbeen successfully drilled in CountyLouth, Republic of Ireland, whereMoore Unidrills’ Martin Ramsay
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Andrew, Philip and Richard Maris.
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Farmers Guide, February 2007
Vale of York-based farmer andcontractor CC Allison & Sons tookdelivery of a new Moore 4mTandem drill in August 2006. Thefirm farms 700 acres, plus contractwork, growing combinable cropson variable soils ranging from sandto heavy clay.
“Since August 2006, the drill hascovered almost 2,000 acres sowingoilseed rape, cereals and grass withno problems,” said Colin Allison.“With a large acreage to sow, weneed a drill that can cover theground quickly and efficiently,which the Tandem achieves with itslow horsepower requirement andhigh working speeds.”
High speed operation is possible
because the weight of the drill iscarried on rolling parts consistingof the front press wheels, the discsand the rear press wheels, whichmeans there is very little drag onthe soil. Only the soil in which theseed is to be placed is disturbed,which means that a 4m metreTandem can be pulled at speeds of15km/h with 140hp and cover 80-100 acres in a day.
“As contractors we get asked todrill in a wide range of conditionsand soil types following varioustypes of cultivation equipment fromdirect drilling to shallowcultivations and flat lifting toplough and power harrow systems,”Mr Allison said. “The majority of
This option can also be used toput more weight on the front of thedrill in wet conditions and reducethe pressure put on the rear presswheels. Then, when sowing intovery dry seedbeds or sowing smallseeds shallow, more weight can beput on the rear press wheels toachieve good seed-to-soil contact,which results in good evengermination and reduced slugproblems.
This method of drilling hasestablished some very even cropsof oilseed rape by being able to setthe drill very shallow and still beable to cover the seed and leave itpressed firm, especially if theseedbed is rolled before the drill.
“We have used the Tandem inmany different situations thisseason – including direct drilling,min-till and ploughed seedbeds –from the dust in August to the mudin November,” Mr Allison said. “Inall cases, the crop establishment hasbeen excellent and the drill hasbeen very easy to operate andmaintain.
“The Moore Tandem is one drillfor all situations.”
For more information contact02827 664444; or visit:www.minimum-tillage.com.
Pictured from l-r: Colin, Michael andDavid Allison.
Adjusting the depth of the seed using spring clip spacers.
our heavy land is prepared using aShakaerator before or after a discroller, which mixes in the trashwhether it is stubble or choppedstraw and creates a good tilth.”
The Tandem system deals withthe trash very effectively by firmingthe ground first with the front presswheels, which carry much of theweight of the drill. Then the discand coulter can cut through thetrash and place the seed at an evendepth on varying soil types.
Because each pair of disccoulters has a large amount ofindependent movement, the seed isplaced accurately on uneven andundulating ground. The seed isthen pressed firmly into place bythe rear press wheels which meansrolling is not usually needed unlessslugs are expected to be a problem.
The Moore Tandem has theability to work in varying conditionswith minimal adjustments, whichcan be made without the need forany tools. The depth of the drill isadjusted by simply adding orremoving various sized wedgesfrom the front of the press wheels.The pitch of the drill is also adjustedin the same way on the ram at thefront of the drill, which can be usedto transfer more weight to the frontpress wheels or put the weight tothe rear press wheels.
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