Articles by Martin Smits

Checking the checkpoints ensures that a GPS system also does what it's meant to do: work accurately. Tips and tricks for maximum precision. - Photo: Mark Pasveer

16-04 | Article

This is how your GPS system works accurately

A seeding machine from the British machinery manufacturer Claydon for sowing a crop as a cover crop in untilled stubble. Manufacturers in the Netherlands are also responding to the trend of shallow seeding and supplying machines suitable for sowing cover crops. - Photo: Geertsema

25-03 | Article

Which machine do you choose for sowing cover crops?

A characteristic of the CupWheel is its extreme flattening, which makes the tire behave like an inflated caterpillar track on the ground. - Photos: Mark Pasveer

25-01 | Article

Using CupWheel tires is like driving on flat tires

Weeding between the rows is not a problem. Nowadays, weeding within the row is also improving, but it still remains a niche market. - Photos: Martin Smits

11-01 | Article

In-row weeders increasingly handy, manual labor almost redundant

'Dealers Wanted'. The Serbian machinery manufacturer Axonmash is one of many suppliers of hoeing tools. Like the rest, the manufacturer is keen to take advantage of the market for hoes and harrows, which is expected to grow significantly. - Photo: Martin Smits.

30-11-2023 | Article

Hoes and harrows at Agritechnica 2023

The Tipard 1800 is a modular autonomous tool carrier, primarily focused on care work. The field robot is already for sale. - Photos: Mark Pasveer.

29-11-2023 | News

A selection of start-ups with precision weeders

In the foreground is the Onox fully electric tractor. The e-tractor has not yet been tested, but looks promising. Behind it is the E-Traktor from start-up Tadus. The tractor already has some more practical experience. - Photos: Mark Pasveer

27-11-2023 | News

Start-ups also focus on electric tractors

KThe Fertilizer Spreader Horsch Leeb Xeric 14FS is a machine from the zero series. Depending on flat land or hilly terrain, you need a tractor with 250 to 300 horsepower to pull the machine. - Photos: Mark Pasveer.

21-11-2023 | News

Giga Fertilizer Spreader Horsch Leeb Xeric 14FS

Eidam Landtechnik has chosen a completely unique concept for the autonomous tractor. The drive unit of the Innomade TK100 is articulated steering connected to a portal frame. - Photos: Martin Smits

15-11-2023 | News

Eidam Landtechnik showcases prototype autonomous tractor

The carbon plough is not yet a practical reality, but Lemken is heavily investing in flat cultivation to disturb the soil as little as possible. For this purpose, the manufacturer has designed the Koralin cultivator. - Photos: Martin Smits

13-11-2023 | News

Carbon plough lives on in Lemken’s Koralin cultivator

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