Putting AMAZONE to practical use

"Bio Energy Dötterl" farm in Sassenhof

Michael Dötterl runs the farm "Bio Energy Dötterl" in the north of the Upper Palatinate region between the Steinwald mountain range and the Upper Palatinate Forest. Mr Dötterl took over the 40 ha farm from his parents at the age of 18. Three years later, he built a 400 kW biogas plant and gradually expanded his farm to 450 ha, of which 420 ha is arable land and 30 ha grassland. The biogas plant runs on maize, grass and whole crop silage. Apart from this, winter barley, winter wheat, triticale and rape are grown on the farm. In 2016, he acquired a high-specification ZA-TS mounted fertiliser spreader together with a 4,200 litre capacity UX trailed sprayer. A Cirrus large area seed drill with a 6 m working width was added just one year later, followed by a Catros TS 6 m compact disc harrow in 2020. The 8 m version of the Catros TX will join them in the late autumn of this year.

Michael Dötterl successfully relies on AMAZONE products for the management of the farm in Sassenhof and also for the farm in the Czech Republic, which has been added in the meantime.

Mr. Dötterl is already supported in his many tasks on the farm by his eight-year-old son Moritz. Working together is twice as much fun.

#ROWSHOW 2021 – a record attempt

Together with the GRIMME company from Damme, AMAZONEN-WERKE set out on a record attempt. The goal was to plant as many potatoes as possible, coupled with an application of fertiliser. For this purpose, the GL 860 “COMPACTA” eight-row potato planter from GRIMME was used together with the front tank from AMAZONE.

When planting potatoes, it is important to plant them and apply fertiliser as precisely and efficiently as possible with the right soil temperature and consistency and the appropriate spring weather.

In May this year, the record attempt started early in the morning with an outside temperature of 3.5 degrees Celsius on the 47.17 ha field in Setzin, 40 km south-west of Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

3.47 ha/h was planted perfectly at an average speed of 8.3 km/h. The potatoes were planted at a depth of 18 cm with a spacing of 33 cm. The application rate of the fertiliser was 100 kg/ha. The combination managed to plant a total area of 41.59 hectares in 12 hours. This must surely be a record!