The seeder can work about 0.8ha an hour towed behind a 400cc or larger ATV, UTV, small tractor or a four-wheel drive. “Side-by-sides and ATVs are rapidly becoming the work horse of choice for a ...

Smaller fields can be established with just a hand seed spreader (left), whereas an ATV or tractor-mounted spreader is better for larger fields (right). Picture 2. When broadcasting native seed, ...

AirSeed Technologies from Australia plans to plant 100 million seed pods a year by 2024 and BioCarbon Engineering from Britain plans to plant at least one billion trees a year using drones.

Agriculture company Monsanto has shelled out R11-million to acquire two of the “most technologically advanced” precision maize seed planters – unique to South Africa – to facilitate more effective, ...