Undersowing maize with catch crops is becoming increasingly popular, because it prevents run-off, and the extra root mass helps to carry harvest traffic. Bomech has taken advantage of its knowledge of trailing shoes to turn its slurry applicator into a catch crop seeder for sowing in between maize rows
Planting a catch crop in between rows of maize is gaining strong interest in the UK and Germany, not only as a greening option but also to prevent soil erosion in river catchment areas as well as giving a more natural form of weed control. In 2019, Dutch legislation made catch crops mandatory in some areas of the Netherlands, so farmers and contractors there are charging ahead looking for solutions.
