The latest exciting development to Hutchinsons Omnia Precision platform, a Climate monitoring and prediction module, has been launched to UK growers with a free-to-try offer. Omnia’s Climate module revolutionises the way in which users can access current and historical weather data to make more accurate crop management decisions. For anyone…
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BASF has announced their new 2020 innovation offer, inviting farmers to scan their cans to be in with a chance of winning a DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone with full training to Civil Aviation Authority standards. Powered by a 12-megapixel sensor, DJI’s flagship drone offers dynamic shots from wide angle…
Farmers are continually striving to improve efficiencies and precision technology provides the means to do so, which is why Cereals LIVE is showcasing the very latest advances. From data analysis and variable rate applications to the internet of things, this area is taking agriculture to whole new levels, says event…
For crop production specialists Hutchinsons, its business as usual. “Farming is not standing still because of the coronavirus and neither are we. We understand the importance of trials results on both a national and regional level to help our agronomists to make the right decisions for their farmer clients, ”…
Frontier and its subsidiaries have adopted the use of several digital platforms to stay connected with customers, colleagues, suppliers and partners, helping to ensure all areas of the business can operate as close to normal as possible throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Video conferences, webinars, emails, phone and video calls, texts…
Farmers are being offered a new tool to spot crop diseases more effectively this spring. A new mobile phone app, Skippy Scout, has been developed by technology pioneer Drone Ag to pinpoint diseases such as yellow rust and Septoria tritici earlier using drone imagery. “Spotting the signs of common diseases…
A robust micronutrient management programme is vital for spring crops, but this year it’s even more important than usual. Following a miserable winter and dry beginning to spring, micronutrients will play a vital role in ensuring a resilient spring cereal crop – especially as recent data has shown high rates…
A Rothamsted PhD student whose research into pest-eating beetles has been badly disrupted by the lockdown is appealing for farmers to help with her project. Kelly Jowett, who is co-supervised by the University of Reading, had planned to run a series of farmer workshops this year – but has instead…
Pessl Instruments, the company behind METOS® brand wireless, solar powered monitoring systems, has reported an upsurge in the number of remote monitoring stations requested around the world, due to the impact of Coronavirus and the need for farmers and agronomists to reduce unnecessary travel. Gottfried Pessl, President and Founder of…
CLAAS and Hans Sauter GmbH have jointly developed a hydraulically swivelling front lower links system for use with mounted front and rear mower combinations. This significantly reduces or even completely eliminates strips of grass being left when negotiating bends and mowing on slopes. Eliminating this problem makes a significant contribution…