In the Netherlands it has been completely banned for several years: Spraying from the air. In New Zealand that is not a problem. Spraying is carried out immediately after irrigation. Photo: O. Percy

60 liters are sprayed per hectare. The helicopter is equipped with GPS to switch on and off in time. The capacity is huge. Photo: O. Percy

Claas, Amazone and Miedema at dealer Robertus in Tweede Exloërmond, who organized a winter show last week. Photo: H. Deuling

Struik built a miter haulm topper last year. Normally starch growers put a flail mower in front, but it does not deliver the same quality of work. A belt carries the foliage off, so that the fall-through mat has to process less. Photo: H. Deuling

A bit back in time: November 11th. Arable farm Buijsrogge from Emmeloord harvests their own sugar beets. Photo: N. van der Boom

The Swedish Edenhall is harvesting three rows and has already been overhauled once. Still, he does an excellent job. This works fine in combination with GPS on the tractor. Especially with good weather on hand. Photo: N. van der Boom

Working rapeseed stubble using a Kelly MPH. It all has small discs on a diamond-shaped ship's chain. The capacity is huge and the machine is completely ground following. Photo: O. Nordquista

Sowing rapeseed with a 12 meter wide Amazon seeder and Valtra S353. Photo: O. Nordquista

Photo report Agrifoto.nl

High summer on the other side of the globe

16 January 2017 - Redactie Boerenbusiness

While the Netherlands is preparing for a few days of winter cold, it is high summer on the other side of the world - in New Zealand. There we see how potatoes are sprayed with the help of a helicopter.

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High summer on the other side of the globe

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