Opico has pulled the wraps off a new He-Va Sward Rejuvenator designed to restore badly poached fields and overseed grassland in one pass.

The fully mounted mainframe carries aggressive shatterboards with slicing plates and two rows of heavy-duty harrow tines, as well as an air seeder and star roller to tidy up at the back.

The slicing plates and harrow tines break up and level the soil surface in front of the grass seed outlets. The soil is then firmed behind by the 600mm-diameter roller, which also breaks any clods produced by the front equipment to leave a fine tilth for grass seed germination.

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It can also be used – minus the seeder – for harrowing grassland to remove trash and stimulate grass growth, and for molehill levelling.

The mounted He-Va Sward Rejuvenator has a 3m working width, and together with an Air 8 seeder, retails at £16,213. Prices for the trailed version start at £20,909 (including seeder).