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Vaderstad awarded Machine of the Year 2020 at Agritechnica



Right now, Agritechnica the worlds largest agricultural fair is in full swing in Germany. Its here that agricultural machinery manufacturers showcase their latest offerings ahead of the coming seasons. Swedens Väderstad has confirmed its leading position and once again walked off with the Machine of the Year award with its innovation, Tempo WideLining.

Machine of the Year is the shows most prestigious honour, bestowed on the winner by a jury comprising agricultural journalists from all over Europe. This is the third time Väderstad has won the award.

We are, of course, both proud and delighted to...

Written by Agriland Team

Lakeland Dairies has become the latest processor to announce its milk price for October supplies, revealing a slight increase in the figure paid to farmers for milk price and lactose bonus for last month’s milk.

Following a board meeting earlier yesterday, Wednesday, November 13, the cooperative has decided to increase its milk price from 30.03c/L including VAT up to 30.31c/L including VAT and lactose bonus for October.

In Northern Ireland, a price of 24.50p/L will be paid for October supplies.

Commenting on the price, a spokesperson for the co-op said:

There has been some welcome stability in the global dairy markets in recent...

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Written by Charlotte Cunningham

[Image: ADAS]The first positive light leaf spot symptoms of the 2019/2020 season have been identified by Bayer’s SpotCheck initiative. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Light leaf spot was first identified by SpotCheck on 25 Oct 2019 in Derbyshire and Angus, with samples later positively identified in the Scottish Highlands, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire and Norfolk. The results suggest that this season there may be a lot of latent infection in the crop, which is expected to further develop if temperatures do not fall in the coming months, says Bayer. According to Philip Walker, arable plant pathologist at ADAS, the SpotCheck results to date don’t come as a surprise, who...

Climate crisis will affect lifelong health of young, warn doctors

Written by Damian Carrington Environment editor

Lancet Countdown tracks impacts of global heating covering disease, wildfires and malnutrition

The climate crisis will determine the lifelong health of today’s children, doctors have warned, noting that global heating was already causing harm.

Children are especially vulnerable and the global team of researchers say rising temperatures mean the bacteria causing deadly diarrhoea will thrive while poorer crop yields could lead to more malnutrition...

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Increase profitability with versatile spring barley variety

In a competitive arable market, many mixed farmers are considering alternative cereal varieties offering not only strong untreated yields, but high yielding straw for bedding or forage.

Evelina is a spring barley variety which is gaining popularity with livestock farmers looking for a robust versatile crop.

Hampshire arable farmer, Richard Monk has been growing Evelina for three years running with positive results. “Overall it’s an easy to grow and a tidy feed variety to go into ration mixes. It combines well and produces a good-looking grain with a decent specific weight as well as a good straw...

We have just had a demo of this at Agritechnica and it’s very impressive indeed. Lots of tasks and information easily shared and most importantly it’s available free for all Fendt customers with a Profi Plus tractor from the past 8 years.

BSPB are aware of the implications of the weather experienced so far this autumn on drilling and seed availability. We’re often asked if you can move seed, here is an explanation of the legal background.

Nearly all modern crop varieties are protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR). The rights may be EU PBR or UK PBR. A protected variety may not be propagated or sold without the permission of the holder of the PBR. This is usually granted via a licence and requires payment of a royalty to the rights holder (breeder). This is how plant breeders derive their income for reinvestment in breeding new varieties.

There are some exceptions to PBR where the rights holder’s permission is not needed. One of these is the farm-saved seed or agricultural exemption. In the...

Big new competitor in the high capacity twin rotor combine market from John Deere


Looks like they have the European market firmly in their sights with this. They confidently talked about outputs of over 100t/hr at sub 1% losses

New header, Cab, styling, chopper.......... well new everything really ! - a really impressive bit of machinery

When John Deere finally show their hand for their vision of future farming they do it seriously well !!

A rather mind blowing video of how they see the various components coming together

Some drone footage I got last week while drilling our winter beans

New Holland built the new T8 Genesis™ with PLM Intelligence™ around the input of operators like you. From a reimagined cab designed to offer the most comfortable and convenient driver experience, to next-generation intuitive controls that can be easily customized to the tasks at hand, every detail has been carefully engineered to meet your needs. The new T8 Genesis with PLM Intelligence is also the first tractor on the market to fully integrate New Holland’s advanced Precision Land Management platform. So, no matter where you are, you’re always connected to real-time insights, information, and support.

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This is Contadino, our first fully electric, autonomous robot platform for high precision farming! He will make agriculture more efficient, sustainable and even much safer. How? Find it out at the premiere of his prototype at @Agritechnica (booth C22, hall 4) on November, 11!

Healthy soils are essential for human survival. Not only do they support plant and animal production, but they also play a major role in shaping our planet. They can absorb rainwater acting like a buffer against both floods and droughts. They are the living upper part of the earth’s crust and play an integral part of the element cycles. Fundamentally soil is the ultimate digestive system, decomposing all that lived and recycling it to enable new life.

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All farmers are welcome to tour Project Lamport, to arrange a visit contact your local agronomist, call 0115 939 0202 or email [email protected]

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What motivates us to farm?

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BP2019 Seminar - Managing the future of your business: tools and skills for a successful succession
Motivation in farming is a challenging subject to tackle.

Farmers often think about how we do things, but don’t really consider why. People are all different and come into farming from all sorts of angles, be it managers, owners, tenant, lifestyle or hobby farmers.

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Fri, 11/01/2019

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Another farming video from Defra and The Farming Forum:


Listen to Robert Buttle's story - why he decided to get into rare breed pig farming and about various income streams on the farm.

Written by Rachel Martin

Spring-calving beef farmers in Scotland are advised to consider delaying weaning as a means to burn off excess condition on suckler cows.

It comes after a summer of exceptional grass growth has left many beef cattle in very good condition.

Specialists at SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College, say that, suckling cows for longer will help fit mothers lose excess condition, helping them achieve optimal condition for spring-calving.

Longer suckling also has the added benefit of reducing the risk of pneumonia in calves.

The advice comes after excellent summer grass growth led to many cows carrying a condition score of 3 or above. This, in turn, resulted...