Automated spread pattern controller offers improved fertiliser accuracy KUHN UK will be launching a radar-equipped, automatic spread pattern control system for its AXIS 50.2 twin-disc fertiliser spreader at this year’s CropTec Show at the East of England Showground, Peterborough on Wednesday 28th November. The AXMAT Plus concept, which was awarded [...]
ADAS Develops Soil Mapping Technologies to Map Soil Variability ADAS soil scientists have been working to understand how soil mapping technologies can be used to support farmers. Soil variability is one of the main factors that determines differences in crop yields. Variation in soil texture, organic matter content, nutrient content, [...]
Adama's latest podcast - Arable Aware Season Finale Date: 09/11/18 Location: Sherwood Farm, Oxon Listen here https://uk.information-hub.adama.com/arableaware/2018-season-finale Show notes: In our final show for the year, our Technical Specialists, David Roberts(Herbicides) and Andy Bailey (Fungicides) are in Oxfordshire to visit Sherwood Farm. Farm Manager, Mark Oldroyd and Assistant Farm Manager, Jack Bedlow (along with dog Ruby) take [...]
Cranfield University Knowledge Transfer Partnership Funding Do you have an innovative and challenging idea to advance your business but need additional knowledge and capability to fulfil your ambition? A KTP project with Cranfield could be the solution. Companies that participate in KTP benefit from increased profits and exports, investment in [...]
What will the Clean Air Strategy mean for your business? By Hannah Walker In May of this year the government announced that it will introduce a new ‘clean air strategy’ to reduce and control the levels of air pollution in Britain. The draft version of the new strategy, published in [...]
Growers looking for guidance on whether they should consider introducing new crops into their rotation to improve profitability can seek advice from Strutt & Parker’s team of agronomists at CropTec.
Bees, borage & superfoods: Innovation in the UK Superfood crops lend themselves to being nutritionally rich and have shown positive market growth in more recent years. An increasing range of crops are being pioneered globally such as borage, quinoa and chia to name a few. Traditionally crops such as quinoa & chia [...]
The University of Warwick at The CropTec Show The University of Warwick is a research and educational institution who are ranked in the top 10 of UK universities and in the top 100 globally. The School of Life Sciences (www.warwick.ac.uk/lifesci) conducts a wide range of biological and environmental research and [...]
Billericay Farm Services at The CropTec Show 2018 BFS Exray XC Nozzles the latest innovation in drift control. Extended range low-drift air induction nozzles offer a wide volume range from a single spray tip while maintaining low spray drift characteristics, up to 90% in comparison with a standard flat fan nozzle. ISO sizes [...]
Embrace Technology By: Pat Thornton, Farmer, Consultant and part of the BASF Real Results Circle Without getting too Thomas Standfield on you (Google him), technology can be a great servant but a dangerous master. Some technology has proved itself a little binary, black or white, and in agriculture, grey is [...]
