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Did you know that the type of sowing coulter in seed drills needs to be chosen as a function of the amount of crop residue that still remains on the soil?

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Did you know that pneumatic dosers on monograin seed drills can be modified to deal with different seed sizes?

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Did you know that the soil moisture level for working with a chisel plough should be lower than what is generally needed for ploughing using a mouldboard?

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Did you know that with chisel ploughing the distance between two neighbouring tines should not be greater than 30-35 cm?

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Did you know that the working depth for a disc harrow is slightly shallower than a third of the diameter of the disc?

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Did you know that fast harrows may substitute mouldboard ploughs?

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Did you know that the cylindrical mouldboard is the most aggressive type?

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Did you know that skimmer mouldboards give you more control over vegetation in wetter regions?

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Did you know that sugar cane originated in New Guinea?

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Did you know that 80% of the sugar cane harvest in Brazil in 2018 is expected to be mechanized?

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Did you know that a sugar cane harvester, can harvest an quantity roughly equal to what 80 to 100 manual workers?

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Did you know that a soil decompactor has to work down an extra 10 cm below the level that you want to break up?

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Did you know that curved tines need less traction force as compared to straight ones?

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Did you know that it makes sense to check the distribution pattern of fertilizers when you are changing the type of fertilizer you are using?

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Did you know that low-drift atomizer nozzles with air injection allow you to work in less favourable weather conditions?

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Did you know that modern tractors do not reach their top power when the accelerator is pushed to the floor?

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Did you know that using small implements with large tractors reduces their energy efficiency?

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Did you know that you need to adjust the pressure in your tyres depending on the weight of your tractor and the state of your soil?

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Did you know that where soils are compacted to a great depth, you will need to do some primary tilling with or without turning the soil?

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Did you know that if you want to sow directly, you will need your ground surface to be levelled out?

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Did you know that, after its foundation in 1908, Bellota's first international market was Argentina in 1910?

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Did you know that Patricio Echeverria had 3,661 employees in 1976?

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Did you know that the company founded an apprentice school in 1943 for its future employees?

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Did you know that Patricio Echeverria once decided to build a dam due to a water shortage?

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Did you know that some of the artwork of sculptor Eduardo Chillida was created at Bellota?

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Did you know that you will need to check the state of your fertilizer nozzles when you start a spreading session or whenever you see that the flow from the nozzle is uneven?

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Did you know that the Moldboard Plow has more than 5.000 years of history?

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Did you know that it was Patricio Echeverría who decided on the name of the brand?

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