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Tillage
Tillage TAMS now open for applications
Siobhán Walsh
The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme is now open for applications. Applicants will be eager to submit their paperwork, as the scheme is one of the last to open.
17 May 2023 Farm machinery
Watch: combination Kverneland sprayer works well on hilly Tyrone tillage farm
Peter Thomas Keaveney visited grain grower and contractor Trevor Black, to find out how his Kverneland spraying outfit has performed after its first three seasons working on the hills of Tyrone.
10 May 2023 News
Kuhn takes wraps off new trailed sprayer
Kuhn has introduced a new 3,800l Lexis trailed sprayer, which joins the firm's three-model range of Lexis trailed sprayers.
Lemken investing in a mechanical future without sprayers
Lemken have set its sights on moulding a crop care future manufacturing mechanical weeding equipment. Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to the Steketee factory in the Netherlands to find out more.
26 April 2023 Farm machinery
Listen: starting an ag solutions business at 25
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Gary Abbott speaks with Gavin Weldon of Wel-Tech Agri & Plant, who started a business specialising in sprayer testing and precision ag solutions at the age of 25.
3 April 2023 News
Quicker cleaning and new nozzle bodies for Fendt Rogator
Fendt has updated its self-propelled Rogator sprayers for 2023, with improved boom stability, electro-pneumatic nozzle bodies and a new system to reduce cleaning times.
11 March 2023 News
Michelin introduces new tyre size for agri sprayers
Following the launch of the Michelin SprayBib CFO (Cyclical Field Operation) in 2022, a new dimension has now been added to the range, namely the Michelin SprayBib CFO VF 710/60 R46.
9 March 2023 News
Tax sprays to fund farmers cutting pesticide use, MEPs told
An MEP's report called for more ambitious legally-binding spray reduction targets than had been sought by the Commission in its initial report.
3 March 2023 News
Tillage Podcast: TAMS basics missing, but career opportunities in tillage
On this week’s show, we cover everything from jobs in the tillage sector to new spraying technology, Irish oats, grain markets and weather.
23 February 2023 News
Advice on keeping sprayers working at optimum levels
Corteva Agriscience has issued advice on sprayer maintenance and the use of its fungicide active Inatreq.
7 February 2023 Husbandry
Opinion: farmers are failing the sprayer test
It should worry all farmers that only 2,360 sprayers currently have a valid certificate of test. This is not how to protect continued pesticide usage.
4 February 2023 Opinion
Thousands of sprayers out of test
There are over 36,000 accredited professional users, more than 15 for every certified tested sprayer.
1 February 2023 News