While ploughs are relatively complex pieces of kit, their basic fundamentals haven’t changed that much in the last half a century. But clever technology looks set to make the ploughman’s life a whole lot easier. While Lemken might have been first to the table with its ISObus-controlled Juwel plough, Kverneland reckons its 2500-series iPlough takes things a further step forward. The five- and six-furrow models use also an ISObus in-cab box to deal with all the plough settings but it’s more the hardware, rather than the electronics side of things that have seen the biggest advances. Central to the whole design is a split headstock that remains rigid in work as it would on any other mounted reversible. However, thanks to a horizontal turnover ram in the lower-link section, it can divide in two to become free-floating when the depth wheel is swung round under the beam to take the weight for transport. With the top-link section folded out of the way, the plough is also unlocked to pivot left and right, towing and following round corners just like any trailed implement. The whole transformation is prompted by a nudge of the touchscreen Tellus terminal and takes seconds to complete. The same controller can use a GPS feed to automatically tweak the vari-width system to maintain ultra-straight furrows no matter which way the tractor is inclined to pull, either on-land or in the furrow. It also enables adjustment of all the key functions from the tractor seat. Most strikingly, the iPlough can be ordered with a track unit in place of the standard depth wheel. A purpose-built frame with eight mid-rollers and a pair of idlers at each end, it uses a min-digger-style rubber belt to keep furrow depth consistent in wetter-than-wet conditions.   Availability hasn’t yet been confirmed but a few units are hoped to make it to the UK for early next spring. It’ll be priced as a high-end, top-spec machine, so brace yersel’…