Arlington Farmers Day 2016
Again, we have been present at the Arlington Farmer's Day took place in April 2016. There was great interest in the Monosem No-Till planter as well as the Carter Strip-Till machine. Our 8-row planter was equipped with : - hydraulic drive for variable seed &...
First trailed No-Till planter in Zimbabwe
We are proud to announce : The first trailed No-Till MONOSEM planter has been delivered to a Zimbabwean Farmer near Kwekwe. By now this 6-row machine has successfully planted 200 Hectares of maize directly into wheat stubble. This planter was the first No-Till MONOSEM...
New Monosem planter model Quad-Max
After Monotec presented the first Quad-Max planter on this year's Nampo show, various configurations of this new model now make their way to the customers. One of the trends that South Africa's agricultural sector is currently experiencing is the trend towards...
2016 No Till conference
This year’s No-Till Conference held in Bergville from the 8th until the 10th of September 2016 was again a great success. With a huge interest in the Conference hall to even more interest in the Demo Field, the No-Till Culture is gaining more and more regard each...
Royal Agricultural Show 2016
The 2016 Royal Agricultural show took place from the 29th of April until the 7th of May in Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu Natal. The Royal Show being the largest Agricultural show in Natal and the oldest in Africa with the first show in 1851. This year Monosem shared a...
Nampo Harvest Day – 2015 & 2016
We attended the 2016 Nampo Harvest Day one of the largest privately organised and owned exhibitions in the world and the largest show of agricultural machinery and livestock in the southern hemisphere. A combination of the most recent farming technology,...
The First Electrically Driven Monosem Planter in SA.
Manfred Hellberg, a farmer from the Dundee region of KwaZulu-Natal and also the Müller Elektronik Agent for South Africa, has put the first electrically driven Monosem Planter in South Africa into the ground. Manfred has successfully planted 80 hectares of dryland...
Monsanto invests R11 million Rand in new seed maize planter technology
Monsanto, one of the leading seed maize producers worldwide, have acquired two of the most technologically advanced precision maize planters which are quite unique to South Africa, to plant their seed maize more efficiently, accurately and cost effectively. The...
Natal Farmer has success with planting Canola with his Monosem No till planter
JJ van de Velde, a prominent farmer in the Nottingham road area in KwaZulu Natal has recently planted about 90 hectares of Canola seed with one of his 6 row Monosem No Till planters. JJ has been planting in Nottingham road for just over 15 years. He currently plants...
2015 Val Farmers day – Greylingstad (Mpumalanga)
This year at the Val Farmers day we demonstrated a 6 row No Till Monosem planter with our Dealer from Balfour, Trekland. There was a great attendance as usual at The Val Day and we had a lot of interest in our Monosem No Till planter. The 6 row Monosem on demo was...
New Ultra Max toolbars for the 12 and 16 row planter models
Monosem is proud to introduce their new Ultra Max toolbars for the 12 and 16 row planter models for the 2014 season in South Africa. The Ultra Max toolbar accommodates the following: Row spacings of 76cm or 91cm Monosem planter units with conventional seed hoppers on...
Monosem No-Till Planters making an impact in KwaZulu Natal
There have been numerous deliveries of Monosem No Till Planters In Kwa Zulu Natal over this past season. Areas including Paulpietersburg, Dundee, Mooi River, Greytown, Creighton and the Kamberg to name a few. This past season began with late rains once again forcing...
Plant with a Monosem Twin-Row for higher returns
Reach a higher plant population but also wider plant spacing. Monosem Twin-Row maize planter is a new concept that plant two rows of maize in a zig-zag pattern, which is normally planted in a single row. With a Twin-Row planter you usually put 10% more seeds per...
Monosem going No-Till “Brazilian style”
Monotec has designed a compact highly manoeuvrable No-Till planter that competes in the heavy weight division. The machine is strikingly simple in functionality without compromising accuracy. It’s open plan design makes maintenance and adjustments operator friendly.
Free state Farmer very satisfied with seed spacing on his Monosem Planter.
A Farmer from Hoopstad in the Free state, Martiens Prinsloo in collaboration with Dr Schalk van Wyk planted peanut trials with a Monosem planter. They were extremely impressed with the Monosem’s precision seed spacing. They planted trials of different peanut cultivars ranging in size from 10mm to 20mm.