The Cultus HD from Väderstad has been adapted to fit to the NEXAT carrier vehicle. It allows cultivating the soil with an impressive 14-meter working width. The result is most likely the world’s largest cultivator.
The holistic NEXAT crop production system employs 14-meter-wide tramlines which are used year-round for all field operations. This approach prevents up to 95% of the soil from being driven over, promoting soil life regeneration and creating optimal growing conditions for crops.
In recent years, NEXAT has conducted soil analyses worldwide, gaining valuable insights into the conditions of conventionally farmed land. The findings often reveal significant soil compaction. Partly this is caused by uncontrolled driving over fields with various machines and tractors of differing working widths and partly from the formation of the so-called plow pan, created by cutting and inverting the soil through traditional tillage methods. Such soil compaction leads to erosion, poor water infiltration, limited oxygen supply, and reduced soil vitality, ultimately impairing the soil’s natural potential and negatively impacting yields.
The new Cultus HD offers versatile applications in widespan controlled traffic farming, with working depths ranging from 5 to 30 cm. Its features facilitate solutions for any planting condition, from shallow cutting and mixing to deep loosening of compacted layers. With a tine spacing of 25 cm, it evenly loosens the soil within the NEXAT planting track but can also be converted to a strip-till cultivator with a 50 cm row spacing by folding up one row of tines. Thanks to its automatic stone release system with a release force of 680 kg, the Cultus HD is able to tackle such tough conditions.
The integration of the new Cultus HD into the NEXAT system marks a significant expansion of its soil cultivation portfolio. No additional machinery is needed to drive over the fields, thus maximizing the full potential of the NEXAT system.
“Our mission is to develop a system that not only makes work easier but sustainably revolutionizes agriculture. The premiere in Romania was a success, achieving an area performance of up to 10 hectares per hour at a working depth of 25 cm. Next year, additional Cultus HD units will be produced and delivered to customers,” NEXAT explains.
