The new pasture disc undercarriage, released at the field days, is fitted to an Agrowdrill AD100, which has been on the market 18 months, but can be fitted to any Agrowdrill model.

Agrowplow’s engineering and production manager, Wade Smith, said the company had spent six months developing the pasture disc planter, which was designed for the entry-level disc farmer.

“We wanted to design a unit that combined value for money with performance – a machine that was robust, able to handy rocky conditions, produce minimum soil disturbance and handle high levels of trash,” he said.

The centrepiece of the undercarriage is the disc unit.

This latest version features a new arm and pivot head to enable it to move plus- or minus-10 degrees, which Mr Smith said made light work of cornering.

The main pressure spring on the arm has also been made stronger, providing 150-kilogram breakout power at the tip.

The scalloped discs feature uneven notching – 15 on one and 11 on the other – to ensure the two discs always slice against each other, rather than lining up, so reducing trash “hairpinning”, while still being able to handle “lots of crop residue”, Mr Smith said.

A removable sowing point, which saved on wear and replacements, was also popular with farmers.

The discs can lift as much as 200 millimetres, which makes this one of the higher clearance units on the market, he said.

“That’s always a plus in rocky conditions,” Mr Smith said.

Agrowplow claims it has one of the strongest breakout powers compared with its competitors.

“It can handle almost any dry condition,” he said.