Technology

Gene edited (GE) wheat could be planted as soon as September if Defra gives Rothamsted Research’s latest project the green light.

The latest developments in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) are providing farmers with the ability to improve their herds more quickly than ever before. Farmers Guardian reports.

A new seed drill conversion kit which can convert a standard land metered drill into a variable rate drill has been launched by Hutchinsons.

Small Robot company (SRC) has announced its Tom monitoring robot is now delivered to commercial specification and entering service on UK farms.

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.