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The first people to receive a new grant from Kramp have been announced. The Cultivate a Generation grant scheme provides £30,000 annually for essential workshop equipment from the Kramp range. The post Kramp awards Cultivate a Generation initiative grants appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited vegetable handling specialist Haith Group at the company’s headquarters in Armthorpe, near Doncaster, last week. The Princess Royal met members of the founding The post Royal visit to Haith Group appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Sustainable approaches to the circular economy and resource efficiency will be developed to enable the transition to a greener future

The Ecomat shallow plough range from Kverneland has been extended with a series of smaller models designed for in-furrow operation. The new models are available in six, seven and eight-furrow The post Kverneland adds in-furrow models to the Ecomat plough range appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

The milling wheat variety Crusoe, from Limagrain, has been awarded the top three positions in the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Milling Wheat Quality awards. In the twelve years since joining The post Limagrain’s Crusoe wheat claims top positions in YEN quality awards appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Following the company’s Dealer Kick-Off Meeting at Basildon, New Holland held an event at the Stock Brook Manor Golf & Country Club to celebrate the performance of its dealer network. The post New Holland announces winners for 2023 Dealer of the Year awards appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

JCB chairman Anthony Bamford has celebrated sixty years with his family’s firm JCB over the weekend. Lord Bamford joined the company as an employee in 1964, aged just 18, having The post 60 years at JCB for Anthony Bamford appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

For potato grower Ollie Dennis, of Dennis (Haddenham) Limited, running a successful 700ha arable farm that includes 400ha of potatoes grown annually for the crisping, chipping, packing and processing markets The post Accurate nematicide application more critical than ever for UK farmer appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Sumir, manufactured by Life Scientific, has received authorisation for joint application with a wider range of products. The ALS inhibitor herbicide can now be used with Boudha, Broadway Star, Dakota, The post New herbicide options available to growers this spring appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

New legislation has been laid in Parliament to ensure fair and transparent contracts for dairy farmers, more than a decade on from the NFU’s SoS Dairy Campaign. The government held The post Dairy contracts to be fairer and more transparent after a decade of campaigning appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

The variations in drilling dates coupled with the impact of wet weather and the early appearance of disease are set to make winter wheat management challenging this year, according to The post ProCam releases advice on managing winter wheat disease control appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Amidst the yellow and black machinery, a one-off tartan tractor has left the JCB production line. The Fastrac 4220 iCON has been specially wrapped in honour of Scottish rugby legend The post JCB unveils tartan tractor to honour rugby legend appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.