Fully aware of this challenge faced by farmers, the major tyre manufacturers have worked together to provide farmers with a common solution: Agro Tyre Pressure application All tyre manufacturers agree on the importance of the right pressure to guarantee the performance of their tyres. In agriculture, the variety of vehicles,…
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Matthew and Lloyd Smith from F Smith and Sons, Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire have been announced as the winners of the 2023 Rawcliffe Bridge Award for Sustainability Now in its second year, the accolade celebrates individuals and businesses that deliver on all three pillars of sustainability – people, profit and planet.…
AgXeed has announced the appointment of Leading Farmers CZ, a.s. as its distribution and service partner for Czechia from the beginning of June, 2023 AgXeed places a high priority on its distribution partners having an innovative mindset, providing comprehensive service and maintaining a direct link to the customer. Leading Farmers…
A code of practice designed to support the safer use of tools that can help farmers operate more sustainably, address labour shortages and respond to global demand for more intensive crop management has been published by BSI The guidance on autonomous mobile machinery (AMM), including crop robots in agriculture and…
New to the market, and showcased at Groundswell 2023, is a mounting kit to fit a Stocks Ag Turbo Jet 10 to a trailed Sky EasyDrill The new mounting kit allows separate metering and accurate application of Avadex through an additional set of outlets behind the drill’s press wheel. The…
Maschio Gaspardo has launched a new version of its high-speed Chrono precision drill The Chrono 500 is a mounted machine which has a key feature that sets it apart from anything else. It can be set up to run with variable row spacings and is equipped with either 8 or…
With brome infestations becoming more widespread, and ALS resistance confirmed in UK populations, cereal growers will need to use a selection of herbicide active ingredients to achieve acceptable levels of weed control this autumn Whilst classified as a very competitive weed, brome has largely been confined to field margins, with…
The Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) have announced that the 2023 Tillage-Live event will be taking place in the Midlands. Chris and David of WH Corbett have kindly offered to host the event, which is the largest national crop establishment demonstration in the UK. The event, which is being held on…
A joint collaborative project funded through Innovate UK and Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme: Research Starter round 2, with organic dairy farmer Sophie Alexander, Agri-EPI Centre, Dorset Wildlife Trust, AgriSound, Pollenize CIC and Chirrup AI will use technology to monitor biodiversity 24/7 on a dairy farm in Somerset 40% of insect…
Kverneland has introduced a new fertiliser spreader to its line-up of Exacta twin disc models A narrow frame model, it’s called the CL W PRO, and slots into the range below the CL GEOSPREAD version, replacing the single weigh-cell CL EW model. The PRO specification brings more accuracy and precision…