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  1. News

    MICHELIN INTRODUCES NEW SIZE FOR ITS SPRAYBIB CFO RANGE OF TYRES

    A new low-pressure dimension for high productivity. New tyre offers good soil protection and optimised driver comfort. Following the launch of the MICHELIN SprayBib CFO (Cyclical Field Operation*) in 2022, a new dimension has now been added to the range – the MICHELIN SprayBib CFO VF 710/60...
  2. TFF

    Is the future of agriculture autonomous?

    Drones and self-driving farm machinery, combined with artificial intelligence, machine learning and other technology, can lead to significant efficiencies and improved yields For as long as we have grown crops, farming has required farmers. But a new breed of technology is taking some of the...
  3. TFF

    The Foundation of Food

    Introduction: Good soil health is crucial to our farming systems, providing the essential medium to grow our food and the foundation for our varied landscapes. Soils also deliver many wider benefits including sequestration and storage of carbon, diverse ecosystems, regulation of water and...
  4. Frantic Farmer

    Bale trailer tyres

    I'm after peoples thoughts on bale trailer tire size . trailer is 30' 16 ton rated , will be carrying up to 16 tons of round bale silage and also Hay in Hesston's . options are 560/45 22.5 or 455/40 22.5. . I like the thought of the 560's for lugging silage if ground is soft but wondering how...
  5. N

    Best Time to Spread FYM

    Grassland dairy farmer in Northern Ireland. When is the best time to spread solids based FYM made up of mostly separated solids? Have heard before that Sep/ Oct is the best time to allow it to rot down and incorporate into soil, but will this cause unnecessary leaching, and can sheep be...
  6. TFF

    Strip-Till In Horticulture: Farmers And Growers Collaborate To Solve Unanswered Questions

    On 24th January, 20 farmers and growers gathered in bright winter sunshine at Leah and Jake Harris’s farm in South Devon to discuss all things strip tillage, commonly known as strip-till. The event came about through interest shown by Martyn Bragg at Shillingford Organics, who contacted us in...
  7. Andyrob

    Carsehall Farms baling straw

    Late one summer's evening Carsehall Farm baling straw with the Claas Axion 810 on the Krone Big Pack 1270 MultiBale. Running behind the baler is a homemade bale chaser now expanded to handle 5 bales allowing in the right conditions all bales to be dropped at the headland reducing compaction...
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