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 with carpets of resistant black-grass on heavy clay. We had reverted to scrapping our worst autumn drilled crops and then re-drilling spring crops, which also filled up with grass weeds.
We designed the Triton Seed Drill in collaboration with engineers from Cambridge and a machinery fabrications company in the Midlands where the seed drills are made. The result is an exceptional and unique seed drill. The Triton will drill all farmland in any conditions.
The transformation that Triton has brought to our farms is the most significant change that I have witnessed in farming since the dawn of resistant black-grass 25 years ago. I recommend that anyone in farming visits one of the Triton farming units to see the results.
Simon Chaplin
Founder of Triton Seed Drills Ltd