Evers looks to UK with slurry kit

The Dutch manufacturer’s grassland maintenance machines (subsoilers, seeders and rolls) have long been available in the UK through importer Opico. Now Evers Agro, as it is officially known, feels the time is right to introduce its slurry injectors to the UK and Ireland.With three decades of slurry injector experience, the company has delivered a small number of units to the UK since the first one six years ago, but is now keen to grow the numbers. To this end it has appointed Wilfried Buiël, owner of Dutch import/export company Bumatrac Machinery, to represent it and help find an importer, or a number of dealers to sell and service the Dutch manufacturer’s extensive product range.The main talking point of the Quadro Disc combi injector, the newest Evers machine, are the tined slurry injection elements, which can be used on both grass and arable land. Each element contains four 41.5cm diameter discs, the tapered design of which reduces rolling resistance. Disc spacing is 18.75cm and working widths are up to 15m (Quadro Disc 1500). Options include a section control system. These include a range of injectors for cereal stubbles (3.0m to 12m), grassland (6.0m to 18m) and even a mechanical hoe/slurry injector for maize. Suitable for connecting to the rear of a trailed or self-propelled slurry tanker, there are also versions for use with an umbilical hose.The Dutch manufacturer admits that it could continue to sell its slurry kit direct in the UK and Ireland. “We are keeping our options open, but the preference is to recruit a number of dealers to sell, service and support our machines,” comments Dennis van de Boom, Evers Agro sales/export manager.Evers Agro also makes the Quarter series of strip-till injectors in working widths of 4.5m and 6.0m, which weigh 2.7t and 3.1t, respectively. Both fold to a transport width of 2.95m.   Founded in 1961 by Johann Evers, the development, sales, production and after-sales service are all taken care of from its premises in Almelo in the east of the country. With a fulltime staff of 50, the Dutch company has supplied injectors for over 30 years in the Netherlands, and more recently, in other European countries, including Germany, Denmark and France.Mr van de Boom spoke with several potential dealers and contractors at LAMMA 2023, and his take home message was that the UK and Irish markets will evolve. “There is going to be more demand for professional slurry incorporation in the future and we want to be part of it.”The Dutch firm plans to book a stand at LAMMA 2024.