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  Issue: January ( 2025 )

  LAMMA 2025 PREVIEW: Lining up for LAMMA ‘25

  PREVIEW: LAMMA 2025 takes place at the NEC on 15-16 January and offers the usual wide selection of machinery and equipment. It’s unique in the United Kingdom that everything from components and spares to the…

  by Jane Carley

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Red Lodge Farm dispersal sale, Lincolnshire: Variety in Holbeach

  REPORT: There was a wide variety of machines being put under the hammer by Brown and Co following instructions form Holbeach-based J D Mawby and Sons.

  by Profi

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Bradley Farms: Heating tech forberry boost

  REPORT: Heating and cooling for crop growing or livestock rearing are among some of the most significant costs for farm businesses.

  by Jane Carley

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Harvesting, GDR style: Team culture

  REPORT: Threshing again, as in the days of the GDR — the motto for a special harvesting event that took place at Hohenfinow, Brandenburg, Germany in early July. We take you on a journey back…

  by Lucas Colsman

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  F & T L Stanier potato store: In control

  REPORT: F & T L Stanier have just completed their second 1,250 tonne climate controlled potato store, ready for the 2024 harvest. The store is bang up to date with mobile connectivity for crop condition…

  by Ken Topham

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Carnhill Holsteins, automated feeding: Fresh feed 24/7

  REPORT: Back in 2022, Gea announced it was launching an autonomous feeding system. For the past six months, a DairyFeed F4500 has been keeping the dairy herd at Carnhill Holsteins full of grub.

  by Mervyn Bailey

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Tine sleeve replacement: Roll up your sleeves

  WORKSHOP: Wobbling tines on a bale spike or muck fork will eventually wear the bushes. If you want to restore that tight fit, then weld-in sleeves are one workshop solution.

  by Alexander Bertling

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Yard and front loaders: Lift, move, improve

  TUNING: We've received a bucketful of end-user modifications and tips on how to improve yard and front loaders. Here's a selection for you to get inspired.

  by Christian Brüse

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  JH Agro MaxiStrø bedding robot: Straw from above

  LIVESTOCK: JH Agro is currently developing an overhead bedding system that achieves bedding widths of up to 12m. We've been given an exclusive look at the new development.

  by Martin Zäh

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  Kristen Stable Equipment Future remote-controlled locking barrier: Headlock on the button

  With the Future electric control system from Kristen Stable Equipment, feed fences can be opened and closed remotely.

  by Martin Zäh

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  Issue: 12/2024 ( 2024 )

  JCB 418S and 419S loading shovels: Look before you leap

  USED MACHINERY: JCB launched the 418S loading shovel in November 2013 to replace both the 414S and 416S.

  by James de Havilland

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