More power, less fuel; Smaller Claas; Cereal weed control
More power, less fuel
Apache has replaced its mechanical drive 710 sprayer with the new AS715 model.
The AS715 produces 26 more horsepower and 32 percent more torque, supplied by a new 160 h.p. Cummins Tier 3 compliant engine.
Despite the extra power, the machine uses six percent less fuel. It is available with crop clearances of 31, 42 and 48 inches, with the latter model supporting duals or floater tires.
The front axle has been strengthened and axles can be adjusted to create a width of up to 144 inches. Hydraulic brakes are on all four wheels.
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The unit has a 750 gallon poly tank and boom widths are 80, 90 and 100 feet.
For more information: www.apachesprayer.com or 800-861-2141.
Smaller Claas
Claas is adding two smaller machines to its Jaguar line of forage harvesters.
The new 940 has 472 horsepower, while the 930 puts 429 h.p. into its forage chopping efforts.
The units retain operator comfort with the line’s Vista cabs and cutting power with the V-Max knife drum. The drum is equipped with up to 36 knives, delivering a variety of cutting lengths from three to 37 millimetres for optimum chopping results.
Each knife is fixed to the drum with two bolts, which the company says reduces knife-changing time by 50 percent.
For more information: www.claas-ofamerica.com.
Cereal weed control
Durum growers will have a new choice in grass and broadleaf weed control next summer in their spring wheat and durum crops.
Bayer Crop Science has received approval from the Pest Management Regulatory Agency for Velocity M3. It has a relatively wide window of application and some rotational flexibility that makes it unique.
It uses pyrasulfotole, which is in Group 27, bromoxynil, which is in Group 6, and thiencarbazone-methyl, which is in Group 2.
The pyrasulfotole represents the first new mode of action introduced for cereals since the late 1980s. Thiencarbazone, an ALS-inhibitor, is also new.
The products can be applied from the one- to the six-leaf stage, up to three tillers. The company’s trials showed control of wild oats, green foxtail, barnyard grass and 15 broadleaf weeds, including Canada thistle and Persian darnel.
For more information: www.bayercropscience.ca.
