Experts from the UK’s leading precision crop production service, SOYL, have been speaking to growers at Groundswell about how its precision technology can highlight soil characteristics to help with future on-farm decisions. In particular, advisors talked about the benefits of using data to manage soil variation and nutrients, how field…
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An urban farming company is boosting efficiency in food production in Liverpool with its new smart sensor. Farm Urban installs and manages innovative, high-tech urban farms to produce low cost food in a sustainable and cost-effective way. The company worked with business support programme LCR 4.0 and the Virtual Engineering…
The new EXPERT 75 – ISOBUS terminal from Pöttinger is easy and convenient to operate. The new terminal has been designed for single-handed operation: a handle strip ensures a firm grip and the control keys are arranged on the right in two rows meaning that they can be operated easily…
Knight Farm Machinery’s new Fluid Control Pro gives sprayer operators total control of all the functions related to filling, spraying and washing out, either at the machine’s filling station or from the cab. It simultaneously assists the operator to fill the machine simply and accurately, while ensuring they have adequate…
Connect is a cost-effective solution that has been designed to simplify precision farming by connecting the user to the machine to enable variable rate control. The iPad app allows the user to seamlessly and instantly receive variable application maps created in Omnia to the field, and also controls the spreader,…
Topcon Agriculture has announced that its full range of agricultural precision equipment, including the next generation UC7 boom height controller, YieldTrakk yield monitoring solution, Athene spreader controller and Artemis air seeder controller, will now be available via LH Agro throughout England, Scotland and Wales. In addition to the existing Topcon…
Very few studies have been conducted to show the impact of environmental conditions on crop performance. The ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) programme is aiming to do just that and is using the new Agrimetrics Data Combine benchmarking tool to capture farm yield data from participating farmers. Professor Richard Pywell…
John Deere has signed an agreement to cooperate with Pessl Instruments GmbH, a leading supplier of agricultural weather stations, telemetry and other equipment for precision farming. John Deere has a strong, well-established European dealer network and offers an extensive range of agricultural machinery equipped with AMS (Agricultural Management Solutions) technology.…
Visitors to the Sulky-Burel stand at the Royal Highland Show witnessed the curved distribution pattern of a Sulky 24m spreader which demonstrated the uniquely-curved pattern that the company’s GPS Econov spreaders employ to ensure even and consistent fertiliser distribution. All fertiliser applicators, using centrifugal mechanisms, spread product in a crescent…
Amazone has introduced the AmaTron4, a completely new, in-house developed tablet style ISOBUS terminal. This fourth generation of AmaTron offers the operational comfort and thanks to the 8” multi-touch colour display, the comfortable operation, of complex machines is easy. The low reflection display enables clear readability as well as easy…