NDI Group & Seges start further tyre experiment

The farming research collaboration between the NDI Group and Danish Agricultural Research company Seges continues its cooperation with a new scientific experiment that compares the efficiency of two different wheel solutions when sowing.

Last year, the NDI Group initiated a farming research collaboration with Seges and ran an experiment to measure the benefits of driving with a complete VF tyre setup on a manure spreader and tractor while fertilising a cornfield. As a result of the successful collaboration and tyre test that showed how VF tyres could ensure an increase of 32 euros per hectare, the two companies commenced a further tyre experiment in April 2022.

“This time, we are investigating how significant an effect the combination of VF tyres and a special wheel solution used during the sowing seasons has on the yield and quality of corn,” explains Jakob Nannberg Scheel, sales manager for NDI Group’s agricultural division. “Now we are comparing a solution with double wheels in which wide tyres are driving on top of four rows being sown with an alternative solution with narrow wheels and VF tyres from Alliance. Here, the wheels drive between the rows, and the VF tyres with decreased pressure.”

Better customer guidance

According to Nannberg Scheel, the purpose of the tyre experiment taking place at the Agerbæk Machinery Station in Denmark is to gain new, scientifically based knowledge about the effect different wheel solutions have on the yield and quality of corn. This knowledge will enable NDI Group to provide its customers with even better guidance.

“It is all about ensuring that we can offer the best possible guidance to our customers in the agricultural industry,” he continues. “Here Seges is a perfect, independent collaboration partner as a bridge-builder between research and farming in practice, as they are experts in farming research. They ensure that the tyre experiment will follow scientific standards. It gives us the scientific foundation of our customer consulting.”

The first of its kind

According to Henning Sjørslev Lyngvig, field technology consultant at Seges, the tyre experiment follows a similar method to the two companies’ previous tyre experiment. “The method is the same as last time. We are driving with two different wheel setups in four rows each while sowing the corn. During the year, we will follow up and assess the growth and quality of the crops. After the harvest in the autumn, we will analyse the data and compare the corn crops. Then we will conclude how significant an effect the wheel solution has on the yield and quality of the crops.”

The trial is expected to finish by the end of 2022.