Syngenta: Opportunity to hold back key disease in late-planted wheat
Growers have a valuable opportunity to keep a lid on the UK’s major winter wheat disease of Septoria tritici and protect yield in this...
Hutchinsons: Dry spring brings broadleaf weed control challenges
Broadleaf weed control is proving decidedly more challenging this spring, so extra care will be needed when applying post-emergence herbicides to thin or stressed...
JCB: 419s and 435s wheeled loaders gain more power and torque
JCB’s two market-leading agricultural wheeled loaders – the 419S and 435S – have even more performance and productivity to offer large farms and contract...
Life Scientific: Off-patent prothiconazole and tebuconazole mixes available to UK growers
Life Scientific has launched the first off-patent prothioconazole and tebuconazole mixtures, Oraso Pro and Esker, to the UK market. This follows the successful launch...
Kuhn: High-capacity stubble cultivators added to tillage range
Kuhn Farm Machinery has extended its range of independent disc stubble cultivators with the addition of the high capacity Optimer L.
Available in 9.0 and...
Bobcat: First new Stage V M-Series loader arrives in the UK
A Driffield, East Yorkshire, company has taken delivery of the first of the new Bobcat Stage V M-Series skid-steer loaders coming to the UK....
Generation change on the Claas shareholders’ committee
Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser has been named chairwoman of the shareholders' committee at Claas. She takes over the role from her father, Helmut Claas, who held...
Corteva: Adapt potato herbicide strategies to suit dry conditions
Managing weed-control programmes will take on added importance this year as continued dry weather in most areas hampers the activity of residual herbicides. A...
Hutchinsons: Fieldwise Live brings national trials to your screen
For crop production specialist Hutchinsons, it's business as usual during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Farming is not standing still because of the coronavirus and neither are...
Claas: Swivelling lower links for negotiating bends during mowing
Claas and Hans Sauter GmbH have jointly developed a hydraulically swivelling front lower links system for use with mounted front and rear mower combinations....
Kuhn: Adaptable seeder offers effective crop establishment option
A cover-crop seeding unit compatible with a wide range of minimum tillage cultivators and capable of applying all types of seed, or fertiliser, at...
Pöttinger: Best forage through perfect ground tracking
Pöttinger revolutionised front-mounted mowing with Alpha Motion technology on the Novacat and Eurocat models, but with its new Master and Pro models, mowing and...
Five tips for marketing farm diversification
In November, Farm Business Innovation 2020 will showcase diversification opportunities to farmers and rural communities. Here, the creative director at digital-marketing agency Glass Digital,...
Fendt: New trailed sprayers offer a sensible investment
Fendt is advocating trailed sprayers as a sensible investment for farmers looking for new technology without committing to a self-propelled machine.
“Our new range of...
Claas: Online parts catalogue now available
Claas has brought forward the launch of its online PartsDoc catalogue in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In order to minimise human contact and still...
Syngenta: New application results point way to higher yields and reduced...
Using 75 per cent drift reduction nozzles, rather than conventional flat fan nozzles, for flag leaf fungicide spraying can boost winter wheat yield by...
Quicke: New device weighs in for work
A new load-weighing device from loading specialist Quicke will help farmers accurately measure materials using a tractor-mounted interface and a mobile app.
Q Companion uses...
Fendt: Covid-19 stops production at two German sites
Fendt has suspended tractor production at two of its German sites from March 25, 2020, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Production has stopped at Marktoberdorf...
Ben Burgess awarded Vӓderstad franchise
Vӓderstad UK has appointed Ben Burgess as a full Väderstad dealer at its Norwich, Aylsham, Beeston, Newmarket and Ellington locations with immediate effect; its...
Germinal: High biomass clover offers new land recovery option
A new high biomass annual clover, included in spring-sown catch crop mixtures alongside short term ryegrasses, could offer dual benefits for farmers struggling with...