Targeted spraying technology can provide a significant reduction in herbicide use in growing crops and fallow ground, as well as night and day applications AGCO has announced it has entered into a proof of concept (PoC) collaboration agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH, BASF Digital Farming GmbH and Raven Industries Inc.…
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Farmers are constantly faced by various challenges, with climate change and agriculture’s carbon footprint the latest of theseWith politicians and consumers now calling for more sustainable food production, agriculture must continue to feed the growing global population and deal with the consequences of climate change At the company’s first Sustainability…
Farmers not checking fertiliser spreaders pre-application could be losing up to £100 per hectare This is the stark warning from Dale Shaw, machinery sales manager at Carr’s Billington. “With input prices on the rise across the board farmers need to be considering how they can make small improvements on-farm to…
Global research and development collaboration • Combined focus on pest monitoring and management in fruits and vegetables • Pest recognition and monitoring service for grapes and pome fruit from 2022 BASF Digital Farming and Pessl Instruments have signed an agreement to collaborate globally on R&D activities to improve pest management in fruits…
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), is running a series of webinars and interactive workshops every Friday in June to report on how research is being put into practice across its network of Strategic Cereal Farms A highlight of the month is a series of ‘How to’ workshops on…
New technology for accurately identifying wheat-damaging weeds and diseases at their point of emergence in a crop has been developed in the UK, in what is believed to be a world first. The innovative ‘early warning’ system was invented by British agri-tech company Omega Crop (formerly Dark Horse Technologies) with…
“OSR is a popular break crop that is often affected by pests or poor weather conditions, but with more data farmers can reduce the amount of time and inputs required in order to maximise profits,” says Hugh Wrangham, Harehope farm manager and Drone Ag test pilot. “From establishment to flowering,…
John Deere’s leading precision ag technology solutions for arable farmers and contractors will be featured on the company’s stand (525) at Cereals 2021 on June 30 and July 1, alongside its latest new products. Among these, and making their event debut, are the 7R 350 and award-winning 8RX four-track tractors,…
Naïo Technologies the company that develops and markets robots for agriculture and viticulture, has set up a partnership with the German selector Strube, a subsidiary of the Deleplanque Group and a European seed advisor. “France has a long tradition of beet production and the technical knowledge of its planters is…
The farming industry must further increase productivity in the decades ahead to meet the needs of a growing global population. At the same time, the number of people employed in the industry, measured in terms of land area, continues to decline, while skilled labour is increasingly difficult to find in…