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All has grown well, even considering the dry year
On a separate note, we have got on very well drilling grass seed into established grass leys. We sprayed off old leys in June, a week later we mowed the grass off and baled it and then direct drilled new seed with the Triton. All has grown well, even considering the dry year.
New Triton Dealer for Ireland
Triton Seed Drills are pleased to announce that David Weld (Triton Ireland) has been appointed Triton Dealer for Eastern Ireland based near Dublin.
A good low cost, low maintenance drill ideally suited to our heavy land
Triton has allowed us to delay winter wheat drilling into November through to December and as a result blackgrass plant numbers have been dramatically reduced. A good low cost, low maintenance drill ideally suited to our heavy land.
Triton Seed Drills – At the heavy duty end of the market
At the heavy duty end of the market, Triton seed drills, manufactured in the UK, offer a unique bladed tine drill with a series of patented soil engagement features that allows the drill to operate effectively in all conditions. The Triton has replaced 5 other types...
New Rock-hopper version is now available
Our new Rock-hopper version is now available, which has been tested on a hardcore car park with slabs of concrete buried in it. The Rock-hopper allows farmers on the Cotswold brash or in the foot hills of the Borders to drill all day into rocky ground without changing...
How late can you drill?
Drilling from mid November is crucial for black-grass control. Following mid-November drilling, spring germinating black-grass may remain dormant and would be less competitive against established wheat drilled on conventional row widths. The same principle can be...
Step forward the Triton drill, job done in one pass as promised!
A combination of ill health, diabolical weather, and quite the dirtiest crop of beans it has been my privilege to grow resulted in my just about managing to plough the last 30 acres. Beyond that I was stumped as it had to be done in one pass. Step forward the Triton...
Triton drill was used no wheat crop was lost to slug
Year 3, autumn 2017 when just one 4m Triton drill was used no wheat crop was lost to slug. This was due to improved seed soil contact, consolidation without compaction from the closing tines restricting the slugs ability to traverse the seed slot.
New spring drilling options with Triton Seed Drill
The Triton Side-Press Seed Drill takes the uncertainty out of the spring drilling programme by allowing drilling to take place on whatever start date is planned. Spring cropping can erode farm profit very significantly unless best results are attained. Spring barley...
The Triton drill proved how well it would cope with wet late conditions
The first season with the Triton drill proved how well it would cope with wet late conditions. This season, naturally totally different from last year has shown that given good stubble management (which need not be expensive) how well it managed with direct drilling in a variety of weather and soil types.
AminoA and Triton Side-Press Seed Drill – Complimentary Crop Production
When a wheat crop is emerging in mid-December it is usually safe from slugs because they are less active in the deep winter. However, once the energy in the seed has been converted into two wheat leaves there is very little solar energy to grow the plant on. An application of AminoA will help to fortify the wheat plants and, with the sun-light hours lengthening in January, the crop should start to tiller well.
The Triton drill did the job admirably
Our steepest, most awkward field had not ploughed very well, consequently getting spring beans in during a wet spell proved too much for our 6 metre drill. A neighbour suggested trying the Triton drill which did the job admirably, we got a crop and would recommend the machine in heavy conditions.
For me the closing blade on the Triton is the best on the market
The Triton direct drill is the only drill I have used that closes the seeding tine slot. For me the closing blade on the Triton is the best on the market and has now given us the option of direct drilling high magnesium clay soils, when appropriate. It’s a true all rounder direct drill on both cultivated and none cultivated soils.
The game changing seed drill
A Triton Side-Press Seed Drill 4m took three days to direct drill 440 acres of rape early in September 2017 when no other tractors in the area could cope with the wet conditions. The farm in the Midlands was on heavy wet clay and the fields lay under chopped straw.
We designed the Triton Seed Drill in collaboration with engineers from Cambridge and a machinery fabrications company in the Midlands
Over the last five years we have tried most current seeding systems on five arable farms from Kelso to Cambridge. Our experience in Kelso was of wet, late harvests on medium land with brutal stone damage to our seed drills. In Cambridge and Northants we were faced...