Amazone reckons the reworked versions of its 12.0m and 15.0m wide Citan-C trailed solo seed drills will be popular with farmers seeking high outputs later in the autumn to give stale seedbeds the best chance possible of being effective.
Also claimed to work well in controlled-traffic farming systems, new features include the 8,000 litre pressurised seed hopper. Split into three sections, this enables up to three different materials to be sown simultaneously, such as a cover crop mix or a joint application of seed and fertiliser.
The hopper is accessed via a new step and platform and the controls have now all been grouped together with a new operator station at the front, left hand corner of the drill. The three metering rollers are driven electrically via an ISObus terminal. Half-side shut-off, which can be controlled either manually or via GPS SectionControl, is standard, as is the ground-level remote calibration via the TwinTerminal 3.0 display.
Integrated work lights illuminate the coulter frame and hopper, and the Citan now uses the Rotec Pro S single disc coulter from the Cirrus with its 400mm diameter steel disc. Seed embedment is via either the Exact Harrow S or the Roller Harrow depending on soil type. Previewed at Agritechnica, the first UK outing for the Citan will be at the Cereals event.
