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PRODUCT NEWS<br />
june debut<br />
Väderstad’s new Tempo<br />
L32 planter will be<br />
available to Australian<br />
farmers from June this<br />
year<br />
Above: Väderstad recently celebrated the<br />
production of the 1,000th unit of the old<br />
Tempo L model, a new version of which will<br />
be available in June<br />
The Tempo L32 will be the largest Tempo planter produced<br />
by Väderstad to date and will be distributed through Claas<br />
Harvest Centre.<br />
Spanning 12 metres, the Tempo L32 will include 32 seeding<br />
units set on 375mm spacings that have been optimised for<br />
planting a variety of winter and summer crops.<br />
The Tempo name already has a sizeable reputation in<br />
the planting sector given the sustained success of the previous<br />
Tempo L model, says Väderstad.<br />
Since debuting in 2017, the Tempo L made an immediate<br />
impact by setting a planting world record in Hungary, planting<br />
502 hectares of maize in just 24 hours; a feat it achieved at a<br />
speed of 20km/h.<br />
“Tempo is already famous for its ability to achieve outstanding<br />
precision at very high operating speeds,” says Claas Harvest<br />
Centre product manager – Väderstad, Murray Tuck.<br />
“The record was impressive, not just in terms of its scale and<br />
speed, but also its accuracy. University researchers identified<br />
just 16 skips and 24 doubles in a sample of 6,800 plants<br />
conducted two months after planting.<br />
“The new L32 model maintains this accuracy but significantly<br />
increases its capacity to 12 metres. The other thing to remember<br />
is that Tempo plants by individual seed, which can significantly<br />
reduce sowing rates whilst maintaining excellent emergence.”<br />
The Tempo L32 has been altered to make every second row<br />
of the machine hydraulically raised and disengaged, a measure<br />
which, according to Tuck, ‘effectively doubles the row spacing’.<br />
“This feature means producers can easily switch from planting<br />
canola or soybeans on a 375mm row spacing to say, planting<br />
maize on a 750mm row spacing,” says Tuck.<br />
The Tempo L32 features a 3,000-litre onboard seed hopper but<br />
can also be used with a trailed air cart.<br />
It will be available in a range of mounted and trailed models,<br />
ranging from 3–12m with adjustable row spacing and fertiliser<br />
options to cater for varying planting requirements.<br />
All models will be inclusive of Väderstad’s patented<br />
PowerShoot technology, which controls the delivery of the<br />
planter until it reaches its place in the soil; minimising the<br />
impacts of gravity, vibrations and slopes.<br />
The rollout of the Tempo L32 follows another milestone for<br />
Väderstad, which recently produced the 1,000th unit of the old<br />
Tempo L model.<br />
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