Agriculture in the future will see increasing use of scientifically precise farming techniques, where automated ‘agro-bots’ monitor, treat and work the land, using advanced technology designed to help maximise yields and minimise disease. With its extensive experience in automation and agricultural mechanisation, Yanmar is now showing the way in advanced…
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The Cereals Event is to move online for the first time ever to support the industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Producers may not be able to physically visit the Cereals Event this year, but they won’t miss out on any of the content as all the key features will now…
Pre-emergence herbicides will need to feature more prominently in sugar beet weed control programmes in order to mitigate the risks from poorer control later in the season, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons says. While post-emergence chemistry has given good results for many growers in recent years, the most effective desmedipham-based products…
Scottish Agronomy, which is farmer-owned and offers independent agronomic advice alongside its state-of-the-art field trials, has created a website that will offer its members access to the latest technical advice, trials results and industry information as well as back catalogues for reference. A free 30-day trial is available for combinable…
A recent survey, which shows that two-thirds of oilseed rape growers in the UK aren’t happy with the level of insect control being achieved on farm, has highlighted the importance of safeguarding the natural predatory effect of beneficial organisms. The survey, carried out by ADAMA, indicates that 66% of oilseed…
Using 75% drift reduction nozzles, rather than conventional flat fan nozzles, for flag leaf fungicide spraying can boost winter wheat yield by 0.75 t/ha, according to new Syngenta research. But if spraying conditions require ’increasing’ to 90% drift reduction nozzles, then higher water volumes will be needed to compensate, results…
Hi-Spec Engineering has introduced their own design of trailing shoe to complement their vacuum tanker range. The Hi-Spec trailing shoe is available in working widths of 6.0, 7.5 and 9.0 metres. The Hi-Spec trailing shoe features a robust chassis mounted mast. This chassis mounted mast ensures that the tanker and…
Kverneland Group, a leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery and Mazzotti srl – a John Deere company and market leader in Italy for self-propelled field sprayers – have signed a long-term contract to prolong their strategic partnership and intensify their co-operation. Thanks to this partnership, it is possible to combine the…
Effective weed management in sugar beet cultivation will become difficult in the future due to the non-approval of proven herbicidal active agents. AGXTEND and Zasso develop a new management approaches for integrated crop protection to guarantee effective weed control in sugar beet. Tested for the first time in 2019 in…
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 April 2020. The introduction of the StarFire iTC receiver in 2004 established John Deere’s…