Farm Show Snapshot
By Farms.com Media Team
Marketing manager Anson Boak was pleased with the response to the new options available for its Javelin spreader at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville last week.
Left and right side control will allow operators to follow a precision ag map, which will cut back on a lot of wasted application, according to Boak.
“And this week is the first time we’ve talked about these new options for specific models.”
Salford acquired BBI in October 2014, and the BBI Javelin is the largest single-axle, dry material, top dress applicator on the market. It’s the first precision fertilizer applicator to achieve a true spread pattern and drive interval of 120 feet. It also features a 282 cu. ft. hopper.
Anson, pictured in front of the Javelin at the NFMS, was pleased with the event.
“It has been a good show for us. Famers are seeing lots of new products.
“If attendance is down a bit, that is definitely being offset by the quality of customers we are talking to.”
Boak is based in Salford, Ontario. He said that farmers at the show were “engaging and also buying.
“There is no doom and gloom, from what I’ve heard. Up to and following the drought in 2012 we had some very big years in our industry. Now it’s something of a return to normal.
“Farmers are paying very close attention to cash flow, and watching their costs per acre.”