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August 4, 2025
REPORT: Faced with extortionate costs to install power to his family’s farm, one Derbyshire farmer and contractor decided to go totally off-grid, adopting roof-mounted solar panels with energy storage using battery packs, in combination with…
July 8, 2025
REPORT: One Devon contracting business has invested in Jaltest diagnostic equipment to help with fault-finding and repairs across its extensive machinery fleet. The aim? To reduce downtime, lower repair bills and improve machine availability.
June 5, 2025
Split-shaft battery power tool challenge:We have been working with battery-powered Stihl split-shaft KMA 120R Kombi and Makita UX01G multi-tool units to power a range of attachments with two aims. First to see if battery power…
May 9, 2025
Apus Systems drainage plans: By studying old plans and combining this information with aerial image analysis and drainage detection, Apus Systems is able to create digital drainage maps.
April 11, 2025
USED MACHINERY: We all know by now the virtues of an umbilical setup - potential for a lighter footprint, enhanced nutrient monitoring, plus the potential for high outputs further contributes to the systems popularity. But…
April 20, 2025
LIVESTOCK: Lichfield natives S P Robinson & Son had been squeezed on all sides by construction, on what was their home farm in Staffordshire. So, when a 350ha farm became available in neighbouring Shropshire they…
April 20, 2025
TUNING: Not every farm will have an excavator. But, once you have one, you'll find more and more jobs you can do with it, even if that means being extra creative in the farm workshop…
January 17, 2025
TUNING: Even the best tractor can be optimised. Whether it’s about comfort or additional equipment, profi readers share their workshop creations.
December 1, 2024
REPORT: Heating and cooling for crop growing or livestock rearing are among some of the most significant costs for farm businesses.
September 1, 2024
TECHNICAL: How can yields be safeguarded when the climate is in such a state of flux? Are there methods that can better promote the supply of water and nutrients? The University of Bonn has been…
April 25, 2023
It’s been eight years since we last caught up with Warwickshire-based Hadley Farms, and throughout that period the farm has continued to adapt and evolve when it comes to cultivations and machinery choices. The farm…
