New Holland has announced the winner of its 2021 UK and Ireland Dealer of the Year, which celebrates excellence in performance and service quality across its extensive dealer network.

Since the Claas Xerion was introduced in 1993, Kaweco has been a partner in slurry technology – besides gooseneck tankers and semi-trailed tankers, it produces its own build-on for the Xerion Saddle Trac. Kaweco explains the product’s key features.

Weaving has added a wider 8m model to its popular Sabre drill range – increasing the options available for larger farms looking for a versatile, all-weather drill. David Williams saw the first 8m version working on a Northamptonshire farm.

Against a back drop of rising input costs, farmers need to look at maximising the output from their grassland by focusing on a few key agronomy management practices, is the advice from Jim Clark, Carlisle-based agronomist with Hutchinsons.

As a farmer, you’d have to have been living under a rock for the past few years not to notice the intense pressure the agricultural industry is coming under to reduce its carbon footprint.

With Brexit, Covid-19 and, more recently, the Russia/Ukraine conflict, British agriculture is being strained more than it has been since the outbreak of World War 2. With volatile input markets and labour shortages causing farmers to question whether high input crops such as potatoes are a viable long-term option, efficiency and adding value to produce will be key to survival; but what can automation and robotics do for you?