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No-Till Twin Row Planter in Kwazulu-Natal
Monotec, previously known as Carrotech, has been the importer of the MONOSEM planters for 16 years. Their planters are well known for the highest precision in seed and fertiliser placement. Monotec has added to their range of planters with the release of their first...
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First trailed No-Till planter in Zimbabwe
We are proud to announce : The first trailed No-Till MONOSEM planter has been delivered to a Zimbabwean Farmer near Kwekwe. By now this 6-row machine has successfully planted 200 Hectares of maize directly into wheat stubble. This planter was the first No-Till MONOSEM...
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New Monosem planter model Quad-Max
After Monotec presented the first Quad-Max planter on this year's Nampo show, various configurations of this new model now make their way to the customers. One of the trends that South Africa's agricultural sector is currently experiencing is the trend towards...
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The First Electrically Driven Monosem Planter in SA.
Manfred Hellberg, a farmer from the Dundee region of KwaZulu-Natal and also the Müller Elektronik Agent for South Africa, has put the first electrically driven Monosem Planter in South Africa into the ground. Manfred has successfully planted 80 hectares of dryland...
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Natal Farmer has success with planting Canola with his Monosem No till planter
JJ van de Velde, a prominent farmer in the Nottingham road area in KwaZulu Natal has recently planted about 90 hectares of Canola seed with one of his 6 row Monosem No Till planters. JJ has been planting in Nottingham road for just over 15 years. He currently plants...
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New Ultra Max toolbars for the 12 and 16 row planter models
Monosem is proud to introduce their new Ultra Max toolbars for the 12 and 16 row planter models for the 2014 season in South Africa. The Ultra Max toolbar accommodates the following: Row spacings of 76cm or 91cm Monosem planter units with conventional seed hoppers on...
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Monosem No-Till Planters making an impact in KwaZulu Natal
There have been numerous deliveries of Monosem No Till Planters In Kwa Zulu Natal over this past season. Areas including Paulpietersburg, Dundee, Mooi River, Greytown, Creighton and the Kamberg to name a few. This past season began with late rains once again forcing...
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Plant with a Monosem Twin-Row for higher returns
Reach a higher plant population but also wider plant spacing. Monosem Twin-Row maize planter is a new concept that plant two rows of maize in a zig-zag pattern, which is normally planted in a single row. With a Twin-Row planter you usually put 10% more seeds per...
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Monosem going No-Till “Brazilian style”
Monosem have designed a compact highly manoeuvrable No-Till planter that competes in the heavy weight division. The machine is strikingly simple in functionality without compromising accuracy. It’s open plan design makes maintenance and adjustments operator friendly.
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Free state Farmer very satisfied with seed spacing on his Monosem Planter.
A Farmer from Hoopstad in the Free state, Martiens Prinsloo in collaboration with Dr Schalk van Wyk planted peanut trials with a Monosem planter. They were extremely impressed with the Monosem’s precision seed spacing. They planted trials of different peanut cultivars ranging in size from 10mm to 20mm.
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Fertisystem Auto-Lub® augers for precision feeding
The Fertisystem Auto-Lub® augers are made from highly durable corrosion free components. The stainless steel Fertisystem® auger shaft runs on two 6006.2RS ball bearings that are extremely well protected. The protection consists of a stainless steel washer, felt seal,...
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5 Reasons why Monosem’s seed metering unit stands above the rest
Less doubles and skips - The flat seed disk of the Monosem seed metering unit is less sensitive to seed size and shape. It picks up multiple seeds and the access pips get knocked of higher up in the metering unit. Conventional seed meters try to ensure single seed...
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2017 Val Farmers day – Greylingstad (Mpumalanga)
The 22de Val Farmers day was held on 5 July 2017 by the Waterval Boerevereniging. According to visitors no festival comes close to the Val-Farmers Day. Here's a video and a few photo's of Monotec at the Val Farmers day. In the video you can see a custom build 8 row...
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2017 ADMA Show Zimbabwe
The 2017 ADMA show was our first exhibition at the ADMA. There was lots of other planters however, we got quite a lot of enquiries.
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Monotec awarded a Silver Medal at the Royal Agricultural Show
The Royal Agricultural Show in KwaZulu Natal is the oldest and largest agricultural show on the continent. This year (2017) the show began on the 26th of May and lasted until the 3rd of June. Monotec has always been keen exhibitors for such shows. This year’s...
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78 648 Visitors during Grain SA’s 2017 NAMPO Harvest Day
This time last year, producers in the midst of the worst drought in decades were encouraging each other and exchanging plans during the NAMPO Harvest Day. This year we shared each other's joy with the promising harvest at hand said Jannie de Villiers, Chief Executive...
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Agritech Expo – 2017
This was the first year that Monotec attended the Agritech Expo in Zambia. We exhibited our vegetable planter as well as other Monosem Planters
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Royal Agricultural Show 2016
The 2016 Royal Agricultural show took place from the 29th of April until the 7th of May in Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu Natal. The Royal Show being the largest Agricultural show in Natal and the oldest in Africa with the first show in 1851. This year Monosem shared a...
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Nampo Harvest Day – 2015 & 2016
We attended the 2016 Nampo Harvest Day one of the largest privately organised and owned exhibitions in the world and the largest show of agricultural machinery and livestock in the southern hemisphere. A combination of the most recent farming technology,...
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Monsanto invests R11 million Rand in new seed maize planter technology
Monsanto, one of the leading seed maize producers worldwide, have acquired two of the most technologically advanced precision maize planters which are quite unique to South Africa, to plant their seed maize more efficiently, accurately and cost effectively. The...
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2015 Val Farmers day – Greylingstad (Mpumalanga)
This year at the Val Farmers day we demonstrated a 6 row No Till Monosem planter with our Dealer from Balfour, Trekland. There was a great attendance as usual at The Val Day and we had a lot of interest in our Monosem No Till planter. The 6 row Monosem on demo was...
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