Demand for mechanical weeding expected to soar

“We expect it to double within four to five years, and then another doubling after that.”

The mechanical weeding equipment was demonstrated at Kverneland's development centre in Soest, Germany.

The big machinery launch getting tongues wagging this year at Kverneland’s development centre in Soest is the announcement that the firm will enter the mechanical weeding space, with the launch of not just one, but three new products.

Bosses at the firm see such potential in the market, that they expect the market for mechanical weeders will quadruple within the next decade as mounting pressure and new legislated targets to reduce chemical use in the European tillage sector leave farmers with few other options to maintain yields.