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SEED TERMINATOR

Most seeds are spread during harvest by the combine. SEED TEMINATOR is a simple attachment to the combine harvester that destroys weed seeds before they become weeds. The SEED TERMINATOR is a simple attachment to the combine harvester that destroys weed seeds before they become weeds.

The unique technology consists of two high-performance Multistage Hammer Mills which process the residue coming from the sieves. Precision-machined mills proven to kill 99% of weed seeds.

Weed Management starts at harvest

Unique technology consisting of two multi-stage high-performance hammer mills through which the entire "sieve outlet" of the combine harvester is fed.
Aerodynamic, carbide-coated components for low wear, minimum idle power and long-lasting functionality.
Weed seeds are destroyed regardless of the speed and humidity by 4 modes of action: crushing, beating, breaking and rubbing.
Up to 99% destruction rate for weed seeds.
Proven, robust and efficient mechanical drive.
Custom-fit integration in the rear of the combine harvester; available for John Deere, Claas, Case IH and New Holland combine harvesters.

Harvest Weed Seed Control (HWSC)

Harvest weed seed control (HWSC) aims to destroy weed seeds that have escaped in-season control at harvest. It focuses on the weed laden chaff fraction from the back of the combine harvester and killing or removing the weed seeds present. This approach has been widely used in Australia to manage herbicide-resistant weeds and reduce the weed seed bank.

You couldn‘t design a better weed seed spreader than a combine. It separates the grain out, then the weeds go round and round the tailings, distributing them nicely across the field.

The SEED TERMINATOR enables us to kill these seeds which are going through the machine. Stop the spread of weeds across your field while you drive the weed population down with SEED TERMINATOR.

Harvest Weed Seed Control, simplified by Dr. Nick Berry

What the Seed Terminator is about is reducing the amount of seeds that get put back on the ground to become weeds in the next year.

You know, you can do a great job with chemicals for that season, but the next season you are going to have keep applying the same amount of chemistry and it’s a continuous process. What the Seed Terminator does is it catches those seeds and it destroys them, makes them non-viable and next years’ problem is not as bad as this years.

Dr. Nick Berry, the Australian inventor of the Seed Terminator explains what is behind the new technology: “The multi-stage hammermill is our core technology and it’s really the aero-impact that makes it unique.”

Seed Terminator: Destroy weed seeds in the combine harvester

Dr. Nick Berry: Der Erfinder

The Australian farmer, mechanical engineer and PhD Dr. Nick Berry has been completely focused for many years on generating engineering solutions to kill weed seeds in the combine. He started the SEED TERMINATOR business to get these solutions into the fields.

His family runs a farm on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Sufficient rainfall allow for fairly well yields in diverse crops.

Weed pressure in no-till agriculture and herbicide resistance are a big problem for agronomists. Especially regarding limited ressources like water, weeds are a major restriction for remaining cropping strategies. Targeting weed seeds already during harvest (Harvest Weed Seed Control) is a common approach in Australia for many years. However, burning or collecting the chaff is impractical and not effective.

SEED TERMINATOR is on the market in Australia for three years now. A multistage hammermill kills weed seeds which pass the combine which makes next year’s problem not as bad.