On the 22nd, Inukai Farming Equipment Co. (6310) announced that their 'Riding Potato Planter (1 row)' won the '2024 Development Award' from the Japan Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers.
The Development Award of the Japan Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers is an award given to companies and organizations that have developed products or technologies that contribute to the progress of agricultural and food engineering.
This award-winning riding potato planter (1 row) is a product that improves work efficiency by carrying a large amount of seed potatoes with a configuration that allows riding between furrows only during planting, based on a manual semi-automatic potato planter, with the aim of reducing labor intensity.