CNH and Seed Terminator join forces to wage war on weeds
Global industrial equipment juggernaut signs distributorship agreement with South Australian company, Seed TerminatorCNH Industrial and Seed Terminator’s agreement will see the latter’s innovative mechanical weed seed device being offered at all Case IH and New Holland dealerships nationwide.
The Seed Terminator, designed and made in Australia, is a simple attachment for combine harvesters that terminates seeds before they become weeds. Ongoing university trials in Australia and overseas show the device is capable of killing up to 99 per cent of notoriously-tough rye grass seeds.
Weeds are a costly problem for farmers. In 2016, Australia’s Grain Research Development Council estimated weeds cost Australian grain growers about $3.3 billion annually. And because weeds deprive crops of sunlight, soil moisture and important nutrients, they result in yield losses of 2.76 million tonnes. The council also put the cost of herbicide resistance at $187 million a year, for herbicide treatment and other weed-control practices.
The Seed Terminator targets herbicide-resistant weeds that have survived in-season control – a growing problem worldwide. The first pilot Seed Terminators were introduced in 2016, and now over 650 units are operating across three continents. Currently, some 267 weed species are resistant to 165 different herbicides globally.
Farmer and inventor, Dr Nick Berry, warns these may be the only herbicides farmers ever have to control weeds and to produce food, and we are destroying them at an alarming rate.
“We need technology to preserve those chemicals, allowing us to produce enough food, to feed the world,” he said.
“We started this company on the principle of getting this technology to as many farmers as possible as quickly as possible, and as economically as possible. This agreement with CNH Industrial Australia is the next significant step.”
Seed Terminator CEO, Paul Sandercock, said it was an important and proud moment for the company.
“To expand our reach with CNH Industrial means farmers are more able to quickly adopt harvest weed seed control and accelerate their steps in controlling herbicide-resistant weeds,” he said.
Tony Peters, Business Development Manager for CNH Industrial ANZ, said the availability of the Seed Terminator through both the Case IH and New Holland dealer networks for their respective combines would enable the CNH Industrial network to be the one-stop shop for this mechanical weed control method.
“Case IH and New Holland are listening to farmers' weed control issues and by giving their farmers access to the market-leading Harvest Weed Control, show their support of this innovative technology,” he said.
CNH Industrial urges customers wishing to order a Seed Terminator for their 2023 new combine purchase and take advantage of finance offers to contact their dealer as soon as possible. Those with an existing Case IH or New Holland combine and looking to install a Seed Terminator for the 2023 harvest, should also discuss their requirements with their Case IH or New Holland dealer.
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