MACHINERY GENERAL

ZAM 1501 Spreaders accurate and easy to use

<p>Kondinin group surveyed 16 Amazone ZAM 1501 spreaders to evaluate their in-field performance. The owners had 1500L-3500L units that had covered an average area of 2848 hectares. Urea was the main product applied with all but one owner reporting spreading urea at least some of the time. Kondinin Group, research engineer Paul Kupke investigates.</p>

Jessica Strauss
ZAM 1501 Spreaders accurate and easy to use

  The next most common product was slug bait (25% of owners) followed by DAP (19%), potash (13%) and single super (13%). Owners reported working in widths of between 18 and 36m with the most common...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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