Buyers of the Lemken Heliodor compact disc harrow, will soon be able to match it up with a precision slurry spreader.

This retro-fit machine is a Vogelsang DosiMat DMX precision spreader and Lemken said the resulting powerful combination of two proven implements will be ideal for the precise low-loss spreading and incorporation of slurry.

The Heliodor is compact and low-draught, making minimum demand on the tractor’s lifting and traction powers, while the DosiMat DMX is known for its very even transverse and longitudinal distribution, even at very low and extremely high application rates.

The way they work together is simple. Slurry is fed into the DosiMat from above, homogenised inside the device by a flow-optimised rotor equipped with cutting blades and then pushed into the individual outlets.

Fibre and foreign matter are reliably shredded in the process and the slurry then passes via hoses to the area behind the first row of discs on the Heliodor, where it is injected into the soil and immediately incorporated by a second row of discs and its trailing roller.

* Lemken has also invested €18m in a new facility for novel weed hoeing technology at Steketee, a Dutch factory that it had acquired to cater for the global shift towards mechanical, camera-controlled weed control.

A new plant will be built in Dinteloord (North Brabant), not far from the current facility and is scheduled to open at the end of 2023 and will employ at least 30 additional members of staff.

LEMKEN’s managing director, Anthony van der Ley, said: “The world around us is changing fast. That’s why everybody involved in the production chain needs to work together to ensure sustainability in food production.

"Primary agriculture in particular plays a pioneering role here. New technologies open up a wide range of possibilities. For example, by switching to smart mechanical weed control, we can apply crop care products more precisely and gradually reduce their use. That’s why we have been going full steam ahead with the development, production and sales of Steketee machines since 2018.”