Direct Driller's first tech edition has gone live on the website or you can download a copy of the PDF to read when convenient. A digital only, 100% tech focused issue (with an appropriate title) looking at how regenerative agriculture has change because of technology and how is might change...
Improving Farm Productivity grants: get ready for Round 2
Written by Izzie Wells
Credit: Peter O’Connor
In a few weeks’ time, you will once again have the opportunity to apply for an Improving Farm Productivity grant. To help you prepare, we’ve published guidance on GOV.UK.
In this post...
So, my time on the seat will be going up this coming season, been enjoying our classic fleet the past few years, but coming to accept they are tiring to run on long days and should possibly look to go back a bit more modern. Thinking to go two to one with 7800 and 6400 against a medium frame...
Given the fact that subsidy goes straight to the bottom line(net profit) how does everyone plan to replace this? im not asking can you "survive" without it, simply how will you replace it? or will you just accept that you will make less money? given the fact the general populations minimum wage...
Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland
The UK Government will “always back British farmers”, the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has vowed, as he also unveiled a further £45 million for farming innovation today (Thursday, November 30).
In his first major...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Over 150 GCSE students have gained on-farm experience of the agricultural industry as part of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) ‘Farming Food for You’ event.
The students attended the new conference, which is aimed at...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Farmers affected by severe flooding in parts of Scotland this autumn will be eligible to apply for grants of up to £30,000 to help repair man-made flood banks.
The £1.8 million scheme will be open for applications next month and will be...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Scottish government has announced over £500,000 in funding to help women and young people develop new agricultural skills and pursue careers in the farming sector.
The Next Generation and Women in Agriculture Practical Training Funds will...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
I had the opportunity of visiting two robotic dairy units of late, where the difference in milking speeds has been stark, to say the least.
For the record, the same type of robot was operating on both farms.
In one of the units, an average milking...
Hello,
Can anyone recommend any tradeshows or conferences to attend over the next few months? Ideally, any that have ag-tech and preferably free, though my boss may pay for some costs.
Thanks in advance!
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Breeding cows with improved robotic milking speeds will allow an expansion of the dairy herd at Draynes Farm in Northern Ireland.
The farm attached to the family-owned milk processing business – located on the outskirts of Lisburn in Co. Antrim – is...
So. Telehandlers and rough ground.....We don't all have beautifully smooth concrete yards that we spend all day in. The powers that be....How about adaptive active suspension to stop me going through the roof. I can see why they put the bars on the inside of the roof glass now. It's clearly to...
Just been browsing interesting 2nd hand tractors. I like what i hear about the 2nd generation Claas Axions. How does the transmission work though? Is it just a manual dyna 6 or is there automation, pedal drive, ranges?
Thanks for any comments, hard to find anything online, let alone a operators...
Anybody going? I’ve probably left it too late to go now, usually get invited by a manufacturer but I can’t be buying from the right dealers now!!
Anyone booked an apartment and needing a couple of extra people to fill it?
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Positive change is impacting on agriculture at an exponential rate. As a consequence, farming is fast-becoming a very exact science.
A case in point was Wilson’s Country’s unveiling of the company’s new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Co Armagh last...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is set to launch a new strategic dairy farm at the end of the month.
Dillington Farms near Ilminster, Somerset, will become one of the board’s strategic dairy farms on Wednesday, October...
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