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The article presents a preview of the Tillage-Live agriculture exhibition in Great Britain.

The article presents a preview of the Tillage-Live agriculture exhibition in Great Britain.

Offers a look at the efforts of farmers to search for specialist contractors to generate the benefits of environmental stewardship schemes in Great Britain. Overs of the agricultural stewardship schemes offered in the country; Significance of environmental management to the agricultural industry; Implications of the stewardship schemes for specialist contractors.

The article offers information on several agricultural tires including the ProgressiveTraction technology from Trelleborg, the Bridgestone VT-Tractor from Bridgestone and the PneuTrac from Mitas, to improve farming.

The article previews several high-capacity trailed spreaders including the ZG-B from Amazone, the XT from Polyvrac and Kuhn AGT 6036.

The article discusses technological developments in the agriculture sector in Great Britain. It focuses on the introduction of the lightbar guidance systems, as well as assisted steering technology in the industry. It cites the types of assisted steering system, namely, the friction drive, the positive drive, and the integral drive. It presents as example the mojo console from Leica Geosystems.

The article discusses the highlights of the Muck NorthWest event, held in March 2009 in Cheshire, England. Producers who came to get an up-to-date picture of application techniques and latest rules were urged not to fall back on the nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) nitrogen limit derogation as an opportunity to put off the inevitable.

The article highlights several grants for woodland improvement and management available in Great Britain as of December 2005 including the English Woodland Grant Scheme, Scottish Forestry Grants Scheme and the Single Payment Scheme.

Reports on the plan of industry representative and commercial organizations to work together to reduce work-related illness among farmers and self-employed agricultural workers in Great Britain as of January 2004. Increase in death rates among the self-employed; Actions taken by the Health and Safety Commission and National Farmers' Union to educate farmers on risk reduction; Economic and management stresses that make farmers more vulnerable to illness.

Focuses on the color changes in the Renault tractors sold in Europe. Information on how the marketing team at Claas will handle the distribution of Renault Agriculture products; Sales of the tractors in Great Britain.

Features Richard Evans, who works for the British relief milking service firm Farmforce. Job description; Benefits of relief milking services to dairymen; Background on the company.