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Introducing CrossCutter Disc for Carrier XL
Introducing CrossCutter Disc for Carrier XL
In 2019, Väderstad will extend the CrossCutter Disc range with a new disc adapted for the disc cultivator Väderstad Carrier XL 425-625. CrossCutter Disc will make Carrier XL deliver full cultivation at a working depth of only 3-5cm.
Väderstad CrossCutter Disc is a tool that reaches a new work horizon without compromising work quality or capacity.
- Just as CrossCutter Disc introduced ultra-shallow tillage for the standard Carrier range in 2018, the new XL version of CrossCutter disc will make Carrier XL 425-625 go from deep tillage to shallow tillage up to 3cm working depth. This will allow for a new...
Väderstad CrossCutter Disc is a tool that reaches a new work horizon without compromising work quality or capacity.
- Just as CrossCutter Disc introduced ultra-shallow tillage for the standard Carrier range in 2018, the new XL version of CrossCutter disc will make Carrier XL 425-625 go from deep tillage to shallow tillage up to 3cm working depth. This will allow for a new...
Arla Foods appoints 2 external advisors to board
Written by Agriland Team
Arla Foods has announced the appointment of two external advisors to its board of directors.
The appointees are expected to bring “global digital, marketing and technology expertise to complement the strong commercial and farming knowledge of its elected board members”, according to the north European dairy co-op.
The appointments are: Florence Rollet, a venture partner with LuxuryTechFund in Paris and former board member at French spirits company giant Remy Cointreau; and Nana Bule, CEO of Microsoft in Denmark and board member at Energinet.
...Revitalised Cereals team seeks your help
Written by Charlotte Cunningham
The revitalised Cereals Event team is calling on the arable industry to help shape next year’s event, kicking off with a reception for exhibitors and farmer advisory board members. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Having worked to forge stronger links with farmers, agronomists and exhibitors in recent years, the newly expanded team invited exhibitors and board members to a hog roast in Hertfordshire last week, where they welcomed feedback and fresh ideas. “In 20 years of managing events, Cereals has been the most challenging but most rewarding event I’ve ever been involved with,” said event director Alli McEntyre. “It’s also the most beautiful event I’ve been to and...
More opportunities exist for British farm exports says AHDB
Written by FB reporters
There are more opportunities to be had on the export front for UK agriculture, an influential audience of international buyers and exporters were told this week during AHDB’s British Meat Dinner at the Anuga trade fair in Germany.
While commenting that around £3 billion worth of British red meat, potatoes, dairy and cereal and oilseeds products are exported around the world, AHDB’s International Market Development Director, Dr Phil Hadley, told the Board’s 300 dinner guests that there is still more to be achieved.
“Our exports are enjoying a strong period of growth, particularly red meat,” he said. “In the first seven months of this year, red meat exports were...
Weed control – DIY finds where differences lie
Written by cpm
Wondering what herbicide strategy works best on grassweeds? The surest answers may come from on-farm test plots. CPM talks to two growers about their results and gleans expert guidance. I’ve used all sorts of products over the years, but I don’t really have any idea how much they actually work. By Tom Allen-Stevens Over the next few weeks there’s a strong chance you’ll spend a considerable portion of your entire annual herbicide budget on residual chemistry applied to your cereal crop. There’s also a strong chance you’ll have little solid evidence it’s delivering value for money, let alone any idea of the difference between the products available in your particular situation. It’s...
FOR SALE - A residential farm in a fine location on the North Devon coast with exceptional sea views
North Warcombe Farm occupies a stunning location with an uninterrupted outlook over the sea towards Lundy Island.
The farm has been within the same ownership for the past 28 years and includes a farmhouse with four bedrooms which was constructed to take advantage of the views, a range of farm buildings for livestock, machinery and fodder storage all surrounded by pasture land with a south and west aspect.
In total, North Warcombe Farm extends to 44.10 acres (17.85 hectares).
The farmhouse at North Warcombe Farm was constructed in 1981 and is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition (AOC). The walls are rendered, underneath a tile roof with upvc double glazed windows throughout.
The ground floor accommodation extends to 2,338...
The farm has been within the same ownership for the past 28 years and includes a farmhouse with four bedrooms which was constructed to take advantage of the views, a range of farm buildings for livestock, machinery and fodder storage all surrounded by pasture land with a south and west aspect.
In total, North Warcombe Farm extends to 44.10 acres (17.85 hectares).
The farmhouse at North Warcombe Farm was constructed in 1981 and is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition (AOC). The walls are rendered, underneath a tile roof with upvc double glazed windows throughout.
The ground floor accommodation extends to 2,338...
The Landsman Magazine - Issue 80
Welcome!
The conversation on climate change continues with farming taking a bashing again, yet the agricultural industry continuously adapts its practices to mitigate its impact on the planet. Most of those working our land do so because they love our natural world and accept the responsibility of custodians of our land. They protect large swathes of our countryside for millions of us to enjoy, they put food on our tables, they set some extremely high standards in animal welfare - which other countries would do well to follow – they work longs hours, often in challenging weather, within a politically and economically unstable system. Whilst the majority of farmers acknowledge we need to embrace diversity, the hostility from...
A Good Prospect for Wynnstay’s Maize in 2020
A Good Prospect for Wynnstay’s Maize in 2020
By Dr Simon Pope
A new high-yielding maize with extremely high feed quality, called Prospect, was revealed at Wynnstay’s and Limagrain Trials Day, held at Bangor on Dee, near Wrexham, North Wales.
Prospect is newly listed on the 2020 NIAB/BSPB descriptive list and Wynnstay’s Crop Protection Manager, Dr Simon Pope says it looks “outstanding”.
Dr Pope says another new very early variety called Gema is showing great promise. This variety...
By Dr Simon Pope
A new high-yielding maize with extremely high feed quality, called Prospect, was revealed at Wynnstay’s and Limagrain Trials Day, held at Bangor on Dee, near Wrexham, North Wales.
Prospect is newly listed on the 2020 NIAB/BSPB descriptive list and Wynnstay’s Crop Protection Manager, Dr Simon Pope says it looks “outstanding”.
Dr Pope says another new very early variety called Gema is showing great promise. This variety...
Chalk streams coverage in Mail on Sunday
Chalk streams coverage in Mail on Sunday
Written by Defra Press Office
There was coverage in yesterday’s Mail on Sunday focused on an interview with Feargal Sharkey on England’s chalk streams. The article looked at the issue of dry weather within the context of chalk streams, carrying comment from Sharkey which criticised the Environment Agency’s work on abstraction licences.
There has...
Machinery Masterclass – Full control of a capable performer
Written by cpm
There’s an impressive level of features and automation on a modern self-propelled harvester, and Grimme’s aimed to bring it all smartly under control with its new Varitron Platinum range. CPM heads to the Yorkshire Wolds for a detailed look. Everything on the Varitron is hydraulically driven and can be adjusted from the cab through the Ergodrive unit. By Tom Allen-Stevens You’d have thought a machine the size of Grimme’s Varitron 220 Platinum would need a headland the width of a football pitch to manoeuvre back into work. But operator Oli Brown deftly swings it through little more than a pirouette and lines it up for another run. “As big as it looks, it’s surprisingly easy to...
NI animal feed firm fined after employee loses arm
Written by Agriland Team
A Northern Irish animal feed company has been fined £20,000 (€22,411) over an incident which saw an employee lose an arm, according to the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI ).
Brian McGuckian, trading as McGuckian Milling Company, pleaded guilty to two health and safety breaches at Antrim Crown Court, after an employee sustained serious injuries when his left arm was amputated by a screw auger conveyor.
On the day of the incident, the injured party was working in the blending plant at the animal feed manufacturing site when he noticed a blockage had occurred at a holding bin.
While attempting to rectify the defect his arm was drawn into an...
Fighting talk on post-Brexit exports from Welsh meat leader
Written by FB reporters
The Welsh red meat industry is determined to continue exporting to the European market, whatever the outcome of Brexit negotiations, says Kevin Roberts, Chair of HCC (Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales).
Addressing an audience of Welsh food producers, European importers and policy-makers at Anuga in Cologne, Mr Roberts (pictured above) described the prospect of a no-deal split between the UK and EU as an ‘existential threat’ to the future of the Welsh industry.
He pledged, however, that HCC would work with the Welsh Government, farmers and processors to do all it could to weather the storm.
“The Welsh red meat industry, with its iconic PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI...
‘Several sheep killed and injured’ following UK trailer accident
Written by Agriland Team
Several sheep were killed and injured following a road accident involving a livestock trailer in the UK over the weekend, according to local police.
The incident took place in Devonshire, England, when a livestock trailer with sheep overturned, according to members of the Alliance Road Policing Teams for Devon Cornwall Police and Dorset Police.
The accident led to a lane closure on the west-bound A30 route after Honiton.
Taking to social media, the Alliance Road Policing Teams Twitter account warned: “Several sheep killed and injured.
How a ‘split second’ can change farm and family life forever…
Written by Agriland Team
When Diane Banville’s husband Kevin (33) died in a farm accident on St. Patrick’s Day 2014 her whole life changed “in a split second”.
The couple had been married just 11 months and were celebrating the birth of their second child; for Diane “everything changed” on March 17 when Kevin went out to his farm and never came home.
Diane and Kevin’s sons Ryan (7) and Cillian (5) are to the fore now as far as their mother is concerned and her focus is on their emotional and psychological well-being.
In the aftermath of her husband’s death Diane reached out to Embrace FARM – Ireland’s dedicated farm accident support network for those that have been affected by farming...