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Chris
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Simply
measure the
moisture
The GDot
is a new
Innovate, invent and
win with Kondinin
Group at ANFD
Kondinin Group is once again
proud to be sponsoring the Award
of Excellence at the upcoming
Australian National Field
Day (ANFD) in Orange, New
South Wales.
With the aim of encouraging
innovation in agriculture, the
Award of Excellence is a chance
to showcase some of Australia’s
newest farming products.
During 2007, the award was a
great success with entries ranging
from the very simple but clever to
the quite complex.
Kondinin Group along with the
ANFD invites manufacturers to
enter their new products in the
prestigious award. The awards
will be judged at the ANFD on
Tuesday, October 21, with winners
announced at a presentation
breakfast the following morning.
For entry forms and more
information, please contact ANFD.
Last year’s winners can be found in
Farming Ahead No.192.
Contact Australian National
Field Day
(02) 6362 1588
www.anfd.com.au
easy-to-use
moisture meter
designed to help
farmers improve their
water-use efficiency.
The brainchild of South
Australian company, MEA, the
GDot is suitable for use in irrigated
orchards, vineyards or crops and in
almost all soil types.
For growers who want a device
that simply shows the moisture
content of the soil with no
technical recording system, the
GDot is a simple, entry level
product. The device does not
record data or perform moisture
depth monitoring.
Claimed to be viewable from
15 metres away, the GDot mounts
or hangs on a fence with the plug
in moisture probe buried in the
soil. Using a standard watermark
granular matrix sensor the display
module has a series of coloured
dots which appear and disappear to
reflect the soil moisture levels.
The GDot is housed in a scratchresistant and ultra violet stable,
polycarbonate casing that has a
bright red base making it easily
visible on a green background.
Operated off two AA batteries it
is said to be service–free for up to
three years.
The GDot retails from $330 and
is available through MEA’s network
of resellers.
Contact
(08) 8332 9044
www.mea.com.au
A ball to baffle
Exclusive to Rapidspray, the
Aqua Ball baffle makes carting
water safer.
The hard plastic, bubble-shaped
baffle is used to reduce the
movement of liquid in a transit
vessel and improve load stability.
To be inserted in the tank the
baffle requires a lid opening of 355
millimetres and is designed to take
up minimal liquid space.
Suitable for most types of tanks
including steel, poly or fibreglass,
ball baffles are inserted through
New machine a
breath of fresh air
KvAgriculture has developed a
new concept in air seeders with a
light-weight, electrically
driven machine.
The FZHE 600, six-metre seeder
is a 192-tined weeder with
a small seed box and air
distribution system.
With angle adjustment on
the main finger tines, it can be
set from very aggressive to just
scratching the surface, which
makes it ideal for top dressing
pastures with small seeds.
Fitted with four ground wheels
for stability during operation,
the three-point-linkage-mounted
seeder folds up to 3 metre wide
for transport.
The PS250 M2 air seeder box
has a capacity of 250 litres
and is driven with an electric
motor powered by the tractor’s
12-volt outlet.
If the weeder harrows are not
suitable for the operation, the
small seed box is designed to be
easily exchangeable and mounted
on other implements such as power
harrows, curly tine cultivators, chisel
ploughs or rollers.
Calibrating the air seeder is
claimed to be simple with an
electronic control panel in the tractor
cabin. A wheel at the rear of the
machine monitors ground speed
and varies the rate according to the
speed and desired sowing rate set on
the controller.
Sowing rates range from one
kilogram per hectare to 100kg/ha
and can be varied on the go with the
in cabin controller.
KvAgriculture claim a 44–52
kilowatt tractor is adequate to power
the air seeder that can be operated
accurately at high speeds.
Recommended retail price: APV
PS250 M2 air seeder is $9100 plus
GST and freight; APV FZHE600 tined
weeder has a RRP of $11,750 plus
GST and freight.
Contact KvAgriculture
1800 242 241
Wise women and
hot dogs
Australian author, Rachael
the lid until the tank is
full. This usually amounts
to one baffles per 40 litres of
tank capacity.
Weighing 386 grams each, the
plastic ball baffles are made of food
grade-quality material and, the
manufacturer claims, displace 428mL
of storage capacity.
Recommended retail price:
$6.16 each.
Contact Rapid spray
1300 816 277
44 Farming Ahead September 2008 No. 200 www.farmingahead.com.au
Treasure is celebrating the release
of her latest book, Wise Woman
and Hot Dogs.
The electronic book, a
downloadable PDF file, provides
practical tips for women who train
and use dogs for working
with livestock.
With many years of experience
in training dogs, Rachael has been
mentored by some of the best
trainers in the business.
Rachael will soon release a
series of videos on working dog
training, which will be available for
a discounted price when purchased
with the eBook.
The videos are designed to work
on an iPod, so users can watch the
training tips while they are working
their dog.
Recommended retail price: $12.95.
Contact Rachael Treasure
www.rachaeltreasure.com