Band Placement Drill
The Supreme band placement drill puts fertiliser in a concentrated band beside and slightly below the seed row rather than mixing it through the soil. Manufactured in Faisalabad by Supreme Agri Implements, it targets the recovery losses that make broadcast fertiliser expensive and wasteful.
At a glance
- Category
- Seeding & Planting
- Manufacturer
- Supreme Agri Implements
- Made in
- Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Suited to
- Wheat, Maize, Cotton, Barley
- Availability
- Built to order
What does a band placement drill do?
Broadcast fertiliser is spread thinly across the whole surface, where most of it is nowhere near a root. Phosphorus in particular binds tightly to soil particles and barely moves, so a phosphate granule sitting between rows may never be reached by the crop at all. A large share of applied nutrient is simply never taken up.
Banding concentrates the fertiliser in a narrow strip close to the seed. The band saturates the soil's fixation capacity locally, keeping nutrient available, and the emerging root finds it within days. The result is more crop from the same bag — or the same crop from less.
The offset matters: placed directly with the seed, concentrated fertiliser can scorch the germinating seedling. Banding to the side and below gives the root something to grow into without burning it, which is exactly what this drill's geometry is built to deliver.
Key features
- Band fertilizer placement
- Seed metering
- Depth control
- Multiple row options
What is the Band Placement Drill used for?
- Combined seed drilling with banded basal fertiliser
- Phosphate application where fixation losses are high
- Cost control on farms where fertiliser is the largest input expense
Need exact specifications?
Working width, power requirement and output capacity vary by configuration, and this machine is built to order. Tell us your tractor and your acreage and we will confirm the exact specification that suits you.
Ask for specificationsWhat to keep in mind
- Never place concentrated fertiliser in direct contact with seed — offset placement is what prevents scorch.
- Banding matters most for phosphorus, which barely moves once applied.
- Recalibrate both seed and fertiliser metering each season, independently.
Band Placement Drill — questions and answers
What is band placement of fertiliser?
Why not just place fertiliser with the seed?
Which nutrients benefit most from banding?
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