What benefits does Georgi Ivanov from ZK BEZMER find in the Kverneland Optima e-drive planter?

Spring sowing is one of the treatments that require extremely high precision and precision. But is it possible to achieve all this, and at high speed? YES! Thanks to universal row planter Kverneland Optima.

See what the farmer Georgi Ivanov, chairman of the Bezmer cooperative in the village of Bezmer, Dobrich region, shares about his experience with the planter and this year's spring campaign.

Before we hear what his impressions are, we should note that the cooperative cultivates 41,000 acres of agricultural land. The crops traditional for Dobrudzha are grown — wheat, corn, sunflower and rapeseed.

This year, for the first time, the cooperative bets on a planter with electric drivein each of the sections of Kverneland.

“In addition to allowing greater sowing accuracy, there is also a control to turn off each section to avoid overlapping of already sown rows. This is very useful for irregularly shaped fields. The consequence is reduced seed consumption and avoidance of row overlaps”, says Georgi Ivanov.

With this planter, the seeds reach the perfect position in the soil, and the electric control and sectional control help to sow accurately at the edges of the plots!

Georgi Ivanov makes a great impression the drive of sectionsof Kverneland Optima.

“The drive of the sections is by electric motors, and each section is driven by a separate electric motor and is independent. In such a way section drivethe intersection at the end of the blocks or where there is an intersection at an angle of the rows with the end rows is avoided. Overlap of already sown rows with new seeding is avoided. Each section, each electric motor when reaching the already sown row stops separately,” the farmer said.

Here, too, the farmer is absolutely right, each sowing row is electrically driven and controlled by ISOBUS, and no additional generator or other energy is needed for this.

The planter of the cooperative in the village of Bezmer works with navigation Trimble GFX-750.

“This is navigationwhich we also use for other processing. It is fully compatible with the planter and works without any problems. The accuracy of the signal when sowing is 2.5 cm, which guarantees us excellent results”, says Georgi Ivanov.

The farmer and NIK have been working together for more than 17 years.

“The very fact that I have been working with them for so many years and even increasing the volume of joint activity speaks for itself. We have not had any problems, things are going normally, they react in time to any need on our part,” concluded Georgi Ivanov.

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