AVR Introduces Three New Planters
This month, producer of potato cultivation machines AVR will be introducing three new planters: the Ceres 200M, Ceres 200H, and Ceres 440. The highlight of the Ceres 440 is its AVR Connect system, which unites all planting information and remote parameters in one digital platform.
The AVR Ceres 440, based on the Ceres 400, is a four-row mounted planter that is both available as a hydraulic and mechanical version. With the Ceres 440, AVR purposefully opts for ISOBUS control and a row-independent hydraulic drive. A wide bunker ensures smooth loading.
The Ceres 200M is a mechanically driven, two-row mounted planter. The planting system is based on the same principle as used in the entire AVR Ceres line, but in this machine, it has been reduced to its simplest form. Available options are lighting, two types of fixed bunkers (750 kg and 1,300 kg), electrical agitators in the cup belt, a ridging hood and a fertilizer unit.
The Ceres 200H is a two-row planter equipped with nearly all features its larger siblings have to offer. If one is restricted to two-row planting after destoning, all functionalities of the four-row machines can be reduced to a two-row width. Like the M version, the Ceres 200H is two-row mounted planter, but in this case, the machine is driven fully hydraulically and comes with a comprehensive technology package and a larger bunker.
This machine is designed for planting in preconstructed beds, i.e. mainly for situations where the soil is “destoned”.
“In 2019 we have extensively tested our machine prototypes. As the results were very positive, we are confident to introduce about a dozen of pre-series planters of each type for the 2020 planting season. We are looking forward to starting series production in 2021,” says AVR product manager Pieter Galle.
AVR is a Belgian company with its head office and main production facility in Roeselare. Internationally AVR employs 180 staff, with a network of more than 100 dealers in 50 countries and a turnover of EUR61m in 2019.
