Dosing loading wagon
Use: Loading and unloading mulch material. Creates an even mulch layer without manual work.
Machines
For many of our methods, suitable machinery does not yet exist. Large-scale mulch-based mixed cropping and the elimination of pesticides demand new technologies. Therefore, we modify existing machines and work closely with other machine innovators.
Our most important machines
Corkscrew rotary harrow
Use: Highly modular rotary harrow with quick-change tines for shallow, soil-conserving cultivation and as a vertical tillage tool.
Tractors with RTK GPS
Use: Automated steering on fixed lanes (1.77 m)
RapTrac
Use: Multitool as a lightweight alternative or complement to the tractor, ELECTRIC — with inter-row mulcher and mulch elements for green paths.
Inter-row mulcher
Use: Care between crop rows: mulching instead of weeding — also over mulch layers and with undersown crops in vegetables.
MulchTec-Planter
Use: Planting into a closed mulch cover or untilled soil.
Developing areas
Align the machinery with Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF)
All machines need the same track width.
We opted for 1.77 m, a standard width in Swiss agriculture. Harvesting machines, in particular, are often wider. We use alternatives such as a plot combine or a bed sieve harvester. These can be rented from us.
All tractors are equipped with RTK GPS.
This allows us to achieve a tracking accuracy of ± 2 cm. A specially developed retrofit kit can be ordered from our partner Fink+Frosch.
Machines for mulching
Our converted loading wagon spreads mulch.
It produces an even layer without manual adjustments. We can cover approximately 185 m per load.
The MulchTec Planter plants directly in the mulch.
We can plant up to 3000 seedlings per hour this way.
Mechanical weed control
Our rotary harrow works biomass upwards.
Its tines are set to a grip and function like a corkscrew. Root weeds are brought to the surface where they dry out or are collected.
The inter-row mulcher reduces competition between vegetables and weeds.
We are also experimenting with it using undersown crops. The device can also be used within the mulch layer.
Collaborations
Raptrac is developing a multifunctional implement carrier for regenerative strip cropping. This lightweight, electric machine is already being used by us for sowing, mechanical weed control, and soil cultivation.
Interested in our machines?
Want to know how to incorporate your machines into a mosaic? Would you like to visit us to see our machines? Are you interested in buying or renting one of our machines? Contact us!