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From grain dryers to seed cleaning equipment, bin storage and bulk stores, augers, elevators and conveyors, and guidance on grain store buildings, on-farm projects and store preparation for harvest – all topics covered in our machinery and arable sections.

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MACHINERY

How to renovate a Master batch grain dryer

Forking out tens of thousands of pounds on a spanking new mobile grain dryer isn’t the most exciting prospect for a lot of farmers. Instead, for those willing to put…

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6 tools to keep your grain store clean this harvest

Ensuring a clean and dust-controlled environment for grain storage will help save money and keep grain-drying costs to a minimum. Here is our pick of the latest kit to help…

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4 top machines for grain measuring and monitoring

Keeping a close eye on grain moisture and quality can make the difference between getting paid premium prices for your crops or not. Scroll down to see a few of…

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4 ways to manage summer crop store ventilation and lighting

Keeping grain stores and the crops inside them cool, ventilated and well lit are perennial problems for arable farmers. We take a look at a few handy devices that help…

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Case studies

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Automated mobile dryer simplifies harvest for 160ha grower

When faced with the quandary of upgrading to a newer combine harvester or a more efficient grain dryer, it takes a bit of discipline to plump for the latter. But…

GRAIN STORAGE EQUIPMENT

Guide to building a cash-saving DIY grain dryer

Arable growers in the West Country face a constant battle to harvest grain at an acceptable moisture, so having a decent drying set-up is essential – even if they're expensive to…

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Biomass burner cuts grain dryer bill by 30% on Borders farm

Weather conditions during harvest in the Scottish Borders are increasingly unpredictable – the only certainty being that virtually every tonne of grain will need to pass through a dryer. And…

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Grain dryer revamp helps cut farm energy costs

High-capacity grain handling, good ventilation and efficient energy use were priorities for a Cambridgeshire farm’s new grain drying installation. A convenient gap between two grain stores has been filled by…

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Community

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Inventions Competition 2021: Edward Cragg’s grain dryer

Edward Cragg’s grain dryer automation system Complex category third place Electronics postgraduate Edward Cragg set about bringing the family farm’s 43-year-old Wilder Robomatic batch grain dryer into the 21st century…

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Insights

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How a grain-swimming bot will revolutionise crop monitoring

Spear sampling grain in the dingy and dusty environment of a grain store could soon be a thing of the past with the imminent launch of a unique grain management…

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News

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Lishman's AgroLog offers wireless grain moisture readings

A wireless probe that takes moisture and temperature measurements in stored crops – such as grain and oilseeds – provides quick access of the readings on a mobile phone and…

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Budissa Bag offers cheaper alternative to a grain store

Hawick-based Bill Rae Contracting has become the new UK distributor for forage and feed bagging specialist Budissa Bag. The firm took on the job in June last year – having spent…

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Opico Magna batch grain dryers get remote control system

Opico has introduced an automatic control system for its range of Magna batch grain dryers, allowing them to be operated via a mobile device such as a tablet, smartphone or…

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McArthur to stock JK Machinery grain cleaners and graders

McArthur Agriculture has added JK Machinery’s conspicuously named VibroMax to its equipment line-up, catering for the growing number of farmers who are using intercropping in their rotations. The maker says…

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Test and reviews

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3 top tools for quicker, more accurate grain sampling

Getting representative grain samples is a crucial yet time-consuming part of any harvest operation. We've selected three products that help make sampling quicker, easier and more accurate. Martin Lishman Stretched…

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Grain dryers: electric vs tractor drive

PTO problems Why electric? What to consider PTO vs electric Solar drive For many farmers the humble yard tractor is still the tool of choice for keeping the mobile dryer…

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Video

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Video:Getting the best from a Master mobile dryer

The mobile grain dryer is clearly now a viable alternative to a fixed dryer – their capacities and drying outputs have increased over the years so that there are models…

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