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Cereals 2026: LH Agro offers Carbon Bee spot spraying kit

Retrofit Carbon Bee spot spraying kits are now available through Cambridgeshire distributor LH Agro. The SmartStriker-X system uses a series of 3m-spaced RGB and hyperspectral cameras to detect weeds both…

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Cereals 2026: Rumex RXF900 spot sprayer takes out weeds

Opico has entered the spot spraying arena by signing a deal to import front-mounted Rumex machines from Bavaria, Germany. The pictured 9m RXF900 and smaller 6m RXF600 use artificial intelligence…

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Driver’s view: Tom Franks’ Chafer Sentry trailed sprayer

Having fallen into financial difficulty last year, Lincolnshire sprayer maker Chafer has been brought back from the brink by a trio of new owners. Trading as Nexus Chafer, they plan…

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Driver's View: Ed Glover's Knight KT2060 trailed sprayer

Knight Farm Machinery unveiled the first example of its KT2060 trailed sprayer at the Lamma show, not only to passing tyre-kickers but also its eventual owner, Ed Glover of Andover-based…

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Driver’s View: Neil Hall’s Landquip InTrac trailed sprayer

The InTrac is Landquip’s contribution to the world of high-output trailed spraying, armed with polyethylene tanks of up to 8,000 litres and booms as wide as 44m. The latter are…

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Deere closes Mazzotti self-propelled sprayer operation

John Deere’s self-propelled sprayer offering is set to narrow, after it announced the closure and liquidation of Mazzotti. The company, based at Ravenna in north-eastern Italy, was purchased by Deere…

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Driver's view: Luke Haynes' Fendt Rogator 645

This is Luke Haynes’ second consecutive year as a Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year finalist, having narrowly missing out in 2020. Since our visit a year ago, he has…

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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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Simple solutions for speedier spraying

Typically in the UK, less than a third (28 days) of the key spraying period March to May has suitable weather for spraying, according to Syngenta. Cutting the amount of…

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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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