The Weaving GD – our partner in the journey towards zero-tillage
Tim Smith from Somerset explains why he chose the Weaving GD Drill for direct drilling.
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Gigante Pressure Direct Drill
Maschio tell us all about their new Gigante Pressure Direct Driller.
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Time-saving crop establishment crucial
Claydon Drills give us an update on the wash out during drilling and the importance of soil resilience.
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Issue 25 – Contents
Welcome to Issue 25 of Direct Drillers Soil Magazine. We hope you enjoy reading it. Contents
Why a French farm has turned predominantly to livestock
On a recent BASE-UK trip to France, a visit to Christophe Piou’s farm showed how you don’t have to follow the herd to be successful By Mike Abram Surrounded by high value vegetable production and arable farms in the Loire Valley is what is now predominantly a livestock farm. It wasn’t always that way. When …
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Unveiling the Hidden Heroes: The Ecosystem Services Provided by Aculeate Wasps
The natural world, spanning from individual organisms to entire ecosystems, offers a wide range of functions and benefits known as ecosystem services (ESs) that significantly contribute to human well-being. These services can be broadly categorized into four types: regulating services (e.g., ecosystem process regulation), provisioning services (e.g., material outputs from ecosystems), supporting services (e.g., maintenance …
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Covering Soils – Event Summary
We ran the first in a series of Direct Driller days around cover crops, SFI options, agronomy decisions and compaction on the 21st September at TWB Farms in Staffordshire. It was a great day, with great local food provided by Untamed Grill. We plan to continue these series of days, some based on the trials …
Direct Driller Issue 24 Contents
Welcome to the first tech focussed edition of Direct Driller Magazine. From now on, issues will rotate between soils issues and tech issues. Contents – Old-fashioned farming with modern technology – page 4. It’s 2030, so how have we done? – page 4. Labour pains push robotic pickers – page 6. Industry-leading research in robotics …
Bayer and Microsoft forge a new frontier in agricultural connectivity
Seamless data exchange in agriculture is the focus for the two corporate giants, according to content and exhibits on show in November at Agritechnica in Hanover. Bayer unveiled at Agritechnica the latest developments in its strategic collaboration with Microsoft. The alliance aims to address the longstanding challenge of data interoperability in farming by introducing innovative …
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Robotics and perception in agriculture: smart farming getting smarter
The National Robotarium has been set up to help bring to the field the UK’s inherent R&D expertise in robotics, Associate Professor Dr. Fernando Auat Cheein sets out its plans. Agricultural processes worldwide are experiencing fundamental changes motivated by different technology revolutions. Examples include the improvement of connectivity resources (such as 5G or 6G) and …
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