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Agronomist and Arable Farmer December 16th
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Claydon developed its new 9m mounted Straw Harrow, being launched at LAMMA 2022, to bridge the gap between the company’s popular 7.5m mounted and 12.5m trailed models. Manufactured in the UK by Claydon, European market leader in direct strip seeding crop establishment technology with the Opti-Till® System, it provides larger farms with greater flexibility and output, without incurring the higher …
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Farmers and growers wanting to find out more about the important role drainage plays in precision agriculture should make their way to Mastenbroek's stand at the LAMMA Show next month. The UK's leading designer and manufacturer of drainage trenchers will be showing visitors to stand 18.370 how the Trimble® WM Survey IITM app can be used to develop precision agriculture plans. …
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The December 2021 issue is now available online! News: Stamp out soil compaction News: Protecting global crop yields from disease News: New media partners for cereals News Analysis: Survey shows much improved OSR situation News Analysis: United oilseeds goes from strength to strength Opinion: Vintage motorbikes and nutrition prices Agronomy Matters: Resilient and ready in Scotland Agronomy Matters: Doubling up …
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More and more farmers are using front-mounted furrow presses for reconsolidation and for ballasting their tractors when working with a raised seed drill combination. One popular model of this implement is the VarioPack front-mounted furrow press, which Lemken is now launching in an updated version complete with new steering characteristics. This furrow press comes with hydraulically adjustable steering sensitivity for …
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The DLG Innovation Commission (German Agricultural Society) has announced the winners of the Agritechnica 2022 Innovation Awards. AMAZONE was awarded a silver medal for its new DirectInject. DirectInject enables the fast, flexible and needs-based metered addition of a pesticide during application. The demands on farmers with regard to plant protection go hand in hand with the constantly increasing technology. Flexibility …
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Syngenta Vegetable Seeds has announced a new dedicated UK distribution channel, to assure growers receive timely delivery of their orders for the 2022 season. Operating from Dalton Seeds at Eye near Peterborough, the new system will take advantage of the company’s existing cereal seeds distribution network that is experienced in storing and moving high-quality seed on to farms efficiently and …
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Founder of the circular economy charity the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Dame Ellen MacArthur, will be speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) on Friday 7 January in a session entitled, Navigating to a Nature Positive Food System. Known for making history in 2005 when she became the fastest solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe, she remains the UK’s most successful …
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With the UK agricultural sector’s focus firmly fixed on sustainability, the addition of new Group 2 milling wheat Mayflower to the 2022/23 Recommended List (RL) should be of serious interest to growers and agronomists intent on sourcing new varieties suitable to a reduced fungicide programme based on RL data says Milika Buurman, head of Wheat Breeding at Independent seed breeder …
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Väderstad has made an unprecedented and huge leap from current seeding technology with a new drill concept called Vaderstad Proceed, which could fundamentally change the way farmers operate. The principle is based on one single machine that is capable of increasing the yield potential of a full range of crops, including wheat, barley, oilseed rape, sugar beet, peas, maize and …
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