Case IH has launched the seventh generation of its flagship conventional tractor; the new Magnum AFS® Connect The launch comes three decades after the first Magnum tractor was unveiled to the world’s farmers, with over 150,000 Magnum tractors having been set to work in farms around the world since then. …
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A small but ongoing decline in crop performance following a switch to direct drilling has prompted Northumberland grower John Miller to take a closer look at his soils While the initial aim was to investigate soil texture and structure, more detailed investigations have been adopted to examine soil health, organic…
Kverneland will be showing several new machines at next month’s Tillage-Live event in Down Ampney, GloucestershireThe line-up will include a new generation five-furrow 2300S reversible plough; a 6m u-drill complete with minimum disturbance MD disc; a new range of front presses; a six-row Kultistrip for strip tillage; CTC trailed cultivator;…
Amazone has extended its UX trailed sprayer range with the UX 7601 Super and UX 8601 Super high-performance models with an actual volume of 8,000 l and 9,000 l respectivelyThe systematic development of the compact Amazone machine design means that the new models combine a tank capacity of up to…
Trinity AgTech and Harper Adams University’s School of Sustainable Food and Farming are introducing two new £5000 innovation prizes for collaborative ventures run by pioneering farmers The Farming Innovation Pioneers Awards are delivered through Harper Adams’ School of Sustainable Food and Farming (SSFF) and sponsored by Trinity AgTech’s Pioneers program.…
LEMKEN continues to improve details of its proven precision seed drillThe latest update, the Azurit 10, will be available from September and features a number of benefits compared to the previous model Apart from the proven four-, six- and eight-row variants with row spacings of 70 to 80 cm, the new…
This September, Agri-EPI Centre, in partnership with the Hands Free Farm, are running a virtual Hackathon event to address the safety and security challenges of autonomous vehicles and drones in agricultur While the advancement of autonomous farm vehicles offers new economic and environmental benefits, their future growth also presents the…
Nofence virtual grazing technology is now available in the UKEstablished in Norway in 2011 with more than two years of testing on UK farms, Nofence uses a combination of GPS, mobile data network, audio signals and solar power to work with animal behaviour and create a “virtual pasture” that can…
Results show control holding for now, but mixture is safest move The fungus responsible for light leaf spot, the UK’s most important oilseed rape disease, is becoming increasingly resistant to azole fungicides but not QoI or SDHI fungicides However, despite the differences identified in laboratory testing, both azole and non-azole products…
John Deere has added two new models to its 9000 Series self-propelled forage harvester range. At the heart of the 9500 and 9600 is an all-new 18-litre John Deere engine producing 700 and 750hp respectively The 9000 Series foragers are well known for HarvestMotion, the company’s unique low engine RPM…