Agricultural machines such as tractors, planters and harvesters evolve day by day. A sample of the evolution of this equipment can be seen at the stands at ExpoLondrina 2024. Visitors can personally see the significant development of equipment aimed at mechanized planting/harvesting in increasingly steep and rugged areas, relief features that are very common in the topography of Paraná. These machines on display at Parque Ney Braga were specially designed for more precise planting in the distribution of seeds and fertilizer and work at smaller spacings, enabling ideal yields for producers looking to increase productivity.
The salesperson at the Top 100 Máquinas store, Rogério Adriano da Silva, highlights among the company's products on display the Coop Trio 650, an articulated machine, which has three chassis. “It is pantographic, that is, it can copy the soil better and this allows the fertilizer to follow the undulation of the soil. This causes the fertilizer to fall exactly where the seeds were deposited,” he highlighted. He explained that the machine is taller, more robust and has a slightly heavier structure and has a greater straw flow rate. “The other machines will suffer a little more, because they will suck up the straw. Ours doesn’t clog, because it has a very large flow of straw due to the large mismatch of machetes.” In the central box there is the mechanical part and the vacuum part that works with two turbines: a positive one that pushes the seed and a negative one that holds the material.
Another notable piece of equipment from the Top 100 is the GTS Terrus, which is a soil decompactor, aimed at producers whose crop area is very compacted and makes it difficult for the plant to root. “With it we can make a cut of 30cm to 50cm in the ground. The soil automatically becomes softer and even prevents erosion problems.”
At the Planti Center stand, the new feature is the Smart Tech electric planter, developed by the company itself, which is the 100% electric technology system in the planter. According to Anderson Ribeiro Santos, technician and sales manager for the equipment, the instrument allows the machine to be calibrated without having to get off the tractor. “Before, to carry out the configuration, everything had to be done manually and the operator had to get oil on his hands. Now everything can be done on the tablet screen with a tap on the screen. With Smart Tech, the operator puts the desired amount of seed and the fertilizer he wants to apply and just saves this data in the machine and it is already configured.” He explained that this makes it possible to monitor the lines using the monitor, with the advantage that the machine does not depend on the tractor's energy to work. “It has a battery box with an alternator that provides the energy for its operation.”
He also explained that the tractor has a GPS signal to carry out planting and Smart Tech allows the seeding to be turned off line by line. “As they sow an area, it appears painted on the screen. As the machine is planting, when it reaches a part that has already been planted, the machine turns off automatically.”
For those who do not have the money to buy a tractor with automatic pilot, Eliel Tavares de Lima, from Planta Fértil, reported that his company offers a kit that can be installed on older tractors. “It’s an autopilot kit from Sveaverken. Sometimes the producer has a cheap used tractor and needs an autopilot, but does not have the money to purchase a new tractor that has this type of equipment. With the kit he can install the autopilot on any tractor so he can do the same job as a tractor that costs almost twice as much as the old one and works just as well.” He explained that its use is associated with an external antenna, which is placed in the area and the tractor can identify the line it needs to follow. Other equipment from the company is the Pampeana 28.000 fine grain seeder, which is the market leader in sales, and the Macanuda 3.20. “The Pampeana goes from 20 lines to 43 lines and is pantographic, meaning it follows the ground well. The Macanuda 3.20 received its name because of its width when closed, which allows it to be transported on the road without having to disassemble.”
New Agro's precision agriculture technician, Willian Ikeda, reported that the outstanding technological product made available by the company is a CR7.90 harvester, which has an intelligent tele sense, that is, it has a grain control automation system that it is monitored by a camera through the machine's self-regulation. “The system greatly reduces the number of operator functions and also serves to achieve greater grain quality. This allows for a more productive harvest and means there are not so many losses in the field.” lkeda added that the CR7.90 has a monitor called Intelliview 4, which will be responsible for guiding the autopilot together with the antenna that is also on this machine. “It’s a very technological, state-of-the-art antenna. It is a multi-constellation antenna, that is, it takes four satellite constellations and has the entire autopilot and hydraulic pilot system. The CR7.90's gearbox has the option of two gears or four gears, and everything is automatic. The steering of the equipment is hydraulic.”
Ikeda explained that the company also offers the CR8.90 models and larger machines such as the CR9.90 and CR10.90. “It’s just that here in the region it doesn’t fit due to the type of terrain, which is more rugged. The larger equipment is aimed at Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Maranhão and Goiás. In some cases in the State we can also serve.”
Marcos Vinícius de Moraes is sales manager at Kato Tratores, a company representing Valtra. He brought an 18-row planter that was launched at Agrishow last year and the company is bringing it to the Londrina region for the first time. “The planter has a lot of technology on board and today it is the best system for copying land that we have on the market today”, he guaranteed. “It comes in a self-transportable model that can go on a carrier or can be transported on a 3,20 m track, meaning it can be transported anywhere.” He explained that the equipment has GPS, autopilot and planting control. Through it, it is possible to determine the quantity of seeds per meter, the quantity of fertilizer per hectare and everything is controlled inside the tractor on a single screen.” He highlighted that the machine is easy to use. “It’s a very technological machine, but very simple to use and very intuitive.
Another Valtra equipment is the T250 tractor with CVT transmission. “Gear changes occur at speed, and this generates lower fuel consumption. At the back of the control everything is hydraulic and the fuel consumption part consumes 20 liters per hour. The panel has a very technological system, with Trimble on board, which will help to achieve better accuracy. The vehicle’s steering is hydraulic.”
At Jacto Brasil, sales administrator Valmir Gazeta Sumensari brought the Lumina 300 planter, which is a self-transportable planter. It can be configured for 16 or 18 lines with the exclusive Jacto Dual Force system, with pneumatic cylinder. “This guarantees the same depth at different levels of the ground, whether inside the base or on top of the base. The birth will be homogeneous and the plants will all be born at the same time. There is no problem with competition between plants.” The equipment is self-transportable, designed to comply with traffic laws. “It is a machine that is 3,20 m wide, so you can climb it on a board and you do not have to disassemble practically anything from the machine to transport it from one property to another safely, while other equipment can take up to two lanes of the roadway and often need to dismantle a large part of it. “This planter has a line-by-line shutdown on the seed and also has a fertilizer shutdown. It comes with the machine’s own inoculant system,” he explained.
“It is a machine with a greater straw flow rate and allows you to work without having problems with stuffing. Its cutting system works with a 22-inch disc as standard to overcome chaff and is pantograph, to adapt to any terrain.”
Another Jacto equipment is the 5030, for fertilization. It is a machine with fertilizer application shutdown. “It’s an exclusive system from Jacto, which allows you to have overlapping without waste. The rural producer has border control, which means that if he is close to a river forest, he will not throw the fertilizer and will concentrate it at the application site. The same thing happens on a road or on a carrier. He will not play in the carrier, he will only play within the system area.”
André Silveira, from Integrada Máquinas, presented the Prime AT planter as one of the highlights of the company's stand. “It is transportable with a technological package system that can be configured to make 8, 10, 12 or 19 lines without having to disassemble it to transport it. With a simple touch of the screen, in less than 1 minute it is transportable or in planting mode. It’s a record.” The equipment has a precision vacuum technology package with a variable rate system for fertilizer and seed. “So you can do precision agriculture at the right time and on target, generating more savings and much more productivity. When the equipment passes through an area it has already passed through, it automatically turns off line by line.” The equipment has a fully pantographic and articulated chassis, with a high-flotation tire system. The Prime AT has one of the largest clearances on the market, a 20-inch cutting disc for cutting straw.
Integrada Máquinas also brought the T20 and T40 drones from DJI, which is the largest supplier of drones in the world, responsible for 70% of the world's technologies in the area. “We brought two large pieces of equipment that can distribute liquids and solids, that is, they can apply seeds, fertilizers and agricultural pesticides. It is a completely technological machine, which we can use at any time. We are not going to replace traditional spraying, but it is a complement to our members’ areas in times of rain or in areas that are steeper or more difficult to access.”
With the drone he can get there more easily. “Battery autonomy is up to 13 minutes, although we recommend a 10-minute flight. The drone comes with three batteries and we have a high-charging generator system. We are already trying to sell the complete equipment to be able to meet demand without suffering major problems in the field.” The drone's payload can be 50 kg of solids or up to 40 liters of liquid.
Baldan is exhibiting at ExpoLondrina in association with AgroTork. Luiz Fernando Paiva highlights that the most popular model is a planter for fine grains, winter cereals and pastures. This is the 6000 S model, which can work on 29 lines of 170 mm or 17 cm. “Today there is technology available that offers the best quality of distribution and storage. As for the structural and juice formation parts, the machine is easy to adjust and is practically manual when adjusting the seed population and fertilizer distribution. The machine is self-transportable, both when distributing seeds and fertilizer. The planting units have double mismatched discs that also facilitate straw cutting and prevent bushing between the rows. The system is hydraulic-mechanical and is entirely manual.
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