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Stihl has announced two new models of its professional battery-powered pole pruners, said to offer greater cordless performance than its previous models. The HTA 150 and 160 models are part The post New pole pruners from Stihl offer increased power appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Cheffins has announced figures for 2023, reporting £71 million in total sales. This represents a £23 million increase in machinery and plant sales compared to 2022. Demand for quality, low-hour The post Cheffins posts record 2023 results as high demand drives the second-hand market appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

A new source of long-chain fatty acids is helping to fill the Omega 3 supply gap according to UFAC-UK. Developed from native algae rather than fish oils, algi40 is reported The post New feed supplement reportedly fills Omega 3 supply gap appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health.

Lamma was the launch point for Shelbourne’s new head memory system for its 8000 range of hedgecutters, a development that has been tested with operators across the UK for three The post New hedgetrimmer memory system launched by Shelbourne Reynolds appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

McConnel has introduced the Agribuggy V300 self-propelled sprayer. It has been redesigned from the ground up, with a new cabin, a 50kph continuously variable transmission, Cummins engine and a 3,000-litre The post New generation of Agribuggy launched by McConnel appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. have presented Case IH with two Good Design Awards, one for its Farmall 75C Electric and another The post Case IH wins Good Design Awards for flagship Quadtrac and electric Farmall appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

The Lamma show saw Kubota enter the materials handling market with its first telehandler. The KTH4815-2 is a compact machine at just 1.6m wide, with an overall height of below The post Kubota launches new compact telehandler at Lamma appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Launched at Agritechnica, and winning gold in the DLG Innovation Awards, New Holland’s CR11 combine harvester will be produced at the company’s Center of Harvesting Excellence in Zedelgem, Belgium. The The post New Holland announces investment in Belgian factory ahead of CR11 production appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Catchment areas in England designated as sensitive areas for phosphorus or nitrogen under the Water Industry Act 1991. 

How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.

Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.