Cross Slot - Gallery
 9m (30') Cross Slot drill operating near Port Lincoln, South Australia. The drill has seed and fertiliser hoppers each with 4,000 litre capacity. |  Demonstrating the contour following ability of Cross Slot openers - 450mm (18") of vertical travel without any change in downforce. |  A worms-eye view of the Cross Slot opener in action. |
 All disc openers will hairpin (tuck) residues into the vertical slot in some conditions. Note that the Cross Slot (left) places the seed on a horizontal shelf, avoiding contact with the straw in the vertical part of the seed slot. |  The effect of seed slot environment in dry conditions (see experiment R009). |  Drilling forage brassica into sprayed native pasture in New Zealand. |
 Peas emerging through heavy annual ryegrass residues. Note the excellent weed control. |  Separate and reliable seed and fertiliser placement through the same opener, only with Cross Slot. |  Earthworms happily move through the Cross Slot groove as long as there is residue above to encourage their activity. This aerates the seed zone and provides superior germination and establishment in wet soils. |
 5m Cross Slot drill in transport mode - 3.3m transport width. |  Inter-row cropping with Cross Slot - oats and tickbeans. |  10m Cross Slot drill in Ukraine. Frame built by Agro-Soyuz Ltd |
 9m Cross Slot drill undergoing factory testing during assembly in New Zealand. |  5m folding Cross Slot drill (150mm row spacing) in New Zealand. Options include twin granule hoppers, Hiab crane for bulk bag handling and rear towbar. |  5m folding Cross Slot drills on a delivery run in the South Island, New Zealand |
 Rear toolbar of 10m Cross Slot drill during assembly in Ukraine. |  3m Cross Slot drill in Germany. Note the low disturbance of surface soil and residues. |  4.5m (15ft) folding Cross Slot drill in New Zealand. |
 Peas into wheat residue with Cross Slot. |  Wheat drilled into soybean stubble with 9m Cross Slot drill (310mm (12") row-spacing) in Victoria, Australia. |  Winter wheat in 150mm (6") rows, Canterbury, New Zealand. |
 10m folding Cross Slot drill in Ukraine. Frame and hoppers manufactured by Agro-Soyuz Ltd. |  Spring wheat in Wairarapa, New Zealand. Yeild = 10T/ha. |  5m folding Cross Slot drill in Ukraine, manufactured by Agro-Soyuz Ltd. |
 Two 5m folding Cross Slot drills under assembly and factory testing in Feilding, New Zealand. |  10m Agro-Soyuz Cross Slot in transport mode in Ukraine. |  The Cross Slot in situ. Seed on the left and fertiliser on the right. Note the moisture vapour trapped in the horizontal wings of the slot. |
 Earthworms move freely through the slot when the walls are not compacted and residues are retained over the seed slot. This improves aeration in wet soils. |  5m folding Cross Slot drill with options of fan heat exchanger and hopper load bars. |  This is true no-tillage! Spring barley seeded with Cross Slot then harvested, residue spread off the harvester and the next crop being drilled. Note the truck able to run in the field without compaction due to the long-term benefits to soil structure from low-disturbance no-tillage. Wairarapa, New Zealand. |
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