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    AgTech Showcase: Robots Are Conquering Australian Farms

    Written by Brad Kish from Precision Ag The Gatton AgTech Showcase is the first demonstration event in Australia for the latest advances in AgTech. The post AgTech Showcase: Robots Are Conquering Australian Farms appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. Continue reading on the Precision Ag...
  2. C

    Best Value for Money 180hp

    Whats the best value for money 180hp With Front PTO, Gps. and a 5 year/5000h warrenty. Must have a pleasent cab with plenty of room. Tractor to spend 100/150 hours on 6 furrow mounted plough. However main duities will be drilling with 3m power harrow drill. Spraying with 3200l 27m boom, 14...
  3. Jack Tat

    Staff salary / hourly wage?

    We employee three staff on a busy arable farm. They are paid hourly with overtime at time and a half. We run decent modern kit. I just wondered what is the going hourly rate for experienced and capable staff?? Minimum wage increasing in April again, will this push up the rate of higher rate...
  4. N

    Spraying Glyphosate on the frost?

    Anyone applied Glpho to cover crops when ground frozen but foliage dryish? say 11am?
  5. B

    Arable record keeping

    What are folks using and why? I write my own recommendations. Still using a diary/paper based system for record keeping but looking at Green light grower and the like. As a luddite I want something easy to use, idiot proof which can maintain stock check and be portable on Android which I am...
  6. Chae1

    Fendt 700 rowcrops.

    380/90r50 and 380/85r34 rowcrops wanted. @ 80" track width
  7. spikeislander

    Opinions on fendt 516

    Hi there , we have a few fendts but now looking at a second hand 516 it’s approx 5 years old on low hours. we love the ones we have but curious of peoples views on these and what to look for ? Will be on topper , fert spreader , rolling ( 12m) and a general odd jobber . thanks
  8. Handy Andy

    Volunteer barley destruction

    I've got a couple of stubble fields with some volunteer spring barley that would be difficult to bury completely with the plough as they are my brashiest, thinnest soils. I don't want to have to spray it, and have no sheep now. I was thinking about rolling it in the frost. Has anybody done this...
  9. Q

    moving a tree ?

    got a 80 plus year old yew tree here which has over grown its current location , im thinking about digging around about it with digger and trying to replant ,wife says im wasting my time . any thoughts on it being successful
  10. N

    Best 4 cylinder tractor from the 1980s-1990s

    Good day everyone, I am a new member here. I am looking for a good 4 cylinder tractor from the 1980s-1990s. The tractor will be all rounder on my mixed farm, it will be used for a variety of things from running the feed mixer to pulling a trailer or even field work. I am looking in the power...
  11. M

    GPS - Guidance on a quadbike

    Hi all. I’m starting fertiliser spreading using a quad in the spring time and want a guidance system but no sure what to go for. Trimble GFX 350 lite would be in the top range in reguarding guidance systems but feel it’s a bit expensive and too much for all I will be doing with it as I won’t be...
  12. Clive

    Steve Barkley at OFC

    So i wonder what announcements / new standards we might get re SFI today ? any guesses ?
  13. tr250

    Front sprayer tank advice

    I’ve bought a front tank to go with my knight mounted sprayer. Any tips on fitting it? Would you have the pipes on the tractor at all times and would you route them under the tractor or along side of the cab and have them in a cradle that they would simply lift out? The tractor is a mf 6480 and...
  14. Devon Dumpling

    Situation Vacant Skilled Machine/Spray Operator

    St Giles farms is a large arable farm in East Dorset. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible & willing to take on responsibility. Main duty’s will be drilling cereal/cover crop with a New JD 6r250 on a sky drill. Spraying with a Chafer interceptor which is...
  15. ZXR17

    Draw bar on Househam AR 3000

    Has anyone fitted a draw bar to a Househam sp sprayer or any other sp sprayer? I want to pull a light weight 7ft x 4ft quad bike trailer for moving chemicals, suck up pipes etc when spraying off lying ground. Any pictures would be welcome. I had one fitted to a Hi Lo years ago but can't remember...
  16. Grassman

    Rain tonnes per acre

    We had 45mm of rain in last 24 hours!! So I tried to work out the weight of water per acre. Somehow I got to 1111.5 tonnes per acre!! Somehow I must of got it wrong @Dave W thinks I'm an idiot😃 what is the real weight of water per acre?
  17. Surgery

    Lamma 2024

    Whos going ?
  18. Chris Lockwood

    Situation Vacant Experienced arable operator required in Suffolk

    This position has now been filled.
  19. R

    Gator or a Polaris?

    Just had an unhappy experience with a 2021 Gator bought from a tractor dealer (not John Deere). Several problems (including a bent door they would not fix) so I have returned it. I lost £1700 as the dealer would not pay for service work or the two TractorMats I bought for it, Mats available if...
  20. bobk

    Has 2023 been a good year for you ?

    Personally it's been a total sh!t storm , everything from March went tits up , even now it continues to take Might go on the Wassiel in 2 days , burn a few virgins or whatever they do
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