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Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland It is now 70 years since the JCB backhoe loader was first released to an unsuspecting world and it has stayed with us ever since, a quite remarkable achievement for any machine that has gone on to sell more than 900,000 units. To celebrate this...

Hi, I'm looking at purchasing a KV Geospread that has the Tellus Pro box with it. The current farmer is using it with a JD Starfire setup. I would like to use the spreader for GPS on/off, rate control section control, etc. I want to put it on older tractors, case 1056, that have nothing. So...

Question as above, what’s your set up? currently have an office in the house which isn’t horrendous but does mean there’s a mess all the time and it’s not really big enough. Plus I’d like to turn it back in to a dining room! first thought was a site office type thing but would like it not to...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Giving farmers the up-to-date information and advice they need will deliver behavioural change within agriculture. This was one of the key points made by Agri-Food and Soil Science (AFBI) project leader, Suzanne Higgins, courtesy of her presentation...

A report in The Ferret (https://theferret.scot) states that "Tax haven-based firms and corporations are among large companies which have bought up 40 per cent of Scotland’s veterinary practices amidst surging pet healthcare prices, we can reveal". "Data from the Royal College of Veterinary...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS, often referred to as GPS) are usually considered the preserve of experts equipped with a specialist knowledge that is way beyond the farmer and certainly stretches the capability and budgets of many smaller...

So we’ve modified, developed and pimped the rear tine based coulter bar of our Horsch front tank based twin outlet drilling rig as far as we can like triggers broom and it’s now time to produce the next evolution to take it to the next level from what we’ve learnt and utilising newly parts and...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The back end of this summer saw a massive burst of marketing activity as the agricultural machinery industry laid on demonstrations of all their latest products before their appearance got swamped by the tsunami of news from Agritechnica. It was a busy...

Time to batten down the hatches? Residents of Brechin in Scotland, have been told to evacuate this afternoon, before the storm's arrival https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-storm-babet-forces-evacuations-in-red-alert-area-of-brechin-due-to-floods-12987536

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Nestlé has today (Wednesday, October 18) announced that it is proposing to cease operations at its Wyeth Nutrition infant formula factory in Askeaton, Co. Limerick by the first quarter (Q1) of 2026. The company is also planning to close the co-located...

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...

Watch this. Very interesting counter arguments to the CC monster.

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft or German Agricultural Society is usually known simply as the DLG and it is this organisation, with 33,000 members, that is responsible for holding Agritechnica every two years. Alongside the show itself, the...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Real-time monitoring of field operations has helped one Hertfordshire grower to keep on top of harvest and make agile decisions without being in the combine cab. CPM unlocks the benefits of digital platform, FieldView. By Janine Adamson...

Times article on Environment Agency inspections Written by Defra Press Office An article published in The Times today covering Environment Agency inspections has said checks on water companies and individuals are drawing too much water from English rivers and aquifers have fallen over the...

I had been using FarmWorks software, but they have been taken over by Trimble, which isn't an issue as such as most of my GPS equipment is Trimble. But now my installed version of Farmworks no longer works and Trimble in their wisdom have put all their software in "the Cloud" and I just don't...

I have a tractor with a Starfire 3000 antenna and since a couple of months ago i started having problems with the GPS signal, it keeps dropping sf1 and going to egnos, wich i can't use for steering. The antenna has been on this tractor since new, we don't take it off except over winter. Also, it...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Tillage is one of the most important sectors within Danish agriculture with 75% of the country’s farmers growing cereal crops. In addition, home-grown forage maize is a key component of the rations fed to ruminant livestock in Denmark. Improving...

No apologies if this has all been asked recently or in the past. If you live in a rural area do you think the mobile phone signal is deteriorating,as I do. Are there any reliable ways of boosting a phone signal when in a rural area, where on certainly can’t get wi-do I used to get 4g but now I...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland A tractor might impress with its appearance in a showroom and on the web, but to get the reality of how it actually works and performs, a big field and some implements are required and this is precisely what Deutz Fahr arranged recently. The company...