Root crops

Grimme UK and the Haith Group have revealed their latest major joint project - an innovative mobile optical sorter. Designed to automate the removal of...

Maize seed breeding company KWS UK has announced the appointment of Andrew Cook as its new maize product and technical sales manager. Mr Cook...

Farm adviser and trials specialist Agrii is to lead a collaborative project intent on building on the legacy of AHDB Potatoes. In collaboration with...

The latest version of Grimme's GL420 Exacta potato planter is a true one-pass combination that offers four-row planting in 90cm row widths. Like the previous...

Sugar beet harvester and self-propelled slurry applicator specialist Vervaet has launched a new telematics system that the company says maintains its place at the...

ScanStone has announced the release of its new TriStar destoner models. Based on the chassis of the company's four-web machines, the TriStar is available...

Limagrain has added two new sugar beet varieties to the BBRO 2022 Recommended List, while the highest-yielding variety on the Recommended List, BTS 1915,...

The John Deere Machine Sync system enables machines to exchange data on the move and, for example, allows combine operators to guide a tractor...

The UK importer of the Vervaet sugar beet harvester range, J Riley Beet Harvesters, has announced a new primary cleaning system utilising a rollerbed...

With sugar beet growers facing their first full season without desmedipham, 2021 could be the year in which the sector witnesses a resurgence in...

The innovative features found in the latest version of Haith's class-leading root vegetable polisher are proving popular with growers and packers across the world. With...

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of vegetable harvesting equipment has launched an innovative conversion kit that allows owners of the Grimme GT 170...

With the 2021 sugar beet contracting and seed ordering window about to open, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons is recommending growers consider including the new...

Mixed weather patterns across many regions in the UK and Ireland is leading to localised outbreaks of late blight in potatoes. Main-crop varieties are closing...

Launched by Vervaet in 2016 to replace the company's legendary Beet Eater 617, the Q-616 has established itself as a worthy successor and is...

Haith Group, which manufactures vegetable handling equipment, and in-field root crop and vegetable machinery specialist Grimme, which is best known for its planting and...

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...

Pre-emergence herbicides will need to feature more prominently in sugar beet weed control programmes in order to mitigate the risks from poorer control later...

Yielding five per cent more than any other variety on the 2021 BBRO Recommended List, BTS1915 leads the pack with an adjusted tonne yield...

  With planning underway for the 2020 potato season, results from Hutchinsons' Fenland demonstration in Suffolk, UK, have provided a timely reminder of how important...