Manufacturer in Focus

HORSCH PUSHES DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS In five short statements Michael and Philipp Horsch describe what they understand by autonomous driving systems, which technical requirements are necessary, how the topic developed in the HORSCH company and what will be required in the future. 1 Michael Horsch: Our first steps towards an autonomous driving system must […]

MZURI PRO-TIL PRODUCES CONSISTENT CROPS FOR USER CHRIS HEATH Fourth generation farmer, Chris Heath and his family have been farming Warwickshire countryside along the historic Fosse Way since the 1940’s and now farm 3300 acres. With a broad portfolio of soil types ranging from sand to heavy clay, the family’s enterprise is diverse and in

With an increasing number of growers now reaping the benefits of lower disturbance drilling such as the Mzurisystem, we take a closer look at other implements which can prove invaluable to those on the direct drilling journey. Stubble Rake As we say on our own farm, ‘It starts with the combine’. The first step in

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

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

CHALLENGING AUTUMN WEATHER UNDERLINES THE NEED TO TAILOR CROP ESTABLISHMENTAPPROACH TO PREVAILING CONDITIONS Despite a stop-start harvest and the very changeable weather which followed, Suffolk farmer Jeff Claydon was able to establish all the planned area of winter crops. But, he says, this autumn highlighted the necessity of having a flexible approach and the ability

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

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

VARIABLE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR A RESILIENT SYSTEM WHICH REDUCES RISK. 28 May 2021 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of Claydon Yield-o-Meter Limited, so naturally we would have liked nothing more than to welcome visitors to our Open Days to view our farm and factory but, as in 2020, that has not been possible. The

INDEPENDENT CROP ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS YIELD EXCITING RESULTS Suffolk farmer Jeff Claydon highlights the results of independent crop establishment trials and discusses theprogress of harvest on the Claydon farm.26 AUGUST 2021 In my last article for Direct Driller (Issue 14, July 2021) I promised to bring you some interesting information on the benefits of optimising crop