An Anglesey contractor has invested in a KUHN mounted sprayer to replace his Knight K1840 self-propelled machine. Fuel and time saving has since seen him cover the whole of the island and take on work in North Wales. At 18 years old, Rhys Jones took on his father’s local contracting business in 2015. With only …
The key aim of Regen Agriculture is to farm more sustainably, both in terms of soil biology in the ground, and profitability of the farm. Key to this is: It may seem an anathema for a regen magazine to be talking about spray nozzles, but you have to remember that regen agriculture currently still depends …
The latest versions of Fendt’s self-propelled Rogator sprayer are now available with new features to improve boom stability, reduce cleaning times and maintenance, while increasing component longevity. Central to the upgrades is a redesigned plumbing system featuring a separate clean water pump allowing a new ContiRinse system to cut overall tank cleaning times after spraying. …
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Want to save time, money and reduce your environmental impact during spraying operations? The TWIN FORCE boom from HARDI employs the world’s best system for spray control. Using an adjustable curtain of air to entrain and direct the spray, TWIN FORCE can reduce drift by an astounding 80% in comparison to standard boom configurations. The …
Growers need the guarantee that chemicals are sprayed with the desired rate in the right place, so the solution can work to protect and feed the right plants in the exact location necessary. Over the years, Agrifac have continuously worked alongside the grower to fulfil innovative solutions in the form of spraying technology to aid …
WHERE IT ALL STARTED Growing up on a Canadian prairie farm previous to the 1980s, the term summer fallow was as common as wheat. Every farmer factored summer fallow into the farm crop rotation, often 50% of the land was left to rest while the other half was cropped. Resting land was prone to weed …
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Written by Tony Gent It doesn’t work if just removing some elements of what you are doing now and leave others in is “OK I’m doing less”. A couple of articles caught my interest in the July additional of this magazine, first What’s Your Colour written by James Warne and Farmer Focus by Andrew Ward. …
With three trade shows coming in quick succession this year, LAMMA, Cereals and Groundswell, the question ofwhich colour you like your steel painted comes into focus once again. Written by James Warne from Soil First Farming Along with the rise of the Conservation Agriculture techniques being adopted on more and more farms across the UK, …
Written by Mark Hatton East Yorkshire is a part of the world I’ve always enjoyed spending time in, I wasn’t expecting a North sea breeze to bequite as cold as it was when I visited the Hutchinsons Direct Drill demonstration at the beginning of March. The event was put on by Hutchinsons North team with …
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 …
