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Agronomist & Arable Farmer 12 May
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OPICO Ltd is pleased to announce the expansion of its partnership with Cornthwaite Group, who have added the German engineered Strautmann range of forage and feeding wagons to their product line up. Cornthwaite Group is already a long-standing and successful OPICO dealer, selling and servicing the Maschio Gaspardo range of flail mowers, cultivation machinery and precision drills. One of the …
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Farmer’s daughter Hollie Hunter has returned to her Suffolk roots to take up a post as trainee agronomist with Agrovista’s East Anglia team. Miss Hunter graduated from Harper Adams University in 2021, obtaining a first-class honours degree in agriculture with crop management. The four-year course included 12 months’ work placement with Corteva Agriscience, where Hollie spent eight months in sales …
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The May 2022 issue is now available online! News: Solar powered seed and weed robot News: Electric drive drill from Kuhn News: Protein from potatoes News Analysis: Cereals 22 preview Opinion: Revert to BPS Opinion: The most important crop Agronomy matters: Not all biostimulants are the same Oilseeds: Priming technology Oilseeds: No reason to stop growing Holl OSR Root crops: …
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Well-known independent agronomist Howard Hinds has joined Agronomy Connection, further expanding one of the most highly trained teams in the industry with his in-depth knowledge of carrots, parsnips and potatoes. Nottinghamshire-based Howard started with Agronomy Connection in February. He has brought with him a sizeable group of grower customers and will also train agronomists who want to specialise in these …
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Continental CombineMaster and CombineMaster VF tyres can now be specified with ContiPressureCheck, a unique tyre monitoring system that will help to prevent downtime this harvest. ContiPressureCheck monitors the pressure and temperature of tyres. Sensors in the tyre communicate the pressure and the heat build-up to help the operator decide on the optimum operating pressure. There are two warning levels offered …
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The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has welcomed the announcement in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech that the UK Government will bring forward a new Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, set to exempt improved crop varieties from restrictive GMO rules where the DNA changes involved could have occurred naturally or through conventional breeding methods. BSPB chief executive Samantha Brooke said: “This …
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Collecting and sharing data, making farm businesses stack up financially and environmentally - and making the most of novel markets will be important skills for current and future farmers. Facing rapidly changing times can be difficult but the Cereals New Era Theatre seminars, sponsored by Farmers Weekly, cover new industry-wide initiatives to support farmers in transitioning their businesses to a …
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Thousands of farmers, businesses and industry leaders flocked to the NEC for the 40th year of LAMMA, the UK’s leading agricultural machinery, equipment and technology show. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, visitors and exhibitors alike were optimistic about the return of the show. Nick Ewbank, managing director of veteran LAMMA exhibitor Lynx Engineering, said, “We have been coming to …
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Following the signing of an exclusive supply agreement with Netherlands-based Tobroco-Giant, Doosan has confirmed the details of the new five model range of 3.5 to 5 tonne compact wheel loaders now available from the company. Comprising the DL60-7, DL65-7, DL80-7, DL85-7 and DL80TL-7 models, the new Doosan compact wheel loaders cover a wide range of applications, including construction, agriculture, earthmoving, …
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