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The article evaluates several agricultural equipments including the Telehawk straw shredder from Teagle, the Opus cultivator from Vaderstad, and the Zircon 12 harrow from Lemken, which are to be displayed at Great Britain's farm machinery trade show Lamma as of January 2015.

The article offers information on several combine machinery including New Holland CR9070, Sampo Rosenlew 3065 and Claas Tcano 440.

A chart is presented that shows that specifications of several combine machinery including Case-IH, Deutz-Fahr and John Deere.

The article features several farming equipment including EDX precision planters from Amazone, TF Maxi precision seeder from Optima and Tempo F high speed precision maize drill from Vaderstad.

The article offers information on several agricultural equipment to be exhibited at Tillage-Live cultivation event in 2012 in Great Britain including the Centurion disc cultivating drill from Simba Great Plains, Amazone's Avant 2,000-litre front hopper, and Pöttinger's Terrasem C6 Fertilizer trailed drill.

The article offers brief information on several cereals farming equipment including the Agrisem Tri-O-Sem tined direct drill from Manterra, the Auto Trac Controller from John Deere, and the Versaplus seeder from Sumo.

The article offers information on several agricultural machinery and materials including the MLT 625 farm machine from Manitou, the LM5020 hydraulics from New Holland, and the 9000 loader from Massey Ferguson.

A preview of a selection of tine drills is presented, including the Mounted Tine Drill from dale Drills, Kongskilde Vibro-Seeder 600 from Kongskilde UK, and KRM Trisem tractor-mounted box drill from KRM Soladrill.

The article presents a comparative specifications table including pre-cultivation, protection, and depth control for 17 direct drills including Tine Coulter Drills, Amazone Primera DMC, and Claydon SR.

The article features several agricultural equipment, including John Deere 900 baler, the Titan range of spreaders from Teagle, and the Silvercut 300F FC front-mounted disc mower-conditioner from Twose.

The article provides an overview of self-loading forage wagons which will be showcased at the 2011 Grassland & Muck Event. Lely has acquired the assets of Mengele and relaunched its wagons under the Tigo brand through its distributor and dealer network in Great Britain. John Deere and Pottinger have develop an ultrasonic scanning system to monitor changes in the size and density of the grass swath.

The article previews harvesting and handling machinery showcased at the Grassland & Muck 2011, including Krone's Big M 500 and six-rotor rake Swadro 2000, Strautmann's Continuous Flow System (CFS) and Kuhn's balers.

The article describes the simple feeding system at a dairy farm in North Yorkshire, England, owned by brothers Tim and David Inman. It details how the Inmans considered lifestyle issues, together with herd performance and milk production, in their decision to switch to a less intensive feeding system. It features a low-cost, low-labour input approach consists of an ad-lib silage feeding system, home-mixed rations and outdoor feeders.

The article evaluates various mowers with telescopic arms including Bomford Turner's Hawk and Falcon Evo, Landmec's Orsi Acrobat, and McConnel's Power Arm.

The article describes several minimum-tillage tractor-mounted cultivator drills to be exhibited at the 2011 LAMMA farm machinery show, including the Express 3TD drill from Horsch, the Solitair 8 seeder from Lemken, and the Dakota 300 air drill from Mascar.

The article evaluates several pasture grooming equipment, including the Dal-Bo Maxiroll Greenline 10 from Kongskilde UK, Guttler Greenmaster from Wox Agri Services, and the He-Va Grass Roller from Opico.

The article presents a comparison of several small bale handlers including the GFC Bale Band-It from the U.S., the Marcrest Bale Baron 4200T from Canada and the Arcusin Multipack B14.

The article presents a comparison of several purpose-built transport trailers for moving livestock including the standard Stock Container from A W Engineering, 90LT and 100LT livestock trailers from Bateson and demountable Livestock Containers from Graham Edwards Trailers.

The author discusses the usefulness of forage wagon to British farmers and the things to consider before investing on the machine. The biggest possible is the obvious answer, as it has a significant impact on performance. But, then, so does travel speed and turn-around time. In that case it may be worth losing a few cubic metres capacity for a wagon that can run down narrow lanes and B roads with ease and spin around easily to offload on to the silage clamp apron.

Provides information on agricultural machinery which will be launched at the Grassland 2005 exhibition. Features of the trailed mowers from John Deere; Specifications of the F550 baler from McHale; Capacities of the Torro 5100 forage tractor from Pottinger.

Discusses the merger and acquisition activity of tractor and machinery firms worldwide. Merger that created the International Harvester; Information on the uncertainty brought by mergers and acquisitions; Main reasons for merging and acquiring companies.

Evaluates the T Series farm tractors from Valtra. Features; Advantages for farm operators; Speed of the engine.

Presents information on several radial tires which help tractor operators to convert power into useful work. Firestone's 900/65R42; Design of Goodyear's Optitrac DT830 range; Information on the performance of Michelin's Megaxbib.

The article offers information on the latest spraying technology to be introduced at British arable industry event Cereals 2013 including the Commander trailed sprayer line-up from Hardi, the Matrix Pro steering guidance from TeeJet, and the Xenis mounted sprayer from Tecnoma.

The article offers information on cultivation and drilling equipment to be introduced at British arable industry event Cereals 2013 including the Plus version of the Kuhn Optimer shallow disc cultivator, a trailed version of the Kuhn Cultimer, and an alternative version of the Kverneland CLS Pro cultivator.

The article focuses on the movement of the central tyre inflation towards the mainstream market. It mentions that the XeoBib tyre from Michelin can be used on the road at pressures usually confined to the field. It adds that the pressure of the front and rear tyres is altered by VarioGrip in a matter of minutes. Moreover, the engineers at Fendt engineers are exploring the potential of the tyre inflation system in Great Britain.

The article offers information on diesel farm buggies including the New Holland Rustler, John Deere HPX Gator, and Kubota RTV900.

The article evaluates several potato handling and processing equipment including the FM-2 hydraulic belt conveyor, Baselier two-row side delivery topper, and Scotts Trinity 22B two-row side delivery topper.

The article reports on the reintroduction of the front-mounted ploughs in the farm market as of June 2011. According to Dowdeswell Engineering design engineer Jason Stringer, the issue of obstructed view when moving the ploughs to another area is valid but it could be resolved through the use of a low-loader trailer. The opinion of France-based Kverneland product specialist Alan Jones on the issue is also cited.

The article describes the changes made to slurry applications. The changes to the application include the addition of an auto-steering which keep the applicator on track, the tractor's electric control unit (ECU), which adjusts the engine, and a CVT transmission, which maintains the correct speed over hill and dale. For Leominster contractor Wayne Middleton, the application allowed him to provide customers with the most accurate and best-recorded slurry application service possible.

The article looks at various anti-lock braking systems (ABS) developed by manufacturers to help tractors slow rapidly and safely. It describes how ABS functions and how the brake release/apply sequence occurs repeatedly with the objective of keeping the wheels rotating. It features the ABS developed by JCB for its 7200 series Fastrac and the ABS developed by Fendt for the 800 and 900 Vario models.

The article previews several aerator products, including the 6-meter (m) folding Aerovator from K-Two, the Ae-Ro II slitter from Agribiz and the 7-m Gen-Til heavy-duty aerator from Wox Agricultural Services.

The article offers information on tractor price increases in Great Britain, including new tractor features and winners of farm machinery awards from LAMMA in 2010. The addition of front-axle suspensions and other features have pushed tractor prices to the range of 3,000 to more than 10,000 British pounds. The new features of John Deere 8R Series tractors and New Holland Auto Command tractors and the awards received by farm machinery makers including Natural England, Terrington Machinery and UTS Biogas are also discussed.

The article previews several farm buggies or utility terrain vehicles (UTV) including the Bobcat 3400D, the Cub Cadet Big Country, and the John Deere XUV Gator.

The article evaluates the Tawi mini bale wrapper.

The article offers information on the traction control system found in Pöttinger Servo 45S mounted ploughs.

The article presents a comparison of side-impeller spreaders for use in muck management, including the Abbey Multispreader, Hunton Legg Multispreader and Kuhn ProTwin Slinger.

The article discusses how British engineers are switching to tractors with continuously variable transmissions (CVT). According to the author, CVT tractors feature smooth and precise control and power efficiency. CVT engines are used in tractors that operate on stock farms, orchards, vineyards and commercial groundscare work. Among these CVT tractors include the Torotrak IVT variator from Carraro DriveTech.

The article discusses the ventilation of a building for dairy cows. An inlet to circulate the air helps increase oxygen supply and metabolism of the cattle. The presence of spider webs is an indication of the lack of air movement while dust strips in purlins show the run-off of condensation in the area. The installation of an open ridge may be more expensive but is more adequate for ventilating the cattle building.

The article discusses the technologies that were incorporated in forage harvesters to improve their performance, resulting in reduced driver workload and added value to the harvesting operation. Such technologies include telematics remote performance and service monitoring, automatic speed control, automatic spout control and automatic chop length. Examples of automatic speed control are the ConstantPower system on the Krone BiG X forage harvesters and the Power Cruise on the New Holland FR900 machines.

The article discusses ways of cutting cultivation costs in farms. It notes that farmers should consider the time available between anticipated harvest dates and target drilling dates. Farmers can use agricultural implements like a multiple disc or tine cultivators to save ploughing time. Adding a seed broadcasting system to a combination cultivator provides single-pass establishment of oilseed rape into moist soil is advisable while providing an effective means of busting stubbles in preparation for drilling cereal crops.

New round balers from Claas and Krone, with additional models from McHale and Pöttinger, are to be found in this year's Ultimate Guide, while Lely Welger balers have now fully transitioned to the Fendt and Massey Ferguson product lines. Kubota's range has been slimmed down, with the 25-knife version of the BV 5160 SuperCut being dropped (the 14-knife model remains), along with the equivalent BV 5200, which produces taller bales, and baler-wrapper versions of that model. The Roll Baler 135 Ultra baling/wrapping combination has also gone by the wayside, as have the base-spec Roll-Belt 150 and 180 variable bale size machines with their up-and-over non-chopping intake rotor. [Extracted from the article]

A new range from John Deere, a new model from Kuhn and a new knotter design for Case IH and New Holland machines are the main updates for our 2020 Ultimate Guide to big square balers. In a simplified Massey Ferguson range, the 80cm x 70cm MF 2240 baler has been dropped along with ProCut cutting rotor versions of the 80cm x 90cm MF 2250 and MF 2260, which continue to be available in Packer and Packer Cutter form. [Extracted from the article]

Features several spraying innovations to be featured at the Sprays & Sprayers area of the Cereals 2005 event. Zynx Spray Controller from Automatic Machine Control; BoomTrac from John Deere; Enviromist Handy Dome from Micron Sprayers; AirRide sprayer from Househam.

Presents information on several agricultural machinery launched in the British market, as of November 2004. Flail cutter from Buzzard; Trailer from K Two; Quicke Dimension and Trima Plus loaders from Alo.

Presents letters to the editor in response to issues and topics related to agriculture in Great Britain. Evaluation of the single farm payment (SFP) scheme; Decrease of price support of government on the dairy sector; Absence of consultation on the implementation of SFP in England.

Focuses on the parts of British farm equipment and machinery that came from different countries. Overview of the buying criteria of British farmers; Reasons for the limited choice of farmers in selecting British farm equipment; Examples of domestic manufacturers of farm equipment.

The article evaluates five-wheeler floater Ploeger AT3103/AT4103 and AT5105 offered by Ploeger Machines bv.

The article evaluates balers including Agco's expanded Fendt and Massey Ferguson lines, Roll-Baler 135 Ultra from New Holland, and the Rollant 540 fixed chamber baler from Claas.