RECORD YEAR FOR POTATO PLANTERS

POTATO GROWERS MOVE AWAY FROM CUP AND BELT OPTIONS TO

THIS year has been a record year for Standen’s SR potato planters.

Spring 2024 saw large seed arriving on farm, and growers wanting to upgrade their cup planter or move away from their belt planter, the Ely-based company said, adding that the SR range of two-row, four-row, and three-row options for 2025 offer accuracy with large and long seed and forward speeds of up to 10km/h.

“We are seeing strong interest and a good level of orders for spring 2025 already, across the whole range including Powavator Bed Tillers, UniPlus stone and clod separators, SR planters, and Baselier Combination planters,” a company statement revealed.

The company is seeing a rise in popularity for combination planting. Many growers are now running two systems. Where they still need to use a separator, they are running a separate team, using the Baselier Combi planter on the land that has limited or zero stone content, which is enabling them to save costs.

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