CULTIVATION AND TECHNOLOGY High-tech field crop sprayer, an excellent piece of equipment for new-style strain development Precision work, a large capacity, and user and soil-friendly. This description applies to the new, high-tech, self-prOpelled Agrifac Condor sprayer by Ansem Claassen. The seed potato grower from the village of Vierhuizen in the province of Groningen uses this machine for his large-scale, highquality strain development and he is steadily increasing his knowledge on how to do this. ‘C all me when you’re almost there’, Anselm Claassen had said. And not for nothing. In the middle of a country road, the SatNav gave the following message: ‘You have reached your destination’. After additional instructions, the farm was a mile further down the road, hidden behind rows of trees. It was one of those historic Groningen farms with a modern storage complex with loading dock at the back. The Claassen family business mainly focuses on strain development. Annually, they cultivate 50 to 55 hectares of basic stock, most of which is grown on private land. About 10 hectares is leased for potatoes. The remainder of the cropping plan consists of cereals, sugar beet, seed onions, and grass and spinach seed. Claassen grows seed potatoes for several trading companies. Agrico, Averis, Semagri and the Niederösterreichische Saatbaugenossenschaft. For Anselm Claassen, growing high-performance strains on a large scale is a matter of working in a neat and structured way and being very careful with the soil. Precision techniques such as the high-tech Agrifac Condor, that’s where the farmer from Groningen focuses his attention. Potato World 2013 • number 4 17 Pagina 16
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