Technology

Introduced in 2012 for combine operators to guide trailers in the field when unloading, John Deere’s Machine Sync is now available for forage harvesters, enabling the forager to take control of the carting tractor and trailer

With tweaks to the line-ups of its mid-power tractors, Valtra has added more refinement and technology to its latest roll-out of fifth generation machines. Alex Heath reports.

Accurate weighing of loads is a useful bonus for contractors and merchants moving a variety of materials with a tractor loader, as one Devon contractor is finding with Quicke’s latest automated system. Jane Carley reports.

Following the introduction of Claas’s operator assistance system, Cemos, on the Arion and Axion tractor series in 2020, the manufacturer has now added it to the Axion 900 Terra Trac half-track series.

German machinery show Agritechnica has announced the fair held in Hanover will not take place in November as originally planned, but will instead be held from February 27 to March 5, 2022.

The first crop of Dyson Farming’s strawberries from its new six-hectare glasshouse in Carrington, Lincolnshire will hit supermarket shelves this week.

Despite challenges brought on by Covid-19, Harper Adams University continues to make strides with its Hands Free Farm project. Jane Carley catches up with its progress.

An international consortium of academic and commercial seed companies from the USA, Canada, Europe and Israel have mapped the entire set of genes which make up canola (oilseed rape).

There is currently much talk about the benefits of regenerative agriculture and a research project is now looking at how the approach could be adopted on large commercial beef farms. Katie Jones and Hannah Park report.

Long established land drainage contractor Farm Services has seen renewed interest in the benefits of its services, as soil health continues to gain greater significance on farmers’ agendas. Jane Carley reports.