Mounted drills are back – and farmers have wet soils to thank

A mounted toolbar drill is helping to solve the establishment challenge with better weather flexibility

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Mounted drills are back – and farmers have wet soils to thank

Mounted drills are back in vogue after a succession of wet autumns have posed increasing establishment challenges. For J & WK Fisher, of Saxondale, Nottinghamshire, the journey to moving less soil on...

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