Featuring a number of new automated features designed to allow operators to more easily maximise machine performance in terms of crop throughput and quality, Case IH is launching three new 250 series Axial-Flow combines for 2019, replacing the existing 7240, 8240 and 9240 models. “The 250 series Axial-Flow upgrades focus…
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As part of its continuing drive to develop digital solutions for farmers, precision agronomy specialist Frontier Agriculture is developing a range of cutting edge support tools guided by high resolution imagery. The images are supplied by Spectrum Aviation and gathered using aeroplanes fitted with multiple-sensor payloads. For a number of…
Sulky Burel is launched a new fertiliser spreader at CropTec 2018. The DX ECO#6 brings precision control technology to Sulky’s mid-range DX30 models, allowing smaller arable and mixed farms to gain the benefits of greater precision and fertiliser savings that are usually achieved with high capacity spreaders. The DX ECO#6…
Amazone has developed the EasySet on-board computer that offers simple operation of the spreader from the tractor cab for its well-known ZA-M twin disc spreader series Via the operator terminal, the shutter slides can be actuated electronically meaning that, on the headland, each aperture can be closed or opened at…
A multi-million-pound hub for the development, testing and sharing of technologies to boost productivity in farming and the food supply chain has opened in the Midlands following Innovate UK investment. Agri-EPI Centre has developed the £4.4 million research & development facility in close partnership with Harper Adams University. Located on…
Visit Hutchinsons at LAMMA to hear about the ground-breaking trials that prove the use of Omnia Precision Agronomy results in yield increases and lower costs of production. The trials conducted across the East Midlands last autumn compared variably drilled wheat alongside a farm standard rate on spilt fields, which were…
Despite the increasing use of drones in agriculture, there remains a grey area when considering the insurance implications of using unmanned aerial systems as a farm business tool. “First and foremost, insurers and brokers need to be aware if drones are being used, and for what applications,” explains Paige Dalby,…
The new Trelleborg TLC Plus App is an advanced, sensor-based check-up system, which measures potential tire pressure gaps between the optimum pressure and the actual tire inflation pressure and relays this information via wireless connectivity to the farmer’s mobile device, or their PC. Lorenzo Ciferri, VP of Marketing and Communications at…
A novel system which uses electrical current to control weeds and which is to be marketed as part of a suite of new Case IH precision farming technologies is the winner of a bronze medal in the Innovation Awards given by the SIMA organisers in advance of the 2019 show…
Topcon Agriculture has announced the release of the NORAC Tillage Depth Control (TDC) system, leveraging the same core technology used on the industry leading NORAC Boom Height Control system. The system utilizes ultrasonic sensors designed to maintain correct implement depth whilst automatically compensating for differing soil types and terrains. “Topcon…