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Calibrating and keeping your crop sprayer in tip-top condition with the right nozzles for the target and spraying conditions form an important part of our coverage; plus user experience of mounted sprayers, trailed sprayers and self-propelled sprayers, guidance and auto spraying technologies.

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SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Cereals 2025: Budget Turkish sprayer maker targets UK market

Hailing from the central Turkish city of Konya, crop sprayer maker Ontar had made the journey to this year’s Cereals event with the hope of breaking into the UK market.…

SPRAYERS

Cereals 2025: Agroma returns with low-cost trailed sprayers

Greek sprayer maker Agroma is having another tilt at the UK market, having previously built machines for FarmGem and sold them through Lincolnshire outfit S&K Sprayer Services. Its trio of…

SPRAYERS

Cereals 2025: Grim unveils 4,000-litre/36m 9-series sprayer

The unmistakeable Deutz-like livery of Italian outfit Grim returned to the permitter of Cereals’ Sprays and Sprayers Arena, with Scottish Borders dealer Merse Agriculture showing the first of the firm’s…

SPRAYERS

Cleanacres sprayer revived with home-made autosteer system

Keen to modernise spraying operations, but happy with the performance of their 1998 Cleanacres Atlas, David and Michael Edwards decided to treat it to some upgrades. Top of their wish…

SPRAYERS

Knight Smart Inject can spot-spray with regular plumbing

Knight has come up with a nifty system that allows almost any sprayer to operate as a direct injection machine. Traditionally, sprayers of this type have been custom built for…

SPRAYERS

SoilEssentials' Skai spot-sprayer cuts chemical use

Aware of the dearth of options for tackling pernicious grassland weeds without clobbering clover, Charlie Murray went in search of a solution. The core of his Clyde Agriculture business, which…

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Driver's view: Danny Milazzo's Fendt Rogator 645

Judging for this year’s Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year competition is now in full swing. We caught up with one of the finalists to get the low-down on his…

SPRAYERS

Driver's view: Steven Forbes' Sands Horizon 6000

Steven Forbes talks us through his 2019 Sands Horizon fitted with 36m variable-geometry booms and a 6,000-litre tank. He works for a 1,200ha arable, anaerobic digestion and contacting business run…

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CROP MANAGEMENT

Video: How nozzle choice affects spray quality and efficacy

Selecting the appropriate sprayer nozzle for pre-emergence weed control is an important step in cutting spray drift and maximising the efficacy of the chemicals being applied. There are four key…

MACHINERY

3 Cereals videos: Top tractors, cultivation kit and sprayers

Machinery makers from across the globe flocked to Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire this week (10-15 June) for the annual Cereals 2015 event. We captured a few highlights from the tractor manufacturers, cultivation…

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