A collaborative project to help farmers and landowners make a more affordable entry into precision farming has resulted in the commercial success of a high-tech soil mapping service. Precision agriculture company Rhiza is now offering an affordable precision soil mapping service utilising satellite data which was developed as a result…
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Interactive parts catalogues and operators’ manuals for KUHN machines up to 20 years old can now be accessed through the company’s MyKUHN online customer portal. Any owner or operator can now obtain essential information for maintenance and repairs, simply by registering a machine’s serial number on the site, even when…
New software is available within SOYL’s web-based precision data management tool, MySOYL, which is part of Frontier Agriculture’s recently upgraded MyFarm platform. The new software enables growers and advisors to create lime maps in just a few seconds. Given the importance of managing soil pH and lime applications for arable…
Farmers who are interested in utilising precision farming technologies can now learn from international best practice, following the appointment of a new area sales manager at Vantage. Appointed distributor for Trimble agriculture, Vantage England and Wales has taken on Shropshire-based Adam Sedgwick as the new area sales manager for the…
“Farmers want machinery to do the job, they don’t really care about how the systems work or the electronics behind them. This is why we’re launching a new database user-interface in October that enables farmers, dealers and manufacturers to check the ISOBUS status of their equipment,” says Norbert Schlingmann of…
Originally introduced in 1995, the CLAAS LEXION revolutionised the way that arable crops are harvested and became the benchmark for cost efficient, high output harvesting of cereals and other crops. Now, 24 years later, CLAAS has announced the introduction of a complete new 2nd generation of LEXION HYBRID combine harvesters.…
Kverneland has increased its drill portfolio with the introduction of the high-capacity, high-output, trailed DG II seed drill. Available in 9m and 12m working widths, and lending itself to controlled traffic systems, the DG II uses Kverneland’s proven double-disc CD coulter. Where the 9m unit gets 72 coulters, the wider…
Farming can be an emotive topic but for arable farmer Richard Payne it’s all about using the right data to make the right decisions. Key for Richard is benchmarking with AHDB’s Farmbench – comparing costs of farming with a group a like-minded farmers to see where each business could be…
The first John Deere 9900i self-propelled forage harvester to be sold in Europe has been hard at work in Northern Ireland for contractor Lagan Brothers of Moneymore in County Londonderry. Key features of the range include a new V12 Liebherr engine on the top three models, a new high performance…
wHen2gO is a new Smart Tool, independently developed for BASF, to help inform growers of the optimum application timings for metazachlor and quinmerac, to minimise the risk to water. Launching this autumn, it provides the opportunity to extend the application window of key oilseed rape herbicides into November when it…