TFF's Direct Drill Day

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Visit TWB farms in Staffordshire and see 10 different drills, drilling into 10 acre cover crop plots.  See how the drills approach the  task

TWB Farms, Burntwood WS7 0LG, UK

It's been 12 years since our last drill day at TWB Farms and we felt now was a good time to hold another day given the range of drills available has grown massively.Join us on Tuesday 15th April 2025 from 10am to 3pm to see 10 different drills working in 10 acre plots of knee high AHL2 over winter bird food mix. Drills DemonstrationsEach drill will have at least 10 acres to work in. You will have the chance to see: Horsch - Avatar 6mFentech - TS600Vaderstad - Carrier and SeedhawkAmazone - 12 metre Condor 12001-C and a 6 metre Cayena 6001-CClaydon - T4 Hybrid trailed drillHorizon - 6m MDSX - Mounted Direct Drill Moore - Arable 3.0 MTD 24row Moore Unidrill &amp; Proforge Front Mounted CrimpaSumo - DD system and crimper Sky - 6m EasydrillVredo - 3m DZ5 Agri air 290 with packer roller You will have the chance to speak to each of the manufacturers on the day, all of the machines are different and have a slightly different approach. They will all be drilling the same AHL1 Cover crop mix. The Agronomy of Cover Crops (talk)Part of the day will include a talk on the cover crop mix chosen and the agronomic ( and price) decisions behind this. These SFI options could be considered as the new break crop in arable farming, but how do you get your soils in the best condition for the following cash crop? Also attending on the day will be:Base UKSoil First FarmingBourgault Tillage Tools UK Timetable09:30 - arrive and have a coffee10:00 - Opening address by Clive Bailye10:15 - Split into 2 groups10:30 - 12:30 - Tour round 5 of the drills. Roughly 20 minutes with each of the drills11:30 - Agronomy Talk For Group 112:30 - 1pm - Drinks and sauage rolls13:00 - 15:00 - Tour round 5 of the drills. Roughly 20 minutes with each of the drills14:00 - Agronomy Talk For Group 215:00 - Ends Location and ParkingThe demo will take place in Coppy Nook Field, which is accessed off Hospital Road in Burntwood.What 3 Words: https://w3w.co/force.wage.mixed The FieldCurrently planted with an AHL2 winter bird food mix. It has dropped back to between knee and waist height and has thinned a little from lat last year. You can see the pictures below. It's a much nicer test of what these drills and do and how they approach this task.

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