Ryetec are participating in a in a long-term trial in conjunction with Luke Medd of Regennortheast. Luke is this year’s Agrii Innovation Award Winner, and at his farm in County Durham he is looking at ways to improve soil health and resilience. On Luke’s farm at West Worley Hill, Co Durham, he and the local …
There can’t be too many farmers now who aren’t aware of the importance of tyre pressures and the advantages that can be gained from selecting the correct ones for the job at hand. Reducing soil compaction is the obvious benefit but testing proves that work rate, tyre life and fuel economy are all negatively impacted …
2021 has been a very positive year here at Simtech. A bulging order book, coupledwith a move towards producing everything we sell in the UK from our Suffolkbase, has not been without many challenges. Added to this is a complete re-designof the entire pneumatic range, as well as some smaller changes to other models. The …
At Amazone, the topic of autonomous agricultural machinery has been at the forefront ever since the BoniRob project was launched together with Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and Robert Bosch GmbH in 2008. The BoniRob field robot was a milestone in robotics and way ahead of its time. Many technological and legal questions still had …
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Horizon CEO George Sly writes “What a year it’s been! We have continued to grow and develop quickly duringextremely challenging times for the manufacturing sector. We have made some big strides in 2021 and have a lot of exciting things happening in the next 12-24 months! When we launched Horizon, we had an extremely tough …
The standout pledge at COP26 for farmers was the target to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030. Eyes, as usual, turned to ruminant production. We know that agriculture is responsible for around 40% of total UK methane emissions, with most of those associated with ruminant livestock and livestock manures. But the picture is more …
SEE & SPRAY™ NOW IN USE ON FARM John Deere introduced See & Spray™ Select in March 2021, with machines available factory-equipped with advanced spraying technology. Farmers can use See & Spray Select, to minimize input costs and only spray weeds when they are detected. It puts an end to broadcast spraying. See & Spray …
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF PESTICIDE USE ON NATURAL CAPITAL Natural Capital is being measured in novel ways and carbon accounting is now commonplace. It is difficult to be precise about the measurement of the effects of different management practices on soil carbon, so it seems likely that the adoption of management which we know to …
If you are like us, then you don’t know where to start when it comes to other reading apart from farming magazines.However, there is so much information out there that can help us understand our businesses, farm better andunderstand the position of non-farmers. We have listed a few more books you might find interesting, challenge …
Future Farming Podcast – Janet Hughes and The Team Introduction From the series of Future Farming podcasts, in this one Janet Hughes has chosen to talk to Gabe Brown. A familiar name with our readers (his name featuring in about half our issues of Direct Driller), Gabe has been named one of the twenty-five most …
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