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Precision seed drills for vegetables and large seeds — how to choose?

Small-seeded vegetables or maize and large seeds? How to choose a pneumatic Agricola Italiana precision seed drill for your crop and field.

The choice of a precision seed drill depends on three factors: the type of crop (small vegetable seeds vs large seeds), the required row spacing and soil conditions. Both models from Agricola Italiana work pneumatically: suction picks up individual seeds, ensuring even sowing.

Agricola Italiana AI-840 SNT: pneumatic precision seed drill for vegetables, with the AI-840 frame and sowing units in a tandem layout (SNT). The tandem layout keeps the same spacing across all rows and also allows work on lumpy soil. For carrots, beetroot, onions, lettuce, radishes and parsley.

Agricola Italiana PK20: pneumatic precision seed drill from the PK series for maize and large seeds such as beet, sunflower and soya. Row spacing on the PK series is adjustable, and in the version with a telescopic frame (PKN) it ranges from 26 to 80 cm.

Key point: both seed drills can be configured “tailor made”. The number and type of sowing units, spacing and frame are selected for the crop and the field. Agricola Italiana has been producing precision seed drills for over 40 years, offers a broad range of models and exports to markets worldwide. Service and spare parts from the RUTHENIA ALBA warehouse in Poland.

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