With the restrictions we are currently experiencing John Deere took the opportunity to share how they are keeping machines running. Opened by Matthias Steiner, Director, Customer and Product Support for Europe he explained that by using three elements machine production is ongoing and dealers are using remote access and connected support…
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A revolutionary new camera that will detect crop disease quickly, efficiently and at a lower cost has been developed by University of the West of Scotland (UWS) academics. The technological breakthrough, led by researchers in UWS’s Institute of Thin Films, Sensors and Imaging (ITFSI), could potentially save farmers worldwide thousands…
Farmers and contractors are being offered the chance to upgrade their old John Deere StarFire iTC satellite receivers for the latest SF6000 guidance technology at a specially reduced price, from now up to the end of June 2020 (extended from the end of April). The introduction of the StarFire iTC…
Actisense, the remote data specialists, have worked with one of the world’s leading authorities in digital agriculture to aid better communication between farm equipment. Actisense’s host of intelligent sensors, interfaces, and innovative technologies allow multiple devices to seamlessly communicate over ISOBUS, CANBUS, and NMEA environments. The Climate Corporation and Actisense…
Government-backed Ag-tech Centre and Microsoft Partner, Agrimetrics, have released a whitepaper exploring barriers to data sharing in agriculture and what can be done to overcome them. Data has the potential to revolutionise the food and farming sector, but that revolution hasn’t happened. This report argues that poor data sharing is…
It is with great sadness that the Board of Trustees of The Royal Bath & West Show has today announced the cancellation of this year’s Royal Bath & West Show due to the ongoing global pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The next Royal Bath & West Show will be held on…
A group of farmers and equipment manufacturers have joined forces to thank the NHS and farming industry in the largest and most cutting-edge way possible. Chris Hartley and Lee Clarke at Trimble Agriculture came up with the idea of spraying the messages onto a farmer’s airfield near York. Using the…
With the current lockdown extended and so many summer events cancelled, the CropTec Show may be one of the few opportunities this year to attend a face-to-face agricultural event. The show takes place on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th November at the East of England Showground, Peterborough. “Show visitors value…
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield and asking farmers to help by sending them GPS data collected at harvest. In return for their help, the Institute will provide farmers with an easy to interpret summary of the findings, with tips on…
There is a saying that many farmers will be familiar with: wet soils make crops lazy. As you would expect, this is not a scientific fact, but there is some truth to it. Following record levels of rainfall over winter, we have recently been confronted with an especially dry March…