Ultimate Guide to buying a trailed combination drill 2027

New entries from Amazone, Maschio Gaspardo and Vaderstad lead the changes in this year’s Farmers Weekly cultivator-drill guide.

The selection covers disc- and tine-based cultivation ahead of disc seed coulters, and several established ranges carry over with little alteration.

Where prices change, the direction and scale depend on model and equipment, making the cost of optional consolidation and levelling tools worth checking.

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Amazone

Amazone expands its Cirrus Grand listing with 8m and 9m CC versions offering separate fertiliser placement. Individual row shut-off on the second distribution head is optional.

The established 3m, 4m and 6m Cirrus machines combine cultivating discs, tyre consolidation and disc seed coulters. List prices have risen 6%.

Bednar

Offerings range from the Omega cultivator drill to Corsa coulter bars, the 12m Efecta and Matador strip-till combinations.

These provide different levels of soil preparation ahead of disc seed coulters.

Horsch

Strip cultivation is covered by the Focus TD and disc-based seed-bed preparation with the Pronto.

The latter comes in integrated, cultivator-mounted and seed-wagon configurations, with widths up to 9m in the guide.

Kockerling

Kockerling’s 6m Vitu combines two rows of cultivating discs, a tyre packer and double-disc seed coulters. Seed-only and Combi versions remain available. Prices rise about 4%, with the optional levelling equipment also increasing.

Kuhn

Kuhn’s Espro range pairs cultivating discs, a large-diameter tyre packer and disc seed coulters in widths from 3m to 8m.

The line-up remains familiar and most base-price changes are small. However, some options, including front consolidation and levelling equipment, increase more noticeably.

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The u-drill and fertiliser-equipped u-drill plus offer cultivation, tyre consolidation and disc seeding in 3m, 4m and 6m widths.

Prices move both ways: some smaller “plus” models are around 7% cheaper, while 6m seed-only versions rise nearly 5%.

The footnote also revises front-packer specifications and option prices.

Lemken

Lemken’s Solitair family covers different cultivation systems, including power-harrow-equipped PT machines and disc-based DT versions.

Previously missing PT weights have been supplied, and the notes now identify iQblue isobus compatibility. Base prices are unchanged in this year’s guide.

Maschio Gaspardo

The 3m Opera 300/24 joins Maschio Gaspardo’s listing at £84,454. It has 24 coulters at 125mm spacing and a 3,000-litre hopper, combining disc cultivation, consolidation and seeding.

The existing 6m Opera 600/48 remains, with only a marginal price increase.

Pottinger

Pottinger offers the disc-based Terrasem and power-harrow-equipped Aerosem VT. Terrasem entries run from 3m to 9m, with Aerosem VT listed at 5m and 6m. Models and base prices are unchanged.

Sky Agriculture

The MaxiDrill comes with cultivating discs, a staggered tyre packer and disc seed coulters. The guide retains 3m, 4m and 6m machines, including Fertisem versions for seed and fertiliser.

List prices fall by about 2%.

Vaderstad

Vaderstad adds the 12m Inspire 1200 S and C to the guide, with 5,000- and 7,200-litre hoppers respectively. Listed prices are £144,675 for the seed-only S and £189,785 for the C.

For model year 2026, Inspire and Spirit 400-900 C/S gain new seed coulters with TriForce II suspension, designed to maintain more consistent pressure over uneven ground.

Maximum coulter pressure rises from 80kg to 120kg. Options include hydraulic depth adjustment from the cab and a new following harrow.

The established Rapid range remains alongside them.