Machinery special: Cost control with Amazone Condor

It is still relatively rare to see one 12m drill on a UK farm, let alone three. But for a large Warwickshire farming company, capacity in its CTF-based system

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Seeing triple: A Forsyth Farmwork now has three 12m Amazone Condor drills at its disposal.
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Seeing triple: A Forsyth Farmwork now has three 12m Amazone Condor drills at its disposal.

Moving to controlled traffic farming is an investment-heavy process for a large contract farming company, and A Forsyth Farmwork has taken a measured approach with a mixture of new and used machinery to...

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