Tractor & Machinery

Sowing success

Few would doubt that the Massey Ferguson 30 is, perhaps, the most iconic seed drill ever produced – built in various widths and configurations to suit different applications and soil types – but it did not have it all its own way.

Derived from the IH 6-2, built in Australia, the International 511 was described

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