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Team's trailed irrigator saves Cambridgeshire onion crop

A pragmatic solution to getting water on to parched farmland without an irrigation system has saved onion growing on part of Quality Farming Cambridgeshire’s (QFC’s) unit at Yaxley, near Peterborough.…

SPRAYERS

Kuhn targets trailed sprayer market with high-capacity Karan

French machinery maker Kuhn has signalled its intent to challenge the big players in the medium to large trailed sprayer market with the launch of a new Karan series. Previously,…

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…

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Driver's view: Steve May's trailed John Deere R962i sprayer

Steve May gives us the lowdown on his 2019 John Deere R962i trailed sprayer with 6,200-litre tank and 36m boom, which he runs for Northampton-based Fromant and Sanders. Find out…

SPRAYERS

Vicon unveils updated T4 trailed sprayer range

Vicon has launched a T-series sprayer range that brings smarter technology and easier operation to its trailed line up. The likely volume seller in the Kubota-owned company’s new fleet is…

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Video: Band sprayer cuts herbicide use in half

Cambridgeshire arable grower Edd Banks has invested in a custom-built band sprayer that could cut his herbicide bill in half and give his resistant blackgrass a hammering. Built by Herefordshire…

CEREALS

Video: Machinery highlights from Cereals 2018

The Farmers Weekly machinery team headed to the southern site for the annual Cereals show, this year at Chrishall Grange in Cambridgeshire. Although several machinery manufacturers scaled back their stands,…

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