Wild boars are not thrilled with Tempo. Farmers are!

A delegation of AgroCentre’s customers started this summer with a trip to the very heart of Väderstad concern located in Sweden. Visits to the factory of the leader among seeding and tillage equipment manufacturers have become a heart-warming tradition. This one went under the flag of Tempo, a row-crop drill.

The twenty-five guests spent the day in the company of Väderstad’s executives. The factory tour guided the delegates through all the stages of production of the implements, the total area of the premises being equivalent to 8 soccer fields. The demo plot displayed the entire lineup of soil-tillage and seeding implements – 13 models. Next, the farmers were taken to the local quarry where the equipment undergoes so-called ploughing on stones. Such a tough test-drive exposes deficiencies in assemblies in no time, thus facilitating their quick fixing prior to entry into market.

The AgroCentre’s customers spent most of the time at the production site for Tempo precision seed drills. This implement is one-of-a-kind in terms of combining two - seemingly incongruous - advantages: high speed and ideal seeding precision.

Crister Stark, CEO of Väderstad and chief designer of Tempo, recounted that to the 8-row model has been supplemented with the 12-row option this year. It is Russia that the first wide models have been shipped to. From now on Tempo can drill rape and sugar beets. Currently the implement with seeding units for these crops and a row distance of 45-55 cm is in testing stage.

Despite Tempo’s presence in Russia for just 2 years it has gained huge popularity among farmers. The delegates share their impressions, “We have three 8-row Tempo drills in operation in our farm”, says Andrey Palachev, CEO of Muchkap-Niva, LLC (Tambov region). “In terms of drilling accuracy and output it has no comparable counterparts worldwide! The aggregates maintain the drilling depth and the seeding rate with a sniper precision. We work on average at a speed of 20 km/h. The emergence is 100% good and even. I have never seen such results from other drills! The whole field emerged uniformly right on cue! Thanks to Väderstad for ‘out of the box’ thinking approach to row-crop drilling!

At the end of the visit, Andrey Palachev got a brand-name vest off the shoulder of Crister Stark for the correct answer to the question “Who, after all, is not happy with Tempo?”

Wild boars, as it turned out. Emergence after Tempo is too uniform, like a wall, no misses or gaps. In such surroundings the boars can’t see a way out and lose spatial orientation!

“Well, we can put up with the boars’ discontent, it’s only the farmers’ happiness that matters!” pointed out Crister Stark with a smile.