As pointed out in our practical test, shallow-working tine cultivators are becoming the in-thing. Not wanting to be left out, Amazone has developed a new machine for this job, and we got to use it in the field last autumn

Originally due to be unveiled at the Agritechnica exhibition, the Amazone Cobra is designed to spread straw and encourage seeds to chit at its minimum working depth of 3cm. Or you can pull out the stops and sink it to 13cm.