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Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes. It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology as other application equipment, making them less effective in the field. Historically, that was true. Today, New…
In seed potatoes, haulm killing is started in July. Reglone and Finale are no longer permitted for the chemical haulm killing of potatoes. Funded by the Arable Farming Sector Organization through the Plant Health Action Plan, Delphy conducted research into…
Anselm Claassen in Vierhuizen (Gr.) is using a new planter this season for the variable planting of part of his seed potatoes.
Minsk Tractor Works has published a video with its newest tractor - the autonomous BELARUS А3523і. The drone plows confidently in the field. The official premiere of the first Belarusian unmanned tractor BELARUS А3523і took place on May 29 at…
Tesco is set to trial fully recyclable packaging for its 1kg new season potatoes and a reduction in the amount of paper used in its 2.5kg potato packaging. The packaging trial will last for 12 weeks across…
Be it soil-applied applications at planting or postemergence applications, spray drift remains a nagging issue for vegetable growers.
Homburg Holland, in collaboration with Garford, has developed a spraying machine that tackles potato storage in a targeted manner. The SpotSprayer works plant-specific and kills more than 90 percent of unwanted plants. Until now, says Homburg, potato storage…
new digital tool helps to improve the biological performance of crop protection products in grain, maize, rapeseed, beet and potatoes
After ten years, arable farmer Jan-Albert Brands from Andel (GR) has exchanged his 4-row Grimme row cultivator. Due to good experiences, a Grimme (GF400) came back in return. With a dealer building fertilization system. The machine is almost the…
Sow, apply drip tape and create an anti-dust cover in one pass
spot sprayer is no longer completely new, it’s technology is still grappling with the challenge of ‘green on green’ recognition,
Grimme’s machinery, the CS 150 Combi-Star was manufactured in Germany but received by the team at Market Weighton for pre-delivery inspection and customising to MH Poskitt’s exact requirements
