He tracked down a Simba Freeflow for sale locally for just £2,000 but, at 6m, his John Deere 6210R wasn’t going to be powerful enough to pull it – especially on his steepest fields.

Kverneland TS-drill Probably the most common mounted tine drill out there, it has a five-row steel tine setup at either 12.5 or 15cm spacings, which should let wet soils and trash pass through easily.