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Seminar on world food supply

Väderstad-Verken AB’s environmentally friendly machine technology can help increase food production in developing countries with low efficiency. However, many countries require land reforms and cooperation between small farmers to create fields of the size required for modern machinery and rational agriculture.

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Ireland's Field and Operator Training Day

Väderstad Ltd invited current and potential customers to a field training and demonstration day at Killenane, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.

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No obstacle course for winter rape

Without the plough, it is easier to establish a winter rape crop at the right time. However, drilling in time is not enough. The emerging rape should not have to face an obstacle course of straw left on the surface of unploughed soil. The System Disc toolbar on Rapid is a good help, according to recent trials.

Winter rape will soon have to be in the ground. Early drilling will hopefully lead to early emergence, provided that there is sufficient moisture for germination around the rape seed. Early drilling, emergence and establishment provide a good start in life for winter rape.

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Steady stream of visitors

This year’s demonstration season at the Väderstad visitors’ centre Nybble attracted over a thousand visitors from abroad, plus a further 600 or so Swedish farmers, all of whom were keen to see round the factory and to watch the Väderstad range of machinery in operation in the field.

“It all went really well and it was very inspiring to meet all the visitors”, said Carolina Nyström, who was responsible for organising this year’s visiting season.

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Cereals 2010

Cereals is well known as the UK’s premier arable event and an important date in the Väderstad Ltd calendar. By presenting fourteen machines at the event the company increased its visibility, drawing in many potential customers.

Machines included a BioDrill fitted to a TopDown, a range of the market-leading Rapid drills, and the new XL version of the increasingly popular Spirit drill. Other machines on the stand included Seed Hawk, Carrier Drill, Cultus, Rexius Twin, NZ Aggressive and Carrier.

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