Farmers Guide May 2020

May 2020

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Contents Out & About ........................................................................................................................5 Comment: There’s no furlough for farmers ..........................................................7 Grain & Fertiliser Advice .................................................................................................9 News in Brief .................................................................................................................... 10

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Arable: Fungicide mix vital for robust resistance management ......................... 12 Could new co-formulation help clear blight headache? ....................... 16 Tackling late blight in 2020 ................................................................................. 17 Potentially the most challenging potato season ever for growers.... 19 OSR Management – building up the beetle defences............................ 20 Breeder to go halves on 2020 oilseed rape costs ...................................... 23 OSR remains a key crop in Norfolk farming company’s rotation........ 24 New OSR genetic trait launched into breeding programme ............... 27 Winter oilseed rape crops are a mixed bag this year ............................... 28 Seeing the digital wood for the trees in Bedfordshire ............................ 31 Herbicide hits to raise maize yields ................................................................. 35 Precision drilling at a regular tempo ............................................................... 36 Thinking outside the Calaris box for maize weed control ..................... 37 How to grow a 5t/ha combinable pea crop................................................. 39 Nutrient take-up the key to unlocking spring barley potential .......... 40

Fungicide mix vital for robust resistance management

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Machinery: High performance slurry applicator makes its UK debut ...................... 43 Lancashire dispersal sale ...................................................................................... 49 Better to be less rigid about handling............................................................ 57

Potatoes:...................................................................................................................... 66 Hire:................................................................................................................................... 79 Pre-Harvest Preparation:............................................................................ 82 Grassland & Muck: ............................................................................................. 94 Livestock: Sow now, eat later .................................................................................................118 Making a shepherd’s work easier ...................................................................121

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With Farmers Guide editor Rachel Hicks and the team

Crops haven’t stopped growing because of the pandemic, and livestock haven’t disappeared off on lockdown. As a result, farmers haven’t furloughed – therefore neither have we.

For us, it’s important that we still provide the latest machinery news, arable advice and general industry information to our readers, so the Farmers Guide management set into motion a work-from-home plan for the entire team within the space of just a few days – a testament to their dedication to never miss an issue and their promise to deliver the magazine to 2 David Williams managed your door without fail – as they have done for the last 40 years. to see a new Ploeger During the last few weeks of lockdown, the website has been liquid applicator being put through its paces in updated like mad, keeping you abreast of the news as it happens.

Lincolnshire pre-restrictions. Plus our newsletters have increased in number to ensure nothing is missed, with new special topics being introduced.

3 Farm security is just one of the special topics for our Obviously, in the last few weeks we’ve not really been able to newsletters this month. get ‘out and about’, but just before the lockdown was announced machinery editor David Williams travelled to Lincolnshire to see 4 The Farmers Guide team has been keeping in touch the first of Ploeger’s new high capacity liquid applicators put to via regular Zoom meetings, work – you can read all about it on page 43. to ensure we continue to David also popped to Bury St Edmunds, just down the bring you the best content road from our office and, whilst safely following the full social possible – both in the magazine and online. distancing guidelines, chatted to a farming estate manager about 5 Visit our Facebook page to their new articulated telescopic telehandler – turn to page 57.

With physical and mental health being so important, even see heartwarming videos like this one by P Tuckwell more so at isolating times like this, we’re all being told to ensure Ltd, who programmed a we get our daily exercise. One thing that a lot of farms are having sprayer to create this show of appreciation for our NHS. to deal with currently is the increased number of members of the public using their land for access during their walks and general exercise – some of whom it appears are acting irresponsibly.

Not only is this potentially damaging to crops and livestock, it is endangering vulnerable farming families by bringing the risk of transmission to their doorstep. While it may be tempting to lock the gates and put up strongly worded signage, Defra has confirmed that owners/occupiers should not ‘unlawfully obstruct 1 One of our readers, Russel

Abbott, sent us a photo of his 10-month-old daughter Tilly enjoying the magazine – she is apparently fascinated by tractors, and loves a Massey! She and her two sisters are missing their grandparents, Becky and Robert, from Crag Pit Farm in Tattingstone, very much during lockdown.

or restrict the rights of way network’. However, it has provided the option for farmers to offer alternative routes (permission must be obtained from relevant landowners and steps must be taken to make sure the route is safe for users and livestock), provided that the original right of way is maintained, suggested tying gates open if it is safe to do so, so that walkers do not need to touch the gate, and has issued notices for farmers to put up to alert the public to the guidance so that everyone can remain safe. If you've had any issues with unwanted visitors, we'd like to hear from you.

While I’ve been tethered to my dining table, I’ve ‘attended’ virtual press briefings on the challenges facing this year’s crop of spring barley, as well as having a chat with BBC Radio Suffolk’s Mark Murphy on all the inspirational things farmers have been doing to help their communities during this pandemic.

It’s actually pretty wonderful how the entire agri industry has managed to pull together and make so many positives out of a truly awful situation, but that’s what this fantastic community always does. You’ll find more about this on page 7.

It’s also been lovely hearing from our readers during this difficult time. You’ve been sending us emails, tweets and Facebook messages to tell us what you’ve been up to, sharing pictures and videos of yourselves out in the fields ploughing, drilling and spraying, as well as truly heartwarming messages of support and solidarity for both the Farmers Guide team and for other farmers and their families. We really do appreciate it, so please keep this contact coming.

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Comment

There’s no furlough for farmers Farmers are the unsung heroes during this unprecedented time, so we’d like to take a moment to thank all of you who are keeping calm and carrying on, as well as those going that extra mile.

It’s impossible to escape the doom-and-gloom press coverage surrounding the current Covid-19 pandemic. The reality, however, is that farming is an industry with so many uncertainties that the only practical attitude to survive in the field is to ‘Keep Calm & Carry On’ all year round. This hardy approach plays an integral part in the lives within our rural, and indeed urban, communities, and has only become stronger during these difficult times.

As the UK’s major supermarkets struggled to keep up with increasing demand and the most vulnerable in society have been forced to stay home, farmers have been out en masse – not just spring planting, lambing and feeding the country as normal – but going the extra mile to help the elderly and those who are unable to source basic essentials.

For example, Norfolk farmer Tim Briscoe starts his day early in order to deliver 12.5kg bags of potatoes to the most vulnerable in his area, whilst similarly, Essex potato farmers Laura and Robert Strathern have responded to the crisis by setting up a free local home delivery of vegetables and handmade crisps.

Norfolk farmer, Tim Briscoe.

Meanwhile, the Probus Young Farmers in Cornwall are helping within their communities by collating shopping lists of food and medical supplies, collecting them from local shops and

everyone else cares about,” Mr Ward stated.

As well as farmers making full use of the internet to stay connected and help the wider community, for the first time ever, the Cereals Event 2020 is set to go online – producers may be unable to physically attend the event, but all features will be delivered virtually. Well, delivering them modern problems require to those who are modern solutions!

Machinery companies are at particular risk if they leave their also doing their bit to support homes. North an essential industry and keep the country running. Claas has Yorkshire-based Bert’s Barrow farm announced that it will continue shop was one of to operate all parts, workshop, the first rural food sales and delivery services as shops to allow normal, whilst fully complying customers to drive with the government’s latest . shop farm w Barro The team at Bert's to the farm, place Covid-19 advice. JCB Chairman their order and Lord Bamford promised to help in any way the company could to plug the national have their shopping put directly into the boot of ventilator shortage by re-starting production at a their car by an employee, eliminating most chances closed factory to manufacture steel housings for a of contamination. new ventilator, designed by Dyson.

In these times of isolation, to which most Regardless of the unprecedented effects of the farmers are well accustomed, many agricultural pandemic, the Government acknowledged the workers are also taking to social media to educate difficult year UK farmers have had with floods and the general population on what the day-to-day running of UK farms involves. Guy and Emily French, lack of drilling opportunities by confirming the relaxation of the threetwo Essex farmers, are no doubt very popular with crop rule and freezing some parents after offering the red diesel subsidy for regular educational videos agriculture. Throughout online to inform children the current national about farm life. Another emergency, farmers farmer, Andrew Ward, is also continue to feed the nation helping the local and wider and support their local communities despite community with his daily videos, giving the public a the odds stacked against window into his farm and them and in return, the life in the country, providing Farmers Guide team Farmers Guy and Emily French from Essex . joy and inspiration to those hopes to recognise this who are housebound monumental effort by and unable to enjoy open spaces. “With so many supporting UK farmers as much as we can. We have always seen the ‘best of British’ in times of adversity, people at home and on social media it is an ideal and there is no better example than from the opportunity to help bridge the gap between urban unflustered farming community, who do as they life and the countryside, and dispel any myths that have always done, and calmly carry on. After all – farmers don’t care about the environment and there’s no furlough for farmers. FG climate change. We care about the same things that

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Grain & Fertiliser Advice

The importance of regulations to domestic grain markets should never be underestimated These are uncertain times, and the grain and fertiliser markets are a reflection of this – lessons need to be learnt, and planning is of the utmost importance.

An employer looking to appoint a new team member would love to know that the following criteria can always be guaranteed: ’attention to detail with a full understanding and knowledge of the job...’ writes Openfield’s head of compliance, shipping and research, Cecilia Pryce (right). In practise, I feel many in agriculture have little option other than to accept what is offered. I certainly remember in my early 20s being told I couldn’t deal with a situation as I didn’t have the experience, but then how do you gain experience unless it’s through getting your hands dirty? After 29 years in the industry, I acknowledge every day is a school day, but we can only learn from each other if we are receptive to doing so. Over the years, I have found myself trying to explain why historical EU Regulations exist to relative newbies in many job roles, especially in the light of the UK’s expected departure from the EU on 1st January 2021.

One such regulation that I have lobbied for keeping is No 642/2010.

It’s been around for 10 years and had over five amendments, but anyone who wants to argue for it not being made into UK law might want to refer to the job criteria above! I remember when

it was instigated, the damage that not having the regulation did to domestic EU grain markets and how it has limited market price downside since. In the current uncertain environment, with US ethanol demand falling by 33 per cent in the last three weeks compared to the previous 10, resulting in an unexpected 14 million metric tonne drop in demand for maize compared to crop year 2017/18, it’s clear why US maize values are at amazingly low levels.

These low-level prices are weighing on global feed markets, with little prospect of an immediate recovery – unless there is a detrimental weather issue globally, a large percentage of US farmers plant soya instead of maize or the end of Covid-19 and a full recovery.

The price of CBOT maize is used in 642/2010 to calculate a minimum maize import price

for the EU. There are two other elements (domestic US basis): The cost of moving maize from inland store to port, and then the cost of freight from the Gulf to Rotterdam.

If this calculates to be less than €157.03/mt then the EU instigates a tax on all maize imports, that reflects the price difference.

This results in producing a hypothetical floor price for the EU feed markets. The numbers haven’t resulted in a tax for many years, as the US maize values or the freight have tended to rally north at the critical point but in the current environment US maize values currently look stuck – after all, how do you generate demand for ethanol if there is less demand for fuel at the pumps and oil prices are so low?

This is an important regulation for UK farmers and a wake-up call for all of us in the current environment. Every year presents different marketing issues, and we need to be wide awake – learning from the past, while embracing the future. Keep safe.

Fertiliser matters With the last-minute spring planting, we have seen the fertiliser market run later than we traditionally would, says Openfield’s fertiliser manager, Lucy Hassall (left). A higher-thanusual volume purchased for the time of year, particularly around NPKs, coupled with the effects of Covid-19, has meant some deliveries have been delayed to farm.

Most OSR has now received its final dressing of nitrogen. However, with the mixed weather pattern, some growers are holding off further applications on winter cereals in anticipation of rain.

The focus is now starting to turn to grassland aftercut grades as we approach first cut silage. Nutrient applications need to be made as soon as possible after cutting to maximise re-growth, therefore planning requirements for delivery to farm sooner rather than later would be advised in order to have product available when required.

We will shortly be turning our attention to the new season, which will be upon us before we know it. FG

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Company celebrates 130th anniversary

Cereals 2020 moves online

On 3rd April 2020, Kubota Corporation commemorated more than a century of excellence in the market.

The company released a statement saying: “In these challenging times, we express our solidarity with all our customers, employees, suppliers and distribution partners. We thank all those of you who are on the front-lines helping others; like farmers who make sure that we have food, or healthcare and medical professionals who take care of all those who are suffering.

Kubota is #OnYourSide and we will be there long-term to support you.“ Kubota’s journey started in 1890, by manufacturing Japan’s first iron pipelines for waterworks. Its founder, Gonshiro Kubota, laid the foundations of a company that is now one of the major players in the industry. Starting off as a foundry, Kubota would soon become a benchmark company in the global agriculture, construction and water-related industries.

Kubota Corporation president and representative director, Mr Yuichi Kitao, recently highlighted the core values of the company as a tribute to its founder: “On the occasion of our 130th anniversary, it would be amiss of us to not remind ourselves of our founding principles and that there will be no growth without innovation.”

This year’s Cereals Event is set to go online for the first time ever, as Covid-19 restrictions are expected to prevent face-to-face meetings and gatherings for some time.

Event director Alli McEntyre said: “These are challenging times and while we are disappointed to have had to postpone the event, we are determined to do our utmost to support the industry,” she explains.

“It’s really important to us that we deliver all of the content we had lined up for visitors so they can keep up-to-date with the latest information, products and innovations in the arable sector.”

Book now, pay later option

The current Covid-19 crisis is causing significant financial hardship for many businesses. At such times, paying for something over five months away is not a high priority To this end, AFP 2020 – the leading exhibition for the forestry, woodland, arboriculture, wood fuel and utility sectors in the UK, which will be taking place 24–26th September, all being well – is giving any new exhibitor the opportunity to book now and reserve their site for just £100+VAT and delay paying the balance until 1st September 2020.

Exhibition secretary Ian Millward commented: “Many exhibitors rely on the show season for sales, and many of these opportunities have now gone. APF 2020 is still set to take place, and we want to help exhibitors by encouraging them to book now and extending our normal 30-day terms. We hope this will give them confidence and allow exhibitors to start planning for APF 2020. We also hope that both visitors and exhibitors will relish being released from lockdown and come together to make this a great industry event.”

For further information visit www.apfexhibition.co.uk. .

Seminar sessions will now be run as videobased webinars, allowing attendees to collect BASIS and NRoSO points.

“Farmers will be able to hear from top speakers covering a range of subjects, from the impact of coronavirus on trade to new plant breeding technologies, adapting to climate change, digital innovation and agricultural career options,” Alli added.

Producers will also be able to ‘visit’ exhibitors and watch machinery demonstrations via an interactive map on the Cereals website, with live chats making for a fully interactive experience.

“We have had strong support from exhibitors for taking the event online, so there will be a full range of exhibitor led content on offer,” Alli said.

“This will include video from crop plots, sprays and sprayers and working demonstrations, as well as exhibitors’ own video content and new product launches. The event will be held online on 10–11th June 2020.

CNH takes extra steps to ensure high service levels CNH Industrial Aftermarket Solutions is working harder than ever to keep parts operations up and running during the current situation. The clear target is to support dealers in servicing the needs of farmers, and the health and safety of all involved is a key priority. With this in mind, it is important to reinforce the following key messages: European parts depots are operating as usual, respecting all local

government health and safety guidelines; transport is ongoing in most cases with no delay versus normal delivery times; air freight deliveries across Europe have been increased to guarantee short resolution times; dealer parts support and parts sales managers are working remotely throughout all European sites to ensure the same level of service whilst protecting the health and safety of all employees; European dealers are open or available by telephone to support customers enquiring about essential parts to maintain and support field work; Technical support teams are working remotely but are fully functional to support

dealers and customers, especially as the season is commencing across the European region.

Concerning service, CNH Industrial Aftermarket Solutions is fully committed to the health and safety of its team, and at the same time is ready to assist dealers and customers in the field.

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News in brief JCB food aid initiative expands The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has paid tribute to JCB for helping make a “real difference” to the lives of vulnerable people with its special food aid initiative.

Councillor Abi Brown’s comments came as JCB increases its production of meals for the community and works with more local organisations to extend its delivery of the food to the most disadvantaged adults

and children.

The company’s catering staff in the UK and India are preparing over 37,500 meals a week for distribution around towns and villages located close to its plants.

The initiative is the idea of Lady Bamford, wife of JCB chairman Lord Bamford. In the UK, staff started producing 2,000 cottage pies a week for distribution in the North Staffordshire area – and have boosted production to 2,600.

The first meals have now been delivered to the city council, with around 1,000 JCB meals a week expected for distribution to vulnerable adults and children across the city, who have asked for help during the coronavirus pandemic through the

#StokeonTrentTogether initiative.

The scale of the operation in India is even bigger, where the coronavirus has caused huge disruption to people’s lives. Forty-five JCB staff have been mobilised to cook more than 35,000 meals a week in the company canteens for communities around JCB’s factory locations in Delhi, Pune and Jaipur.

In the UK, JCB is also working with the The Hubb Foundation in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, to distribute food to children and families in need of support across the city and the first of the cottage pies were delivered last week. Pictured, JCB’s Jane Bullock helps to prepare the cottage pies.

NFU & St Peter’s Brewery launch Centenary ale A delicious new ale – Farmer’s Flagon – has launched to mark 100 years of the NFU in Suffolk.

Produced by Suffolk brewery St Peter’s, the new ale reflects the NFU’s dedication to farming in Suffolk over the last century.

“The NFU... wanted to do something special to mark their centenary and they loved what we do here at the brewery, and the fact that we are in such a rural location, surrounded by fields of barley. They felt the brewery was the perfect fit for producing this special ale, especially as flagon malting barley is grown locally,” explains St Peter’s Brewery managing director, John Hadingham.

Farmer’s Flagon is a rich pale ale brewed with Cascade and Progress hops, Flagon pale ale malt, rye crystal malt, Munich malt and crystal malt.

NFU Suffolk county chairman Glenn Buckingham says: “Although we’re going through challenging times, I hope people will join us in raising a glass of Farmer’s Flagon to the farmers, maltsters and brewers whose skills come together to create the perfect pint – and to better times ahead.”

The title for the new ale was the brainchild of Will Sargent, a farmer

from Morningthorpe, Norfolk, winner of an NFU competition to name the beer. His prize was £100 to spend at St Peter’s Brewery, as well as a case of the centenary beer.

The new ale will be available in East of England Co-op stores across the region, as well as delis, local farm shops and other independent retailers.

Stage 5 engines for self-propelled machines Knight Farm Machinery is ensuring that all of its selfpropelled sprayers are ‘future-proofed’ regarding engine emissions by introducing Stage 5 engines across the entire range.

Stage 5 European emission standards require improved filtration to reduce emissions of the ultra-fine and submicron particles of soot that can be dangerous to human health using a diesel particulate filter (DPF).

Knight uses the 7-litre, six-cylinder Perkins 1206J engines in all machines, with the larger 2000 series models being fitted with a 225hp engine as standard, with the option for purchasers to choose anything up to 300hp if they wish.

For the 1800 series machines, Knight offers a 174hp as standard, with the more powerful 225hp engine being offered as an option.

Yellow rust infections in high rated wheat varieties

Growers are being urged to check wheat crops for yellow rust infections even if they are growing a variety with a high resistance rating, following concerns that a new race of the disease is being seen across the UK. FMC commercial technical manager, Jeff Fieldsend, , explains that farmers are seeing unprecedented levels of yellow rust, especially in later sown winter wheat crops.

“We think that this level of infection is due to either a mutation of the current yellow rust or a completely new race of the disease being present in the UK,” he says. “This means that even crops with a disease resistance rating of 8 and 9, such as Skyscraper or Spotlight, are showing signs of the disease.

“Growers could see yield losses of as much as 70 per cent on a highly susceptible cultivar if not controlled, but the average yield loss if left untreated is around 40 per cent.”

He advises growers to get out and check their crops for the disease and if it is present to act with a fungicide application. “Growers have two main options for controlling the disease – either a triazole or a strobulurinbased product. But I would recommend using a triazole, such as flutriafol, as it’s a fast-acting fungicide and moves quickly through the plant.”

Jeff says that it’s also worth considering tank mixing this with chlorothalonil to combat any developing Septoria infection in the crop at the same time. “It’s the last season of use for chlorothalonil, so if you have some in stock it might be worth tank mixing this with a triazole to reduce overall disease pressure,” he says.

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It’s important this season to see how different modes of action can be integrated into a fungicide programme.

Fungicide mix vital for robust resistance management With the first of the season’s planned sprays for late blight control on the horizon, and continued concern over resistance to fungicides, potato growers and agronomists are advised to think carefully about their strategies to control the disease this year, with an emphasis on using a range of different modes of action in tandem with IPM strategies. Dominic Kilburn writes.

ADAS plant pathologist, Faye Ritchie, says that over the past 10 years there have been changes in UK and European late blight (Phytophthora infestans) populations, which has made them more adept at evolving to overcome host resistance genes in potato, and able to reproduce faster under a wide range of conditions.

Genotypes associated with reduced effectiveness of fluazinam to control late blight were first observed in Europe. One of these genotypes, 37_A2 appeared in the UK in 2016 and increased in frequency to 24 per cent of samples collected via AHDB population monitoring in 2017.

“Monitoring is important if we want to maintain control and understand what we are dealing with in terms of these new, aggressive strains, and it allows us to implement appropriate management methods,” says Dr Ritchie.

“We know about phenylamide resistance in some genotypes and fluazinam, but it’s important to stress that there are no concerns with other modes of action (MOA) and we should be using a range of these throughout the fungicide programme.”

Resistance management When it comes to recommendations in the field however, everyone needs to think about fungicide resistance management, she points out. “There are many products for foliar blight control and a limited armoury for tuber blight control, but

it’s important this season to see how all those different modes of action can be integrated into a programme to produce a robust resistance management strategy.”

Dr Ritchie says that Fungicide Resistance Action Group (FRAG) guidelines were updated in 2018.

Effective resistance management strategies include using multi-sites and a range of different MOAs in the fungicide programme, both in mixtures and alternating, and she reminds growers not to use sequential applications of fungicides with a solo mode of action.

“The Defra pesticide usage survey in 2016 showed that mancozeb and fluazinam made up about 50 per cent of UK blight spray hectares applied that year, but then 37_A2 appeared. The same survey repeated in 2018 showed that fluazinam use had dropped to only 6 per cent of total applications, while there was a big increase in the use of Qil fungicides (e.g. cyazofamid and amisulbrom) which have activity against tuber blight.

“This meant that nearly 40 per cent of fungicides in those programmes were the same MOA or a multi-site. Having a greater range of MOAs through the fungicide programme is part of a good resistance management strategy.

“However, we can’t just rely on fungicides,” stresses Dr Ritchie.

She says that growers are likely to need to adopt an integrated approach to disease and crop management in future.

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If you grow a susceptible variety you’re going to get a faster epidemic than with a resistant variety.

“We’ve seen different genotypes appear over the past 10 years, but pathogen evolution is not random.

We are pushing for selection of these strains through what we do and the speed at which these new strains occur can be related to two things; how many generations that the epidemic runs for and how fast that epidemic progresses.

“If you have an early start to the season with the right weather resulting in early sources of blight, you get far more generations in a season and you will select more strongly for aggressive, virulent and more resistant clones.

“It’s about how rapidly the epidemic progresses; if you grow a susceptible variety, you’re going to get a faster epidemic than with a resistant variety.

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do to control late blight effectively as well as manage resistance.” (see ‘An integrated approach to disease and crop management’ overleaf ).

Sensitivity testing Work led by Dr Alison Lees at the James Hutton Institute in 2018 and 2019 compared the fungicide sensitivity of newer blight genotypes (36_A2 and 37_A2), with older ones (6_A1), to see if there were any differences that might affect how blight is managed.

Six different fungicide group modes of action and seven active ingredients were tested at an appropriate range of laboratory concentrations (ppm) with five isolates of each of the three genotypes. Leaves were treated with the different concentrations of each active ingredient before being inoculated 24 hours later with the pathogen. The number of leaves infected and the amount of disease developing on each of the leaves was measured a week later with the aim of producing an EC50 value – the standard for demonstrating the concentration of the fungicide that

It’s not just about fungicides – it’s also about all the other things we can do to control late blight effectively as well as manage resistance.

“We can use IPM practices, such as destroying early sources of blight and varieties with better resistance to slow the epidemic, which in turn slows the selection for those fungicide resistant and aggressive strains.

“It’s not just about fungicides – it’s also about all the other things we can

reduces growth by 50 per cent relative to a non-fungicide treated control.

Explaining the results for each active, Dr Lees says that for mancozeb, which was included as a control because it’s a multi-site, lesion incidence was similar for all continued over…

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the genotypes tested, with no statistically significant differences in EC50 values, as would be expected. Similarly, no differences between genotypes were seen with oxathiopiprolin, which was included in tests for the first time in 2019, or cyazofamid, which had previously shown very small differences in 2018.

Some differences in EC50 values and lesion incidence were noted for the other actives tested. Fluopicolide and propamocarb tended to have a higher incidence of lesions caused by isolates of genotype 36_A2 at the higher concentrations tested, whereas amisulbrom – included for the first time in 2019 – had a higher lesion incidence caused by 36_A2 and 37_A2 compared with 6_A1. A significantly higher mean EC50 value for 36_A2 compared with the other genotypes was noted for these actives. In the case of mandipropamid, and in agreement with results from 2018 testing, there was a generally higher incidence of lesions caused by genotype 37_A2.

“It’s important to remember that EC50 values give us a good measure of whether sensitivity to an active is shifting towards resistance, as we previously saw with 37_A2 and fluazinam, where large changes were observed.

However, small differences at very low concentrations When it comes to recomm endations in are not reflective of in-field the field, everyone needs to think performance to control late fungicide resistance manag about ement. blight, as they are much lower than field rates.

“We saw some statistically significant differences between genotypes, but we would not expect such small differences to cause an issue with control in the field.”

Dr Lees concluded by re-iterating Dr Ritchie’s message: “We need to use a range of modes of action, in mixtures and alternation, to implement a robust resistance management strategy.” FG

An integrated approach to disease and crop management

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Cultivar choice: growing cultivars with as high a disease resistance rating as possible is one of the most effective ways of reducing the risk from late blight.

Outgrade piles: Destroy all piles of outgrade potatoes, killing any growth before crop emergence.

Control volunteers/groundkeepers.

Seed: source good quality seed and don’t risk planting homesaved seed after years where there has been a high risk of tuber blight.

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Start spray programmes promptly: start when there is a warning of risk – weather-based, local outbreak or transmission from infected seed.

Optimise application: aim to maximise coverage of the canopy through selection of correct nozzles and use of water volumes appropriate for the growth stage.

Use appropriate spray intervals Avoid eradicant treatments Make full use of fungicides with different modes of action.

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Could new co-formulation help clear blight headache?

Impressive trials performances by a new co-formulated blight fungicide could give growers confidence that they can stay on top of the disease this year.

The area of 2019 potato crop that remains in the ground, with fields which were water-logged in the winter either part lifted or abandoned, is of concern.

Industry experts predict this unharvested crop will act as a reservoir for disease and could emerge at just the wrong time for growers who are trying to protect 2020 crops from succumbing to blight.

In trials at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Dr Ruairidh Bain (pictured above) has been putting Corteva Agriscience’s Zorvec Endavia through its paces.

He says the co-formulation of oxathiapiprolin + benthiavalicarb has proven to be every bit as effective in controlling late blight at the rapid canopy development phase as other Zorvec chemistry he has worked with.

Dr Bain said: “When Zorvec Enicade + amisulbrom was launched ahead of the 2018 season, it was quite an easy technical message for farmers because it was such a step up in efficacy. It set a new benchmark. What we have seen in trials with Zorvec Endavia is the same standard but in a co-formulation rather than a co-pack.”

His findings mirror the EuroBlight fungicide table – the late blight network covering Europe. The Endavia co-formulation scores 4.9, out of 5.0 max, for leaf blight – the same score awarded to Zorvec Enicade + amisulbrom.

EuroBlight shows all Zorvec products to have market-leading rainfastness and protection of new growth qualities.

In “extremely high” disease pressure at the SRUC Auchincruive trials site in 2018, Dr Bain said Zorvec Endavia delivered robust control and a significant length of protection.

“Early on, our site experienced extremely high disease pressure, and also particularly rapid haulm growth because of the high temperatures.

Zorvec Endavia stood up to that when the competitors in the trials didn’t,” he explained.

“We also noted that no matter which Zorvec product we have tested there has been a legacy effect from use during rapid haulm growth.

“Applied during rapid canopy, what we saw was a long-lasting dampening down of the epidemic curve which was not the case for the competitor products tested.

“It has shown to deliver very good control from the start of the epidemic when growers might not even know there is blight in the crop.

“By using a Zorvec product early you are helping to flatten the disease curve, which backs up the manufacturer’s advice to use it early, during rapid canopy.”

In 2019, blight pressure in England ramped up significantly

in June, posing huge challenges to potato growers.

Frontier’s crop production specialist Dr Reuben Morris (pictured below) said the situation left growers reaching for Zorvec chemistry as an effective product in their armoury.

He said: “Last year was an excellent test of the technology. We went into a heavy period of blight pressure and our agronomists reached for Zorvec. I haven’t had a single agronomist or grower who has said it didn’t do what it says on the can.

That is as good a recommendation as you can get.”

Dr Morris sees Zorvec Endavia as having the same efficacy as Zorvec Enicade + amisulbrom, but with the practical advantage of being in a single 5-litre bottle.

“Zorvec Enicade + amisulbrom is already such a strong product that demonstrating improved control of foliar blight with Endavia is not going to be easy. One way of separating out the Zorvec products might be their tuber blight activity, which Euroblight is beginning to score,” he added.

Dr Bain added: “Benthiavalicarb is a good active ingredient for protecting new growth and it is

also translaminar whereas the amisulbrom in mixture with Zorvec Enicade is a contact fungicide, so that could be an added benefit for growers. The benthiavalicarb co-formulation is also a very useful addition to fungicide resistance management.”

Craig Chisholm, Corteva’s field technical manager for potatoes, said growers have the option to be flexible with applications but advises the product is most effective during the rapid growth phase.

“Timings will be largely dependent on variety and conditions, but Zorvec offers up to 10 days’ protection, adding flexibility to programmes at a time when demand on available labour is particularly high,” he said. “Regardless of application timing, growers will look to benefit from the product’s ability to move into new growth. This will have value during the rapid growth phase as well as later in the programme, particularly on varieties with an indeterminate growth habit.

“This could be particularly important this season given the challenge the volunteer population is set to pose.” FG

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Tackling late blight in 2020 As another potato season unfurls, Nick Winmill, Agrii national potato specialist, says there are two developments for 2020 that are shaping his thinking on blight protection. First, managing desiccation while maintaining protection against tuber blight during a protracted haulm kill period that is a likely consequence of losing diquat.

Second, the continued spread of the aggressive 36_A2 strain.

“We don’t at this stage fully understand how reliable variety resistance is to the more aggressive blight genotypes such as 36_A2 and how this may affect our approach to IPM,” says Mr Winmill.

There is also the need to consider these points within the constraints of a responsible resistance management programme. For this reason, he is grateful that mancozeb has not yet been withdrawn.

“Losing mancozeb would be a game-changer. It’s the mainstay of programmes against early blight and as a multi-site it is a valued mixer in a programme against late blight.”

Although scheduled for review last year, there is a suggestion that it will be available until the end of the 2023 season.

With much to consider, he reckons in some respects, it is easier to work backwards from the end of the season rather than forwards from the start. “Gozai (pyraflufenethyl) is likely to be the preferred desiccant, but applications will need to be timed carefully if it is to be applied with a fungicide. Bayer has found the combination of Infinito (propamocarb + fluopicolide) and Spotlight Plus (carfentrazoneethyl) to be physically compatible which adds another option,” says Mr Winmill. Part of the challenge of constructing a programme that comprises up to 15 fungicide applications is maintaining protection while following Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) guidelines limiting the use of certain chemical groups.

FRAC guidelines allow no more than six applications of a Carboxylic Acid Amides (CAA) fungicide or half of the intended number of total applications to one crop. In addition, there should be no more than three consecutive applications of products containing CAA active substances.

This can become an issue in the middle part of a programme.

“Cymoxanil is a valuable curative product and a good mixer product as well as being in many pre-formulated products. Profilux (cymoxanil + mancozeb) gives a full complement of mancozeb from a protection perspective and useful amount of cymoxanil to act as a curative,” says Mr Winmill.

“Another strong product at this stage is Lieto (cymoxanil + zoxamide). Zoxamide has some

anti-sporulant activity though it is not as effective as fluopicolide, amisulbrom or cyazofamid products in controlling tuber blight.

“Importantly, zoxamide stops spores developing into sporangia before they are released. This raises the importance of timing as the product only acts before the zoospores are motile,” he explains.

As the crop moves into rapid canopy, then systemic activity becomes important as protectant and curative cannot be expected to protect new growth.

“My preferred systemic is propamocarb or oxathiapiprolin (Zorvec Enicade) with appropriate

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The spread of fluazinam-resistant 37_A2 means there are only two modes of action left considered to have good activity against zoospores and therefore tuber blight. These are Quinone inside Inhibitors (QiIs) and the benzamide fluopicolide.

“This means an increased reliance on Infinito (fluopicolide + propamocarb), which is in a group on its own, and Ranman Top (cyazofamid) and Shinkon/Gachinko (amisulbrom) – both QiI fungicides so cannot be applied in sequence or in a mix with one another,” says Mr Winmill. FG

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Potentially the most challenging potato season ever for growers We spoke to one agronomist, who had some important advice on how to overcome the various hurdles this season – including making blight programmes watertight, using products which offer curative protection from day one and not underestimating the EU 36 and 37 strains.

Following the recent triple whammy of the loss of diquat, the withdrawal of Chlorpropham (CIPC) and reports of higher aphid populations following the UK’s mild winter, it’s fair to say that the resilience of UK potato growers and their advisors was already being severely tested – even prior to the devastating news of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Although planting only began in his territory a few weeks ago, Frontier Agronomist Fergus Hawkins (right), who annually advises on 600ha of potatoes across Herefordshire, is forecasting that this season could be the most challenging ever for the industry, especially when factoring in a global pandemic that nobody saw coming.

“The higher-than-average rainfall in my Herefordshire territory always equates to more high-risk periods for blight, especially if seasonal temperatures are high.

Blight control must always begin with early planning and doing everything possible to prevent blight from entering the crop from day one. Controlling volunteers in neighbouring cereal crops or in the larger areas of conservation crops that I’ve already seen going in is a must – especially when the grower may not even be fully aware of the risk,” he says.

Since gaining his BASIS qualifications four years ago via Frontier’s graduate training

programme, Mr Hawkins has already seen and experienced significant change during a very short time.

Dealing with key product losses such as linuron and diquat, coupled with two new and more aggressive blight strains, has been a major challenge as he readily admits.

“Strains 36_A2 and 37_A2 are a game changer for growers, given we know they cycle much faster at lower temperatures, and that the 36 strain in particular, produces higher numbers of sporangia per lesion.

“In my area, there’s also a high risk of seed-borne blight – particularly in earlier potato crops – so the early rosette sprays start at seven-day intervals with water volumes kept at correct levels to maximise coverage of each spray.

“Product choice for these early sprays depends very much on pressure. Typically, I will start with cymoxanil + mancozeb or benthiavalicarb + mancozeb. But, if blight pressure is high, then I use Ranman Top (cyazofamid) or fluopicolide + propamocarb – particularly if the variety being grown has an early tuber set. In a high pressure situation, I will also reduce spraying intervals to five days,” he explains.

On forecasting systems, Mr Hawkins’ go-to option is Blightwatch UK, combining this with local data shared with other Frontier agronomists.

“Through rapid canopy and into stable growth I want to be with

oxathiapiprolin for its systemic activity alongside cymoxanil + mancozeb whilst factoring in the weather, the varieties being grown and the economics. For effective tuber blight control, you have to be aware of the variety’s own tuber blight resistance rating and its end market – green top or storage.

“For late season control, my standard is Ranman Top, so the plan is always to try and save 2-3 sprays for the end of the season. Although it’s one of only three products offering zoospore activity, the key strengths are its rainfastness and its flexibility in the tank-mix with other products. Earlier in the season you can still use it alongside rimsulfuron if top-up weed control support is required, but Ranman Top is also useful if temperatures drop and there is an increased risk of zoospore activity,” he confirms.

With diquat gone, flail and spray will now take slightly longer to completely kill green leaf and stems, increasing the risk of tuber blight – so Mr Hawkins also advises saving one spray of cyazofamid to kill any remaining zoospores post-flailing.

Stef Dierickx (right), zonal expert in potatoes for global agrochemical manufacturer Belchim Crop Protection, has studied the rise in outbreaks of both the 36_A2 and 37_A2 strains in the UK as well as Germany, the Netherlands, France and Belgium. Endorsing Mr

Hawkins’ approach, he highlights the devastating affects of the EU_36 genotype on crops and advises all UK growers to be on their guard during the season ahead.

“Both of these newer strains, but particularly EU_36, cycle so quickly that, if they do get into the crop, they are almost impossible to stop. Even expensive block sprays designed to stop blight in the field will not work in many cases that I have seen.

“Growers need to think about building programmes around products with curative activity to block any potential infection from latent infected tubers. During the rapid canopy phase, growers must maintain a very strict protection programme, employing short spraying intervals and using products at their full dose rates, whilst alternating different modes of action. I would also advise inclusion of a curative compound such as cymoxanil in all sprays,” he adds.

For later season tuber control Mr Dierickx advises spraying before any forecasted rain (even if it means shortening a spraying interval), so the product is ready to give protection before leaves get wet.

“For late season control after crop burndown, it’s worth noting that Ranman Top and amisulbrom share the same mode of action, so I would advise use of Ranman Top and fluopicolide + propamocarb to help manage any remaining fungicide resistance risk more effectively,” he concludes. FG

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Building up the beetle defences Bayer commercial technical manager, Ella Crawford, turns her attention to one pressing pest problem in particular, in the second of our series on managing modern OSR challenges.

Yet again this spring, it’s been souldestroying to see crops which looked promising early in the new year go backwards so badly under serious burdens of flea beetle larvae, with many having to be written-off into late March.

It’s simply no good getting our crops through the adultgrazing storm in the autumn if they are so full of larvae that they have to be pulled up in the spring. In fact, it’s worse because we’ve invested much more in them by this stage and have far fewer options going forward.

It’s definitely the earlier-sown crops that have suffered most here, and the ones sown at the highest seed rates, in particular.

Earlier sowing has obvious attractions in helping crops grow away from the peak of adult flea beetle activity from late August.

But the earlier we sow, the more opportunity we give for eggs to be laid, the earlier they hatch and the

more numerous and bigger the larvae are by the spring when they really do the damage.

I’m wary of sowing in the first half of August, too, because I don’t want to jump out of the frying pan of a flea beetle problem into the fire of an even more challenging cabbage root fly one. And early drilling really ramps-up pressures from light leaf spot and clubroot, not to mention cruciferous weeds.

Upping the seed rate is another approach that appears to help by reducing the proportion of leaf area lost to grazing. However, it doesn’t reduce the number of larvae per plant; gives much thinnerstemmed crops far more susceptible to damage; and increases costs.

So, I think we should approach both increasing seed rates and early drilling with particular caution.

I’m also wary of putting too much emphasis on spraying. The level of pyrethroid resistance we’re finding in today’s flea beetle populations

means it could be doing more harm than good with the damage caused to beneficials in many cases. And the sprays we have won’t touch the larvae once they’re inside the plant anyway.

Instead, I have no doubt that our best defence against the beetle comes from focusing on several key establishment fundamentals, supported by a number of other cultural techniques showing some value in trials and practice.

The most important fundamental here is to base when we sow on moisture levels, not calendar date.

With sufficient moisture continuing to be the single most important factor in OSR establishment, it’s pointless sowing if the soil is too dry. We have to wait until there’s enough moisture in the ground – even if this means drilling in midSeptember. And then we need to sow at a consistent depth, minimise moisture loss, maximise seed-to-soil contact and, where possible, provide seedbed fertilisation.

Alongside this, we know varieties which develop more rapidly in the

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beetles and drilling with the minimum of soil movement into long stubbles or employing companion cropping to minimise young crop attractiveness have all been shown to make a difference on occasion. As has winter defoliation to reduce larval populations – albeit only with wellestablished crops of vigorous varieties well before stem extension.

In my experience, these techniques are only likely to be of value, though, alongside the right varieties sown at the right time and in the right way. Which will also always be our best defence against the slugs and pigeons that can be every bit as devasting as CSFB. We mustn’t forget either about the aphids that transmit Turnip yellow virus, the pollen beetles that can cause such problems ahead of flowering or the seed weevils that open the door to serious pod midge infestations later-on.

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It’s simply no good getting our crops through the adult-grazing storm in the autumn if they are so full of larvae that they have to be pulled up.

autumn grow away from flea beetle grazing better and those that start re-growing earlier in the spring suffer noticeably less larval damage.

This means we should use varieties like DK Exstar, DK Exsteel and DK Extrovert, known to be faster-than-average in their autumn development. And, where protection against larval damage is a key priority, ones like DK Extremus, DK Expedient and DK Exalte which are also notably early in their spring regrowth.

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“Essentially, growers will pay 50 per cent of their oilseed rape seed costs up front and the second half of the payment will be waived if their crop does not establish.

“In effect, we are sharing the risk of growing the crop by going halves with growers in recognition of the challenging issues we all face around the continuing production of oilseed rape in the UK. “But we have all learned a lot in recent years about management factors such as drilling date, seedbed preparation and soil moisture content and the role they play in

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getting oilseed rape away safely in the autumn, so there is hope.

“OEP is our way of encouraging people to not lose faith in the crop, keep learning about how to grow it successfully with regard to their own farming situation and share expertise around this.”

Producers signing up for the scheme will also have access to the KWS OEP knowledge network featuring regular email updates and other advice.

For further information on how the scheme works and distributors taking part, growers are encouraged to visit www.kws-uk.com in the first instance or talk to their own seed suppliers. FG

KWS is offering a 50:50 oilseed rape risk mitigation scheme, in which growers will only pay half of their seed costs if the crop fails to establish in autumn 2020, the company has announced.

The scheme builds on its oilseed establishment partnership (OEP) launched last year, and is designed to give producers the confidence to continue growing the crop, says KWS oilseed rape manager, Julie Goult.

“It’s a statement of our belief in KWS varieties and also the increasing knowledge building up on how to give oilseed rape crops the best possible start.

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There is a significant number of producers out there that recognise oilseed rape is still the best break crop option they have.

“Nobody is negating the very real problems many growers face in parts of the country, but equally we know there is a significant number of producers out there that recognise oilseed rape is still the best break crop option they have.

“We want to give these growers as much support as we can and work through the distributor trade to give them access to the most cost-effective genetics and the latest knowledge on crop establishment.”

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OSR remains a key crop in Norfolk farming company’s rotation Despite the challenges of growing oilseed rape, the crop remains a staple for N.E. Salmon Ltd at Hyde Hall, Great Fransham in Norfolk. flea beetle (CSFB), but not for seedlings to germinate and establish well.”

Oilseed rape crops are currently looking good for the most part with the best definitely those which were drilled on light land closest to 16th August when there was rain, he points out.

“Some fields drilled in September on heavy land have bare patches due to grazing by flea beetle at the cotyledon stage.”

Variety wise, the focus is on early vigour, high oil content and resistance to lodging, with new DSV varieties Dazzler and Plurax CL being the latest additions.

According to Sarah Hawthorne of DSV, both varieties were bred specifically for UK conditions and the challenges now faced by growers.

“Dazzler was developed as a direct result of the ban on neonicotinoids and need to move towards less intensive, more environmentally friendly production methods.

“It was one of the few varieties to join the Recommended List this year and is a triple-layer variety combining top yields with several important traits.

“In addition to outstanding autumn vigour, Dazzler provides Turnip yellow virus (TuYV) resistance, pod shatter resistance and RLM7+ for multi-gene resistance to Phoma stem canker.

“UK trials have shown that it can deliver high gross output (104 per cent) and high oil content (46.2 per cent), combined with good agronomic features, including an upright canopy which resists lodging (8) and strong stem Plurax CL establishment. stiffness (9) from a medium height variety, standing at 155cm.”

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The company’s experiences over the last three years have highlighted the critical role which soil moisture, drilling date and variety play in achieving good results, says Ed Salmon who manages the business’s day-today farming operations.

“We utilise long, diverse rotations because the more crops you grow the more sustainable the farming business becomes.

“We favour higher-value crops – many of them for seed – as they generate the best returns and, because soils are our greatest asset, protecting them is at the heart of our whole business.

“Everything we do revolves around this philosophy, including the widespread use of organic manures on all farms,” explains Ed. The business’s focus is now on optimising establishment by planting later, into moisture and sticking with lower plant populations, he says.

“The last two years’ difficulties have highlighted the importance of moisture and this last year was no exception.

“The later drilling did not go to plan, because the weather was hot and dry, so this year the earlier drilled crops on lighter land were better – a complete contrast to the previous season.”

“In this region, the average annual rainfall is 650mm, but for the last three years weather conditions immediately after drilling have been hot, dry and windy – perfect for cabbage stem

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“It’s got a strong package of disease resistances and tolerances against stem canker, LLS and Verticillium wilt, plus it has a very high level of winter hardiness and is easy to manage.”

Of the 230ha of oilseed rape grown this season only 9ha have been lost, Ed Salmon points out.

“The objective is to optimise drilling dates and the first stages of the crop’s development by being more aware of soil moisture at sowing and taking account of the predicted rainfall post-establishment.

“Where we grow oilseed rape after winter barley, straw is removed to give the seedlings the best possible chance and locally-sourced turkey manure is applied.

“We then cultivate to 20cm with a 7m Vaderstad TopDown behind a Challenger 865 to achieve a flush of barley volunteers, which are sprayed off before oilseed rape is established with our 8m Vaderstad Rapid.

“Following wheat, we sow oilseed rape directly using a seeder unit on the TopDown, and the land is then rolled.”

In the 2018/19 season, crops were drilled from 15th August over the course of a week and there was enough moisture, so they got away well, he recalls.

“We averaged 4.38t/ha, and across our whole farmed area it was 3.85t/ha, ranging from 4.45t/ ha on the heavy land to 3.03t/ha on light soils.

“For 2019/20, we put more oilseed rape on heavy land and drilled earlier, but the situation has been completely reversed and these areas have borne the brunt of the damage.

“We think this is because the land remained dry after the crop was drilled, so the plants didn’t have enough moisture to grow away and prevent it from being hit by the flea beetle.

“Experience has shown that the best results come from low plant populations, so now we drill 40 seeds/m2 and aim to achieve a plant population of 35/m2.

“Oilseed rape is a brilliant crop and, even though the area we grow has been reduced from 400ha to 230ha, we still consider it a key component in our rotations.” FG

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A UK breeder has introduced a new genetic trait to their oilseed rape breeding programme – the N-Flex trait. Limagrain says this is a massive step forward in the way that oilseed rape varieties minimise yield losses in sub-optimal N conditions.

The first commercially-available oilseed rape to contain this trait is Ambassador, which is the highest-yielding hybrid on the 2020/2021 AHDB Recommended List.

“Ambassador is the first of our four-trait loaded varieties containing the N-Flex trait, TuYV, pod shatter and RLM7 resistant traits,” explains Limagrain European oilseed rape portfolio manager, Dr Vasilis Gegas (pictured above).

“Limagrain is aiming to bring varieties to market that are able to better withstand seasonal yield variability, by using precision breeding techniques to ‘bundle’ risk management traits – and this is the very latest development to come out of this approach.

“We know that yield variability is something of a challenge on-farm – that is, the difference between the genetic yield potential of the variety and what’s in the trailer come harvest. We see this particularly with oilseed rape, where there is huge variability in yields from one season to another and yields have generally stagnated.

“One of the key challenges in meeting yield potential in oilseed rape is the way that the plant utilises nitrogen and the difficulty in achieving optimal N availability, as there are large areas of ambiguity and uncertainty particularly around understanding the direct correlation between yield (dT) and N needs (kg/ha),” he explains.

“There are many factors that influence this, as oilseed rape has a yield potential that’s set not just by genetics, but also the parameters of its site.

“For example, currently the basis for our farm N programmes depend on the 4R’s: the right type of fertiliser, the right timings, the right placement and the right rate. However, within this approach there are factors that are difficult to control.

“Soil structure and biology, along with weather conditions, lead to leaching and low solubilisation or mineralisation. Farm practices such as rotations and cover cropping also affect N levels, and of course we have legislative guidelines to adhere to with regards to how much can be used and where.

“It’s also difficult to ascertain, once N is applied in spring, just how much has been absorbed into biomass, or is still available, at the end of the winter,” Dr Gegas points out.

“Our challenge was to look at how we could use genetics to cope with these ambiguities and introduce varieties that would be able to maintain high yields in lower-than-ideal N conditions by optimising every unit of available N,” he continues.

“For oilseed rape, a key factor is how well a plant assimilates and mobilises N, moving it from leaves and stems up into the pods and ultimately the seed.

“In our work, we’ve focused on processes and properties that allow the crop to be more efficient in transforming N into yield.”

This is the basis of the N-Flex trait, Dr Gegas states. “Hybrids containing the trait use each unit of available N more efficiently than those which don’t have the trait. In the field, this translates into varieties with the N-Flex trait producing

more stable yields year to year, with less in-field yield variability.”

This claim is backed up by a series of trials across Europe conducted by Limagrain, where leading varieties including Ambassador were given optimal and a medium and high N stress.

From the results it was evident that, in all three scenarios, Ambassador was able to maintain its yields much better than varieties that did not contain the N-Flex trait (see Table 1).

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The new trait complements other traits now available in Limagrain’s oilseed rape varieties, explains Dr Gegas.

“If a variety has TuYV and pod-shatter resistance, it is already physiologically geared towards coping with stress.

“Seed loss as a result of pod shatter inevitably means the NUE will be lower as you harvest less N. It’s a similar story with TuYV infection, as infection of susceptible varieties reduces the final yield.”

N-flex is a complex trait, and it takes several years of screening to identify, he continues. “It’s not as simple as identifying a genetic marker – say like with TuYV resistance – so the process of bringing varieties to market with the trait will be slower.”

However, there’s no doubt the trait will become increasingly common as we continue to learn more about it. Dr Gegas points out that one of the company’s candidate hybrid varieties for this year, LG Aviron, already contains the N-flex trait. FG May 2020 www.farmersguide.co.uk 27

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Winter oilseed rape crops are a mixed bag this year In a regional round-up from BASF agronomy managers, feedback suggests a real mixed result for oilseed rape crops so far – unsurprisingly, following the wet winter.

In East Anglia, Matt Keane (pictured below) says: “We probably lost 40 per cent of the sown crop this year. There is anything and everything out there and often all in the same field, making these crops difficult to manage. There are some good crops that survived cabbage stem flea beetle and have grown quite nicely, and even poor looking crops can surprise with decent yields.

In neighbouring Norfolk, Hugo Pryce reports: “Crops are variable but generally alright. Some big crops have had Caryx (metconazole + mepiquat-chloride) applied for canopy management and the earliest drilled crops will have had the first flowering spray for Sclerotinia.”

In the far south-east, Jonnie Dennis comments: “In Essex, Kent and Hertfordshire, where crops were established early, it’s not too bad. It’s mixed – however, it is still the break crop with the best gross margin.”

Further up, in the north of England and Borders region of Scotland, Neil Thomson (pictured far right) says: “Winter OSR is fine – it established well but it has taken a while to get going and is requiring a bit more nitrogen than normal. The crop has sat with its roots in anaerobic conditions until recently, and the rooting is not great.”

Even further north in Aberdeenshire, former AgriScot Arable Farmer of the Year, Peter Chapman of South Redbog, Strichen says: “We have been very fortunate in Aberdeenshire – we have had a much kinder winter than most, and our crops

certainly have potential, although there’s a long way to go.”

Mr Chapman is growing 62ha of winter OSR and, according to him: “It was drilled around the end of August, into good conditions and established well. There are a few bits and pieces which were drowned out over winter on endrigs, but the plant population is alright. Disease-wise, there was Light Leaf Spot (LLS) in the crop which we targeted with a spray of prothioconazole and tebuconazole around the second week of April. The plan is to apply Caryx, at the start of May. “We plan to spray at mid-flowering, as we have had rape in the rotation here for many years.

We will be checking the sclerotinia risk monitoring forecast to see if we will need to go on with a second spray.”

ADAS principal research scientist – crop pathology, Dr Julie Smith, explains: “Crops are variable but have picked up a lot and on the whole are looking okay.

My message would be don’t let the doom and gloom become a self-fulfilling prophecy – look after the crop you have in order to get the most out of it and maximise yield.

“I would encourage growers to look at the forecasting map for sclerotinia through the flowering period, in order to check the level of risk in their area. It can be found at www.ahdb.org.uk/sclerotinia.

“Fungicides are largely protectant, and all of the products with activity against sclerotinia give good control. However, Pictor (boscalid + dimoxystrobin) also gives top-up control against LLS and, in our trials, we have found that Pictor increases the green leaf area duration (GLAD).

“In OSR, seed number is set during the 2–3 weeks after flowering with seed size determined a little later. Leaves are the most photosynthetically active organ on OSR plants but there’s a rapid decline in green leaf area from mid-flowering onwards. So, to maximise yields, you need to achieve the optimum canopy size then maintain the green leaf fraction of the crop through the critical yield forming period.

Our trials have shown that Pictor consistently increases GLAD which in turn leads to increased yield. A cross-site analysis showed a 0.28t/ha yield increase from using Pictor under very low disease conditions.

“The GLAD value is half of the equation – the other is intercepted light. If it is a high sunshine year, the size and duration of healthy canopy might not matter so much because there is ample sunlight, but if there is low sunshine through the critical yield forming period then it would matter a lot because you would need every little bit of green area you can get to intercept the limited solar radiation. So, applying Pictor – a product that can increase the GLAD – is like an insurance policy because you can’t predict what the season is going to do.” FG

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something we haven’t found worthwhile. After a lot of trial and not a small amount of error in practical implementation, we are just getting to feel confident about variable rate drilling. And we remain unsure about how to make the most of other technologies, including variable rate N. “It’s vital we see the wood for the trees with the vast range of capabilities our equipment offers these days,” he insists. “We have come to appreciate we can only do this by focusing on the areas that best seem to meet our needs and testing the extent to which they actually deliver in our own field-scale trials. Whether involving seed, nutrition, or other inputs, these trials need to be statistically valid and take into account weather variability.”

Weed control Good black-grass control enables Bedfordia Farms to maintain a wheat/wheat/rape rotation as the basis of their 2,150ha of combinable cropping.

Five-year average yields across the Group 1 wheats that have long been their mainstay suggest a very acceptable 9.5t/ha. But, with OSR yields declining from their historic 3.9t/ha average to nearer 3.4t/ ha, they are looking to winter beans – not grown for the past 15 years – as an additional break to reduce the frequency of rape-growing.

“Bringing in an average of 6.3t/ha from the 70ha of beans we grew last year was very encouraging,” comments Ian. “So, this season we’ve upped the area to 275ha. As the weather meant we’ve only been able to drill 65 per cent of our planned winter cropping, we are also introducing a fair amount of spring barley into the rotation.

“This should be positive for our weed control Ian stresses. “More accurate information employed efforts. But we try to avoid spring crops wherever in the most effective way will undoubtedly help us possible as we’re flat out at this time of the year farm even better and more sustainably. fulfilling our commitment to utilise digestate from “Autosteer is a AD plants on the farm. case-in-point. It reduces What’s more, the new diffuse fatigue, allows our staff to water pollution regulations We have always prided concentrate on the task mean we can no longer in hand and has sped-up apply it to anything other ourselves in being custodians operations. What’s more, by than OSR in the autumn. of the environment as well as ensuring the boundaries of This puts more pressure our operations are exactly on our spring workloads quality food producers. where they’re meant to be, and makes it even more it’s invaluable in ensuring important we have a we are spot-on in our environmental scheme decent area of rape in the rotation.” compliance – especially margins and buffer strips.

While imposing clear constraints on the arable “With our soils and reliance on organic business, the AD plants – together with Bedfordia fertilisation, on the other hand, variable rate P&K is continued over…

Seeing the digital wood for the trees in Bedfordshire

Employing autosteer for the past 18 years, yield mapping since 2004, starting on variable rate seeding 12 years ago and being one of the first in the country to use the most advanced satellite imagery, Bedfordia Farms has more experience of precision farming than most.

This impressive background leaves the farm's arable and operations manager, Ian Rudge, assistant manager Jonathan (JJ) Ibbett and their team at Bedfordia in no doubt that digital technologies will be central to the future of their 2,450ha Bedfordshire arable business. At the same time, however, in most cases they continue to be hard-pushed to quantify the value of ‘going digital’ in immediate return-on-investment terms.

As a founder member of the country’s first Digital Technology Farm network, they are working to address this, putting much-needed science into precision and digital farming though a series of well-replicated field trials and advance technology testing with research-led agronomy business, Agrii, and digital farm services provider, Rhiza.

“We have always prided ourselves in being custodians of the environment as well as quality food producers,” says Ian. “We share the Bedfordia Group’s passion for ‘Striving for Excellence’; doing things as well as we can and championing modern farming.

“Being as efficient as possible is also essential with a large and relatively complex business like ours. Equally, we want to do everything we can to enable all our people to work to the best of their abilities; and, importantly, appreciate their contribution to our success.

“We see precision and digital technologies having huge potential in all these areas,”

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Rhiza satellite imagery of chlorophyll levels is proving very useful in monitoring crop growth at Bedfordia.

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Bedfordia Farms is to give every area of every field the ability to produce to as much of its potential Farms’ two straw-bedded sow herds and large pig as possible. Variable rate drilling is seen as crucial finishing unit – maintain a ready supply of organic in establishing optimum 260 plants/m2 wheat matter. Up to half of annual fertilisation as manures populations for the 600–800 ears/m2 they want has been very valuable in both soil health and at harvest. After which, margin terms. individual areas of the This level of digestate crop can be managed use, however, means potash Importantly, everyone to their own particular indices are never lacking. involved knows the system, seasonal constraints.

Add in mainly Hanslope understands how it works, has Headlands now receive Clay soils which naturally 20 per cent more seed as lock-up phosphate and it’s confidence in it and finds it standard and sowing rates no wonder the team have easy to operate. are doubled in some parts of found little value in variable some fields known to suffer rate P&K. Instead, they especially badly from slugs. rely on flat rates of fresh While it’s early days yet, this led to a visibly better available phosphate from P-Grow, pig muck foundation for last season’s milling wheat crop, and biosolids. which went on to average 10.7t/ha.

Working the middle of each field and turning Variable rate seeding on uncultivated headlands before coming back Until very recently they had also been in two to cultivate the headlands in a block as a separate minds about variable rate seeding. Their original operation has clearly helped here too, as well as soil-mapping system gave them little, if any, speeding-up overall operations. This is clearly opportunity to take into account their considerable shown in the cultivation speed maps generated local knowledge in zoning fields. by the system.

“It’s only in the past two years that we’ve really been getting all our ducks in a row here,” explains assistant manager, JJ. “As well as the most accurate Lowest levels of fertilisation RTK guidance, we have centralised our whole data “We have a lot of work to do to make the most management on the John Deere system. of the more precise nutrition we believe will be “Working with Rhiza specialist Sarah Hookway, another important step forward in securing robust Ian sets up our drilling plans in Gatekeeper yields from the most effective use of resources,” using the Contour platform, basing this on past observes Ian. “With higher levels of nitrogen experience, NDVI images and yield maps as much associated with greater disease and lodging risk – as soil variations. The plans are then automatically and cost – our aim is to achieve the lowest levels of transmitted via the cloud to identical screens in our fertilisation necessary to deliver the yields we want. tractor cabs, all the hardware and software working seamlessly with our four variable rate drills. All the Harvesting at Bedfordia Farms. field data is then automatically transmitted back via the JD Operations Centre.

“Importantly, everyone involved knows the system, understands how it works, has confidence in it and finds it easy to operate,” he points out. “So much so that, even though we were up against it last autumn, with no more than three consecutive days of field working at any time and no possibility of doing anything after the end of October, we got 820ha of our wheat reliably variable-rate drilled alongside 775ha of rape and beans.”

Rather than simply evening-up field performance, the drive behind precision at …from previous page

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Bedfordia.

“Our contractors already have the facility to automatically analyse the organic manures applied as they go on, giving us accurate maps of our core fertilisation. Coupling this with detailed soil maps, regular N-Min sampling and NDVI satellite images through the season from Contour should allow us to tailor our top-up liquid nitrogen applications very much more precisely to crop condition and need; especially if we use our N-Sensor to tweak things on the day. Then, mapping wheat protein levels as well as yields at harvest will provide us with evidence of what we’ve done right – or not, as the case may be – to inform our future management.

“More reliably frequent NDVI imagery will be essential here, whether by satellite or drone,” he continues. “And the real prize will be when Rhiza is able to integrate these data with accurate growth models based on local weather data so we can use the imagery to continuously fine-tune our applications.

“Rather like Agrii’s growth stage-based tissue analysis reporting, monitoring where our crops are sitting on their own performance curve as each season progresses would be an immense advantage in helping us manage them as costeffectively as we can in an increasingly uncertain climate. This is a hugely exciting prospect.”

Along with data that are more reliable, transferrable between platforms and easier to use, Bedfordia Farms’ most pressing digital need is simple – well-replicated field-scale trials providing the good guidance on where they are likely to get the best value-for-money in applying the technologies available.

“There are so many things we can do with digital technologies,” concludes JJ. “What we need, more than anything else, is to know which of these will most repay our efforts – both immediately and in the longer-term – and how to apply them to make sure they do. These are the most important things we are looking to the Digital Technology Farm network to provide.” FG

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Herbicide hits to raise maize yields New recommendations for maize herbicide applications this season are looking to capitalise on extensive trials with 90 per cent drift reduction technology (DRT) for pre-emergence treatments.

According to Syngenta application specialist, Scott Cockburn (right): “Pre-emergence herbicide treatments are particularly valuable in maize crops to get plants established quickly in a clean seedbed. That gives greater flexibility with followup post-emergence application timing and options, targeted at the fields’ specific weed spectrum before damaging effects of competition.”

Importantly, spring cropping of maize also gives growers a chance to get on top of some problem grass weeds. Dual Gold, for example, contains an alternative mode of action to those available in cereals and trials have shown some useful activity on black-grass.

Scott recommends that growers prioritise fields particularly badly affected with difficult grass weeds when spray conditions are optimum for pre-emergence treatments. “That gives the best opportunity to use Syngenta’s 3D nozzle to maximise results. But if spraying conditions are compromised, and for all other applications, the preferred option would be a 90 per cent drift reduction nozzle,” he advises.

He reports the company's application research has shown 90 per cent DRT nozzles, operated at a water volume of 200-litres/ha, delivered consistently better pre-emergence weed control across a range of conditions, compared to conventional flat fan nozzles.

“The key advantage of 90 per cent nozzles is not only the reduction in drift to ensure more product stays on the target, but also the ability to retain the spray pattern and consistent coverage in gusty wind conditions,“ Scott explains. In the trials, with a wind speed averaging an ideal 1.6m/sec (5.8km/hr), gusts were recorded from 0.2 and up to 8.6m/sec (30.1km/hr).

Furthermore, results from two years’ trials had

also shown a 25 per cent improvement in weed control from applications at 12km/ hr, compared to 16km/hr. The slower speed is also a factor in helping to maintain an even boom height of 50cm above the target soil surface.

“Maintaining slower speeds, along with nozzle size selection, typically enables delivery of the required water volume at lower pressure, which minimises drifty fine droplets and increases the proportion of large droplets that better hit and cover the soil surface,” he adds.

Trials showed results were consistently better at 200-litres/ha, compared to 50 or 100-litres/ha, with no significant enhancement from increasing to 400-litres/ha.

Post-emergence options For post-emergence applications in maize, Scott again recommends the use of 3D nozzles at the early stages of crop growth and when application conditions were good. “Ideally growers should be targeting weeds before the crop reaches the four true leaf stage, to avoid the most damaging effects of competition. Later application can result in serious reduction in crop yield and the feed value of maize silage, for livestock or anaerobic digestion,” he says.

Maize research trials results over three seasons had shown the early removal of weeds, at the crop’s two to three leaf stage, gave an average 4.3t/ha yield advantage (+ 20 per cent), compared to delayed removal at the four to six leaf stage.

That was calculated to be worth around 6,650 litres of milk per hectare over the trial period, or more than 1,420m3 of methane yield from an AD plant.

“Early application also ensures weeds are more easily targeted with Callisto, or Callisto + Milagro.

The 3D nozzles, fitted with their angle alternating

to face forward and backward along the spray boom, have been shown to give the best all-round coverage and retention of herbicide on small weeds,” he adds.

However, if conditions were to be compromised and spray drift was of any concern to operators, they should switch to the coarser droplet of an Amistar nozzle. Scott also highlights that, as the crop grows and begins to cover between the rows, the Amistar nozzle can also be more effective at targeting small weeds.

“There can be the temptation for operators using the 3D nozzle to increase sprayer pressure to push the droplets down through the canopy to reach smaller weeds. But, counter-productively, that can create more fine droplets that will be intercepted by the crop or, worse still, be lost as drift.

“The better option is the larger droplets from the Amistar nozzle, operated at 2-3 bar, that will give good coverage of the weeds and minimise the risk of drift.

“A sequence of pre- and post-emergence herbicide, along with selecting the appropriate application techniques, will help to maximise maize yields, as well as its value to reduce weed populations through the rotation,” Scott advises. FG

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Derek Pither using the Vaderstad 12-row Tempo mounted on a New Holland tractor.

Precision drilling at a regular tempo Following a demonstration, there was one drill model which stood out for this farmer/contractor.

Gloucestershire farming/ contracting business Pither Agriculture Ltd bought a 6m mounted Vaderstad 12-row Tempo to drill 650 acres of maize drilled under contract, together with the oilseed rape acreage.

“We used to establish all the oilseed rape with our 8m Vaderstad Rapid and the maize with a shoe-type coulter precision seeder,”

Derek Pither (left) explains.

“We wanted to change the seeder and trialed a number of manufacturers and models. From the demonstration, we could see the benefits of the Tempo’s discs, which cut rather than bulldozed a slot, and so allowed a more consistent planting depth, particularly in our varied soil types.

“I’ve experience of Vaderstad

equipment, I’ve run Rapids for the past 17 years, and I liked the Tempo’s build quality. It’s heavy as it incorporates a lot of high-grade steel and we run it on a 200hp long wheel-base tractor with big wheels. I’m also impressed by the research and development that has gone into the drill.”

Mr Pither specified the Tempo with micro-fertiliser/slug pellet applicators and wheel mark eradicators, and dealer TH White, Cheltenham, delivered the drill in time for the 2017 sowing campaign when it established all the maize and, due to the temperature difference between the Vale and the Cotswolds,

the bulk of the autumn oilseed rape.

Ideally, drilling takes place throughout August, with the Tempo establishing the Vale ground at a 51cm (20in) spacing.

However, towards the end of the month the high ground is drilled with the Rapid at a standard 12.5cm spacing. “We need to plant 10 days earlier on the brash and we don’t want to use the wide spacing as we won’t get the canopy coverage before winter, with the potential problem of pigeons coming in,” Mr Pither explains. “And the later it gets the more critical it becomes as the temperature drops quicker.” FG

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Thinking outside the Calaris box for maize weed control Many maize growers will be rethinking their weed control strategies this season now that terbuthylazine is no longer available. We asked an agronomist for some timely advice.

Effective weed control is critical in maize, especially in the first couple of months of the crop’s life when it is particularly susceptible to competition for light, water and nutrients.

The loss of postemergence herbicide terbuthylazine (as in Calaris) has left a gap in the herbicide armoury, says Cheshire-based Agrovista agronomist Phil Campion (right).

“Calaris – a mixture of mesotrione and terbuthylazine – offered a flexible and effective option, controlling a wide range of broad-leaved weeds that mesotrione alone won’t control so well. These include several problem weeds such as annual meadow grass, bindweed, mayweeds, and speedwells. These gaps will need to be filled,” he explains.

Quite what approach needs to be adopted will vary from farm to farm and will be heavily influenced by which strategies have been carried out to date.

Good weed control begins in the stubble, says Phil. “Any areas destined for maize that had greened up

significantly with weeds should have been sprayed off with glyphosate before cultivations took place.

“On rented or new ground, it is worth taking a look to see what weeds are there to give an idea of what you will be facing. If you didn’t, you can always ask the landowner for a recent weed history.”

A pre-emergence application of pendimethalin should have been routine this season as a terbuthylazine replacer, says Phil.

“Pendimethalin provides good broadspectrum residual control of most problem weeds and will hold others back, such as black nightshade.

“We saw the importance of the pre-emergence last year, when many post-emergence applications were hit-and-miss due to the inclement weather from June onwards. I have advised the majority of my clients to use pendimethalin; however, where expected weeds include cranesbill, groundsel or charlock I would use Dime (dimethenamid-p + pendimethalin).

“The pre-emergence application will help get the crop away and will

buy more time for post-emergence treatments, optimising their efficacy.

You will generally need to follow up post emergence, but you should be able to use lower rates and you won’t be hitting the crop so hard.

You might also be able to go a little bit later, perhaps catching a late weed flush.”

Mesotrione (e.g Barracuda) will provide a good base for subsequent post-emergence broadleaved weed control. However, it does struggle on scentless mayweed, which is also only moderately susceptible to pendimethalin.

“This was a problem in some fields last year where sprays were delayed, or rainfall affected timing, as the mayweed was stronger and bigger than we would have liked. I would suggest using prosulfuron or a florasulam-containing product to boost post-emergence control.”

Other products and rates should be chosen according to weed spectrum and size, he adds.

Growers who have not applied pendimethalin could see a lot of annual meadow grass in their crops, says Phil. “I would recommend Elumis – nicosulfuron together with mesotrione – to provide exceptional broad-spectrum activity.”

Formasulfuron + iodosulfuron (as in Maister) is another good choice for grassweed control, and additional bromoxynil will boost broadleaved

A pre-emergence application (as left) provides valuable early weed control.

weed control, he adds. Maister is particularly useful where vegetables, sugar beet or potatoes are to be grown the following spring, as may be the case on rented ground.

Mesotrione is better than bromoxynil on larger broad-leaved weeds, but it does take longer to act.

“It is probably better to go earlier with bromoxynil where you can and be prepared for a second flush. You can very much tailor herbicide choice to what comes up.”

Post-emergence herbicide treatments are ideally applied at the 3–4 leaf stage depending on weed pressure. However, if crops are stressed or applications are delayed, the growth stage cut-off for herbicides should be checked – six leaves in the case of Maister, or eight leaves for some other treatments.

Leaving post-emergence applications until later growth stages does carry the risk of crop damage and also of letting weeds become too competitive, Phil warns. “As with all these things, fields need to be judged on their own merits and regular field inspections will ensure timely application.

“Also make sure you are in regular contact with your spray contractor.

A week’s delay can make a massive difference to weed size and therefore successful control, so make sure if you are delayed to adjust dose rate where necessary.” FG

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How to grow a 5t/ha combinable pea crop Growing demand, exciting new uses and development of high consistency genetics, mean combinable peas have much to offer UK growers – but just how easy is it to include them in arable rotations?

If you can make a reasonable fist of growing wheat, you should be able to produce a profitable crop of combinable peas, believes Oxfordshire grower David Passmore (pictured right).

With a yield of 5.3t/ ha putting him in the top three producers in the ADAS Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) for peas in 2019, and a producer of some of the best pea seed in the business, he’s a man worth listening to.

“I would say anybody can grow the crop really, and a yield of 4.5t/ ha is an achievable target for most growers. A lot of the management is simple – there are a lot less inputs to worry about compared to cereals, and you don’t need specialist kit,” David reckons.

“Do the job right and you’ll end up with good margins, soils left in really good condition and the added benefit of around 50kg N/ha as residual nitrogen for your next crop.”

Attention to detail Growing around 20ha of peas as part of a 200ha arable rotation focused on professional seed production, attention to detail is what really makes David’s approach to pea production stand out.

Although peas are relatively easy to grow generally, there are some important times of the year when their management is pretty unforgiving with one such of these

being drilling, he says.

“Wheat can be surprisingly tolerant regarding poorer seedbeds and drilling conditions, but that’s just not the case with peas.

If you plant them at the wrong time or in poor conditions, you will be up against it for the rest of the year. Waiting for the right window for drilling is even more important with peas than with barley, I would say.”

Pea crops at Mays Farm, Ewelme, are usually grown after wheat. Land is ploughed, then left over the winter to weather.

“There’s an old saying that you should always plough for peas, but some of the top yielders in YEN recently have gone for deep cultivation instead,” says David.

“Whatever approach you use, the key is early cultivation – which cuts across the grain of what everyone is trying to do these days. Work the land early and dry, then leave it over the winter to get the frost and weather into it.

“That way you’ll have the least amount to do before planting the following spring.”

choose one that’s suitable for your end market and highly regarded by buyers.

“Good colour is increasingly important and can be worth around 35-40 per cent of the price you will get, so it’s probably the single most important trait to look for in terms of maximising saleability.”

David’s YEN crop of 5.3t/ha was the large blue variety Mankato, which also took the top spot with a Norfolk-grown crop yielding 6.5t/ha in the YEN initiative, James points out.

“When you consider the average pea yield for the UK is still only about 3.0t/ha, you can start to see the difference that the right variety and management can make.

“Peas are often seen as a bit of a Cinderella crop – people jump

in and out of them without really learning how to look after them – but when you get your management right, yields and margins can be really impressive.

Mankato’s consistency makes it a good choice for growers new to peas, he says.

“It’s been a top 25 per cent performer in the PGRO Recommended List for the last four years. Much of this reliability is down to a near perfect combination of standing power and yield. Plus, Mankato is really marketable with a big seed that pea micronisers really like, as they can cut it in half – plus it has good colour which it holds well.”

Once drilled, few management interventions are needed in most years, David adds.

“Nitrogen fertilisers are not allowed on peas – the crop fixes its own N – and our P and K levels tend to be generally good as a result of all the digestate and FYM we use.

“There is some trials evidence showing significant benefits of using sulphur in peas, so this year we’re going to put on polysulphate (sulphur potash) straight on after planting and see what that does.

“YEN has also highlighted the importance of magnesium in high yielding pea crops so that is also something that we will be looking at in the future.”

Weed control-wise, a preemergence herbicide is essential as there are not really any other options, he points out.

“Pea moths can also be a problem in some regions, so it’s often a good idea to put traps out to quantify this – but they’re not really an issue we have here.

“We will always use one fungicide but, in a high disease pressure year like last year, we would use another later on.” FG

Variety standing power According to James Maguire of KWS, for whom David has grown seed for approaching 20 years, variety is an important factor in the equation.

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Nutrient take-up the key to unlocking spring barley potential Ryncho on spring barley.

For the last three years, spring barley has often been sown well into April – but can it perform that late? AICC trials committee member Peter Cowlrick told Farmers Guide it can often do surprisingly well, providing you get it off to a flying start.

This year, the weather has made seedbed preparation difficult in some areas. Many cultivated in the autumn for winter crops, but then couldn’t drill with sustained wet weather. However, lighter soils and stubbles of heavier land have generally dried out well, enabling earlier spring crop cultivation and drilling. Here, seed-to-soil contact has been good.

But heavier autumn cultivated ground stayed wet for longer, delaying drilling into the first half of April. Seedbed quality and seed-tosoil contact has been compromised in some cases.

Later sowings and dry conditions since drilling have hindered establishment. For Mr Cowlrick, the issue is evaluating how much of that early nitrogen has been taken up, and what additional N will be needed to optimise yields, without compromising grain N. “Typically spring barley crops are getting 40–50 per cent of their total N dose in the seedbed, but growers need to establish how much is likely to be required by the 3-leaf stage of the crop.

“In addition, attention needs to be given to the amount of trace elements available, particularly manganese. Manganese deficiency often shows up quickly in Ramularia in an untreated barley plot.

later sown crops with plants discolouring, especially if seedbeds are less than ideal, but other deficiencies are less visible.”

He considers tissue testing vitally important this season.

Testing will be undertaken at late tillering (GS24-29), potentially followed up by further testing at GS31. “The wet winter will have flushed many micro-nutrients out of soils, and this, combined with poor soil structure on heavier ground, is likely to make deficiencies more widespread – impacting on early crop physiology.

Manganese, copper and zinc are all important elements for spring barley,” he notes.

Another potential threat to nutrient availability is brassica weeds. Early spring dry weather has created the ideal conditions for fast growing charlock to establish ahead of many other spring dicotyledons. He warns that, if left until barley starts to tiller, charlock can ‘hoover up’ plenty of N. He will be considering a two-spray strategy based on an early phenoxy hormone application followed by an SU mix.

He will also be adding in low rates of Moddus (trinexapac-ethyl) or Canopy (mepiquat chloride + prohexadione calcium) to disease control sprays around GS30. This will be to check apical dominance, but also to help boost root structure with crops possibly short of nutrients. “If crops get a little hungry when tillering, side shoots can get left a little behind.”

Indigro agronomist David Boulton (right) agrees, and notes feeding crops to preserve tillers – and ultimately ear numbers – will be as important as ever this season. He, too, expects manganese deficiency to be common and suggests growers keep an eye on symptoms.

With crops having half their N early on, he will be making further applications when the crop rows are visible. For feed crops, he would recommend a total of 130–140kg N/ha and for malting crops,100–120kg N/ha.

Disease-wise, mildew can be an issue on late sown crops, especially susceptible varieties. “As these race through growth stages, plants will

have plenty of soft growth and the biotrophic disease is better able to penetrate these leaves. The disease is exacerbated with manganese deficiency,” he cautions.

Fandango (prothioconazole + fluoxastrobin) is a popular T1 choice but he might switch to Siltra (prothioconazole + bixafen) to get a higher loading of prothioconazole, to combat reduced sensitivity of net blotch, and for added mildew control.

Leaf blotch.

Mr Cowlrick also worries that warm, wetter weather in May might encourage soft growth, making plants more susceptible to disease, particularly mildew.

He says a product like Talius (proquinazid) might be a useful addition to T1 sprays for susceptible varieties, although prothioconazole is a good active. Where the risk is high, a dose of proquinazid at GS30 is also worth considering. “It will help suppress the disease ahead of T1 sprays and it isn’t aggressive so reduces the risk of dewaxing leaves.”

He, too, is likely to favour an azole + SDHI based approach at T1 and T2 with prothioconazole + bixafen (Siltra) being a typical choice. “A factor to consider this season is the pressure from Rhynchosporium, net blotch and Ramularia. With the move to spring barley where winter cropping was not possible, there will be more post-barley spring cropping, which is likely to increase pressure and growers need to be vigilant,” he cautions. FG

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The UK’s test machine was delivered to slurry transport and application specialist KW Wilson & Sons Ltd, based at Caistor, Lincs. The family business is run by Russell, Mark and Ian Wilson and has offered a contracting service for more than 60 years. Liquid application and haulage are the main activities, with ditching and drain jetting also carried out within a 40-mile radius of the company’s base.

Additional capacity Approximately 450,000m3 of liquid is applied annually, mainly from livestock and anaerobic digester plants. Eight tankers transport liquid to the field sites, where two 20m3 and an 18m3 selfpropelled machines are used for arable injection, with disc or drag cultivation. There Wilsons also operate a Massey Ferguson 8737 tractor with a 28m3 Sampson tanker fitted with a 36m dribble bar for growing crop application as well as two umbilical systems for arable injection or growing crop application with dribble bars up to 32m.

“The additional capacity of the Ploeger would be useful," explained partner Russell Wilson.

Although the shallow cultivation is an additional benefit, the move to injecting is mainly to reduce volatilisation. “It's good practise – it ensures the nutrients are available for the crop and reduces nitrogen loss to the atmosphere," he added..

Traction and manoeuvrability At the time of Farmers Guide’s visit, slurry was being applied to land just a few miles from the River Humber and working conditions on the cereal stubbles ranged from hard, dry soils which jarred the 8m injector, to wet patches where the traction of the five driven wheels was of obvious benefit. “Two of our own tankers are five-wheeled, but one axle isn’t driven so two of the wheels just help carry the load,” commented Russell. “With all five wheels driven, the Ploeger has much more pulling power and because all five steer, it’s exceptionally manoeuvrable and turns quickly and tightly on headlands.”

The Ploeger has a ZF Eccom 5.0 CVT transmission driving through four gear ranges to mechanical rear axles. Drive to the front wheel is hydraulic and power is adjustable in three stages. The front steering angle is up to 70 degrees and, with both rear axles steering too, there is no need for headland shunting for pass-to-pass working. continued over…

Russell Wilson describes the Claas cab as ‘superb’.

Ploeger AT5105 LNMS specifications Tank Main pump Distributor Filling Engine Transmission Drive Steering angle Cab Tyres On-board tyre inflation Guidance and rate control

25m3, polyester Borger 9m3/min Vogelsang RotaCut 10.000 with stone protection SuperLoad with additional centrifugal pump. Increases capacity up to 15m3/min.

Scania 6-cyl, 550hp ZF Eccom 5.0 CVT with 4 gear ratios Mechanical to rear bogie suspension tandem axle with 4 rear tyres.

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 Five-wheel drive, and five-wheel steering makes the large Ploeger extremely manoeuvrable, even in wet working conditions and the machine has no trouble achieving tight headland turns for pass-to-pass working.  Filling the 25m3 tank takes under three minutes. The Ploeger is equipped with the SuperLoad filler upgrade; a secondary centrifugal pump on the intake arm pushes slurry towards the main pump and macerator.  Russell said that almost all slurry is injected as customers are keen to minimise volatilisation and make the most of available nutrients. Working conditions at the time of Farmers Guide’s visit varied from wet, muddy patches to harder areas which jarred the mounted subsoiler.

The main Borger pump has capacity up to 9m3/ min and is matched with a Vogelsang RotaCut 10.000 distributor protected by a stone trap.

The pump output can be adjusted for variable rate applications.

The Wilsons usually load from a stand or nurse tank parked in the field, and quick filling is needed to maximise productivity. The test Ploeger is equipped with optional SuperLoad filling which has 10- or 8in pipework and an additional centrifugal pump on the filling arm. Flow rates up to 15m3/min are achieved and filling takes under three minutes. “The SuperLoad system saves a lot of time and combined with the large capacity means we can inject up to 1,300m3 of slurry in a day, very comfortably and without travelling at full speed,” said Russell. “Average engine running speed is 1,200–1,300rpm and fuel consumption is low.”

Comfortable The new Ploeger has a Claas Vista 2 cab with hydraulic suspension at the front and air suspension at the rear. Machine control is by multi-function joystick and performance is monitored and settings are adjusted on a large touchscreen. Work progress and steering is through a Trimble display. Speed control is by the joystick or a foot pedal and speeds can be set and memorised for quick re-selection.

“The Claas cab is superb – extremely quiet and comfortable,” added Russell. “Visibility is excellent, and the controls are well laid out and easy to use.

“The Ploeger is great to operate and never short of power. The CVT transmission makes it easy to drive and being able to adjust the speed by either the foot throttle or joystick is an advantage. Acceleration is good on the road and it keeps up well with other traffic with its maximum 50kph travel speed. Moving between work areas is safe and convenient, despite its size.”

Potential demand “We believe there is growing demand for higher capacity slurry applicators in the UK, as growers aim to make the most of the nutrients available and minimise volatilisation,” explained PMC sales manager Steven Skipper. “This Ploeger has the power and capacity that specialist contractors have been asking for and the Wilson family’s long experience of slurry application machinery makes the business an ideal test user.”

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Farmers Guide travelled to north Lincolnshire to see Ploeger’s 550hp, 25m3 slurry applicator in action. It was being trialled by Caistor-based KW Wilson & Sons which has offered a specialist waste liquid transport and application service for more than 60 years. Steven Skipper (right) of PMC Harvesters is pictured with Russell Wilson and the new Ploeger.

A smaller version of the Ploeger applicator is available as the AT4103 LNMS, with a three wheel chassis, a 400hp 5-cyl engine and a 16m3 capacity tank.

Ploeger Machines bv is the official provider for Challenger TerraGator service and parts in Europe. Many of the development and sales team have a TerraGator background, and many years’ experience in the application business.

UK parts and service back-up is through PMC Harvesters based in Fakenham, Norfolk. FG

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Next generation box tipper introduced Tong Engineering has announced the latest addition to its recent series of new product developments, with the launch of a new, all-electric box tipper – the E-TIP. The next generation E-TIP box tipper is built upon a patentpending design which features an innovatively designed crop-retaining lid for the gentlest handling, alongside an energy-efficient allelectric drive system.

“We are very proud to offer a complete range of box handling solutions to growers and processors worldwide, all of which are designed to ensure the gentlest handling and dependable performance across a variety of applications, throughput requirements and budgets,” says Tong Engineering managing director, Edward Tong. “We are delighted to launch the new flagship E-TIP box tipper, which delivers on our promise of the gentlest handling and combines this with the latest all-electric drive technology for an exceptionally advanced machine.”

“What sets our new E-TIP box tipper apart is the way that the box is cradled throughout the tipping process, with a uniquely designed conveyor-belt lid,” continues Edward.

“This ensures boxes are securely and gently rotated, without any friction or scuffing to crop. The sliding action of the lid ensures gentle transfer of crop from the box to the machine’s forward conveyor, as well as ensuring seamless upward ejection of empty boxes for continuous operation and maximum performance.”

The E-TIP box tipper replaces traditional forward pivot-tipping hydraulics with a box-rotating design, powered by Tong’s Blue Inverter Technology all-electric direct-drive motors. “The fact that the new E-TIP is 100 per cent electricdriven means that running costs are kept extremely low,” explains Edward.

“In addition, the advanced yet simple design of the new E-TIP means that maintenance is not only minimal, but very quick and easy. The clean, food-

grade construction of the machine ensures its suitability in all tipping applications, including high-care food processing environments.”

Optimum safety is also a key feature of the new tipper’s design, with the machine requiring much less forklift movement than traditional box tippers – resulting in a safer working environment.

The more continuous loading and

unloading process, coupled with fully automatic PLC controlled tipping, results in a high throughput box tipping process, which can be specified to suit a variety of box sizes, depending on requirements.

“This year, we are celebrating 90 years in business, and over time we have developed our range of handling equipment to continuously offer the most advanced solutions,” says Edward. “Since our first box tipper left the Tong production line in the 1960s, the key principles of the box tipping process have remained the same, with the gentlest handling and maximum efficiency at the forefront of design.

The new E-TIP box tipper upholds these fundamental principles and incorporates the latest in electrical drive systems to create our most efficient box tipper yet.” FG

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{farm sale } Lancashire dispersal sale A dispersal sale of very well maintained machinery and equipment belonging to a Lancashire salad grower took place in mid-March, resulting in some very impressive prices.

David Williams reports.

The auction was arranged by East Anglia-based Cheffins on behalf of Ferndale Produce Ltd, as business owners Philip Aughton and his son Daniel had taken to the decision to diversify away from salad crop production to pursue other business interests. The auction, held at the company’s Hesketh Bank, Preston site, took place during the week preceding the national coronavirus ‘lockdown’, but just after guidelines were introduced encouraging social distancing. “Those attending included dealers and end users, and the new guidelines were well observed,” explained Cheffins auctioneer Oliver Godfrey. “There were fewer overseas buyers in

attendance than usual, but many more were bidding online as well as additional bidders from throughout the UK. Our well-established internet-based bidding system proved invaluable, and the high prices achieved meant most lots ended up with end users including a large number from Ireland.”

Auctioneer’s dream Highlights included a fleet of five modern John Deere tractors, two selfpropelled salad harvesting rigs and a wide range of agricultural implements, along with several self-propelled sprayers and a handler. “It was very good kit and, coming from a grower specialising in salad production, the

tractors were in lovely condition with no scrapes or dents to the bodywork,” said Oliver. “Some had quite high hours but were exceptionally tidy.

“Highlights included a 2002 John Deere 6220 with a veg packing rig and more than 14,000 recorded hours, which made £40,500. The trade was really good and selling that sort of kit is an auctioneer’s dream. Cheffins was recommended to the Aughton family by a local farmer and machinery dealer, and the sellers were very pleased with the prices achieved. The care they had taken with their machinery – including a thorough fleet maintenance policy – paid off.

It was a credit to them,” he added. FG

This John Deere 6930 Premium was the most powerful tractor on offer. It had AutoPowr 50kph transmission, a Zuidberg 35kN front linkage, and front axle and cab suspension.

It was AutoTrac-ready, was on Trelleborg TM800 650/65R38 rear, and 540/65R28 front tyres and was in excellent order despite having worked 8,600 hours. It had been on the farm from new and sold for £29,600.

This 2006 Fuel Proof 5,200-litre bunded fuel tank with a pump and delivery hose sold well at £3,300.

Star of the sale was this John Deere 6220 with PowrQuad 40kph transmission.

It was equipped with driver-less controls, a creeper transmission and was on Michelin AgriBib 16.9R38 rear, and 14.9R24 front wheels and tyres. It was delivered new to the farm in 2002, and had recorded 14,211 hours. Mounted to the tractor was a VHS vegetable packing rig with tray hangers, and the complete package had been meticulously maintained and was in incredibly good condition for its age. It sold to a producer from Ireland for £40,500.

One of three self-propelled sprayers on offer – this Bateman 2001 Hi-Lo 4wd also had four-wheel steering and was fitted with 24m hydraulic folding Contour booms. Power was from a John Deere engine and tank capacity was 2,000 litres.

The sprayer was registered with an M-prefix, was new in 1994 and had worked 6,195 hours. Its test certificate had expired in February this year and it achieved £7,500.

A Briggs R50 OSRMBE trailed folding fourwheel 50m irrigation boom with Nelson spray jets and a top-mounted rain gun made £4,800.

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This John Deere 6130R was a 2018 model – registered on an 18-plate and equipped with AutoPowr 50kph transmission, front linkage and PTO, front axle and cab suspension, rear hydraulic top-link and it was AutoTrac-ready. It was on Trelleborg TM800 600/65R38 rear and 540/65R24 front wheels and tyres and had been on farm from new. With only 679 hours recorded it was a superb example and achieved a winning bid of £69,000.

This newer 2011 Bateman RB26 4wd had four-wheel steering and 24m Contour booms fitted with twin spray lines and Norac UC4 height control. It had a 3,000-litre tank, a 185hp John Deere engine and a 400-litre/min Imovilli pump. The sprayer was on BKT Agrimax 340/85R36 wheels and tyres, had been serviced by Bateman and had been on the farm from new. On a 61-reg, it had recorded 2,518 hours and was bought by a farmer for an impressive £70,000.

 A second John Deere 6130R was also available to buy. Sister to the tractor above, this tractor was on slightly narrower Michelin AgriBib 420/80R46 rear, and 380/85R30 front tyres mounted on Stocks-Ag rims. It had a front linkage but lacked a front PTO and it had worked 2,163 hours. Also in excellent order, the winning bid was £60,000.

Carrying a 66-plate, this 2016 JCB 535-95 Loadall Agri Super 4wd also had 4-wheel steering and came with pallet tines, a Q-fit headstock, pick-up hitch and was on 460/70R24 Michelin XMCL wheels and tyres. Only 633 hours had been recorded and the winning bid of £56,000 secured an almost as-new machine.  This 2007 model Briggs MEC80 JCBpowered portable irrigation pump was in excellent condition and came with an acoustic canopy on a single-axle trailer.

It had recorded a relatively low 1,969 hours and sold for £15,000.

A buyer paid £4,000 for this 1999 Irrifrance ST2TTS 82-360 single-axle trailed irrigation reel.

Among bag lifter brands, Teagle is a favourite and this tidy 2007 model which came with its stand sold for £650.

Specialist equipment included two John Bond self-propelled harvesting rigs. Both had JCB engines and running gear plus 4wd and fourwheel steering. One had front and rear operator controls, 140 cups, a four-person picking table, rear ramp, extending drawbar, reduction gearbox, conveyor, a full canopy with lights and a new engine fitted in 2015. It was on large 54-31-26 flotation tyres and had been on the farm from new. It made £10,000.

The second harvesting rig was similar but had only front controls, 136 cups, a six-person picking table and six wrapping stations, rear ramp, reduction gearbox, winch, pump and water tanks, a conveyor, full canopy and lights, and was on Alliance flotation 331 700/4022.5 wheels and tyres. The winning bid was £7,000.

Briggs irrigation reels are in high demand and this 90R3/1 90-450 single-axle trailed model with Program Rain controls was new in 2006, and had recorded 2,257 working hours. It achieved a winning bid of £8,500.

tion These four vehicle ramps to allow irriga pipes to be crossed made £220.

A state-of-the-art Steketee AS4500 hydraulic folding precision steerage hoe with camera guidance sold for £27,500. It was set up for working three beds and included granular fertiliser applicators, A-blades, finger weeders, front tracking discs and screen discs for red and green lettuce.

In superb condition, this 2008 Panunzio Concimatrice MCS rear-mounted granular fertiliser applicator sold for £3,200.

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Two John Deere 6430 Premium tractors, both in superb condition, were on offer. They were registered in March 2011, had PowrQuad 40kph transmission and were fitted with Zuidberg 25kN front linkage, equipped with front suspension and were on Michelin AgriBib 420/85R38 rear, and 14.9R24 front wheels and tyres. One (left) had worked only 4,646 hours and achieved £34,000, and the other had worked 8,482 hours, was also AutoTrac-ready and made £26,500.

This Bailey tandem-axle 16,000-litre water bowser with a stainless-steel tank, three chemical lockers, air brakes and sprung drawbar, on 385/65R22.5 wheels and tyres was supplied new in 2014. In superb condition, it attracted bids up to £18,500 and was taken home by a Cambridgeshire grower.

This 2002 Kuhn Aero 2212 mounted hydraulic folding fertiliser applicator with four-section control, and integral Levsak DED hydraulic bag lifter sold for £4,000.

 Sold at the ideal time of year to be put straight to work, this KRM Zenit AV3000 3m flail mower suitable for front or rear mounting was in good condition and sold for £4,000.

An impressive but deserved £18,000 winning bid secured this superb 2015 Lemken Zirkon 12 hydraulic folding 6m power harrow with press roller, wheel-mark eradicators, quick release tines and 3 x 72ins bed markers with hydraulic raise and lower.

A winning bid of £800 secured this Hardi-mounted three-bed hooded sprayer.

A 1996 3.5m Howard HR40 Rotavator with a spiral pack roller, in good condition achieved a winning bid of £1,400.

This aged, but tidy, Steketee front-mounted three-row inter-row hoe with A-blades and finger weeders sold for £1,400.

 An elderly Amazone ZA-F 1203 twindisc fertiliser applicator made only £250.

In almost as-new condition, this 2016 Lemken Juwel 7 mounted 5f reversible plough was fitted with slatted mouldboards and equipped with hydraulic vari-width.

It sold for £11,500.

This 2005 3m Kuhn EL201 rotary cultivator with a rear packer roller and in excellent condition made £7,400.

Another Lemken product, this Karat 9, 3m, 11-leg stubble cultivator with discs and a crumbler bar made £3,300.

This 2003-manufactured Regero R2001 mounted four-row lettuce block planter with manual spacing adjustment, an air compressor, front crumbler bar and rear tyre press was missing two block grabs and made £500.

An ECE VTB600 single-axle rear-discharge manure spreader was new in 2000, and on 15.0/55-18 wheels and tyres. It achieved a £5,000 winning bid.

A Regero R2010TP mounted four-line block planter with 14.5in spacing, an air compressor, front crumbler bar and rear press roller was new in 2016, and made £11,000.

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The variety of attachments on Kramer’s KL55.8T telescopic wheel loader make it suitable for flexible applications – whether that be feeding, straw stacking or mucking out, Kramer says.

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Better to be less rigid about handling After operating a succession of traditional telehandlers since the early 1990s, a Suffolk estate opted for a change when updating its machine last year. Following on-farm demonstrations of several alternatives, the decision was made to invest in an articulated telescopic. David Williams visited the farm to see if the change is proving a success.

Rougham Estate Farms, near Bury St Edmunds, comprises approximately 1,100ha of arable cropping across three sites including owned and contract-farmed land, and some on a stubble-to-stubble agreement.

Crops include combinable cereals – wheat, barley, rye and oilseed rape – as well as sugar beet and cover crops planted after autumn-harvested crops. Farm manager Simon Eddell has prioritised soil improvement in recent years with an ambitious programme of field ditch and drain maintenance, and incorporation of large amounts of organic matter including cover crops, farmyard manure, digestate and sludge.

Full-time staff include Simon and three machinery operators, with additional labour brought in for harvest. The machinery fleet includes three main tractors, a self-propelled sprayer and a combine, and an allterrain handler which is used almost every day.

manure handling and re-handling has increased as we have more ‘straw for muck’ agreements with local livestock producers,” explained Simon. “We rent out approximately 10ha for pigs which are finished in tents, supplying the straw and receiving manure in return. There is also a beef producer on the estate with who we also swap straw for muck, and we buy in chicken manure, too.”

With little time available during and immediately after harvest, manure is heaped in fields in the continued over…

Pictured with the JCB TM420 are farm manager Simon Eddell (left) with machinery operator Jonny Balaam. Jonny describes the TM420’s muck loading performance as ‘excellent’ and said it ‘just drives up the side of the heap’.

Varied role Work for the farm’s handler is mainly manure heap construction and loading, moving cereals into and out of store, and transporting and loading fertiliser and seed in bulk bags plus some pallet work. “In recent years our

One of the handler’s roles is delivering seed and fertiliser to the field, then lifting big bags to fill the hopper. The TM420 is better suited to road transport than the previous telehandler, mainly because of its improved visibility.

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Simon. “But what we needed was extra traction plus plenty of lift capacity and break-out force, mainly for handling manure safely at low level. The outdoor pigs leave a deep layer of wet litter and achieving the traction to push and load it was always a problem for the Loadall. I spoke with a dairy farmer friend in Northern Ireland who suggested that farmers in his area handling manure had moved to articulated loaders for the extra ground clearance, manoeuvrability and traction, so we looked at these, too.”

Demonstration machines of several brands were trialled, including the latest JCB Loadall from G&J Peck.

The dealer also supplied a TM420

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spring, ready for application. As soon as the straw is cleared from the fields, spreaders are hired in for application. For the past eight years, a JCB Loadall 531-70 performed all the handling tasks, but when it was due for updating last autumn, Simon and his team looked at alternatives.

“We got on well with the Loadall and received good support from G&J Peck, our local main dealer,” said Simon.

“But we felt we should check what the competition was offering and consider alternative designs.”

Manure handling priority “We don’t often require the long reach of a larger handler,” commented

telescopic wheel loader which spent four days on the farm. “They were all assessed for their manure handling ability as that is a key handling task for us,” continued Simon, “but the TM420 was a clear winner, impressing everyone who used it. Its appearance suggests it’s much bigger than a Loadall but it’s actually little different, plus it feels nimbler and requires less manoeuvring space.

“Its ability to push-up manure in the heap was incredible and, despite having less reach than the Loadall, we easily achieved higher heaps for more efficient storage. It gave the

impression that it would climb a vertical wall if asked, and we agreed a deal to purchase the demonstrator.”

Operator comfort Significant advantages over the rigid handler design include the larger, raised cab. Rather than being tucked in between the wheels on one side with the boom obscuring vision to the other, the TM420’s cab gives a clear view all around, improving operation in confined working areas. It’s much wider too, and although the control layout is similar to that of the latest JCB Loadalls, the seating position is preferred by Rougham’s team.

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Operator Robert Faulds said he wouldn’t want to go back to a conventional telehandler since using the TM420.

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– it’s comfortable and quiet, the ride is good on the road, and the visibility makes it easier to use. The heater and air conditioning are very effective, and the right-hand cab window opens for ventilation. There is plenty of space for storage which is usually lacking on rigid telescopic handlers.

“A lot of our manure handling is on uneven ground and the TM420 feels more stable. Although the front axle

Jonny said the new handler’s traction and superb manoeuvrability make loading much faster. “It pushes and pushes and, where the Loadall scrabbled for traction on muddy, slippery ground, this keeps going and will drive up the side of the heap. For trailer loading the articulated chassis makes the whole operation easier and quicker, because as soon as the steering wheel is turned the muck grab points in the required direction.

Previously the machine had to be manoeuvred to the correct angle which was tricky on slippery, rutted ground when the wheels couldn’t gain traction to steer. We spend less time shunting now.”

Fellow machinery operator Robert Faulds is also impressed by the TM420. “It’s a brilliant machine with far more power than we were used to. For muck handling, it really

is master of the job whereas the telehandler was always working close to its limit.

“The cab’s spacious, and the visibility is better than from a telehandler in almost every situation.

The only exception is pallet handling, where the view of the forks isn’t as good. The TM420 gives a far better ride and it’s really no different to a tractor in terms of comfort. I’m quite happy spending all day in this machine whereas all the handlers we tested made my left leg and back ache after a few hours.

Care towing Rougham’s handler transports seed and fertiliser to the field by trailer, then lifts the big bags for quick filling.

Rated towing capacity is less than the Loadall, and Simon said additional care is needed. “The hitch is further behind the rear axle so, when heavy trailers are attached, traction at the front wheels is reduced. It’s not been a problem, but it’s something users need to be aware of.”

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The new TM420 is also equipped with JCB LiveLink telematics and Simon said this provides useful information for assessing task efficiencies.

Right decision ”We chose the TM420 to suit specific tasks we carry out during a typical year, and so far it has lived up to all our expectations,” Simon continued.

“It arrived in the autumn, so the only job we haven’t used it for so far is pushing grain up into store, but we don’t see that being a problem. Along with the TM420’s performance, the JCB brand reputation was attractive, and reliability and residual value is important. It’s the one machine that works every day of the year and is used by everyone, but despite that our Loadall proved reliable and held its value well. We hope the TM420 proves equally good.

“For us, losing a small amount of reach compared to an equivalent telehandler isn’t an issue, but I’m convinced that if JCB offered it with just an extra metre, then there would be no need for most farmers to choose anything else.” FG

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Powered by TGB’s latest 561cc liquid-cooled, single-cylinder, 4-stroke EFI engine, the Landmaster has plenty of power allied to sharp manoeuvrability skills, the company adds. It can tackle even the most challenging and hard-to-reach areas of terrain with ease and is equipped with TGB’s patented 3-stage electronic power steering, has a fully lockable differential, electric switchable two- and fourwheel drive and gives an impressive 320mm ground clearance. A mighty 3,500lb front-mounted electronic winch is fitted as standard, and the

roomy rear-tipping cargo tray opens on three sides, ‘making loading and unloading a breeze,’ Dualways says.

Up front, the Landmaster has a useful carry rack and wrap around safety bumper bar. Handguards, extended wing mirrors, backrest and deep footwells offer protection and rider comfort, while an electric starting system and digital dash make operating the nifty TGB a cinch. The TGB Landmaster is predominantly designed for agricultural purposes, but is T3 homologated road-legal, further extending its real-life usefulness.

It also comes with a five-year manufacturer limited warranty. FG

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Getting harvest-ready As arable farmers who also deal in grain storage and haulage, Farmers Guide spoke to L F Pearce & Son to find out how they’re preparing for the coming harvest.

Over the coming months here at L F Pearce & Son, we’re going to be gearing up ready for this year’s harvest. There is always lots to get on with to get the grain stores ready; in 2007 we heavily invested in a state-of-the-art grain processing and storage facility. This has been brilliant as crops can be handled at up to 100t/hr and we have storage for over 10,000t of crops in various ranges of 300, 600, 900 and 1,200t bays. Every bay has underfloor ventilation and we have a system in place where we

can monitor the temperature of the grain 24/7.

Recently we have been preparing for a deep clean and annual maintenance prior to this year’s harvest coming into store. If you are looking for storage, please do get in touch with us as we would be happy to try and accommodate if we can.

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Ferric phosphate registration a boost for potato slug control Agrii potato agronomist Ben Naylor says the new ferric phosphate product for slug control in potatoes, launched by manufacturer De Sangosse, will be welcomed by potato growers looking for an effective alternative to metaldehyde.

Mr Naylor recently joined De Sangosse for the February launch of Fe-Lyn potato label at the company’s state-of-the-art ferric phosphate production and research facility in Agen, France. All product ingredients are sourced from within 300km of the factory.

“The facility produces the company’s global ferric phosphate requirement,” he says. “Attention to detail is clearly evident throughout the manufacturing process which, along with its modern research and development facility, gives us a great confidence boost knowing that we have a viable alternative to metaldehyde.”

Mr Naylor is responsible for agronomic advice across 2,000

acres of potatoes grown in East Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. “Around 70 per cent of my growers have already changed to ferric phosphate due to the incentivised scheme offered

by Severn Trent Water to switch from metaldehyde,” he explains.

“I am confident that most of the remaining 30 per cent will follow this year.”

De Sangosse trial data, along with using the product over the last three to four years in other crops, demonstrates Fe-Lyn’s standing as a viable alternative to metaldehyde, according to Mr Naylor. “This evidence is supported in the field

by Agrii customers who have seen no yield or quality penalties across a

number of crops where metaldehyde has been replaced with Fe-Lyn. It is the highest quality ferric phosphate product in terms of attractiveness, palatability, persistence and spreadability,” he says.

“Metaldehyde has been given a stay of execution, but when stocks of remaining product have been used up, growers will have to switch to ferric phosphate,” Mr Naylor continues. “But, it’s so important that growers understand how ferric phosphate works. The timings for application will be

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poison, causing slugs to stop feeding immediately after ingestion, then slugs generally retreat underground.

“Slugs treated with metaldehyde die on the surface so, when the crop canopy is pulled back, they are easy to identify,” Mr Naylor explains.

“Slugs that have ingested ferric phosphate do not die immediately and instead will stop eating and gravitate underground where they eventually die unseen. Crop monitoring therefore becomes even more important where ferric phosphate has been applied.”

Around 70 per cent of my growers have already changed to ferric phosphate due to the incentivised scheme offered by Severn Trent Water to switch from metaldehyde. identical to metaldehyde depending on previous field pressure, variety and soil conditions, but growers need to understand the two actives work completely differently. With ferric phosphate, there won’t be any dead slugs on the surface.

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In cereals and oilseed rape crops, he adds that Fe-Lyn has been rigorously tested for durability, persistence, evenness of spread pattern and attractiveness. With the product now also available in potatoes, growers can be confident going forward. FG

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Potatoes Demo programme for new harvester Following a successful launch at Lamma in January, Standen Engineering Ltd has been busy fielding enquiries about their brand-new QM Windrower machine and creating a programme of demonstrations across the UK. The QM Windrower was developed and launched in response to increasing grower demand for better harvesting output without investment in a larger, self-propelled harvester or in the labour, trailers and extra machinery required to run an additional harvesting team.

This machine can virtually double harvesting output as it lifts and drops potatoes into the neighbouring, unharvested row, Standen says. Growers then only need to use one trailed harvester to lift and clean two beds-

worth of potatoes in one pass.

The QM Windrower is based on the QM harvester model and, as such, ease of operation and gentle, compact, effective separation comes as standard.

With its compact, lightweight design, it promises excellent manoeuvrability and is able to operate in even the smallest of fields, the company notes.

To participate in the programme of demonstrations, contact sales@ standen.co.uk. The company said it is presently ‘business as usual’ at its Cambridgeshire factory and, at the time of writing, the manufacturing schedule and component supply are unhindered by Covid-19. Service visits are still possible and the service team has been briefed to keep human contact to a minimum, and to observe 2m social distancing. FG

Parts supplier expands offering After celebrating its third anniversary late last year, machinery parts manufacturer Hub4Parts Ltd has begun to look more closely at how it can further support both its key existing customer base, as well as attracting new Herbert machinery owners.

Forming close links with suppliers has resulted in rollers being delivered the same day to local UK customers; replacement belts delivered to Scotland in under 24 hours; washer parts to Ireland in under two days; and even a complete hopper track to Australia (which took a little longer!).

The additional options of supplying pre-assembled coil cleaners, fully fitted washer barrels

and even replacement conveyor end sections has opened up further opportunities and gives customers a greater choice when looking at servicing and replacement parts for the Herbert range of equipment, the company says.

H4P are also now established in the sourcing and supply of second hand machinery and offer both ‘as seen’ and refurbished options.

Additionally, the company is now the exclusive distributor for the Bradley Agristack, a simple cost-effective system for palletising product, which was introduced to the market earlier this year.

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Potatoes Safe irrigation, profitable crops With the world facing difficult times, and the potato market in turmoil owing to different parts of the retail market not trading, it can be difficult to know which market to supply, says irrigation supplier Wroot Water.

One of the main aspects of producing a saleable, profitable crop is getting the irrigation right – specifically the ‘right amount’ in the ‘right place’ at the ‘right time’, the company says. When we look at the right amount, this is putting the water on to match the infiltration of the soil – not too much, not too little. The right place is even distribution of water over the whole field, or placing the water where it is required. The right time is to maintain the correct soil

moisture deficit, and match crop requirements.

Getting this right can reduce crop stress and potentially lead to a more profitable crop. Many growers find it difficult to achieve in times of very dry weather, however, and the main factor is not having enough equipment, which leads to long working hours.

Accidents generally happen when the pressure is on, so remember high pressure water and burst pipes can seriously injure people. To avoid incidents, it is good practice at the beginning of the season to do a risk assessment and method statement for all field operations, so that any potential incidents can be identified before work starts. FG

Bio-stimulants for potato production With the increased use of biostimulants in crop production, MJP Supplies believes it is well placed with its product, Algifol. A concentrated bio-stimulant made from brown algae, it’s gathered from the ocean, dried and refined through special processes.

Scientific evidence suggests that chemicals from seaweeds can influence plant growth and help in the defence against attack by pests and pathogens. Chemicals which may be involved include: cytokinins, auxins and betains.

Data shows that seaweed extracts will not provide total control of nematodes. However, when integrated into a program with other forms of control, seaweed extracts may play a significant role in plant protection as well as offering other benefits such as higher yields and better quality produce.

For potatoes, MJP Supplies recommends applying 3–4 litres of Algifol per hectare through the growing season. It’s compatible with all blight sprays, making it an easy fit amongst your regular

spraying program. The company claims to have seen the results, as have its customers across the country, from better quality produce to more marketable yield. Plus, a higher immune system of the plant, fighting disease and pest attack. Algifol helps stimulate root growth, assisting the plant to uptake nutrients and water. In extreme weather conditions; drought or water logging, Algifol has proved to help plants recover quickly.

Algifol can be supplied in 10-litre cans for ease of use, which can be delivered straight from the company’s store. FG

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Potato business future proofs with storage project

Lack of suitable on-site crop storage prompted construction of the 2,200t box potato storage facility in Norfolk.

Thurlow Nunn Standen Ltd’s Specialist Installation Division has been specialising in the provision of facilities for all agricultural crops since the mid-70s, including grain, potatoes, onions, fruit, bulbs, carrots, red beet and fresh vegetables.

The division recently completed a 2,200t box potato storage facility in Oulton, Norfolk, which was required due to a lack of suitable crop storage on-site. The project also incorporated

chemical storage, sprayer filling area and a contemporary 390m2 of office space.

Project discussions began in 2017, with planning finally granted by Broadland District Council in October 2018. This followed numerous delays during the planning process, caused by local residents’ concerns over the perceived noise from the fan units.

Nick Harrold explains: “We needed to be able to meet market demands

and felt that our existing storage space was not equipped to do so.

We are now future-proofed with this new facility.”

The build features two nohumidification control units, for moisture control to the potato crop, as well as a state-of-the-art webbased temperature and humidity control system.

“We found that the knowledge and experience of TNS was invaluable during the whole project,” Nick adds.

“Jeremy Nunn and James Williams were very responsive when required and we also believe Jeremy did a great job managing the prolonged planning process to ensure a successful outcome despite local objections.”

Division director Jeremy Nunn explained some of the complexities of the case: “We managed the project right through from the initial design stage to completion. We ensured that, despite the concerns of the local residents, the noise from the fans was no more than a ‘rustling leaf’ or a ‘babbling brook’.

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Potatoes ‘Revolutionary’ remote engineering system launches

Taking the strain out of pallet stacking Cambridgeshire-based David Harrison Handling Solutions has been importing the Prinsen palletiser from Holland since 2000 and the robust, compact machine has proved to be a hit with small- and mediumsize growers and packers alike.

When stacking 25kg bags, the palletiser has a capacity of 9–10t/ hr, which the company says is more than adequate for most applications.

Handling a range of bag sizes from 10–50kg, it will cope with both paper and hessian sacks and can easily be changed for different size pallets.

With a stocking height of up to 12 layers it is popular for export loads, especially where transportation costs are crucial.

David Harrison says it has so far sold 86 machines in the UK and Ireland, and they have proved very reliable, with very few breakdowns.

The basic layout and mechanics of the Prinsen palletiser have changed little over the years, although improvements have been made thanks to advancements in electrical components.

Alongside these palletisers, David Harrison is able to enhance the bagging line with the addition of automatic pallet dispensers and auto in-feed and out-feed conveyors to give one smooth, continuous operation. The company offers onsite visits – call the office for more information. FG

With roads more congested than ever, fuel costs constantly rising and skilled staff being harder and more expensive to obtain, Agrimech has unveiled a revolutionary remote engineering system. Agrilink allows the company to take a virtual look at any operational software issues and join staff on screen to train or advise on settings.

The Cambridgeshire-based company, which has won several awards for customer service in its 11-year history, makes and maintains equipment for all stages of the weighing, bagging and palletising process.

Agrimech co-founder Darren Smith says Agrilink means that the company can be working with their customer’s team almost before they’ve put the phone down, and that is the kind of service they will offer all customers who choose this level of care.

“It doesn’t matter where you are in the world – we can ensure your downtime is kept to an absolute minimum to save anxiety

and costs, while working to make sure the whole procedure is as quick and easy as possible,” Darren adds. “We can even deliver units which the customer can fit easily to save the need for a site visit.

“We are not complacent and have a range of options to ensure customers never wonder where to go for help. Our after-sales relationship is as important to us as making the sale itself and it is this customer service that sees businesses returning to us time after time.” FG

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New integrated hatch system to launch Crop storage engineering company Farm Electronics has increased its product portfolio with a new integrated hatch system.

The hatch, designed to sit within a store wall simply by fixing the external flange and wiring the toothed actuator, offers unrivalled performance together with simplicity, the company claims.

Another bonus to the new design is the rain/light filter which is encased within the design for customer peace of mind when the hatch is open.

The 80mm insulated panel offers protection from the higher temperature differences when

storing for longer periods and the design is versatile so it can either open outwards or inwards depending on the store design.

Final testing is currently being carried out, ready to bring to the market for the second half of 2020.

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Potatoes Fresh interest in bulk stores after CIPC ban The past few months have seen a revival of interest in bulk stores as opposed to box stores, which has without doubt been influenced by the banning of CIPC and the possibility of using bulk stores for grain as well as potatoes. With the options available to replace CIPC, good CO2 control will be more important, however, as stores need to be closed down for longer.

This is according to crop storage company Bennett & Co, which has made a start on one new bulk store. The store design has been laid out with a large fan house with divider wall, which houses the refrigeration evaporator coil. With the requirement to be able to dry wet crops when they come into store,

fan sizes have been stepped up with three axial fans with inverter speed control to adjust airflow as required. The compressor and condenser unit are mounted externally to the store.

With the large fan requirement and the external condensers, it was important to pay attention to the noise levels, the company says. The design incorporates extra insulation on the fan house, large fan silencers and use of an acoustic fence to reduce noise.

The crop will be stored on a hardwood timber floor and temperature control will be maintained with the use of a touch screen on the main control panel, which can be remotely accessed. FG

Test track opens for self-propelled harvesters Root crop machinery specialist Grimme has recently opened a test track specifically designed for its range of innovative self-propelled harvesters.

The track, which was built in Rieste, Germany, will ensure that every machine is thoroughly put through its paces before it heads out to the field. It is more than 800m long and 10m wide.

Circular tests can be carried out on the tarmac turning area, and endurance tests can be completed on the rough road section – which is 150m long. To help develop future products, new innovations can be tested intensively even before they are launched on the market, Grimme says, and these results can immediately be

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The test track will also be used for intensive training with service technicians and customers, to help them learn how to handle self-propelled harvesters in a safe environment.

Grimme has also increased its capacity for genuine webs, and has built a new logistics centre for webs and conveying equipment in the same location. The new centre consists of a 7,000m2 hall and a second intermediate building with over 800m2, which is connected to the assembly plant. The new logistics centre has the capacity to store 7,200 genuine webs. FG

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Hawkrent’s fleet of Case IH and John Deere agricultural tractors range from 100–400hp.

Versatile tractors, exceptional service Lincolnshire contractors Mark and Jack Lamyman discuss why they choose to rent their machines from agricultural hire company, Hawkrent, as well as the particular benefits of the Case IH Puma Series.

Mark and Jack Lamyman, of Lamyman Grange Contractors, run many Case IH tractors from Hawkrent each year, and have a number on order for this harvest.

The family-run business, established in 2000, specialises in agricultural contracting, especially potatoes, and works closely with Hawkrent for the benefit of both businesses.

Discussing why they chose Hawkrent, Mark and Jack said the service backup from their local dealer and Hawkrent is “exceptional” and the Hawkrent team “understand the needs of the farmer”.

Commenting on Case IH machines, Mark and Jack said the tractors are easy to use and versatile enough to do a range of jobs; the specifications are great and the build quality is “excellent”. Fuel economy is also good compared with other makes, they added.

Shropshire-based agricultural hire company Hawkrent, which also has a small team taking care of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, covers the need for hire and service, using dealer back up and a vast fleet of their own engineers from Lands’ End to John O’Groats.

The company’s fleet of Case IH and John Deere agricultural tractors range from 100–400hp and, alongside this, the company is able to offer grain/root trailers, bale trailers, dust suppression units,

diesel bowsers, telehandlers with a range of attachments, excavators, site dumpers, rollers, and cabin hire.

Hawkrent’s team collectively has a vast number of years’ knowledge and are able to provide advice and guidance on clients’ business needs when it comes to hire. The company promises to offer competitive rates, short- and long-term hire on all equipment and a wide range of stock makes.

Among its offerings, Hawkrent supplies the popular Case IH Puma series, ranging from 150–240hp, which is described as an efficient, multi-purpose workhorse designed to handle a variety of tasks on livestock, dairy and mixed crop operations – offering power, performance and versatility in a mid-size tractor. Available in six models, the series ranges from the agile Puma 150–165 tractors for livestock chores, hay and utility work; to the longer wheelbase and higher horsepower of Puma 185– 240, suited to crop and heavy-duty loader work. The series also comes with an integrated precision farming solution, with factory-installed advanced farming systems or AFScomplete solutions. In addition, the comfortable and easy-to-use operator environment provides premium high-horsepower features to help users power through long days and nights. FG

Based in Ipswich, Suffolk, Agri-Hire Ltd is a family-owned business established in 1986. Having started off as an agricultural hire company, it has since evolved into an agricultural dealership, hydraulic PTO and transmission specialist, and a manufacturer. Having been a major Dowdeswell plough and parts dealer for many years, when Dowdeswell Engineering ceased its plough production in August 2015 – and with a guaranteed parts supply from Dowdeswell’s sister company DPS – Agri-Hire decided to manufacture its own range of reversible ploughs.

Using a combination of genuine parts and some modern updates such as high tensile box section main beams and onepiece leg, the company says it has produced a plough where all parts are completely interchangeable with the old Dowdeswell models.

Latest versions of the Hubert AH plough include an all-new headstock fabricated from British steel rather than the previous cast headstock used by the company.

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the design and performance, and increase its strength,” explains managing director Tim Hubert.

“Everything except the wearing parts is made at our Suffolk base and, as well as superb strength and build quality, we offer something British-made, which is appreciated by farmers.” FG

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Spreading the cost of modern machinery Farmers looking to benefit from modern, reliable machinery without having to outlay big capital expenditure are increasingly turning to hire companies. We take a look at some of the benefits.

Small margins and tightening budgets have long been a concern for farmers, but in these troubled times when the sector is working to feed a country in crisis, reliable machinery and value for money have never been more important.

SW Hire founder Simon Williams says the company is seeing a large

number of long-term contract hires of telehandlers and tractors, as farmers seek to access the latest technology and machinery, whilst spreading the cost over a period of time.

There are a number of benefits to be gained from hiring over buying outright, Simon explains – first and

foremost, farmers can access the latest machinery, equipment and technology, without having to pay large sums upfront. It also offers the flexibility to hire the machinery you want, when you want it, without worrying about making a large investment, only to find the machine becomes obsolete or unsuitable for

your next job before you’ve got your money’s worth. Therefore, you avoid having unused machinery sitting around, or having to use unsuitable machinery for the job at hand.

Avoiding paying one big chunk of money helps you to keep on top of finances and maintain a healthy cash flow. Hiring also offers the flexibility of short- or long-term hires.

In addition, if you hire a machine, you are not responsible for servicing and maintenance, or the costs associated with this, as it will be taken care of by the hire company.

With the industry becoming increasingly aware of farm safety, it is also worth bearing in mind that SW Hire promise the highest safety and reliability from its machines, with regular services and maintenance.

SW Hire offers an extensive range of modern agricultural machinery equipment, either on a long- or short-term basis, anywhere in the UK. The fleet consists of well-maintained vehicles from leading manufacturers, with an average age of less than 18 months. Its range includes tractors; JCB telehandlers; grain, silage, flatbed and dump trailers; muck spreaders; slurry tankers; hedge cutters; toppers and a range of plant. FG 71906

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Working with the weather

Keeping an eye on the weather is an essential activity during the crop growing season but, in a catchy harvest, making the most of every opportunity to work is crucial. David Williams reports.

Deciding whether conditions are suitable for harvesting relies on experience and judgement, but access to data from an on-farm weather station can help. Farmers Guide is working with a large Suffolk arable farming business this season, trialling an industry-leading package from Sencrop – a specialist weather station provider. The French-based company, which also has a dedicated UK operations centre, offers farmers and growers a no-nonsense solution including professional monitoring equipment and class-leading software.

All packages rely on users having at least one Sencrop weather station to record site-specific weather information, which is then transmitted to the company, and the cloud-based data storage allows authorised users to access current and historic information at any time, from anywhere with a data connection, for a low annual fee.

Easy and quick installation For those with winter-drilled crops to harvest, combines in some areas could be rolling in as little as 8–10 weeks – so priorities in the meantime include store preparation, machinery servicing and late season crop treatments.

An obvious advantage of Sencrop’s package is that it is easily and quickly available. It’s ordered online, delivered to the farm by carrier, and installed in under half an hour using the included set-up guidelines. As soon as the equipment is switched on, data is sent to Sencrop’s servers and is available to view through the dedicated app and simple ‘dashboard’ menu.

No mobile signal required An additional attraction of the system is that little technical set-up is needed.

Built-in geo-location sensors record each station’s position, automatically locating them on the map. And, although unreliable mobile phone signals are an issue for many rural locations, this won’t affect Sencrop weather stations which transmit data through the separate Sigfox network.

Popular weather station options include: Raincrop – which accurately records rainfall, temperature and relative humidity; and Windcrop – which measures wind speed and wind direction.

Each standalone unit has its own data transmitter, and most farmers opt for both types. Prices start at £349.99 for Raincrop and £299.99 for Windcrop, with annual service subscription fees starting at £79 for monitoring up to two stations, whereas the most popular Pro package at £149 includes up to five.

Because the Sencrop concept is a network-based service, more stations can be added and viewed through the same farm dashboard, making it ideal for larger farms and those with multiple sites. It’s also costeffective for smaller farms, as stations can be shared with neighbours – with each farm having its own access to the data.

Subscription packages also include access to data from up to two additional stations, from any of the 15,000-plus Sencrop network across Europe. The user simply selects stations of interest from the online map and adds them to the ‘dashboard’. Sencrop’s UK network is growing rapidly and, with users in all areas, selecting relevant stations nearby can provide interesting comparisons with a farm’s own weather.

Harvest planning For planning activities such as harvesting and baling, being able to see when and how much rain has fallen is an advantage. For remote areas away from a main base, information from on-site weather stations allows users to find out whether rain has affected the area without travelling to check the site.

Details including wind strength and humidity will also indicate how quickly crops will dry enough for harvesting to commence or resume. Site-specific weather forecasts and maps are also included in Sencrop’s app, with rain radar displaying where and when it has already fallen, plus predicted rainfall and times.

On-farm test Mid Suffolk-based farmer James Forrest is helping Farmers Guide assess the Sencrop weather station package, and took delivery of two Raincrop stations and a Windcrop in early March.

Trading as Forrest Farms, the mainly arable enterprise is a mix of owned and contract-farmed land in four locations up to 12 miles apart, so the Sencrop network-based system, which allows multiple units across different locations to be linked and viewed through the user-friendly app, was appealing.

“We are well-equipped with modern farming technology, but still used a traditional rain gauge, and a hand-held anemometer to check conditions for spraying. I had often considered that a weather station might be useful, so was enthusiastic when asked to assist with the Farmers Guide test,” he explained.

James said that a month into the trial, the app was proving user-friendly and easy to understand. “These things don’t need to be complex. Like other farm management tools, the easier they are to use then the more useful they become to everyone involved.

“Features such as the rainfall forecast will be handy if they prove accurate. If rain is predicted, we might not start tasks such as cutting grass for silage rather than risk being unable to complete it in one session; or during harvest we might be encouraged to work additional hours to finish before Pictured in early March with one of the Sencrop weather stations being trialled by Forrest Farms, are farmer James Forrest and Sencrop UK sales manager Victoria Nicol.

Installing a network of farm weather stations to monitor conditions at specific locations could help with management of field operations this harvest, especially if conditions are variable.

rain arrives. We know wind speeds differ significantly between our work sites. Being able to see at a glance what is happening elsewhere means we can make sound judgements as to whether conditions for spraying and other applications will be suitable. Detailed records are automatically stored on the Sencrop system for retrieval if they are needed,” he added.

“We received the weather stations in early March when persistent wet weather had hindered field operations since September. Ironically, as soon as they were installed, the rain stopped, and what has fallen since has been negligible. The land is dry – our springdrilled crops could do with some moisture, and I might have to take the weather stations down to encourage a good shower!”

Time savings Farm foreman Robert Hale said having access to accurate rainfall information from remote sites will save time and travel. “In a catchy harvest, if we are rained off from one location we will be able to check in a few seconds whether rain has fallen elsewhere, and if a site remains dry we can relocate the machinery. In the past, checking conditions were suitable required many additional journeys, and I can see the weather stations saving time and improving our working efficiency this harvest and beyond.”

James confirmed: ”I like the Sencrop system so far. I can see increasing benefits as we get used to trusting and using the information.

I’m already forming the view that we might keep the test units at the end of the trial and invest in additional weather stations for improved monitoring of our outlying areas.” FG

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Rob White, of Evans and Pearce, provides top tips to ensure your buildings, pedestals, ducting and fans are up to scratch.

As the ground starts to dry out after a long and intensely wet winter, thoughts can at last turn to the forthcoming harvest. At this time of year, attention is naturally drawn to the more pressing aspects of cereal production – cultivation, drilling and spraying – but all of the hard work and investment to produce the crop throughout the year can be undone in the grain store if a few key

points are overlooked. With this in mind, Rob White at Evans and Pearce suggests a few checks to see if you are ready for the next storage season.

Firstly, consider your buildings – are roof and cladding sheets all intact and gutters clear of debris; can warm air, expelled from the crop, escape from the building; and is the electric supply safe, intact and extension leads fit for purpose?

Turning your attention to pedestals and ducting, check that current pedestals allow the maximum air flow to percolate through the stockpile and make sure no pedestals or ducts have been damaged when filling or emptying the store. You should consider whether there are adequate numbers of pedestals for the anticipated harvest, and if smaller seed crops can infiltrate holes in the pedestals.

If so, extra filters or pedestals with a different slot profile may be useful.

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volume and quality of air required to protect your investment. Damaged fans need attention and intact units may benefit from a clean out and a PAT test. Impellers, bearings, capacitors and plugs are mustcheck items. Other aspects include whether opportunities were missed for crop conditioning as fans were not operating at the correct times.

If this is the case, existing fans could perhaps be upgraded to automatically respond to optimum cooling conditions, which is vital in mild winter conditions when opportunities are few.

Ventilation rates must be adequate and in line with the AHDB figure of 6ft3/min/t. Your fan supplier can help with this. It is also worth thinking about whether it would help to trigger extraction fans and multiple pedestal fans into action automatically via temperature spears, sensors and pre-set differential temperature parameters.

Rob White recommends taking the opportunity to check with accountants that all capital allowances have been claimed via Plant and Machinery Allowance on new-build grain stores. FG

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Martin Lishman offers an extensive range of grain quality and crop storage products, which have been developed over many years to offer a ‘one stop shop’ for your harvest needs.

The company’s range includes the award-winning Barn Owl wireless automatic crop monitoring systems, and Pile-Dry and FloorVent pedestals and fans storage systems.

The Barn Owl system can reduce energy bills by at least 40 per cent by reducing crop cooling time and store management energy costs, ensuring crops remain in optimum condition, the company says. Pile-Dry pedestals cool crops quickly to prevent insects, conserve quality, reduce waste and meet crop assurance requirements.

When used with Martin Lishman Pile-Dry fans, they create a fast, low volume crop cooling system.

The FloorVent under-floor ventilation system is suitable for new floors, new stores, hopper-bottomed bins and silos. More economical than traditional under-floor systems, FloorVent combines the benefits of pedestals and fans with the need to make store handling and filling easier in larger stores.

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Prepare grain stores ahead of harvest Having a fully prepared grain store by paying particular attention to hygiene, could be key to avoiding costly insect and rodent infestations over the long storage period later in the year.

Bayer national account manager Ken Black (right), explains that pest activity, especially in relation to insects, is likely to be higher this year following the wet and mild winter, and with 60 per cent less wheat crops planted due to a wet winter, it’s important to protect whatever grain results.

“This is particularly relevant in view of anticipated lower yields, higher domestic demand and predicted

higher prices forecast for the 2020 harvest,” he says With this in mind, implementing an integrated approach with effective hygiene and cleanliness measures ahead of harvest is vital.

“You can get started now by giving empty stores a thorough clean, removing any dust and debris,” he says.

Ken explains that, once stores have been cleaned out, it is important

to closely monitor for insect and rodent activity.

“There are simple methods that can be undertaken to ensure early pest identification, allowing effective treatment and control,” he adds.

“To monitor for insects, observe the area on a regular basis, paying particular attention to cracks and crevices. Use insect monitoring traps around the store to capture insects and highlight peaks of activity.

“When it comes to rodent monitoring, look for droppings, footprints, gnawing and access points.

Consider using a non-toxic monitoring block in areas where activity is identified or suspected,” says Ken. He explains if pest activity is identified, then a decision needs to be made on the best options for control.

“To manage insect infestations, treat walls, floors and roof spaces with K-Obiol paying close attention to ledges, corners and areas where dust and debris accumulate. Ideally treating two months ahead of harvest will give optimum control,” he explains. Ken says if rodents are an issue then the CRRU guidelines should be followed before, during and following treatment.

“However, it’s essential to assess the situation before using any product and ensure you select the appropriate rodenticide, with the correct authorisation for the area you’re treating,” he adds.

“Implementing an integrated approach to pest management in grain stores is a cheap and easy process, and can prevent costly grain rejections that could lead to substantial losses of up to £50 per metric tonne,” concludes Ken. For more information contact the Bayer pest solutions team at pestsolutions@bayer.com or on 0800 1214 9451. FG

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Choosing the best system for your soil type After the recent exceptional weather conditions, finding a cultivation system that gives a consistently high performance in most soil types is no easy task, says engineering company J.J. Metcalfe & Son Ltd. The company’s componentbased, tungsten carbide-tipped NG System can be configured from a choice of four wing widths, four shin options and two points – depending on the soil conditions and desired working depth. It can be welded onto the existing subsoiler leg tops, a service which the company provides, or new leg tops can be supplied to fit.

J.J. Metcalfe & Son says the system has been designed to create the best soil structure for the crop, in return bringing the highest crop yield possible.

The smooth, streamlined shape enables the system to work at a high performance but with the lowest draft.

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The new Snap-Bar leg shear system replaces the conventional shear bolt/bar arrangement, which Agriweld says provides a user-friendly, faster and cheaper alternative.

Available in a range of strengths with 4X use per bar, the company reckons this innovative system eliminates all the stresses and strains traditionally associated with replacing shear bolts/ bars. Agriweld intends to use the new Snap-Bar system on all cultivation systems going forward. FG

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Straw merchant PJ Reed offers guidance on preventing straw becoming water damaged and explores how its range could save time, money, fuel, labour and machinery wear.

It’s always a challenging time for the agricultural industry – it has ever been thus. However, it’s fair to say that the challenges we have endured recently have been unprecedented in our lifetime. Time and tide wait for no man or, in this instance the farming calendar. With relentless wet weather through this previous winter, and now the coronavirus pandemic bringing much of the country to a standstill, cereal growers and straw farmers

alike are looking ahead to the prospects of the forthcoming harvest.

What is already abundantly clear is that there’s going to be a huge demand for straw in the months to come. We’re already competing against the backdrop of a shortage of UK winter wheat this year, and field conditions will yet determine whether there are good stocks of straw available to the industry later this year, or not.

PJ Reed Ltd is a straw merchant based in the heart of East Anglia, near to Bury St Edmunds.

The company purchases and sells straw all year round, but is currently seeking to buy straw in the swath this harvest time. It is able to offer a prompt service using the very latest baling equipment, including Parkland Bale Accumulators to quickly and efficiently move straw from the field, whilst maintaining a controlled-traffic environment. The company says it will pay good prices for straw, and encourages farmers to get in touch for more details.

A range of bespoke solutions are also available to the straw industry. ProStraw Systems provides a unique way to cover straw stacks safely and prevent valuable stock from becoming water damaged. Typically, 10–15 per cent of straw is wet-wasted, so investing in a ProStraw stack cover sheet could pay for itself in the first year, PJ Reed says. You also want to make sure you’re storing your straw in peak condition to maintain its quality.

The company recommends monitoring moisture levels within your bales with a Martin Lishman Balemaster moisture meter and probe.

PJ Reed currently has a number of new and used Parkland Bale Accumulators in stock. The range of three- and five-bale machines were developed with controlled-traffic in mind, allowing you to drop bales to the headland, where they can be removed together quickly and easily. This method saves time, fuel, labour, the wear of your machinery and, ultimately, money. FG

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New high-performance steer tyres added for total cost-effective solution Continental has added new rear steer tyres incorporating VF construction technology to its CombineMaster harvester tyre range. For this harvest only, VF CombineMaster 500/85R24 CFO rear tyres will be available, but additional sizes will be added later.

High loading, aggressive side forces and fast travel speeds create a demanding environment for combine harvester rear wheels so, for standard tyres, high inflation pressures are needed. A new solution which can help reduce compaction and ground damage is being introduced

by Continental, complementing its CombineMaster drive tyre range launched last year.

CombineMaster drive tyres are available in four sizes and manufactured in Continental’s modern production plant using the last construction techniques – 800/65R32 178B; 800/70R32 181B; 900/60R32 181B; and 900/60R38 181B. “Our CombineMaster drive tyres include the latest technology and offer significant performance advantages over cheaper standard alternatives,” explained Continental

sales manager for agricultural tyres, Richard Hutchins. “They are designed to protect soils, maximise grip and provide a long working life, and will be complemented by our new VF CombineMaster rear steering tyres which are due to become available shortly. Continental is known for its cost-effective pricing which means that upgrading to these premium tyres is an investment that will be easily justified.”

The new range of CombineMaster steer tyres incorporates VF technology.

This allows operation at inflation pressures up to 40 per cent lower than standard tyres while carrying the same load at the same speed, or while carrying up to 40 per cent extra weight at the same pressure.

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Grazing cattle can help restore worn-out soils on arable land.

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Growing grass in arable rotations Introducing grass and herbal leys into rotations is becoming more common, and events discussing these topics are attracting many arable farmers. Sara Gregson attended two to find out more.

The Grass and Herbal Leys Farm Network was set up in 2018 to investigate the long-term impacts of leys in the rotation. With 300 members consisting mainly of farmers and researchers, it recently held a conference and farm walk near Retford, in Nottinghamshire.

Increasing the soil organic matter percentage in arable fields is one of the main reasons for introducing temporary grass leys, with or without livestock. While the uplift seen so far in trials has been small, even a small increase can have beneficial impacts on the physical and biological properties of soil– including improved soil structure, root penetration, water infiltration and retention.

Researchers from ADAS and NIAB, amongst others, are halfway through

a project called The Soil Biology and Soil Health Partnership, running from 2017 through to 2021. They are finding ways for farmers to assess soil health looking at physical and biological factors, as well as the more usual chemical properties.

Three fields at Little Morton Farm, Retford, have been tested using the partnership’s new Health Check cards. Conference delegates braved a biting cold wind to view deep soil pits which highlighted the difference in soil profile between no grass, fouryear ley and permanent pasture (see Table 1).

After being granted a water extraction licence in 1977, the light sandy land at Little Morton Farm was used to grow vegetables. But by 2003, the Howard family felt the

intensive nature of their farming was harming the soil, so they drilled their first grass leys and bought some cattle.

Now the beef enterprise is an integral part of the operation. Joe Howard runs 400 suckler cows and finishes the young cattle on fodder beet and forage crops, with additional silage fed in winter.

“Grass leys, that are down for three years, are part of an eight-year rotation with potatoes, winter wheat, carrots and sugar beet,” said Joe. “The grass has to be profitable, so we regularly measure and monitor grass and animal growth and rotationally graze it to be efficient and effective.

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Nuffield scholar Tom Chapman farms in Hertfordshire and was one of the first UK producers to mob graze his cattle. He is now head of regenerative farming for Innovation for Agriculture, which recently held its first ‘Animals to Arable’ conference in Thetford.

Andrew Spinks of Brown & Co pointed out that these are challenging times for meat producers, with the average grazing enterprise only making a profit from subsidies and diversification. However, there is plenty of room for UK producers to improve productivity and to meet quality goals set by the market.

Livestock husbandry is considered something of a lost art in the arable east, but Alex Bragg of Savills suggested this is the ideal time for collaboration.

Joint ventures and share farming agreements can bring a farmer’s land, buildings and infrastructure together with animals and expertise from a livestock farmer, with profit shared between the parties.

Tim Leigh of livestock marketing co-operative AQM listed many aspects of stock management that arable farmers would need to address if introducing animals.

These include having adequate and safe handling systems and keeping accurate records.

Disease challenges are considerable, in particular TB in cattle. Arable farmers need to get to know their vets, and draw up and abide by strict farm health plans to reduce the chance of infections.

Inspirational farmers The delegates also heard inspirational stories from cattle, sheep and pig farmers that had successfully introduced animals to their farms.

Rob Hodgkins took over a conventionally-run arable farm in Hertfordshire in 2015. He now runs a low-input enterprise of 2,200 Romney ewes within the system.

He grows 571ha of arable crops and 163ha of legume and herbrich swards. The six-year rotation includes two years of sheep grazing. He also grows oat and clover cover crops.

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“I am producing 19.2kg carcasses grading at R3L, which is exactly what my supermarket customer wants.

And we are rejuvenating our soils by growing deep-rooting grass leys and allowing the sheep to manure the ground. There are so many opportunities, but farmers need to be flexible and adaptable to make the most of them.” FG

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What should arable farmers be growing?

Lincoln-based Oliver Seeds general manager, Rod Bonshor (pictured) says demand from new customers from arable areas is increasing.

But arable farmers must have a clear idea about why they want to grow these new crops – is it to build fertility, heal worn-out soils or to get on top of black-grass? They must also have a clear market in mind. If looking after livestock is too scary, perhaps growing haylage to bale for the horse market, or high-quality silage for neighbouring dairy farmers might be better options. Or bring livestock expertise in to manage the animals day-to-day.

If increased soil fertility is the goal – nitrogen-fixing vetches and clovers are good. Red clover, lucerne and sainfoin have deep tap roots which improve soil structure whilst also producing a high protein animal feed.

On farms that failed to get winter crops in – a fast growing westerwolds ryegrass catch crop supplied with crimson clover in a new Oliver Seeds’ mixture called Crimson Tide, will provide fast, high quality grazing throughout the summer, before winter wheat can be drilled again in the autumn.

In droughty or flood-prone situations, sowing mixtures with the most resilient plants can help. Landmark Extreme includes soft-leaved cocksfoot, new tall-fescue festuloliums, meadow fescue and timothy, which perform well even in the most testing conditions.

For farmers wishing to extend diversity as much as possible, Landmark Spectrum, which is GS4 (Countryside Stewardship) compliant, contains 18 species which will produce top quality, healthy feed for sheep and cattle, plus free fertiliser, deep root penetration and improved soil structure.

Arable farmers should have all the machinery they need to sow grass leys – but should take care not to drill too deep. Most ley mixtures prefer to be surface-sown and rolled in to ensure good soil to seed contact.

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First cut silage: What you need to know Yara agronomists recently shared their top tips on growing first cut silage – covering topics including nitrogen and sulphur application rates, maintenance P & K rates, and the role of fertiliser quality. Sarah Kidby reports.

Yara’s chief grassland agronomist Philip Cosgrave (right) said the primary challenge for farmers producing silage is maximising both yield and quality.

One of Philip’s key take home messages was that while nitrogen has an important role in developing yield and protein, an early cutting date is critical to producing high quality silage – delaying by a week can see protein drop off from 15.4 per cent on 10th May, to 13.6 per cent on 17th May. If the nitrogen application rate is not optimised, the amount

of protein in the crop will be diluted – so it is better to apply the optimum rate on fewer hectares than a lower rate on more hectares. Excess nitrogen can also have an impact on herbage and silability, causing poor fermentation of silage.

“If you make calculations based on sward type, cutting date and application date, there shouldn’t be a problem,” he said.

Sulphur also has an important role to play in yield, complementing nitrogen and building protein in silage, especially certain amino acids.

Excess potassium fertiliser application, meanwhile, can result in luxury uptake of potassium in the crop, so Philip recommends

limiting potassium inputs to about 80–90kg/ha from 1st March. In subsequent silage crops, organic manures should be applied to make up the difference of around 100kg of potassium, or if you apply potassium earlier on in January, that would go some way to replacing some of the offtakes.

Excess potassium application has no impact on silage ensilability or quality, however, so Philip said: “Unless you’re feeding it to dry cows, potassium levels in silage don’t really make any odds.”

Yara’s head of agronomy Mark Tucker (right) added that it’s important to consider the actual application of the product to maximise the return on investment. Complex compound fertilisers, such as those in the form of a blend containing up to four different raw materials, should be given careful thought.

Each of these nutrients would have a setting through the spreader to get accurate application across the band width, but when they are all in one bag, there is a compromise in trying to spread with one spreader setting.

“We want every nutrient to be spread across the whole field at the application rate determined so we meet the demands of the crop,” he said. To achieve that, every bag of product bought must have the correct analysis and weight.

“From surveys, we know that is not always the case with blended products.

We see analysis and weights of bags that are not correct,” he explained. Mark advised looking for the Yara Mila stamp and description on complex compound fertilisers, so you know “what is on the bag, is in the bag”.

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New folding forks boost loader productivity Hydraulic-folding forks designed for shifting large quantities of forage and similar materials were launched earlier this year to further boost the productivity of JCB’s highest-output wheeled loaders, especially when working on silage clamps.

The heavy-duty Folding Grass Fork comes in two sizes with increased load volume capacity at 5.50m3 for the JCB 419S and 6.70m3 for the JCB 435S. Both versions have been designed and engineered for optimum strength and weight which, together with the increased volume capacity, maximises the performance potential of the JCB loaders, resulting in increased productivity when filling forage crop storage clamps for winter cattle feed or anaerobic digester energy production.

JCB Agriculture managing director, John Smith, said: “The front-end implements produced by our JCB Attachments division are performancematched to each machine in the extensive JCB materials handling range, from fixed and telescopic boom skid-steer loaders, through compact wheeled loaders and telescopic handlers, to the industry’s only purpose-built agricultural wheeled loading shovels.”

The new Folding Grass Forks are supplied complete with the relevant couplings and fittings, and attachments are certified ‘ready to work’ on the chosen host machine.

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The JCB 435S to Euro Stage 5 emissions specification in Europe has 171kW (230hp) and 840Nm of torque for routine work but Dynamic peak power is 9.5 per cent higher than its predecessor at 188kW (252hp), with 25.5 per cent more peak torque at 1186Nm giving a real boost to the machine’s already impressive performance.

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The wear-resistant steel tines have smooth wear plates to prevent buildup of material. Square tube uprights retain the load across the rest of the fork while providing a clear view ahead when manoeuvring the loader to drive into a pile of grass or maize. FG

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Time to focus on grass growth After an extremely wet autumn and winter, grassland has been subjected to major stress and now, we may be heading into a prolonged dry spell. With this in mind, grass growth and quality must be a focus, says Wox Agri.

The company was due to exhibit its Guttler range of grass management systems at the nowcancelled Grassland & Muck show. It would have been demonstrating the Greenmaster 600 versions with 6m mounted Harroflex and trailed 6.4m rollers, which are aimed towards the larger scale operators; as well as the popular Greenmaster 300 machine in combination with the front Harrowflex unit and Aermaster

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The Aermaster complements the Greenmaster and was designed and adopted due to growing demand from existing customers with Greenmaster units. It is fitted with a patented tine, which Wox says is quite unique in its design – it is not the way the tine penetrates the ground and opens the sward that is important, but the way that it exits the soil.

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“It was also obvious that there was less smell about it, which would have pleased his neighbours! And there was very little crust to deal with either.”

The trick is to treat early and treat to capacity, Alec explains. “It’s never too early to apply it, although it’s good practice to give it a stir as you’re doing so, just to spread it through the whole target area. And you don’t need a lot – one 6kg box treats 266,000 gallons.” FG

With slurry being a key issue for farmers, Biocell Agri launched its biological slurry treatment Slurrycell a decade ago and has barely slowed down since, with its market share growing.

Biocell director Alec Ross says it was a slow burner at first as similar products have offered mixed results in the past, resulting in “healthy scepticism”. One of the company’s first customers, however, had a wife with knowledge of microbiology, who persuaded him to try it and the benefits soon became apparent.

Alec adds: “He was mixing a lot less, which meant a big saving in fuel. There were no blockages and

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With a 530hp DAF-Paccar engine, the 5x5 has no shortage of power for demanding conditions, J Riley says. The demonstration machine was equipped with a 7.8m wide Evers cultivator with a Vogelsang distribution head feeding slurry or digestate from the 19,000-litre capacity tank down the rear of each tine.

Rear following harrows finished the job, which combined application and cultivation passes saving time and fuel. The application is also carried out with extremely high levels of precision and accuracy, with the ability to set the rate according to the product’s nutrient value and also apply variable rate dressings. FG

The new Vervaet Hydro Trike 5x5 has made its working debut in the UK, having been demonstrated in the east and south east of England by importer J Riley. The 5x5 features a driven mid-axle and completely renewed powertrain. With each of the five wheels taking a different path, it spreads its weight evenly over a full 4.5m width for minimal soil impact.

Vervaet sales specialist Nathan Carter says of the demos: “We ran it on some particularly tough chalky clay land on a slope, which was sticky on top, and with the cultivator working 5in deep its power and traction were impressive. It’s lighter than a large tractor and trailed tanker, and also more convenient when travelling on the road to fields,

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Grassland & Muck Liming for effective nutrient utilisation Wet weather has meant we’ve all experienced delays getting onto the land this year, but it’s important to consider the nutrient requirement of your soil and plants before you rush to get crops planted. The first task is always to ensure that a soil’s pH level is at the optimum 6.5 by using a quality liming product before any fertiliser is applied, particularly

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LKAB Minerals’ agronomist and technical expert, Mark Tripney, explains: “If the pH of your soil falls to 5.9, you could lose 11 per cent of nitrogen and 48 per cent of phosphorous becomes locked up. An annual application of a liming product, such as Calcifert Granulated Lime, will keep the soil pH in the target zone.”

Ensuring soils’ calcium is continually topped-up will promote a healthy soil which operates aerobically and drains well. This supply of calcium will also ensure plants are provided with enough calcium to support rapid cell development and crops which will be less prone to insects and disease.

Commercial director of white products, Mick Stovin, said: “The cornerstone of Calcifert Lime manufacture is its particle size (150 micron) within the granules. This ensures 100 per cent reactivity of the product and the rapid lift in soil pH when applied.” FG

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Seed company celebrates 100 years Oliver Seeds is celebrating a landmark year as it marks 100 years of supplying quality seed and service to farmers. Noting that it can be hard to stay positive in these troubled times, the company says its predecessors found ways to succeed in trying times.

After the devastation of the First World War and the loss of a generation, the original Oliver brothers, Walter and Arthur, started the business together from their depot at Brayford in the centre of Lincoln. Then, when Leslie Wright and John Le Tall took over the business in 1962, they witnessed huge changes in agriculture as thousands of small farms disappeared.

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employment in agriculture drop significantly from when he took the reins at Oliver Seeds in 1983, with mechanisation and BSE drastically affecting the farming community.

Since he left the company in 2000, foot and mouth disease, extreme weather and many other challenges have left their mark, and yet, there is nothing quite like farming.

Oliver Seeds general manager Rod Bonshor’s grandfather used to say that so far: “There has never been a harvest not taken or seed not sown.”

There will always be a need for good quality, wholesome food produced in the British Isles. Oliver Seeds says its aim is to work with and bring success to farmers, just as it always has done. FG

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Grassland & Muck Catch crop system benefits soils

New mulcher offers efficient alternative to chemical use The UK’s agent for Muthing, Woods and Reform product ranges, Simon Richard Ltd, was set to showcase the new Muthing MU-M 600 for tractors up to 250hp, at this year’s Grassland & Muck show.

“The MU-M600 is ideal for contractors and farmers wishing to cover large areas of cutting, be it grass or stubbles,” Simon Richard says.

“There is now more awareness that mulching of oil seed rape stubbles reduces slug populations dramatically and that a move away from chemical use towards more efficient mechanical methods can have a huge benefit.”

The machine has a purposelydesigned hood which, in conjunction

with high rotor and cutting speeds and removable shredding bar, spreads the shredded material evenly behind the mower, giving excellent mulching and shredding quality, Simon Richard Ltd says. Other features include hydraulic folding with three point linkage Cat II and III, patented removal shredding bar system, and smooth running rotor with specially shaped, spirally arranged blade holders.

A 20-page booklet, available on www.slopemower.co.uk, highlights specific areas of crop production, such as oilseed rape, maize, cereals and fruit growing, showing the benefits to be gained with regard to control of weeds, viral disease and pests such as mice, snails and slugs. FG

A partnership between Paul Roe Contracting and Kevin Mowbray will see them become the exclusive UK importer for the Zocon Greenseeder catch crop system. The machine allows catch crops to be undersown in maize at different stages of growth – thereby satisfying environmental concerns, particularly amongst water companies, about soil erosion and nitration phosphate leaching.

There has been a rapid growth in maize production in the UK and trials have reportedly shown that the under sown crop has the potential to produce up to 3t DM/ ha. With the UK committed to ensuring all soils are sustainably managed by 2030, this is a key aspect of the Zocon system.

Yorkshire-based farming contractor Paul Roe explained: “With maize only in the ground for five or six months, typically leaving the land fallow over winter, it is seen as neither environmentally

friendly or profitable. But now, with the Zocon Greenseeder catch crop system, there is a solution that is good for the soil and can boost forage stocks.”

Kevin Mowbray believes the Greenseeder can make a significant impact in the UK, adding: “After conversations with end users and water companies, we have spent many months researching and looking at machines that can do this job.

The machine needs to be low maintenance to give a low cost per hectare for the end user and this is exactly what the Zocon Greenseeder can deliver.” FG

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Grassland & Muck Innovative slurry solutions

Contractor praises self-propelled slurry tanker Agricultural contractor Charles Metcalfe, of M. Metcalfe & Sons, recently chose to invest in a Claas Xerion Saddle Trac with a Kaweco tank, to meet the business’s need for a reliable machine that can spread year-round. Charles (pictured) says they chose the machine specifically for its compact, lightweight nature with large wheels, which is essential for compaction.

“We use the machine in the Dales which are very hilly – the Xerion with Kaweko tanker can go up there without a problem,” he adds.

The Kaweco system has large piping for maximum capacity, which, together with the Bomech trailing shoe, is capable of spreading high

volumes with accurate dosage, Charles explains. “We use the Xerion tanker together with a 12m Bomech trailing shoe to applicate in permanent grass.

“The advantage of the combination lies in the evenly distributed weight across the four wheels and also the torque to be able to applicate on steep hills and with heavy implements. The slurry-pump is hydraulically driven and therefore able to change the application rate quickly and precisely.”

The Isobus system also connects to the Xerion, Charles adds, making the Kaweco easy to operate and use various functions with the F-keys. FG

German manufacturer Zunhammer offers an extensive range of slurry handling equipment, ranging from 1-axle 6,000-litre tanks up to 3-axle 30,000-litre tanks, as well as a range of disc injectors and disc cultivation equipment.

In their basic configuration, Zunhammer tankers consist of a tank, chassis, frame and rotary lobe pump along with slurry agitation. The heart-shaped tank, combined with the agitation pattern, prevents solids from being deposited in the tank.

Unlike vacuum tanks, Zunhammer tankers do not rely on vacuum pressure within the tank to fill or empty.

The Zunhammer SKE Series has exceptionally low weight,

low centre of gravity and high degree of stability, according to UK importer Agrifac. The frame is equipped with the innovative ECO System slurry lines, which run through the frame so that the slurry can flow more efficiently.

At the same time, the large crosssection of the frame provides a lower counter-pressure than standard pressure lines. This saves energy on the drive side and reduces wear on the pump.

In addition, tankers are fitted with the Glide-fix trailing shoe to provide optimal spreading quality to the crop. Available in widths of 12m, 15m and 18m, the large operating width ensures high hourly output, providing throughput of up to 12,000-litres/min. FG

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Grassland & Muck Trailing shoe complements vacuum tankers Hi-Spec Engineering has launched its own trailing shoe design to complement its vacuum tanker range. It is available in working widths of 6.0, 7.5 and 9.0m and features a robust chassis-mounted mast to ensure the tanker and shoe are perfectly balanced and that the shoe is properly supported to the tanker. The axle is also moved rearwards to support the trailing shoe weight.

The 7.5 and 9.0m trailing shoes feature double folding to reduce the overall height for transportation, while the 9.0m trailing shoe also has a unique hydraulic self-levelling system. This means each arm of the trailing shoe will lift as it passes over

a side incline, so it continues to work perfectly over the incline without excess pressure being applied to the outer boots.

The Hi-Spec trailing shoe also features hardened trailing shoes that gently part the grass sideways and allow the slurry to be placed onto the ground via a specialised rubber boot.

The grass covering will then prevent valuable nutrients from escaping and the placement of the slurry to the roots ensures a reduced grazing turn-around. It can also be used as a dribble bar if needed without any contact with the ground.

Hi-Spec uses the Vogelsang Exacut to distribute the slurry evenly to the hoses. FG

Customer feedback shapes new bale wrapper Tanco Autowrap has launched a new Q-Series square and round bale wrapper, which can either be used on the front or rear linkage, or a handler. Available as either a two plastic dispenser version (the Q-200) or a three plastic dispenser version (the Q-300), the Q-series is a fully automatic wrapper which is capable of wrapping every bale size (square and round) available.

It comes standard with auto load (achieved by level sensors within the bale roller frame), auto start wrap, auto level and auto unload.

The well-proven telescopic cut and hold is in use on the 1400 and S-series bale wrappers. Customer and operator feedback was a strong driver in the development of the Q-series and has led to longer bale rollers, proportional oil flow, indexed bale rotation, gear driven satellites and adjustable width of the bale rollers. These are significant changes to the Q-series from the popular 1540EH, which is still available for the 2020 season. Load sensing is also available for users if needed. FG

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Grassland & Muck New slurry legislation: How to comply Legislation coming into force in 2025 will mean slurry cannot be applied to the land above ground, so slurry spreading will need to include the use of shallow injectors, trailing shoe or dribble bars, says manufacturer Greencrop.

The company says it offers a range of this equipment, including dribble bars up to 9m. Models are mountable onto existing vacuum tankers from the rear door without

requiring additional brackets, but with the ability to still use the splash plate if needed. Greencrop supplies a new galvanised rear door which has the mounting brackets welded to it.

According to the company, the machines are very close coupled to the tanker, preventing weight being too far back from the tanker. The machines are fitted with lights, and machines that are 7m wide and upward have boom brake backs, for added boom protection.

The units are fitted with an easy access single horizontal macerator which is selfsharpening and reversible. There are also 50mm outlets and pipes for less blockage at 250mm spacings. A manual gate valve before the inlet to the macerator, controls the flow rate you require.

Greencrop can also supply other umbilical kit including pumps, layflat reelers, splash plates, flow meters and monitoring systems, Oroflex hose, and a full range of dirty water spreading equipment. FG

Grassland management made easy With around 70 per cent of the UK’s agricultural area being grassland of one type or another, achieving and maintaining good soil health is increasingly important to make the UK grass crop more efficient, productive and profitable, according to grass seed experts Barenbrug.

The overall average reseeding rate in the UK is somewhere between two and four per cent, with grassland productivity estimated to be as low as 55 per cent of potential, so the scope for gain is vast. Take time to get your feet into

the fields and walk them, as well as thoroughly analysing silage results this spring to identify which of your fields is the poorest performing; this is the field you should target your efforts on and it will not necessarily be the oldest one.

Barenbrug’s Good Grass Guide is a free tool that can help you condition score your grass in order to prioritise which fields need immediate investment. It is available for download or you can request a printed copy at www.barenbrug.co.uk. FG

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How to achieve reliable moisture data sensing When baling, after completing all processes to provide the perfect hay, haylage or straw crop, the last hurdle to overcome is moisture, Profitable Farming Company (PFC) says.

Moisture indicators are available on the market, but in the vast majority of cases, accuracy is poor, the company adds. Some offer calibration ability, but this still leaves the question: how do I know what the moisture actually is, to calibrate against?

Two accurate solutions on the market today are microwave (which is the most expensive), and twin star wheel solution. Both offer accuracy of +/- 1 per cent, up to 25 per cent moisture, but the twin star wheel provides reliable data up to 70 per cent for large square and conventional balers and does not require calibration.

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As the government imposes increasingly tight restrictions on the way we manage slurry, it is becoming ever-more important to think about slurry storage – particularly with upcoming legislation requiring all slurry stores to be covered by February 2021.

Complaints from neighbouring residential areas about odours are another key concern, particularly for cattle farmers, and, with this in mind, WLS Group says it is seeing a growing interest from farmers looking to retro-fit its floating covers. Once slurry stores are covered, farmers may have the opportunity to convert waste into energy, should they wish, creating a potential extra revenue stream.

With environmental concerns high on the agenda in recent months and years, this could become more

common practice on farms in the future. Floating covers also prevent rainwater from diluting the liquid, which reduces the loss of nitrogen and helps to maximise the storage space.

WLS Group’s most popular product remains its lagoon liners for holding liquid waste.

The lagoon has a robust thick membrane to meet specification guidelines to contain the waste, which has a 250-year life expectancy and is quick to install.

The high level of flexibility and strength of the material means the product lends itself well to slurry storage applications. In addition to the lagoon linings, a leak detection system has become a more regular part of the specification which allows for continual monitoring of the asset, the company adds. FG

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Grassland & Muck Airtight seal for silage The covering of silage and the subsequent removal of fodder are labour-intensive processes.

An intelligently designed system and the right type of cover are crucial to the future quality of the roughage – this makes it essential to provide an efficient, airtight seal for your silage. With Silage Safe, Huesker claims to offer a tensioning system that allows fast and efficient covering. Immediately after deposition, the silage can be rapidly sealed in an airtight envelope with a minimum of physical effort.

According to the company, the woven sheets have an effective width of 2m and are positioned

between the pit wall and silo sheeting and fitted with perforated PVC pipes at the bottom. After deposition of the silage and covering-over with the silo sheeting, the woven sheets are placed with an overlap of 12cm and tensioned with belts and steel tubes over the full surface.

A lever is additionally supplied to facilitate installation.

The tensioning system allows the removal of fodder in individual sections. The roughage can be covered over within 30 minutes without any great effort or use of tools. The system can even provide a tight seal for low filling levels.

Rainwater can run off at the sides where it is removed by drainage pipes. The end result is a reduction in labour, improved fodder quality due to full-surface seal, particularly along the edges, and decreased fodder loss. No sandbags or tyres are required for ballasting, and the Silage Safe has a minimum projected service life of 10 years. FG Fast and efficient covering of silage thanks to the Huesker Silage Safe System.

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Reinvigorate grassland with mower and harrow combo Previously recognised for its benefits to arable users, the Razorback RT Series mower with trailed harrow attachment has now proven its versatility in grassland settings too, the manufacturer says.

According to Razorback, its RT mower’s unique deck shape and triple blade configuration produces unparalleled updraft to award users a superior cut, even across longer swath lengths. Available in 5m or 7.5m widths, it features free-swinging Swedish Boron steel blades, Bondioli and Pavesi driveline and a double skin easy-clean deck as standard.

Four individually pressurised wheel arms are fitted with heavy duty wheels on twin axles to give stability to the machine and allow users to adjust cutting height accordingly via a simple ram stop system.

Featuring a rear swan neck clevis hitch, the assembly has been designed to support the trailed harrow attachment to work in conjunction with the wing mower, allowing for greater flexibility from the two machines.

When coupled with the trailed harrow, Razorback says: “The action of the harrow’s five rows of 24in tines invigorate grassland directly behind the mower to promote better aeration by disturbing lower levels of the sward, stimulating healthier regrowth.

“It is this action that sees the combination well placed to improve tired grassland and, whilst the two machines work in harmony together, both can be used independently – giving users even greater flexibility.” FG

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Company shares details of drag hose range Wox Agri had been due to showcase its frontline product range of drag hose equipment at the Grassland & Muck Event, before it was cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

The range includes the Wox Walrus PTO Pump unit, which launched at Lamma in January and has had a very positive take up. The tractor-driven unit with in-built hydraulic system allows for pre-mixing of slurries and digestates in many above and below situations.

Meanwhile the Tempest Mounted Reeler (pictured) is a range of high

capacity front/rear mounted reelers with three model sizes allowing 800–1,200m of 6in hose to be carried.

The Typhoon Trailed Reeler offers the performance of a trailed reeler but the drive line allows up to 600m of 6in pipe to be pulled in at any one time.

Standard capacity is 2,400m of 6in pipe but it can carry up to 3,000m if required.

The Scarab Front Tank for headland management would also have gone on show, offering the ‘essential add-on to prevent overspreading of products on the

headlands‘. In addition, the Viper Hose Handler permits spreading on tramlines and awkwardly-shaped fields. Finally, the Hose Pinch can prevent costly pollution problems by halting scenarios involving burst

pipes and couplings partings.

Other products to be displayed included metal 360 interchangeable shug coupling sets, Gollmer and Hummel Pipe and the Schouten Tornado compressor. FG

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Delayed slurry applications a threat to silage Shortened intervals between slurry application and silage-making this year will make attention to detail with tedding, raking and wilting and use of a proven additive all the more important.

Farmers who were forced to delay slurry applications to grassland owing to the wet winter, are being warned to protect against the heightened risk of slurry bacteria contaminating silage clamps, to ensure an efficient fermentation.

Many farmers have only recently managed to apply slurry, after being unable to travel with application machinery on waterlogged land, says Volac business manager Ken Stroud. But with first-cut grass silage made in April and May, there is little chance for the recommended 10

weeks to elapse between slurry application and mowing, which is needed to allow time for slurry bacteria to die off and dissipate. Slurry bacteria impair the fermentation process that ‘pickles’ grass into silage, in order to preserve it.

To minimise the risks, Ken recommends three key steps.

First, since slurry is more likely to accumulate towards the base of grass swards, tedders and rakes should be set sufficiently high in the field, rather than on a hard surface where they don’t sink in. This avoids dried slurry being flicked up from the stubble back into grass that has been cut. Then, monitor continually to check they are operating at the correct height.

Secondly, wilting rapidly limits the time available for slurry bacteria to ‘multiply up’ on the sugars in freshly-cut grass before ensiling.

Higher dry matters of around 30 per cent help because wetter silages require more acid to be produced during fermentation to stabilise them. This takes time, during which undesirable bacteria continue to grow.

“To speed up wilting and make it easier to reach higher dry matters,

spread grass promptly after cutting,” Ken urges. “Grass loses up to five times more moisture in the first six hours after cutting than later on.”

Finally, speeding up the fermentation with a proven additive will produce a rapid pH fall to quickly inhibit undesirable bacteria in the clamp, says Ken. New Volac research has shown that undesirable enterobacteria numbers were 100–100,000 times lower following a rapid fermentation in silage treated with the additive Ecosyl. By comparison, the pH of untreated silage never dropped to that in treated silage, even 90 days after ensiling. The average dry matter loss in the treated silages was also halved.

In fields where slurry is yet to be applied, Ken suggests it should be added via light applications to minimise the number of slurry bacteria on the grass. This is especially important with dense swards, he says, since these shelter slurry bacteria from the effects of drying out, UV rays and frosts that would otherwise help to kill them off. FG

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Forage crop expert Martin Titley discusses the options for dairy and beef farmers looking to sow high feed value fodder crops and the benefits this can bring for livestock units, as well as pest and disease control and soil health.

High feed value fodder crops sown from May to August can bring a wealth of advantages to beef and dairy units. Not only can they extend the grazing season, by providing a fresh forage in mid-summer, but they can provide a valuable break in grass and arable rotations, facilitating pest and disease control and bringing soil health benefits. So, what’s on offer?

“Dairy and beef farmers can sow brassicas, such as forage rape, kale and brassica hybrids, plus stubble turnips, from May to August – or a mixture of the two,” says Limagrain’s forage crop director Martin Titley.

The flexibility of sowing time, fast growth, long grazing season, or in some cases harvest options, and their relatively low cost, makes these crops especially attractive.

“There’s no doubt farmers are realising the benefits of these crops,” adds Mr Titley.

High yield, high energy crops Rape/kale hybrids like Interval or Unicorn sown in May will be ready to strip graze by dairy or beef cattle 12 or 14 weeks later, so by late August. If grass is running short or the plan is to encourage grass regrowth, then this crop offers a fresh, high feed value forage to graze in situ. It ensures a quality forage is continually available.

Both Interval and Unicorn have been bred for feed value and, in Limagrain field trials, where a wide range of commercially available hybrids were compared, they scored highest for relative dry matter yields with Unicorn 11 per cent and Interval 17 per cent above the control. Both hybrids have top scores for mildew resistance, too.

“There is also the option of sowing these hybrid brassicas into winter barley stubble. They are really good crops to follow harvest,” adds Mr Titley. “They are easy to grow and benefit from farmyard manure or slurry pre-sowing, or an application of 60–90kg of nitrogen with 25kg each of potassium and phosphate per hectare.”

Launched in 2019, Unicorn is a recent addition. Trial results show that this variety is a high energy crop, reliably producing 11 MJ per kilogramme of dry matter, or almost 50,000 MJ/ha, and a dry matter content of 12.4 per cent. This is a lot of feed value from 12 to 14 weeks of growth.

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“Another recent addition to the hybrid brassica range is Skyfall, that produces a very fastgrowing, leafy and palatable crop for cattle to graze in summer. It produced between 30 and 35t/ha of a palatable, soft-leaved forage in crops sown in July in UK trials.” Mr Titley adds that this crop is unique as it has a deep root, enabling

it to thrive in drier soils – which can be seen in midsummer – and ‘bounce back’. “So, if it’s sown in May, it can be grazed in August then closed up for regrowth before a second grazing period later in the season.”

Most stubble turnip crops are sown after cereal harvest – at the end of July or beginning of August – and are then ready to graze from October onwards.

“The real benefit of these mid-summer sown turnip crops is that they can be fed in autumn and winter,” says Mr Titley. “Forage rape and the hybrid crops are winter hardy and are capable of carrying stock well into January and even early February.”

Brassicas and stubble turnips offer good feed value, and their growing and feeding flexibility offer distinct advantages among forage crops.

“These summer-sown forages are well worth considering,” he adds. “They can boost home grown forages, especially in a dry or difficult season, and provide a break to break disease cycles and improve soil health.” FG

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Tackling the constantly changing weather conditions and terrains on the Hereford, Shropshire and Welsh borders is a challenge that land owners in the region must rise to every day. This work ethic is no different on the 5,000-acre Downton Estate, where shepherd Dean Mentern looks after some 3,500 ewes.

The estate has had several owners since 1066, when it was gifted to Norman baron Ralph de Mortimer as a reward for helping William the Conqueror defeat the English at the Battle of Hastings. It has become well-known for possessing some of the region’s finest landscape, architecture and industrial heritage, as well as being designated a National Nature Reserve and a Site of Specific Scientific Interest. The site is also complemented by its commercial farming (including sheep farming) and sporting activities, which both contribute substantially to the local economy, employing around 15 people.

The tools for the job All shepherds require a hard-working sheep dog and either an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or side-byside vehicle (SSV), to manage sheep effectively.

Modern shepherds need a vehicle that is fit for purpose and can handle the rigours and demands of the job at hand. With that in mind, Can-Am says there are several benefits that shepherds look for in an ATV or SSV: versatility; power; performance; build quality; and comfort. They want to be sure that these requirements are ingrained in the vehicle’s DNA, as they need a workhorse that can handle various terrains, jobs and seasons, as well as drive hundreds of miles a week with ease.

When Dean first arrived on the estate five years ago, he was an ATV user, but his vehicle struggled

when it came to pulling the twin axel Logic snacker – one of his key ATV accessories – when it was full, and he says the braking was not the best. When these deficiencies started to come to light, he decided it was time to start looking for an alternative vehicle that was better suited to the job at hand.

workhorse, which I can attest to as I have put in over 16,000 miles on it over a two-year period.

But I felt that moving over to the Can-Am Traxter was the next logical step. For me, the reason to upgrade was quite simple; it does everything the Outlander can do but with the bonus of a massive back, three seats and cab, which has been a godsend because it is nice not having to wear full waterproofs to check the sheep when Taking the plunge it’s raining.

Dean put his ear to the ground and heard good “It also makes my job more efficient, as the things about Can-Am, both offline from the people cargo bed allows me to carry much more weight he bought his replacement ewes from and online without having to drag a trailer. So, if I come on The Farming Forum, where the chatter in the threads was undeniably positive. across a dead sheep on “This led me to take the plunge my rounds, I can just put just over two years ago to organise it on the back. Whereas a demo of a Can-Am Outlander 450 in the past, I would have Pro and the Can-Am Outlander 570 had to go back to the Pro. On our site, the terrain is rolling farm to get a trailer to hills which make the machines work pick it up, which doubled hard and I really noticed the massive the amount of time it difference between my previous ATV does now. In addition, and the ones we had on demo.” the Traxter’s cab and Dean decided to acquire the 450 Pro On completion of the demo, Dean three seats are great for (pictured) for the youngstock side of decided that acquiring the 450 Pro for carrying people safely the farm, and the 570 Pro for himself. the youngstock side of the farm, and around the site.”

Dean concludes: the 570 Pro for himself, would be the “I can honestly say that since I became a best solution to improve efficiency and Can-Am user I have had very few problems ease of working. with my machines and I believe this is because, as a brand, it provides users like myself with Improved efficiency well-built, versatile and powerful bikes that When Dean’s vehicle went into service, he was make even the heaviest loads and the loaned a Can-Am Traxter by local dealer Mike Pryce roughest terrains look easy. This is why I Machinery, which he had never driven before. have no hesitation in recommending Can-Am “I knew, even after only putting in 200 miles, quads and Traxters to others in person and I would not be giving it back,” he explains. on The Farming Forum.” FG “The Outlander is a well-built vehicle and a May 2020 www.farmersguide.co.uk 121

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Fee LGP the Chapman driving which help to alleviate compaction businesses are now and rutting. seeking more ‘ground friendly’ ways A prototype feeder has been to transport feed and move pigs operating on some of Rattlerow’s and equipment around their units. outdoor sites since November A collaborative venture 2019 and feedback suggests it has between Suffolk-based fabricator practical advantages over more J Harvey Engineering and pig traditional farm transport. breeding and production company “The high rainfall we’ve had Rattlerow Farms, has seen the during winter 2019/20 made development of a self-propelled, conditions extremely difficult on LGP feed delivery machine, that can most outdoor units. Even the best feed pigs in all weather conditions sites, on free-draining land, were and reduce the risk of excessive saturated and it’s been tough trying ground damage when the land is to maintain ground conditions soft, waterlogged and muddy. and prevent excessive rutting Built on the body of a Kellands/ and surface run off when feeding McConnel AgriBuggy – which pigs and moving equipment. Low usually accommodates a selfground pressure machinery treads propelled crop sprayer – the LGP lightly on the land compared with field feeder has a substantial load other farm vehicles. Stockmen that capacity, but it can successfully have used the Agribuggy feeder say negotiate difficult terrain because it’s helped save time and reduce the more time inside with their young, its overall laden weight is spread impact everyday tasks were having and how this seemed to benefit across a large surface area. Its gross on saturated land,” he explains. FG mortality rates and weaning weight is just 7.5t, which is 50 per weights,” he adds.

Michael’s investment in the new farrowing accommodation was substantial, but has paid dividends and added value to the herd’s targeted feeding strategy. The aim is to wean 100kg of liveweight from each hut; and that’s being achieved. Piglet quality is much better than it was 18 months ago with good numbers born, and more evenly sized newborns. The sows are also holding their condition, HD heavy duty motors which Michael believes is the reason 100% more torque behind the tighter wean-to-service interval and improved reproductive performance in the subsequent breeding cycle. He also says the combination of more space and 30cm longer better thermal control inside these XL extra long fully insulated farrowing huts is influencing productivity and overall w e c an herd FCR. “A larger proportion of what we feed our lactating sows has to be fuelling litter performance because sow condition doesn’t fluctuate TWO NEW OPTIONS FOR STRAW SPREADING & BALE FEEDING much, and we’re getting good piglet • XL FOR EXTRA LONG BALES growth all year round, even during the summer when feed intakes dip • HD FOR HARD, HIGH DENSITY BALES and litter weight can fall off a bit.

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Michael made the decision to decommission all traditional arks when he moved his herd to a larger holding in Binham, North Norfolk, in 2018/19 – replacing them with Contented Products’ 100 per cent insulated huts, including the newly launched Aardvark XL. The herd is now rearing more than 11 piglets a litter, with weaning weights between 8.3 and 8.5kg, and production is consistent. Sow efficiency has improved too, as the number of days from weaning to first service has contracted significantly and is now 4–5 days across all parities, with no change to the herd’s 94 per cent conception rate or average numbers born, which is above 14 born, with around 13.9 livebirths (six-month average). Michael says his Landroc sows have always been prolific and produced good-sized litters, but the improvement seen in rebreed interval during the past year has surprised him.

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New bale spreaders a boon for pig farmers

Pig producers urged to prep for warmer weather Fluctuating temperatures can cause pigs in grower and finisher yards to become unsettled, with lower feed intakes – leading to an increase in stomach pH and negative impacts on feed digestibility, warns Cargill’s technical manager Katie Stephen.

This will alter the balance of gut microbiota and therefore immune responses, and could also prompt greater aggression and vice, resulting in valuable feed energy getting diverted away from weight gain to behavioural activities. Aggression can result in skin marks and possible injuries or infections, and therefore increased condemnations.

Katie emphasises the role of good stock management through summer, and controlled stocking rates, especially if pigs are held

back due to limited capacity in abattoirs due to coronavirus impacting on workforces.

Cargill’s specially designed additive ConverMax was included in diets for more than half a million pigs last year, from 40–110kg weights, with improvements of up to 12 per cent seen in feed conversion ratio (FCR). Latest trials showed an improvement in FCR of 0.22 (9 per cent reduction) and 0.13 (6 per cent reduction) in dry and liquid fed systems respectively. Eighty per cent of farmers also report a positive impact on behaviour.

Estimated savings in feed costs generated from these trial results were £2.65 per pig in dry ad lib systems and £1.08 per pig in liquidfed systems, Katie says. FG

Spread-a-Bale’s two new options for its M range models – the HD for hard, high density rectangular and round bales, and the XL for extra-long rectangular bales – are ideally suited to outdoor pig production systems, the company says.

The HD is designed to facilitate the spreading of high density, compact bales, and features heavy-duty hydraulic motors, with up to 100 per cent more torque over standard Spreada-Bale machines. The XL option to accommodate 9ft long bales offers an extra 30cm long body on its existing Maxi and Midi Spreada-Bale machines.

“Daily spreading of straw in pig arks is time consuming, physical hard work – in fact for some, it’s not just a job, it’s been termed a

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“Outdoor producers investing in Spread-a-Bales are reporting up to 50 per cent reduction in straw usage, together with time and labour savings of up to 75 per cent. They are finding these machines can spread large bales within 45 seconds and with minimal dust – straw is spread not chopped, thereby reducing health risks for both operators and their pigs. Furthermore, the machine fits a telescopic loader and self-loads from the stack; consequently, it doesn’t tie up another tractor.”

He adds: “The two new options enhance Spread-a-Bale’s portfolio and provide real straw spreading solutions to issues emerging from the latest trend towards high density baling machines.” FG 20Maxi in pig polytunnel.

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Diagnosis Sampling on farm is important to determine the areas of the unit which have high environmental Salmonella contamination. The most common samples include individual pig faeces, pooled faeces collected using the sock method (Image 1) and environmental samples collected using swabs. At least one of each sample type should be taken at each stage of production on the farm to get the full picture of

all the Salmonella spp. involved, whilst ensuring enough samples are taken to get a true representation. These samples are used for microbiology to determine the types of Salmonella on the farm. The resultant colonies may also be used for PCR.

Implementing a sustainable control programme A sustainable control programme is multi-factorial and involves three pillars which hold up the overall success of Salmonella control. Hygiene, biosecurity and vaccination are these three pillars and they should all be given equal attention (Figure 2).

Environmental contamination The environment can be contaminated via various routes including staff, visitors and pigs themselves. Pigs shedding Salmonella in faeces results in birds and rodents becoming contaminated also. Outdoor farms are generally at greater risk of environmental contamination due to increased exposure to wildlife and difficulty in applying biosecurity measures for both staff and members of the public.

Cleaning and disinfection: Salmonella can survive on almost any surface for long periods of time due to a strong ability to form a biofilm.

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Salmonella is an important topic for both human and animal health, particularly Salmonella Typhimurium, including its monophasic strains.

Salmonella is a continuous problem on pig farms and the bacteria are transmitted through breeding pyramids which eventually supply finishing pigs. Sub-clinical infections are common in pigs and the organism may easily spread between animals in a herd without detection and animals may become intermittent or persistent carriers. Transmission between animals occurs through two main routes, airborne and oral (Figure 1). The oral route is the most common and occurs when animals come into contact with faeces from infected animals which is then ingested. However, dust and aerosols can also cause infection via the airborne route. Both infection routes result in the bacteria invading the animal where it can then thrive and continue to spread when it is shed in the faeces. It is for this reason that cleaning and disinfection measures are extremely important in the control of Salmonella on pig farms.

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reduce bacterial colonisation as well as clinical symptoms due to an infection with S. Typhimurium.

Vaccination strategies The vaccination of sows and their offspring prevents or impedes the vertical and/or horizontal transmission of S. Typhimurium. However, once the prevalence of Salmonella spp has been significantly reduced and S.Typhimurium is not detected in any of the samples, there is the possibility of vaccinating only the sows.

Another possible control strategy that could be implemented by the large companies is to vaccinate the top layers of the breeding pyramid and then evaluate the effect that this has further down the production pyramid. Previous experience shows significant reduction of the prevalence of S.Typhimurium and its monophasic variant at the bottom of the production pyramid when this is implemented.

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management and hygiene measures in place to reduce the environmental pressure as much as possible. This can be particularly difficult on outdoor units as the bacteria can survive in soil for one year, dried faeces for two and a half years and has been detected in fields two years after being vacated by pigs. However, management practices could help, supported by studies reporting that increased frequency of change of location (more than the average every 2-3 years) for outdoor herds could help to reduce on farm prevalence of Salmonella.

In the cleaning stage, the removal of dust and organic matter is extremely important as, as already mentioned, the bacteria can survive for a long period of time in these materials and therefore their removal is essential to eliminating Salmonella in the buildings. It is important to

remember feeders and drinkers as well as enrichment materials which should be also thoroughly cleaned before moving new animals into the pens. Cleaning is more effective when left to soak for 6 hours or more, as this helps to loosen any dried faeces. After cleaning, ensuring sufficient drying time after cleaning is imperative as the bacteria multiply in moisture. Putting the heating on in the farrowing pens helps with the drying process.

The category and concentration of disinfectant used are also very important, as some disinfectants are more effective than others and Salmonella elimination requires a higher concentration of disinfection than most other viruses and bacteria.

Vaccination Vaccinating pigs can help farmers to substantially reduce their use of antibiotics, reduce the prevalence of Salmonella in the farm and reduce clinical and subclinical infection.

Salmoporc, a vaccine from Ceva, is the only live licensed for pigs in the UK and Ireland. It is administered orally to piglets and through subcutaneous injection in sows. It provides protection against S. Typhimurium and its monophasic variants. The vaccine is for the active immunisation of gilts to reduce the excretion of S. Typhimurium wild type strain during lactation and the active immunisation of suckling and weaned piglets to

A study on an outdoor breeding unit reported substantially reduced prevalence of Salmonella following vaccination of sows with Salmoporc, from 46% to 2% in individual samples and 91% to 8% in pooled samples.

Other studies have shown that when immunising pigs against S. Typhimurium farmers will experience economic benefits due to lowered mortality and improved daily live weight gain (DLWG) among their pigs.

Ultimately, vaccination, combined with hygiene measures, is an effective way of protecting infected pig farms against clinical disease and reducing the excretion dynamics of Salmonella step-by-step. For closed-system breeding farms, it is important to establish a vaccination chain starting with the nucleus facility and ending with Salmonella-free fattening animals.

Conclusion Salmonella are zoonotic bacteria that can survive on almost any surface for long periods of time, with S. Typhimurium and Monophasic S. Typhimurium being of most importance in pigs. Transmission of the bacteria into the food chain is of public importance and multiresistant strains are a risk for humans.

Vaccination alone is not enough to eliminate Salmonella infection on farm, but can play a key role in the reduction of prevalence and management of clinical symptoms. There is great importance of controlling Salmonella infection by a combination of interventions and avoiding the longterm use of antimicrobial treatment. FG

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PigVision Mobile offers a solution that combines the recording and management features of the original software, with the convenience of producing live information wherever you are on your pig unit.

The app automatically synchronises data with your existing PigVision programme, saving you the time and hassle of entering data by hand. It also helps to turn data into performance-enhancing action plans. The app is available in two formats – PigVision Mobile Sows for breeding herds and PigVision Mobile Growers for feeding herds.

To aid outdoor users, PigVision Mobile Sows can link with an Allflex Bluetooth reader to read tags electronically.

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“The mobile app allows farmers to make on-the-spot decisions when monitoring herd performance,” comments AgroSoft managing director James Nesling.

“We all carry a phone these days, so developing mobile software was the obvious extension to our product range. The product you want, in the format you need.”

Being part of global agricultural software specialist, AgroVision, PigVision products are supported by a large international team of software specialists, giving farmers confidence to use the very latest technology, the company says. FG

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The ideal choice with three available Model Sizes (compact, medium and heavy) and three power levels (115, 136 and 170 HP), combined with 2-speed hydrostatic transmissions and CVTronic solutions.

The widest cab in the market can be set up with CS (Suspended Cab) versions.

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Danagri’s modern feed mill equipment gives individual farmers the technology to produce high quality feeds, increase growth rates and tackle ongoing battles with feed costs, health and welfare challenges, labour costs, and environmental issues, the company says.

For farm businesses that operate both arable and livestock enterprises, diverting home grown grain into their livestock business gives an immediate saving in transport costs, while biosecurity is improved through fewer vehicle visits. Fully automated systems mean labour input is kept at a minimum.

Having your own raw materials on-site and the ability to

manufacture feed helps to insulate against failure of feed deliveries, as well as giving the flexibility to alter rations in a rapid response not achieved when purchasing feed.

Reducing road miles travelled by each tonne of feed would be a major environmental contribution, especially as home grown crops are being developed in this country that will at least partially replace our dependence on imported protein, Danagri points out.

The Danagri-3S team have many years’ experience of designing, advising, selling, installing and servicing feed milling and mixing equipment to pig, poultry and cattle farmers, AD plants and commercial enterprises all over the country. Their offerings range from single machines to turnkey projects including intake, conveying, cleaning, storage and control equipment. It also stocks a large inventory of spare parts to back up machines. FG

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Supporting egg producers for over 50 years A1 Egg Packers prides itself on good business relationships with customers and suppliers, as well as offering a broad range of packaging products, and a complementary service from its associated company, helping producers to find outlets for their end-of-lay poultry.

Family-run business A1 Egg Packers Ltd has been supplying a wide range of egg packaging supplies and packing materials to commercial and independent customers throughout the UK for more than 50 years. The company credits its commitment to good business relationships with both customers and suppliers, as the key to its success.

Operating from its office in Oxfordshire, A1 says it can supply almost all packaging needs, including pre-packs (pulp, clear plastic and foam polystyrene), trays, outer boxes, tapes, labels, pallet wrap and work wear, at highly competitive prices.

Popular egg packing requests include fibreboards, clear plastic egg cartons, egg box labels, chicken trays, pulp egg cartons, food labels, die cut

chicken trays and pulp egg trays.

A1 is an independent, familyrun company that is not tied to one manufacturer, which increases the product range it can offer its customers. It emphasises the partnerships between itself and its customers, offering mutual benefits in maintaining and developing good business practices. The company has operated its own Egg Agency for

many years, dealing in surplus first quality eggs, as well as the regular movement of seconds.

As times and trends change, A1 Egg Packers is moving forward to offer clients new products and services.

To complement its versatility, one of A1’s associated companies, W. A Chambers (Banbury), specialises in helping producers find outlets for their end-of-lay hens and broiler breeders. It is happy to take birds from colony, free range and other alternative systems.

W. A Chambers says it prides itself on its services and competitive terms, as well as its ability to save producers valuable time by taking their hens to market. In daily contact with a wide market, the company is confident in securing good terms. For further information, producers can send the details of their depopulation quantities and associated dates. FG

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New feedstuff protects against red mites Cargill has launched a new, natural, complementary feedstuff to help protect laying hens from red mite infestations on laying units.

“Red mite infestations have escalated in the past decade, possibly resulting from more free range or aviary egg production systems,” says Cargill’s UK poultry specialist, Daniel Palcu. “And the cost of controlling the parasite is estimated to have increased by 40 per cent in this period.”

Unless infestations are controlled, numbers can escalate rapidly – resulting in a significant drop in productivity. In severe cases, mortality will occur and working conditions become unpleasant for unit employees.

D-Mite has been trialled on half a million layers in 14 French

poultry units, with varying levels of infestation. Trials took place in May–August 2019, as units are generally most at risk in the summer months. After treatment, a reduction in red mite infestations was recorded across all units, with the most significant change seen in moderately or highly infested units. Improvements in egg quality and working environments were also noted. Water and feed intake were unaffected and, even at higher dosages of D-Mite, there was no effect on the taste or smell of raw or uncooked eggs.

D-Mite can be used in liquid form through drinking water systems or as a powder to include in the feed. The powder is approved for use in organic egg production systems. FG

Maintaining the correct temperatures in your livestock sheds without constant human intervention is of key importance in making sure specific environments are kept at the optimum temperature. Smith’s Environmental says its Solano hydronic unit heater can be specified with three different levels of control.

As part of a hot water-based heating system, it can provide up to 70kW of heat without the need to manage the combustion exhaust gases or burn gas/oil directly in the space being heated. Multiple Solanos can be installed for larger projects.

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Solano unit heaters are easy to install, weighing less than 15kg, and only require occasional cleaning with no burner to service.

gas-fired heat sources, Solano unit heaters are easy to install, weighing less than 15kg, and only require occasional cleaning with no burner to service, the company says.

Available in three different sizes and heat outputs, it is suitable for installation in poultry sheds, livestock holding buildings, milking parlours, packing and drying sheds, crop stores and warehouses, as well as smaller spaces such as workshops, machinery sheds and retail areas.

Smith’s team of experts are able to provide technical support and advice on the best solutions for heating agricultural buildings, using fan convector technology. FG

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Contractors 30 Harwich Road • Ardleigh Essex • CO7 7LS

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Farmers Guide 25 Years Ago A double-page advertisement in the Farmers Guide for May 1995 informed readers that ‘Starting today, Fiatagri and Ford New Holland will be dressed in bright blue leaves’, and they would be offering more advanced technology and an even fuller product range. Ernest Cozens noted an alarming increase in the theft of ATVs which was reaching epidemic proportions.

He had also attended a demonstration of the new Fendt Concept Xylon systems tractor. The 110hp model was used with a front loader and the 140hp Xylon was demonstrated with a five-furrow reversible plough.

A bale handling feature included details of the Heath Superchaser bale trailer. Suitable for big Hesston balers, it was designed to self-load the bales and self-tip them at the stack yard. Claas introduced a new Rotocut chopper for its Quadrant big square balers and John Deere had launched a new range of variable bale chamber big round bales. Another feature surveyed the latest straw incorporation equipment. This included details of the Dowdeswell ‘stripped straw plough’ which had long interbody clearances, wrap round skimmers and flexible straw deflectors attached to the plough beams. Various makes of disc harrow were described along with the Rau Polymag straw incorporator. With tines and discs to mix in the straw, the Polymag stirred the soil to a depth of about 4in to encourage weed seeds to germinate.

In Farm Machinery News, Lemken Tri-Ag had introduced a range of Spray Rider sprayers for ATVs which were manufactured in New Zealand.

The specification included an electric pump and hand lance. Hill House Ostrich Farm at Blackpool had purchased a Skid Steer loader to clean out the farm’s ostrich breeding sheds. Supplied by Thomas Equipment at Tamworth the loader was only 3ft wide, under 6ft high and could turn in its own length. A Suffolk farmer had purchased the very

first new Tecnoma Laser self-propelled high-speed sprayer to be sold in Europe. Looking somewhat like a small aeroplane without wings, it had a 104hp turbocharged engine, suspension on all four wheels, a spraying speed of 10–12mph and a £48,000 price tag. Under the heading ‘JCB’s Worst Kept Secret’, Farmers Guide reported on the launch of a new and smaller Fastrac115 with a six-cylinder 115hp Perkins engine and a top speed of 31mph.

And finally... while attending an East Anglian silage event, Ernest Cozens’ attention was drawn to the Ag–Bagger, which could be used to fill 10ft diameter, long white plastic tubes or tunnels with freshly cut grass or maize. The Ag-Bagger unfolded into an extended tube as it was filled, to a maximum length of 250ft. When it was full, the end of the tube was sealed and stored in the silage-making area. FG

THE UNIMOG The concept of ‘fast tractor’ dates back to the mid1940s when a group of German engineers and farmers built a prototype military-style tractor.

The two-seater tractor with an optional steel and canvas cab had a 25hp Mercedes-Benz diesel engine, a range of forward and reverse gears, front and rear power take-off shafts, hydraulic linkage and a rear load-carrying platform. With field trials completed, the first Unimogs – derived from Universal Motor Gerat (vehicle) – were built at Goppingen in 1949. The Unimog was used for agriculture, forestry or municipal work and with around 600 Unimogs in use, DaimlerBenz bought the design in 1951 and transferred production to Gaggenau. Publicity material explained a wide range of implements was available for the Unimog 2010. They included a toolbar, a front-mounted mower and a hay tedder and it could also be used with semimounted forage harvester or a crop loader.

The Unimog could even be used with a power take-off driven front-mounted binder, controlled by the driver with no assistant required.

The Unimog 600, looking much like a pick-up truck, appeared in 1953, while the 82hp Unimog S for off-road use appeared in 1955 and the long wheel base Model S was the first farm tractor to have a synchromesh gearbox. Around 50,000 Unimogs had been built by the early 1960s with

various new models appearing throughout the decade, and the first 100hp Unimog appeared in 1969. The Unimog U120 with a 120hp diesel engine and a top speed of 50mph was launched in 1974. The specification included an eightspeed gearbox, two-speed front and rear power take-offs and pneumatically operated diff locks on both axles, and in the following year Mercedes Benz added a 150hp model to the range. Later developments included the introduction of the Terramatic electronic hydraulic linkage control in 1994, which maintained a constant draft and ploughing depth. By the end of the century, there were four agricultural models in the 122–244hp range and two of them had a rear platform for a demountable sprayer or fertiliser spreader.

Equipment for early Unimogs included a frontmounted toolbar.

Cousins Patriot Cultivator 71583

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S – 21026547 – ex demo New Holland T7.190, 29x12 Power Command 50kph + creep transmission, finance 1+4 annual payments @ 0%* ......£79,800

J – 21026682 – 2005 John Deere 6920 Premium, Autopower transmission, front linkage, cab suspension, 50kph, air brakes, 4 spools.....£31,000

S – 41026048 – New Holland T6.145 EC 16x16 Electro Command transmission, 40kph, engine speed management, finance 1+4 annual payment @ 0%*........£55,800

S – 41026295 – new New Holland telehandler 7.37 Elite, pick up hitch with mirror, LED boom working light, shuttle lever, continuous flow for aux boom hydraulic, LED rear working light, finance 5+55 monthly payments @0%* ................................................£74,750

S – 21023200 – ex demo Rabe Albatros 140 in furrow, rated up to 300hp, 5+1 build, 93cm point to point, under beam clearance 80cm .......£15,500

W – 41023849 – ex demo Amazone Cirrus 6m disc drill, ex demo, grain only, Twin Tech+, Cat 3, serrated disc, elec half side shut off, tyre scrapers, roller scrapers............................................£62,000

S – 41024577 – ex demo New Holland T6.175 DCT, 50kph, Terraglide axle, Dynamic Command gearbox, rear/auto PTO, 510 hrs, finance 1+4 annual payments @ 1%* ........................................... £69,800

W – 21025873 – Amazone ZA-M Hydro Ultra Profis 4200 spreader, c/w 24–48m discs + Amatron 3 screen GPS switch licence .........£9,500

S – 41026506 – used Standen 2 row bed tiller c/w ridging bodies........................................£4,950

S – 41026400 – 2008 Standen BB2 2 row cup planter c/w AVR ridging hood .....................£5,850

J – 41026406 – Agri Traction 460/70R24 Michelin XMCL, servo 1 lever, 1 aux, cab tinted glass inc heater, Deluxe seat, Q-fit carriage, 1226mm wide. worklights front 7 rear ..............................£36,950

W – 51025904 – Amazone ZAM 3001 spreader, OM 24-36 discs, weigh cell calibration, hopper cover, Amatron control box ........................£6,750

J – 41025843 – new Teagle TAP/S 250 right hand cut, outboard gearbox, 2m cut, fully hydraulic offset head adjustment wide angle PTO, auto belt .....................................................................£9,250

S – 21026581 – 2015 Teagle TAP/S flail mower 250 left hand cut, ideal for roadside verges, 80–200hp (540 rpm), wide angle PTO, outboard heavy duty gearbox .....................................£4,595

S – 41026178 – new AVR Ge-Force single drive, 3.8m, 4x90, 250hp gearbox, 21 spline PTO shaft, full width supp hook tines..........................£22,500

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S – 21025491 – ex demo New Holland T6.175 DC Dynamic Command transmission 50kph+creep, finance 1+4 annual payments @1%* .......£69,800

W – 41023850 – ex demo Amazone Cayros XMS 5-950 plough, 5 furrow, WXL 430 bodies, Cat 3 with balls, manure skimmers, transport wheel, hyd furrow, 500mm rear disc ....................£10,950

S – 21026536 – new New Holland T7.230 Power Command, Stage V engine, 18x6 transmission, 40kph, 540/540e/1000/1000e, rear elec shiftable, AGR ready, CL4 4wd active suspension axle, finance 1+4 annual payments @ 0%* ........................................... £89,900

J – 21026790 – 2019 Larrington 23' low loader trailer, air & hydraulic brakes, full width hyd ramp, underslung suspension, toolbox, fill ...........£15,250

J – 21026968 – 2011 Larrington 20t Majestic tri axle, air brakes lifting front axle ............£18,500

S – 21025672 – new New Holland 40hp, with cab, 3 range hydrostatic transmission, swinging drawbar for slider hook, rear 3 point linkage with flexible ball ends ........................................£17,495

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2008 Vervaet 617 Beet Eater now in refurbishment, many new parts 45/50 with low hours, ready to harvest

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UNIVERSAL beams, 25cm x 25cm x 620cm (3). £130+VAT each. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

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Contact - Office 01263 861500 - Richard 07880 552295 - Alan 07887 722978 • www.sasspreaders.co.uk OLD RIDES FARM EASTCHURCH KENT, ME12 4BD

TEL:20 01795 880224 HALL / STAND 100

PARTS AND DISMANTLING COMBINES: JOHN DEERE: T670i, W540, 9580 WTS, 2066, 2264, 2258, 2058, 1188, 1177, 1166, 1085, 1075, 1065, 985, 975, 965, 955, 952, 950, 630, 530, 8820.CLAAS: Lexion 600, 580T, 570T, 480, 460, 440, 430, 218, 118, 116, 115, 114CS, 108, 106, 105, 98, 96, 85, 76, 70 NEW HOLLAND: CR9080, CR980, TX66, TX68, TX36, TX34, TX32, TF78, TF46, TF44, TF42, 8080, 8050, 8040, 1500’s, 133 MASSEY FERGUSON: 7278, 40RS 38, 34, 31, 29, 27, 865, 760, 750, 665, 504.DEUTZ FAHR: 6090, 4090, 4080,4075, M3630, M3610, M2780, M2680, M1002.LAVERDA: 152, M120.CASE: 1660 JOHN DEERE TRACTORS 8520, 8400, 8200T, 7800, 7530, 7430, 6930, 6900, 6800, 6430, 6110, 3650, 3130, 2140, 2040, 1640 FORKLIFTS: JCB: 531-70, 530-70, 525-58, 520-4, 414, 926.CLAAS: Targo C50, K50 Ranger.MATBRO: Telestar, Teleshift, 280, 270, 250 MANITOU: 2600, MLT 633.MERLO: 40.7, 30.6 Multifarmer, 28.7, 26.6. JOHN DEERE: 3800, 3420, 3415, 3200, MASSEY FERGUSON: 8295.TEREX: 250 BALERS: NEW HOLLAND: 1210, 1010S, D1000, BB940, 841, 835, 7070, 750, 740, 654, 650, 644, 640.JOHN DEERE: 680, 644, 592, 590, 582, 578, 575, 550, 342, CASE: RBX435.CLAAS: Quadrant 2200,1200, Rollant 255, 280, 180, 46, 44, Vari, Hesston 4900, 4800, 4750. VICON: LB12000, LB8200, MP800, RV1602 WELGER: D6000, D4000, 520, 435.VICON: LB12000, LB8200, MP800, 1601, RV1602, MASSEY FERGUSON: No.5, 2190, 2170, 2160, 190, 187, 185.SUPERTINO: 60-120 MOWERS: KUHN: Alterna 500. JOHN DEERE: 328, 228, 131, 1360. POTTINGER: Novacat, Eurocat. KRONE: AM20, 32P, AMT 4000CV, Easycut 32CV LELY: Optima 240C. MAJOR: Toppers.

FORAGER HARVESTERS: CLAAS: 930, 695, 690, 75

FOR PARTS CALL DAVE 07770814967

USED MACHINERY

Cummins 106 kVA Generator with Cummins 6BT5.9-G6 Diesel Engine 2002, Only 499 Hours

Massey Ferguson 190 Baler – 1995, 28L-26 Tyres, 46,580 Bales, Video Avialiable

John Deere 2254 - 1998, 20ft Header, Chopper, A/C, 24.5-32 Tyres, 3498 Eng, 3049 Drum, Very Good Con

Hardi Alhpa Plus 4100 Self Propelled Sprayer – 2004, 36m Boom, 4100L, Floatation & Row Crops

New Holland TX66 – 1999, 20ft Header, Chopp & Chaff, Lateral Float, SelfLevelling, A/C, 3472 Hours

Claas 98SL – 1990, Hydro, 15ft Header, Trolley, Chopper, Mercedes Engine, A/C, 2910 Engine Hours

MACHINERY SALES CALL JOE 07711 162004

WWW.BURDENBROSMACHINERY.CO.UK

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N JD 5075E ‘18, 507hrs, Power Reverser 40k, TechCentre cab with heater, A/C, 2 acting rear SCV’s, fixed fenders £29,750

JD 6190R ‘13, 6000hrs, AutoPowr 50k, TLS, iTec, ClimaTrak, 4 E-SCV’s, AutoTrac ready, CommandCenter £51,500

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JD 6105MC ‘19, 509hrs, PowrQuad 40k, MFWD front axle with TLS, 2x200 series M-SCV’s, PUH £49,500

0% Finance available

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JD 6215R ‘18, 1360hrs, AutoPowr 50k, TLS, AutoTrac ready, remaining PowerGard 3 yrs/2250 hrs, 3 E-SCV’s £118,500

N JD 6430P ‘11, 6595hrs, AutoQuad 40k, TLS & HCS, 3 M-SCV’s, A/C, PUH, hyd brakes, Dagenhart front linkage £31,000

E JD 7280R ‘12, 2483hrs, AutoPowr 50k, TLS, 5 E-SCV’s, hyd & air brakes, BKT tyres 90% £73,500

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JD 9780CTS ‘04, 2160hrs, 3 Speed Hydro, 1510 drum hrs, 625R header, chopper, fit chaff spreader £58,000

MF 7820 Centora ‘12, 965hrs, 737 drum hrs, 25ft PowerFlow header, 8 straw walker £62,000

JD S690i ‘13, 1814hrs, ProDrive 30k, 1168 drum hrs, 635R header, AutoTrac complete £125,000

N JD R962i ‘16, 6200l tank, BoomTrac, 36/24m, PowrSpray, section control £62,500

C Kuhn Axis 40.1 HEMC ‘13, 3654 hrs, S6 VXR discs, 24-36m, ISOBUS only, 1800l hopper ext £4,250

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Grimme BF400 Shapeforma ‘19, 3 bodied, 6 loosening tines, shear bolt protection wearing plates £18,500

Kuhn Venta 3030 Combination Drill ‘19, 24 row, 3m, hyd fan drive, ISOBUS £42,715

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Kuhn FC 313 Mower Conditioner ‘13, 3.1m, disc mower, side lights, swath deflector plates £6,750

Kuhn PZ190 Drum Mower ‘19, 1.85m, 540 PTO, 6 knives, 2 drums £3,850

N Manitou MT 1840 Comfort ‘18, 312hrs, Perkins Tier IV engine, 4 speed Torque coverter, JSM joystick £56,000

A Weidemann 2070 LPT ‘16, 1906hrs, 3rd comfort control £28,500

N Kverneland Exacta-CL EW ‘12, 24-28m, 1500l, vari-rate control £5,000

A Amazone AD303 Combination Drill ‘13, KX3000 Power Harrow, disc coulter £12,000

A JD 592 Round Baler ‘07, 2m RotoFlow, CoverEdge netwrap only, approx 24,660 bales £10,750

N Weidemann 1380 Plus ‘19, 325hrs, 49HP, canopy, hyd locking £28,750

NM JD 6140R ‘14, 9074hrs, AutoQuad+ 50k, creeper, TLS, air brakes, 3 M-SCV’s, PTO, PUH, A/C £36,950

N JD 8320R ‘17, 510hrs, PowerShift 40k, ILS with brakes, 4 prem SCV’s, SF6000-SF1, remaining PowerGard Apr 2021/3000 hrs £143,500

N JD T670i HM ‘15, 652hrs, ProDrive 30k, 412 drum hrs, 11,000l grain tank, 630X header £160,000

A Sulky X40 Econov ‘14, 32-44m, 2x extensions, hopper cover, vision control box £8,000

NM Kuhn Cultimer 300L Cultivator ‘18, T ring roller, ex-demo £7,500

A JD V461M Round Baler ‘18, 7844 bales, 2.2m prem pick-up, 2.2m windrow compressor, RotoFlow HC prem £24,500

N Case CX18B ‘16, 1016hrs, canopy, expandable tracks 50%, manual quick hitch, four buckets £11,350

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JD 6145R ‘18, 1985hrs, AutoPowr 50k, CommandArm, TLS+ with brakes, 4 prem E-SCV’s, AutoTrac ready £87,500

JD 6175R ‘17, 1178hrs, DirectDrive 50k, TLS, AutoTrac ready, 3 E-SCV’s, remaining PowerGard 3 yrs/3000 hrs £97,500

E Challenger MT765C ‘11, 8248hrs, PowerShift 40k, 4 SCV’s, 30” tracks 85% £56,000

B JD 832 ‘10, 24m, joystick control, auto trailing drawbar, 6 sections, single pump £19,500

B Grimme CWS150 Multiweb Destoner ‘19, ex-demo, auto self centre steer £55,000

NM Kuhn Performer 4000A Cultivator ‘19, 4m, tine & disc, hyd brakes, double U roller £47,500

N Manitou MLT 737 PS+ Elite ‘18, 2582hrs, Deutz Stage 4 130HP PowerShift 40k, boom suspension, JSM £50,000

NM Hitachi Zaxis 130 LCN ‘14, 7489hrs, elec fuel pump, hammer circuit, hyd hitch, ditching bucket £37,500

N JD 8400R ‘17, 970hrs, E23 50k, ILS with brakes, 5 prem SCV’s, SF6000-SF1, remaining PowerGard Apr 2021/3000 hrs £171,000

E JD 840i ‘12, 30m, 12 sections, 4000l tank, Kamlock coupling £19,500

NM Grimme CS1500 Combistar Destoner ‘00, 45mm main web, 7 rows of stars £4,250

N Bednar MZ 6000 Mulcher ‘19, semi mounted rotary cutter, armoured wear plates £14,500

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

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N Manitou MLT 840 Elite ‘18, 1138hrs, M-Shift PowerShift, JD engine 141HP, hyd locking, 48” forks and carriage £62,000

N Terex Swivel Dumper ‘07, 2371hrs, 6T, roll bar, seat belt, road lights £8,500

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Mettron Weighbridges

R.C.Boreham & Co New & Used Machinery

Beware of Imitations

For all enquiries call: 01245 231320 £7,995

Merlo TF42.7 telehandler

ex demo, boom suspension, air con, air seat

£11,950

£79pw 16m - steel platform with ramps - £16,000 + VAT £89pw 18m - steel platform with ramps - £18,000 + VAT Can-Am Traxter HD8

SPECIAL DEAL

2017, in good condition, 800cc petrol, 50% tyres

£10,950

£42,000

Pottinger Novacat 301 Alpha Motion

Merlo TF33.7

Pottinger TOP612C rake

NEW – steering axle, Multitast wheel, floatation tyres

Price includes new indicator/printing system, delivery, installation and legal certification for trade use.

0% Finance

71964

£3,500

NEW -conditioner, 3m 0% Finance

£8,750

2017, in good condition, air con, boom suspension

£1,950

Polaris Ranger Crew

diesel, 2015, 750hrs, 6350 miles, good condition, 6 seater, full cab with doors

Sisis Powaspread top dresser

excellent condition, had very little use, PTO drive

£2,100

Ritchie Aerator 3

3m grass slitter, excellent condition

Suire FT2700

2.7m flail, heavy duty, front & rear mount 72095

Trade advertising — Tel: 01473 694455 Email: classified@farmersguide.co.uk

POA

Chelmsford, Essex CM3 1HU | rcboreham.co.uk | sales@rcboreham.co.uk

Call 01782 816730 or email mettronweighing@aol.com to discuss options and to arrange your site visit

Mettron Weighing

Current Machinery Available For all used machinery enquiries please call Nunzio Rio: 07970 248113

rwcrawford.co.uk FENDT 940MT TRACKED TRACTOR

CHALLENGER MT775E

MASSEY FERGUSON 7382 CENTORA

CHALLENGER ROGATOR RG645C

FENDT KATANA 65 FORAGE HARVESTER

£189,500 + VAT

£82,500 + VAT

£145,500 + VAT

£137,500 + VAT

£109,500 + VAT

2018, Approx.1032hrs, 40kp/h, Vario, Guidance Ready, LED Worklight Pack, 30” Ext Ag Tracks @ 70%

2014, Approx.4900hrs, Comfort pack, 16 idler weights, 5 spool valves, Deluxe vrs leather seat, 30” ext ag tracks 60%.

415 E/hrs, 210 D/hrs, 25ft PowerFlow Header, Auto Guide Ready, TaskDoc Pro, Yield and Moisture Monitor.

WARRANTY REMAINING

2015, Approx 2,450, 40kph, 18/30 metre Double Fold Pommier Ali Boom, 5000 Litre Tank, c/w 500 Litre Clean Water WARRANTY REMAINING

Approx. 1800 Engine Hrs, 1250 Drum Hrs, Grass Header, Corn Cracker, PUH not included, Rear Axle Suspension.

WARRANTY REMAINING

EX HIRE FENDT 936 PROFI PLUS

EX HIRE FENDT 930 PROFI PLUS

MANITOU MLT 741 PS ELITE

WARRANTY REMAINING EX HIRE MASSEY FERGUSON 7718 S DYNA VT

EX HIRE FENDT 942 PROFI PLUS *REVERSE DRIVE*

£86,500 + VAT

£POA + VAT

£POA + VAT

£POA + VAT

£38,500 + VAT

2019, Approx.580hrs, Multi-Pad Joystick, Power Control Shuttle, F/Linkage, Front PTO, Front and Cab Suspension, Guidance WARRANTY REMAINING

2020, Approx.450hrs, Front Axle and Cab Suspension, Guidance Ready, Air Brakes, VarioDoc Pro,Variotronic Implement Control, WARRANTY REMAINING

2020, Approx 450hrs, Front Axle and Cab Suspension, Guidance Ready, Air Brakes, VarioDoc Pro,Variotronic Implement Control WARRANTY REMAINING

2020, Approx.450hrs, F/ Axle and Cab Sus, G/Ready, Variotronic Implement Contro, VarioDoc Pro, Comfort F/Linkage, F/PTO WARRANTY REMAINING

2016, Approx.3300hrs, Comfort Ride Control, Air Suspended Seat, PUH, Hyd Trailer Braking, LED Lights, Manitou Headstock

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DOORS

Hall Farm, Aldeburgh IP15 5JD

30-FOOT static caravan, 4 berth, two bathrooms, fully furnished in very good condition, c/w fridge, television & furniture etc. £2,250+VAT. C Wisson Tel 07776 184394/01480 830224 (Cambs)

MF40RS 1992, chopper/chaff spreader, 20' powerflow table, Griffith Elder weigher, new tyres, well looked after & serviced machine. £9,995. M Cornes Tel 07970 510157 (Ches) MATROT OSR side knife, hardly used. £550+VAT. M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone/07808 200404 (Kent)

Roller shutter doors made to measure We also repair all types of industrial doors We can erect or make alterations to steel work for new door openings Call for free site survey

14-71438

ROLLERSHUTTERDOOR SHUTTERDOORINSTALLATION SHUTTERDOOR DOORINSTALLATIONREPAIR INSTALLATIONREPAIR

FOUR new up & over garage doors. £100 each. Bargain! A Goodacre Tel 07901 917707 (Lincs)

See our new website for more details & photos www.hallfarmmachinery.com

Tom 07872 916363

Contact James French

07764 873486

jamesfrench328@gmail.com

DRILLS

The Sky EasyDrill

COMBINE Fabrications twin disc hydraulic chaff spreader & twin disc, Rekord belt driven chaff spreader, brackets to fit JD1188. £500 each. D Treharne Tel 07719 697455 (Northants)

Please call for more information

www.writtlefarmmachinery.co.uk

07748 004794 01245 442224(T)

CLAAS Senator 12' combine, Perkins engine, will sell as complete machine or break for spares. S Jones Tel 07796 001370 (Norfolk)

Ford 3910 2wd

JF Z675 Pro

Vicon CM2400

MF 4355 4wd

tractor....................................£3,950

01733 841932

SIMBA Freeflow, 6m, new set of points, front & rear tyre packers, pre em markers, Roger metering & control box, selection of spares included, hydraulic driven fan from tractor, good condition.. £4,250 ono. A Russell Tel 07808 925072/01354 680235 (Cambs)

DIGGERS, DOZERS & DUMPERS DAEWOO Solar 130 excavator, 1999, 80% tracks, 9126hrs, air con, quick hitch. £12,000. S Bartle Tel 07884 238552 (Notts)

www.aphltd.co.uk

HIRESALESSERVICEPARTS NEW Holland CR9070, c/w 30’ Varifeed header, 2013 machine, 1460 engine/1150 drum hrs, in fabulous condition, for sale due to retirement, laser guided steering, moisture & yield monitoring, regularly serviced. £128,500+VAT. J Furness Tel 07973 843230 (Glos)

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3000hrs, tyres 70%, power shuttle, 895 loader c/w euro headstock, v tidy .......................................... £18,750

All prices + VAT

Worcester

71409

CLAYDON V drill, 4m, includes hyd markers & full set of rear tyres. £6,250. R Maddever Tel 07786 910597 (Suffolk)

KUBOTA digger, 4069hrs. £4,950+VAT. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

mounted mower, 2011 .......................................£2,250

6 rotor tedder......................£2,750

07973 657609

Breaking Seed drills

Accord • Amazone Sulky • KRM • Vicon Coulters, Metering Units, A frames Etc 15-72124

Approximate hours pre-harvest some machines will be hired for 2020 Harvest

NEW Holland CR 9080, 2010, 2200 harvest hrs, full spec, full GPS, 30' vario header & trailer, dealer maintained, transport included. £78,000. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos)

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2494/1734 2712/2182 2303/1849 2483/1995 3110/2356 2805/2284 2669/2175 2670/2175 2821/2265 1450/1150 1984/1526 600/500 2861/2350 4400/3600 3700/2900 180/30 1306/722 1130/949 1420/1178

Tel: 01507 466352 Mobile: 0780 134 3023 Fax: 01507 462812 Email: ian@ianhoulgrave.com

72065

Versatile no-till & conventional disc drill with low power requirement

COMBINES FOR SALE 2011 NH CR9090 35’V 2012 NH CR9080 30’V 2012 NH CR9080 30’V 2010 NH CR9080 30’V 2008 NH CR9080 30’V 2006 NH CR980 30’V 2005 NH CR980 30’XHC 2004 NH CR980 30’XHC 2004 NH CR980 30’V 2012 NH CX8080 30’V 2013 NH CX8070 25’ 2016 NH CX8.80 30’V 2006 NH CX880 30’V 2001 NH TX68 24’ 1998 NH TX68 24’ 2019 Claas Lex 780TT V1280 2014 Claas Lex 780TT V1280 2011 MF 9280 Delta 30’PF 2015 CR9090 35’V

Ian Houlgrave

15-72060

COMBINES & HARVESTERS

CLAAS Dominator 98S Maxi, 1990, Merc engine 6cyl, 3000hrs, air con, straw chopper, 15' header, header trailer with lights, very well maintained, including annual service by Claas service engineer. £16,500. J Mack Tel 07771 727414/01263 824582 (Norfolk)

• Shelbourne Advantage, Mentor & SR 2500H • Hesston 8100, 6500 & 6400 • John Deere • Claas Maxi • Vicon • Stemas • Fortschritt

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

OAK beam, 16'. £300. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk)

70613

SWATHERS & DRAPER PICK UP HEADERS WANTED RAPE

71687

Available from Writtle Farm Machinery

PORTAL steel building, 60' x 40', buyer to dismantle. Open to offers.

G Pearson Tel 07941 568632 (Suffolk)

MF 2640 4wd tractor very tidy......... £6,250 Gregoire Besson 5 furrow manual variwidth plough .............................POA John Deere 1085 combine c/w chopper..................................... £6,500 Case 956 XL 4wd tractor c/w front linkage ..................................... £8,500 Spearhead verge mower very good Various cultivators & subsoiler .............POA condition .......................................POA R&R 12t grain trailer c/w hydraulic Kuhn flail mower model VKM 280 tailgate ...................................... £3,750 2004 c/w side shift ........................POA Norton 8t dropside grain trailer ....... £2,500 Various grain buckets ...........................POA 20’ small bale trailer ........................... £750 MF 8160 4wd tractor............................POA Hardi Mega mounted sprayer................POA All tractors and machinery wanted – dead or alive!

Call Craig on

07977 208205 (T)

HIREPARTSREPAIRS Over 30 years’ experience

Lexion & Dominator We supply the following new parts combine hire CONCAVES RASP BARS BELTS Fabrication & repairs KNIVES CHAINS FINGERS Breaking 100s of machines FILTER KITS

01926 614345

and many other wear parts

JMT Engineering (Ladbroke) Ltd

email: jmtengineering@btconnect.com • www.jmtcombinehire.co.uk

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JCB 4160 FASTRAC 2017, 2718hrs, 4ws ABS, no spin front diff, 540/65R30, 4 rear spools, PUH & drawbar, twin magnetic beacons Stk No 11053779 £67,500

JCB 541-70 2016, 1573hrs, Powershift 40kph, 500-70R24, boom suspension, LED lights, air con, rear PUH Stk No 11056019 £52,500

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£1,750

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JOHN DEERE 6430 2011, 2333hrs, Powerquad, 540/65R38 - 480/65R24, 2 manual SCVs, air con, passenger seat Stk No 11056467 £34,000

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JCB 535-95 2017, 1100hrs, 6 speed 40kph, 500/70R24, Q-fit carriage, boom suspension, PUH, trailer brakes, air conditioning & air seat Stk No 11056179 £64,500

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FRANSGARD RV 390 combi rake

Stk No 21049170

Stk No 21056160

£19,950

JOHN DEERE S690 2012, 2150E/1700D hrs, ProDrive 30kph, 30’ header trolley & rape extension

£4,950

JOHN DEERE 6150R 2014, 2933hrs, Autopower 40kph, 520/85R38 - 420/85R28, 3 electric SCVs, front & cab susp Stk No 21054848 £58,000

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Stk No 11056242

£115,000

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JOHN DEERE 6330 2007, Powerquad 40kph, TLS, 3 spools, immobiliser, fitted with Nokian ELS radial flotation tyres Stk No 21052657 £31,000

JCB 2170 C/W KNIGHT DEMOUNT SPRAYER 2009, 5270hrs, 540/65R30 & 270/95R42 wheels, 2,000L tank, 24m booms Stk No 11053907 £47,000

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JOHN DEERE 990 2014, 29,500 bales, 2.2m rotorflow pick up, 500-60R22.5 tyres

A

JOHN DEERE 6150R 2012, 5295hrs, Autoquad 50kph, 650/65R42 - 600/65R28, 4 manual SCVs, autotrac ready, front & cab susp, front linkage Stk No 21053200 £49,500

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JCB 4220 FASTRAC 2015, 3680hrs, 60kph 4ws ABS, no spin front diff, 600/70R30, 1 front & 4 rear spools, front linkage Stk No 21056359 £68,500

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JOHN DEERE 7450 SPFH FRANSGARD RV 390 2012, 4085hrs, ProDrive 40kph, combi rake 4wd, quick change kernel processor, Harvest Lab Stk No 11051482 POA Stk No 21056291

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JOHN DEERE 6430 2009, 2884hrs, Powerquad 40kph, 420/80R38 - 380/85R24, 2 manual SCVs, front weights Stk No 11055994 £33,000

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JOHN DEERE 8360RT 2014, 4271hrs, Autopower, 30” tracks, 4 electric SCVs

JOHN DEERE 6140R 2015, 2850hrs, Direct Drive 50kph, 580/70R38 – 480/70R28, 4 electric SCVs, front & cab suspension

JOHN DEERE 6155R 2017, 2354hrs, Autoquad 50kph, Select Edition, 650/65R38 – 540/65R28, autotrac ready

JOHN DEERE 6130R 2013, 3500hrs, Autoquad 40kph, 520/70R38 - 420/70R28, autotrac ready, front & cab suspension

JOHN DEERE 6125R & H340 LOADER 2015, 5314hrs, Autoquad 50kph, 600/65R38 - 540/65R24, front & cab suspension

Stk No 31054667

Stk No. 51056140

Stk No 81045034

Stk No 21054105

Stk No 41056010

£82,500

£52,500

£72,000

Prices do not include VAT

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HIRE 01728 628325 Mark Debenham 07710 148420

M

MAULDEN 01525 405848 Gary Buckle 07712 556387

C

CROMER 01438 861257 Robert Vigus 07712 556389

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GROUNDCARE 01206 230283 James Tuckwell 07932 107618

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SUDBURY 01787 374100 Paul Coffey 07766 225174

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£37,000

£42,000

www.tuckwell.co.uk

RAYLEIGH 01268 783311 Tim Thornton 07557 922965

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DUNMOW 01371 875751 Olwyn Poulson 07710 135644

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WORLINGWORTH 01728 628325 Tom Mason 07957 844986

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ARDLEIGH 01206 230283 Mark Debenham 07710 148420

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PROTECH

W&M Agricultural Engineering Oswestry • Shropshire • SY10 7JU

All prices + VAT

2011, 3.5m, as new

£3,750 2007, 2.4m cutting (7’11”), very tidy mower, 540 PTO, 6 discs, Cat 1/2

£4,600

Vicon RO-C spreader

M4 25’ 10t bale trailer 2012, 6

2 bag disc spinner, good condition

stud axles 300x60, brakes 12.5/80-15.3 Vredesteins, spr susp, LEDs, rope box, hay ladder & bale bumper, good

01691 683825 • John Mottram: 07968 715 512 • Mike Worthing: 07709 089 78 • email: john@wm-agrieng.co.uk

Peacock & Binnington

All prices exclude VAT | E&OE

Brigg - Corringham - Halsham - Louth - Selby Quality Used Machinery At Affordable Prices!

Peacock.co.uk £105,000

21013638

2015, MF9380 30ft Superflow Table, Side Knife, Yield & Moisture Meter, 900/55R32 & 600/55-26.5, 1089 Engine & 569 Rotor Hours.

Call Andrew Whiteley: 07774 296382

£37,000

11014611

2015, MF5612 D4 ES Cab Suspension, MF956 Loader, Full Service History, 540/65R38 & 440/65R28 3640 Hours Call Marcus Bourne: 07774 296390

£119,950

41014319

£60,950

11014337

2018, JCB 536/70 Michelin XMCL 460/70R24, Q Fit Carriage.

1306 Hours Call Dennis Hart: 07824 016116

£59,500

21014526

2016, MF7720 EF D6 50kph, Front Linkage, 4 Spools, Front Suspension, 540/65R30 & 650/65R42. Balance of 5 Year (3500 hour) Warranty Until 2021.

2074 Hours Call Max Pinney: 07795 128281

£75,000

21013579

£47,500

31014528

2018, JCB 527/58 AG Low Cab, Q Fit Carriage, Air Con, Smoothride, 380/75R20 Tyres, Excellent Condition 576 Hours Call Dennis Hart: 07824 016116

£48,500

31012905

2015, MF6615 ES D4 3 rear spools, Eco PTO, Front axle and cab suspension, Twin beacons, 520/85R38 & 420/85R28.

1653 Hours Call Joe Warriner: 07717 880778

£29,000

£65,000

21012646

2017, JCB 535/95 AGP New Q Fit Carriage & Tines, LED Lights, 500/70R24 Tyres Excellent Condition 1745 Hours Call Dennis Hart: 07824 016116

£79,500

£76,000

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2016, JCB4220 Front Linkage, Trimble Field Pro Pack, Full Spec, 600/70R30, Excellent Condition 5490 Hours.

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Krone AM243 plain mower

10 blade, farmer owned, wide angle shaft, wide pick up reel

£1,500

New KRM L20 & L15s in stock 0% Finance on 50% RRP

Kuhn Swadro 35 single rotor rake

£2,850

10 stud ADR axles, 425/65R22.5 tyres, hyd door & grain chute

SH40 forage harvester

POA

£7,850

£875

West 14t silage/grain trailer

£3,750

2010, 6300hrs, boom suspension, air con, air seat, pick up hitch

POA

£3,250

£12,850 19.5 tyres, oil brakes with load sensing, 4m 8t alloy ramps, LEDs

POA

Merlo 32.6 Plus

WATSON SPIRAL BLADE AERATOR FOR HIRE

NC 26’ bale trailer 16t, spr d/bar, New Holland 940 conventional baler commercial hi spd axles, 445/45-

had very little use in excellent condition

Merlo 34.7 Plus

2011, as new condition, manual left/ 4700hrs, 2015 (15 reg), boom right border control, 6 arms per rotor, susp, PUH, 405/70-24 (new), fully 4.6m working width serviced, Lola certificate

2.4 m working width, 4 leg, 4 grass slitting discs, rear smooth roller

16’ chain folding chain harrows

POA

£3,950

£2,890

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Krone KW 4.62 4 rotor tedder

2.4m grassland subsoiler

Call Ian Hopper: 07774 296379

61013157

2014, FT828 Hp Gps Steering, Mechanical Cab Suspension, Cmft Front Linkage, Hyd Top Link, 5 Dudk Rear Spools, 1 Front Spool, 600/70R30 & 710/70R42. 5041 Hours Call Richard Cross: 07860 429947

£30,000

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1999, CLAAS 55 Claas 55 Tractor Tidy Condition, Very Good Tracks,Very Good Condition 7780 Hours Call Chris Batcheler: 07584 631399

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Peacock.co.uk 2016, QUADTRAC 580 30” Tracks, 6 x Spools, PTO, LED Lights, Trimble RTK with Radio. Excellent Condition.

5000 Hours

2012, ROGATOR 635B 30m Chafer Boom, Hyd Track Width, 710/60r38 & 380/90r46 Good Condition, 6174 Hours

2004, BATEMAN RB25 2 x Sets of wheels, 24M Boom Good Condition 7700 Hours

Call Andrew Walker: 07827 773605

Call Max Pinney: 07795 128281

Call Max Pinney: 07795 128281

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For more info call Colin Blood on 07800 885075

or head office on 01623 847171

2019 MF 4708

2016 MF 8730

MF 7718 Efficient spec, 50 KPH, Dyna 6, Datatronic, 4x CCLS Spools, 540/65x28/650/65x38 all 40%, Hyd/air brakes, Cab and front suspension, Front PTO and linkage on joystick control, 3667 hours worked.

Hi-Tech model, 2 rear spools, 540/1000 in cab shiftable PTO, 12x12 manual gearbox, 420/85 R34 rear tyres with 90% tread left, 13.6 R24 front tyres with 90% tread left, 2590 hours worked, Rear wheel weights.

30021371 £78,000 W

40021724 £29,950 F

Vario transmission, 4 rear spool valves, Front linkage with 1 front spool, Front & cab suspension, IF620/75R30 Michelins with 60% tread left, 3011 hours worked, Guidance ready, Datatronic, Video, Isobus,One 250kg weight each side.

10023497 £82,000 W

30023544 £56,500 F

30023765 £29,950 F

2014 Kuhn FC9530D

2016 Kuhn GA4521 rake

2019 Kuhn SW4014 Wrapper

S/H RecoSH 40NTrailed forager

Hydrostatic transmission 3 speed, 180 horse power, 5200 litre grain tank, 16’ FreeFlow combine Shelbourne Reynolds header trailer, 650 & 540 tyres, 150 hours worked, 5 Straw walkers, Very tidy combine.

Kuhn Triple mower conditioners, 9.5 meter working width, Rear FC9530D-FF, Steel tine conditioner, Fast fit blades, Opti-disc, Front FC313D F-FF, Steel tine Conditioner, Fast fit blades.

10023496 £24,750 W

01371 830353

Warranty until 1000 hrs/or May 2022,12x12, 4x4 tractor, -40KPH gearbox, Manual forward reverse, 2x spools,Visio roof, 6+21 spline PTO, ONLY 90 hrs, Pivoting front fenders, Tiltable steering column.

4.5 metre single rotor rake.

10022561 £4,950 W

2017 MF 7718

2014 Valtra A95

2017MF7340

X Demonstrator, Square and round bale combination, Auto stop film tear, Film roll magazine for 8 rtolls, CCI50 Terminal, Safety Chain & Lighting, 9.0/45 R17 wide wheels.

Trailer hitch, 1.80 pick up, Farmer use only, Ready to go, ON FARM UNDER COVER.

10021578 £32,750 W

30022182 £3,950 F

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2017 Spreader Bale Midi

Sreaderbale Midi model, Galvanized, Takes bale size, Height 1.55m, Width 1.38m, Length 2.74.

10023702 £8,450 W

Woodhams Farm, Cutlers Green, Thaxted, Essex CM6 2RH

BROCK Sub-V trailed subsoilers available to order from 4.5m – 8m widths, shearbolt leg protection, integral tool boxes, can be used with packer raised

FARMET Fantom Pro 12.5m stubble cultivator, 2019, hyd FARMET Softer 6m short disc, 2019, 560mm discs, levelling paddles, 190mm tine spacing, 450-675hp, can DRR double soil packer, front depth wheels, be used without packer, REDUCED PRICE .........£87,500 REDUCED PRICE ..............................................£33,000

BROCK Packer System for retro-fit, image shows 6m steel ring packer & 6m tyre packer to suit separate customer’s SIMBA SL’s, optional swivel scraper system

McCORMICK XTX200, 2007, 4020hrs, MATBRO TS260 Telescopic, 1994, weights, susp, 4SCVs, 9/10 £23,850 4 wheel steer, pallet forks, 6/10

CLAAS Challenger 55, 2000, 9250hrs, 4SCVs, 2 owners, 7/10

FORD 7810 2wd, 1989, 10000hrs, 2SCVs, repainted, 5/10

COUSINS 3m Front Press, 2000, cleaning chains, 8/10

KOCKERLING 4.8m Vario PC cultivator, soil packer, 7/10

SUMO 4m 7 leg Trio, 2008, frt discs, SIMBA 8.2m Unipress, 2006, ProBROCK packers, 8/10..........£19,500 active tines, knock-on points, 8/10

GREGOIRE BESSON 4m Discordon, 7 tines, rear DD packer, 8/10

HORSCH Terrano FG 8.1m, 2006, rear AMAZONE KG3000 Combi, 2011, harrow & drawbar, 7/10 disc coulters, low acreage, 8/10

KV LD85-300 6 furrow (5+1), 2011, SIMBA 4.6m X-Press, 2006, Prono.8’s, hyd frt furrow, 9/10 ...£11,850 active, 700mm DD packer, 8/10

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JOHN DEERE 8200, 1999, 11800hrs, SIMBA 5m SL DTD, 2009, just had 3SCVs, 2 owners, 7/10 first set of front discs, 8/10

KVERNELAND PB 7 furrow autoreset, 2006, discs throughout, 8/10

VADERSTAD 5m Topdown, 2009, KUHN 6m Megant tine drill, 2011, 470mm discs, BROCK packers, 8/10 hyd levellers .............................due in

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CLAAS ORBIS 750 £38,500

CLAAS DD520 PRO T £27,000

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CLAAS JAGUAR 970 4WD £160,000

CLAAS ORBIS 900 £38,500

CLAAS DIRECT DISC 610 £38,500

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DRILLS (cont)

SIMBA Freeow, 6m, 1999, land wheel driven, always barn stored, new metal good condition. £4,500. H Middleditch Tel 07531 426696 (Suffolk)

HERRIAU precision drill, in good condition, 6m machine, 12 row, 50cm rows (adjustable), ideal for sugar beet but will drill cereals & other crops, spares included. ÂŁ2,500+VAT. R Kerr Tel 07531 574681 (Essex)

John Brewer 07966 285240 johnquickfencer@yahoo.co.uk

www.quickfencer.com

GALVANISED metal posts, very strong, U shaped, between 2m & 2.7m long, approx 55. ÂŁ3 each. T Rix Tel 07713 470297 (Cambs)

FOR SALE

CRASH BARRIERS & RAILWAY SLEEPERS

Northants

07813 182054 01536 771246

www.usedcrashbarriers.co.uk

FORAGE & SILAGE

HORSCH Sprinter ST6, full front & rear tyre packer 90%, 5 in Dutch openers, 1 in for beans or rape, Stocks kit for Avadex not included, following harrow & pre em markets, Muller box so vari rate, 2009 model, good tidy, working order. ÂŁ29,000. L Arnold Tel 07771 888624 (W Mids) MASSEY Ferguson 30 disc drill, 4m transport kit, very good. M Cottage Tel 01799 584225/07989 297074 (Cambs)

VADERSTAD Rapid A 600S, 2012, 4799ha, centre tyre press, radar, offset rear packer wheels, rear ďŹ ll auger, fully refurbished, inc new tyres 2017, good metal work. not used last season. ÂŁ36,000 ono.

A Whitehead Tel 07771 507279 (Norfolk)

CAD ASPIRATORS for bushel weight improvement

OLIVER GRAVITIES HAYLAGE, good quality, ďŹ rst cut, 4’6â€? round McHale Fusion bales, 6 layers of wrap. ÂŁ20/bale. S Gadsby Tel 07866 245615/01246 278985 (Derbys)

GENERATORS GENERATORS: diesel & PTO, quality used & new, est 25yrs. JSP UK Ltd. Tel 01432 353050 Mob 07774 742182 (Hereford)

GRAIN HANDLING/ STORAGE

The Farmer 80 is the best selling machine & will take up to two 500m rolls working on both sides of the tractor. With an adjustable arm, optional extras, inc single & double strand barb attachments, re-rolling machine, hoist & loader/ telehandler bracket adaptor can be used

MOTORWAY

WEAVING GD400, 2017 build, 4m, 593ha, Stocks applicator, Isobus ready, variable seed compatible, very good condition. ÂŁ45,000+VAT. H Barnes Tel 07887 943932 (Glos)

Main Agents for

OPICO AND MECMAR driers bought and sold. Genuine parts available nationwide. Morgan Farm Machinery. Tel: 01604 780087 Northants(T)

18-71370

MOORE Unidrill, 6m, arable spec with rubber front tyres, used this season, variable rate capability, discs & coulters in good condition, has the 30mm coulters for beans & peas, box of spares. ÂŁ20,000 ono. A Russell Tel 07808 925072/01354 680235 (Cambs)

BETTINSON DD direct drill, 4m, end tow kit, c/w spares. ÂŁ800. M Hornbuckle Tel 07801 101645 (Leics)

ELECTRIC fencing energiser, Hotline Gemini 40 Dual-power, 80 x 3’ posts, orange poly, wire tester, bungee gate, etc, only used once. £175. T Rix Tel 07713 470297 (Cambs)

FARMER 80

VADERSTAD Rapid 600F, good discs & coulters, treaded tyre packer, tyres all good, pre em & bout markers, electric 1/2 shut off, extended seed hopper, selling due to a change in policy. ÂŁ10,250 ono. A Russell Tel 07808 925072/01354 680235 (Cambs)

FENCING & GATES

OPICO 595 quiet 12t dryer, c/w Brice Baker 15t self emptying bin, electric driven, gas ďŹ red, 3000hrs recorded, excellent condition, surplus to requirement. ÂŁ9,500 ono. J Mount Tel 07879 695096/01858 545109 (Leics)

NEW & SECONDHAND CLEANERS AVAILABLE CLEANER SCREENS available for most makes NEW & SECONDHAND DRYING FANS Carier Elevators Conveyors and Spares

sruption to UK Currently no di rted Equipment po Im Trading or

Contact Robin on 01472 753936 07710 242015

Roy Edwards 07702 408833 Full engineering, installation & dismantling services

www.grainmachinery.co.uk TRIPOD auger, 3 phase, 27' x 4.5". ÂŁ250. M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone (Kent)

BRICE Baker 68t indoor hardboard bin. ÂŁ250. M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone (Kent)

BLOOMFIELD INSTALLATIONS Specialising in used & reconditioned stock - Elevators - Grain driers - Dressers - Mill mix equipment - Augers - Grain plants - Installation services

USED EQUIPMENT REQUIRED! Fabrication General engineering

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Debenham, Suffolk Tel: 01728 861657 Mob: 07771 646075

chriscoe@bloomfieldinstallations.co.uk

RECO SH40 forage harvester, 2008, very sound order & fully overhauled, inc spares & manual. ÂŁ5,500. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon)

SEED & CEREAL ENGINEERING

KONGSKILDE 60t indoor bin & drying vertical & horizontal ducting, plus 13 spare sections. ÂŁ400. M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone (Kent)

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5 year warranty

PLOT FEEDS

22-71688

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ÂŁ2,150

HAYRACKS, galvanised metal, wall & corner, some vintage. ÂŁ5 each. S March Tel 07860 835995 (Essex) MOBILE stables, 12' x 24', 2 stables, 1 year old rubber oor mats, corner buckets, kick boards, ďŹ ts on 12' trailer, will disassemble & load with instructions on how to reassemble. ÂŁ2,750 no VAT. A Treharne Tel 07846 444260 (Northants) COMPLETE paddock maintenance equipment at fair price; 6' topper, 2 seasons' use (replaced with new), slight damage to PTO shaft (outer cover only); folding chain harrows, 18' wide, used but gc; all 3p/l for 35hp. ÂŁ450 collected, can load, no VAT. B Whitehead Tel 01296 625529 (Herts) RETIRED racehorses, all ridden by a young girl, can live out, must be to kind, experienced homes. From ÂŁ500.

M Chapman Tel 01673 843663/07971 940087 (Lincs)

300 small bales of good quality hay. contains timothy, not meadow hay, no rain, surplus to requirements. ÂŁ2.50/ bale. P Knott Tel 01449 737951 (Suffolk)

QUANTITY of aeration laterals & ďŹ ttings. ÂŁ75. M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone (Kent)

• Fans – New & Reconditioned • Grain Stirrers • Air Tunnels • Laterals • Drive On Floors • Gas Burners • Controllers & ACCS Equipment

22-71689

Used for central heating, cooking and baking Runs 20 radiators

EQUESTRIAN

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100,000 BTU Concept 2 Multi Fuel Cooker

Pellcroft Engineering Ltd

Coningsby, Lincoln t: 01526 342466 f: 343507 e: sales@pellcroft.com

www.pellcroft.com

FOUR various size augers & 2 on a tripod; aeration fans some with spears & ducting; also 4 internal dismantled silos. S Jones Tel 07796 001370 (Norfolk) CHAIN & ight conveyors, c/w 3 phase motor, 33’. £175. M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone (Kent)

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CLAAS Arion 650 CIS+ 50kph, Proactive f/axle, air brakes ..................................................................POA CLAAS Scorpion 741 Vari Power telehandler, 4.1t, 7m, demonstrator ...................................................POA JPM low loader trailer, 24’ long, loading skids, sprung drawbar, air & hyd brakes .......................... £10,950 ALPEGO TR 46-280 front/rear, 2.8m flail mower, hyd offset headstock............................................. £6,500 ALPEGO TL 33-250 verge mower, 2.25m, hyd offset, wide angle PTO .............................................. £6,500 ALPEGO TL 33-200 verge mower, 2m, hyd offset, wide angle PTO ................................................... £6,200 ALPEGO RK 300 Rapido 3m p/harrow c/w Twin Force quick fit tines packer roller 3yr Driveline warranty ..POA ALPEGO/MORO Warrior 200 5f (4+1) hyd variwidth plough hyd transport system ex demo .......... £16,250 VICON RO-XL GEO 2800 fertiliser spreader, Tellus Go Isobus control box, 2800L hopper, section control, variable rate,Trimflow border spreading ............................................ (depending on spec required) POA SPEARHEAD Twiga Classic S60 hedge cutter c/w hyd prop controls, 1.2m flail head T or C flail, rotor reverse, arm float. ............................................................................................................................POA

BAILEY TB14 SILAGE TRAILER 5’ sides, sprung d/bar, 560/60x22.5 wheels, oil brakes, rear d/bar

2014 JD 6170R TRACTOR TLS, 50K, autotrac ready, Starfire 3000, touch screen Command centre, 650x42 & 540x30

2009 AS MARSTON ACMT 16T TRAILER 550/45x22.5 wheels, g/chute, sprung d/bar, sheet

NEW SET OF 4 CEAT 560/45X22.5 floatation tyres on NEW 8 stud rims

2004 JCB 528S LOADALL 9880hrs, air con, hyd hitch, 24” wheels, good tyres

2014 KUBOTA L4100 HST 4WD TRACTOR 900hrs, turf tyres, roll frame, front weights

WIBERG 6M HYDRAULIC FOLDING SPRING TINE CULTIVATOR

2015 BAILEY 18T BEETEAPER air brakes, 560/60x22.5 floatations, rollover sheet

2016 BAILEY TB16 SILAGE TRAILER air brakes, 560/60x22.5 wheels, full spec, very nice

BOMFORD SCIMITAR OFFSET ROTARY TOPPER

2018 BAILEY TB18 SILAGE TRAILER air brakes, 560/60x22.5 wheels, very clean

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MASCHIO DM 4000 POWER HARROW full set of new blades

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Paul Warner 07795 845308

Brian Cornwell 07899 965066

Barroway Drove, Downham Market, Norfolk PE38 0AL

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71823

2016 CASE PUMA 150 3350hrs, 50k, air, front & cab susp, balance of 5yr, 3000hr warranty

John Deere 6195R 2016, AP 50k, Isobus/Greenstar ready, JDLink capable, 4 e-SCV, 650s, 540s, front PTO, 3829hrs .............................................£75,000

John Deere 6140R

2014, AQ 40k, Isobus/Greenstar ready, 600s, 540s, f/linkage & PTO, c/w 643 loader, 5490hrs .............................................£50,000

JD T550 HM Combine

2017, 4wd, 40k, Autotrac ready, 480/80R26, 650/75R32, Harvest Monitor, c/w 620R header, 488 engine hrs, 299 drum hrs ..£153,756

1983 RENAULT 681 2WD TRACTOR good tyres, very tidy, c/w Bomford Farmtrim 470 hedger

Vaderstad TD500 Topdown

Amazone ZA TS 3200 Super

2017, 5m cultivator, hyd reset double steel

2015, TS2 vane, Isobus only no control box

.............................................£45,000 All prices +VAT

............................................... £6,000

Masons Kings in Devon Rixey Park, Kingsteignton Road, Chudleigh, Devon TQ13 0BY T +44 (0) 1626 852140

2014 MF 6616 DYNA-6 3505hrs, front & cab susp, fitted MF 956 loader, finger tip joystick control

2014 BAILEY 14T X 28’ LONG FLAT TRAILER sprung d/bar, 560/45x22.5 floatations

SET OF STOCKS NARROW DUALS FENDT 456DN FORMER SINGLE 340/85x48 rear & 270/95x36 ROTOR RAKE front, as new, used once hardly used, demo condition

2016 JCB 527-58LC AGRI PLUS LOADALL 1771hrs, air con, pin & cone, low cab model

Claas Scorpion 7035

2016, 40k Varipower, A/C, boom susp, PUH, hyd trailer brake, Kramer hyd lock headstock, 3510hrs ..............................£45,000

Visit our website www.masonskings.co.uk to see more tractors and other machinery available Email: sales@masonskings.co.uk Masons Kings in Somerset Exebridge Industrial Estate, Exebridge, Near Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9BL T +44 (0) 1398 322140

NEW BAILEY 14T X 28’ BALE/ BOMFORD RS18 ROTARY TOPPER PALLET TRAILER 540 PTO, very little used sprung d/bar, air brakes, s/singles

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2007 MERLO 34.7 telehandler, 3.4t lift, 7m height, good condition................................................ £18,500 2016 CLAAS Axion 850 CIS 50K, 4500hrs, 4 spool valves, suspended cab & f/axle, air brakes good condition................................................................................................................................... £52,000 MERLO P40.7 telehandler, 2014, c/w 4t/7m, air con, boom suspension, air seat PUH ................... £29,000 SUTON ELCS 80 rehandling bucket, Merlo brackets ........................................................................... £975 SUTON EHDG 2300 muck fork & grab, Merlo brackets .................................................................... £1,500 HARDI Commander 3200L sprayer, c/w 24m booms, triplet nozzles, steering drawbar .................... £8,500 HARDI NK 600L sprayer, 8 or 6m boom, triplet nozzles, electric on/off, foam blob markers, very little used ........................................................................................................................... £2,350 COUSINS Contour, 6.3m working width, hyd folding, plain 24” rims, good condition ....................... £4,900 COUSINS 5m double row Landpacker, good condition..................................................................... £6,500 COUSINS 2 leg heavy duty subsoiler, c/w depth wheels ................................................................. £1,200 COUSINS 9m Contour Cambridge rolls, 26” plain rims ................................................................... £6,000 KONGSKILDE 4m Germinator cultivator, good condition................................................................... £3,000 KUHN DC401 4 leg subsoiler 3m with r/mounting brackets to fit rotary cultivator, good condition.... £4,000 SPEARHEAD Excel 645T reach mower, 1.2 metre head boot flails, Pro Pilot control, good condition £6,300 VADERSTAD Super Jumbo 6.3m rolls, hyd folding, 21” rims ........................................................... £1,950 VICON ROXL 2800 EDW weigh cell fertiliser spreader, Trimflow border speading, 12–48m spread width, good condition.................................................................................................................. £6,750 BOMFORD 467 reach mower .......................................................................................................... £3,500 T&F 8t dropside trailer, hyd brakes, road lights ................................................................................ £1,500 2013 Claas Axion 850 CIS, Hexashift 40kph transmission, 7200hrs, f/weights, good condition .... £28,500 ARMET 4m trailed seed bed harrow, hyd folding, levelling boards, 4 rows of tines, f/& r/crumbler rollers, r/linkage, very good condition.......................................................................................... £3,500

Masons Kings in Cornwall Unit A, Higher Trevornick Business Park Winnards Perch, St Columb Cornwall TR9 6DH T +44 (0) 1637 881814

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COMBINES, SPFH & TRAILERS

SUMMER SAVERS

£184,950

11059453 JOHN DEERE 8600 2017, 1408/2202 drum/eng hrs, 40K PRO DRIVE 4WD, AutoTrac Ready (NO I PACK), Leather, 710/70R42 620/70R30, 56 Knife

DUE IN

21060771 JD S690 HM 2016, 1014/1293hrs, 635X header, 2 side knives, AutoTrac Complete, PG until June 2021

£169,950

21058526 JD T670i HM 2017, 683/1068hrs, 40K ProDrive, 2019 630X header with twin side knives, PG warranty

£179,950

11058556 JOHN DEERE 8400 2018, 693/1270 drum/eng hrs, ProDrive, 40K, deluxe seat, GS3 commandcenter display, 4WD, autolube, PUH, 650/85R38 500/85R30,

£169,950

11058027 JD S685i HM 2017, 1021/1476hrs, Prodrive, AT complete, 630PF, PG wrranty June 2021 - 1600hrs

£179,950

41057719 JD T560i HM 2018, 160/22hrs, 40K ProDrive, AT complete, Electric sieves, 625X header

£67,950

41048347 JOHN DEERE 7750 2012, 2221/3707 drum/eng hrs, ProDrive, 40K, Greenstar, 630C header, KP

£136,950

£129,950

11053793 JD S680i LL 2013, 1265/1810hrs, tracks, ProDrive, chopper/chaff, AutoTrac complete, 635PF 35’

11055679 JD S680i HM 2014, 935/1250hrs, Prodrive, Autotrac ready, 630R header/ trolley + rape ext Chopper

£69,950

£26,950

41056740 JD 7750 2011, 2244/3475hrs, ProDrive, 40K, AutoLube, KP, Spout ext, 630C Grass header, 800/70R32

41057574 KEMPER 360 Plus 2014, 8 Row maize header, to suite JD 7000 wide body

Bailey TB14 - 3 AVAILABLE 14T grain/silage trailer, silage sides (inside trailer), arched front window, rollover sheet, silage kits, LED lights, commercial axles, grain chute, 560/60R22.5 tyres

Year 2016 - £16,250 Year 2017 - £16,250 Year 2019 - £18,250

01844 278843 sales@farol.co.uk www.farol.co.uk

£5,850

21059502 MERRICK 12T 1995, 12T, 3T extension sides, manual door, super singles, refurbished 2 seasons ago,

Our Milton Common OX9 2NZ Yard Weights NOT included. Prices each,exclude VAT ex yard.

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Please contact William Randell

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Kongskilde Vibroflex 7.4m 2012 with front discs & rear steelflex packer £12,000

Horsch Tiger 8MT 2012 primary cultivator in excellent condition not to be missed £42,500

Dalbo Culti-Lift 800 springtine 8m mounted with front levelling boards & rear crumblers 2013 £11,000

Gregoire Besson Discordon 4.6m 2012 with rubber packer discs 640mm

Sumo Trio 3m mounted shear pin legs, headstock upgraded to Cat 4

Vaderstad TopDown TD400 reconditioned with new packer & new style legs, excellent £28,950

Vaderstad TopDown TD500 2011/12 machine new style legs

Vaderstad Rapid RDA800S choice of machines reconditioned, one with 3rd row coulters POA

£8,000

Further details of our machinery stock can be found at

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Thames Valley Machinery 3000L, 12/24/28m boom, 175hp, LH Agro 5000, 2 sets of wheels, v good

cultivator, 80 notched concave discs, soil/soil double roller, 550/45-22, 5 wheels, excellent

trailed forage harvester c/w full electric controls and trailer hitch, has full dealer winter service, in super order

5m trailed cultivator, c/w 12 ST tines, DD lite roller (new) & Stocks seeder, on very good condition

2009 Kuhn FC283 GII 2

8m disc mower conditioner, c/w lift control & tined conditioner, in tidy condition

72138

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2004 JF FCT 900

2011 Simba SL500

£3,650

£5,500

£28,750 baler c/w tandem axle, crop compressor, bale ejector, blowers, 41,320 bales, in very good condition

3000L, 12/24/28m boom, 175hp, LH Agro 5000, 2 sets of wheels, v good

£19,750

2017 Lemken 10m Gigant 10 Heliodor 9

6m drill, c/w markers, extra clearance legs, liquid fertiliser option, 7000ha, good, tidy drill

2003 Bateman RB25

POA

£26,750

2013 Sumo DTS

8m drill, Stocks applicator, half shut off, 374ha, has optional liquid fertiliser applicator kit, superb

2013 Claas Quadrant 2200A

2004 Bateman RB25

c/w 50kph, 4 electric spools, air braking, 1800hrs, good condition

POA

2019 Weaving GD8000

07764 835562 £19,950

2018 Case Puma 165MC

Abingdon • Oxon

£24,950

c/w header, laser, APS, 3D, 6 straw walkers, 300hp, ch/ch spreader, only 886 drum hrs, in vgc

£52,750

£67,750

2010 Claas Tucano 450

£12,500

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Philip Watkins 4m 8 leg trailed combination subsoiler on Simba legs with Opico seeder excellent £22,500

Vaderstad RD500P with system rigid tine, requires minor attention, set to 4.8m for 24m tramlines £4,000

2011 Cherry 16t grain trailer

c/w sprung d/bar, tandem 10 stud axles, 385x22.5 tyres, rollover sheet, grain chute, very tidy

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CASE IH MAXXUM 135 50kph ActiveDrive8 transmission, full suspension, 480/65R28600/65R38 tyres, front linkage

CASE IH PUMA 220 CVX 50K, front linkage/PTO, 540/65R30-650/65R42 tyres

CASE IH PUMA 165 MC 50k Powershift, full Accuguide, 4 EHR, 540/65R30650/65R42 tyres

CASE IH FARMALL 75A C/W LRZ85 LOADER (2019) 40k, 320/85R20 – 380/85R30 tyres, air conditioning, air seat A selection of machines available from our current stock, phone for details

NEW HOLLAND CR9080 (2010) 30’ header

KRONE COMPRIMA V 150 XC round baler (2019) as new, tandem axle

Contact Philip Stephenson: 07715 077924

KRONE BIG PACK 1290 HD baler (2019) as new

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Krone Swadro 42/46 rakes 2020, in stock Krone R 320 CV mower conditioner 2020, new Krone KW 552 tedder 4 rotor, 2017, as new Ovlac SV300 5+1 furrow No 56 bodies, 2017 Sumo DD4 seeder with front tank/press, 2017, ex demo Sumo Quatro 3.5m cultivator ex-demo KRM M35W fertiliser spreader 3000L, as new

Kings LangleyRGB: R 230 G 0 B 4 Luton Tel: 01923 265211 Tel: 01582 727111 Green : kingslangley@oliverlandpower.co.uk luton@oliverlandpower.co.uk Pantone: 347 RGB: R 0 G 157 B 87

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NEW McHALE R3100 MOWER 3.1m working width, 7 discs, vertical fold

£11,750

NEW McHALE F5500 BALER 15 knife chopper, fixed chamber, drop floor, bale kicker

£27,500

Oliver graphic swoosh Green : NEW McHALE V6 750 BALER 3 belt baler, chopper, 2.1m pickup, flex floor Pantone: 347 RGB: R 0 G 157 B 87

£31,950

NEW McHALE 998 HS High speed bale wrapper, self-contained hydraulic system, fully auto electronic control, hyd draw bar, film break sensors, brakes & lights £35,250

2009 JCB 531-70 AGRI SUPER 6,200hrs, 59 reg, hyd locking Q-fit carriage, new JCB sitemaster tyres fitted £24,000

NEW CHIEFTAIN HP20 20t Hardox, air loading sensor, high speed axles, LED lights, rear camera

NEW CHIEFTAIN FT19 LOW LOADER 19t, high speed axles, payload approx. 15.5t, sprung drawbar, spring assisted ramps, twin brakes, LED lights £12,500

NEW CHIEFTAIN FUEL BOWSER 960L diesel tank, 100L stainless AdBlue tank, pump, water block filter and auto shut off nozzle

NEW ISUZU D-MAX 1.9 UTAH Auto, silver, snorkel, gull wing canopy, pedders suspension, 18” A/T tyres, laser lights, tow bar & electrics £36,500+VAT

2019 ISUZU D-MAX 1.9T XTR Auto, ex demo, grey, 195bhp power upgrade, roller shutter & sports bar, tow bar & electrics, leather seats, sat nav, 7,500 miles £38,000+VAT

2016 ISUZU D-MAX 2.5 YUKON Just in – grey, manual, load liner, tow bar & electrics, 44,000 miles

NEW ISUZU D-MAX 1.9 EIGER AUTO Sapphire blue, brand new

£22,000

£13,500+VAT

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FARMERS - Advertise your ‘for sale’ and ‘wanted’ on-farm machinery for free. See coupon on page 194 RECO Ferri 2.7m flail, new blades, full rear roller & wheels, hydraulic rear door. £2,250 ono. S Bartle Tel 07884238552 (Notts)

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AGRIMASTER KL270 super flail mower, hydraulic side shift, Cat 2 linkage, paddle flails, rear roller, 2.7m cutting width, very good condition. £2,450+VAT. S March Tel 07860 835995 (Essex) SELECTION of trailed forage harvesters available. Please enquire for further details. GDO Howell Tel 07903 089391 & 01728 723683(T) (Suffolk)

POTTINGER Eurohit 54N, in very good condition, always stored under cover out of season, owned from new, I have never replaced a tine. £3,000+VAT. N Ridley Tel 01233 770435/07802 695311 (Kent) DEUTZ Fahr KH3.64 Hydro Super, 6 rotor tedder. £1,750. J Bacon Tel 07393 833709 (Essex) VOTEX topper 9', 3 blades, good deck. £650. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

LELY Lotus 300 hay turner windrower, gates good condition. £525. T Rix Tel 07713 470297 (Cambs)

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WILDER mobile dryer, 7t capacity, programmed to complete two batches. R Hall Tel 07807 886315 (Staffs)

BOMFORD Tri-Wing 4600 topper, 2015, serial number B151128, genuine reason for sale. £9,000. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon)

KONGSKILDE 3 phase blower. £125.

M Wheeler Tel 01892 722532 eves & ansaphone (Kent)

JOHN Deere 1365 3m mower/ conditioner, 2010, Serial No CC1365X358218, includes manual, genuine reason for sale. £8,500. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon) PZ CM170 drum mower, barn stored, in good working order and can be seen working. £750+VAT. C Dean Tel 07784 787762/01728 648680 (Suffolk)

FAHR drum hay cutter, old but good order. £400. R Keary Tel 01277 214198 (Essex)

KUHN FC 283 G11, 2014, mower conditioner, lift control, plastic tines, vgc. £5,750. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos) KUHN Haybob 360, had very little use, 2012, tedding, raking & double raking. £2,250 no VAT. R Kingham Tel 07778 763833 (Bucks)

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CLAAS Unifarm drum mower, only 20 acres work & still on original blades, barn stored. J Fowell Tel 01363 587356/07767 441111 (Norfolk)

KUHN GA 4121 GM single rotor rake, 2003, twin wheels, barn stored, well looked after, owner used. S Smith Tel 07967 865957/01564 782057 (Warks)

VICON Acrobat hay turner, fair condition. £60. H Rix Tel 07713 470297 (Cambs)

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LANDSLIDE dishes for MF70 mower, 7' cut, new. £60 each. J Rule Tel 07711 682812 (Cornwall)

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FRANSGARD RV390 haybob, used, very good condition, all good tines & return springs, spare tyre & tines/springs £1,850+VAT. B Brooks Tel 01522 788212/07702 648798 (Lincs)

BOMFORD topper, 5', hardly been used, having a clear up. £850. C Cornish Tel 07985 394421 (Essex) KRONE Swadro 800/26 rake, 2011, Serial No 803825, genuine reason for sale. £8,000. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon)

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GRASS MACHINERY ENROSSI 5.2m tedder/rake. £750. J Bacon Tel 07523 961496 (Essex) KRONE Swadro 800/26 rake, 2011, serial number 803825, genuine reason for sale. £8,000. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon) VICON RC300 hay turner, barn stored, in good working order and can be seen working. £250+VAT. C Dean Tel 07784 787762/01728 648680 (Suffolk) FELLA TH 540D Hydro 4 rotor hay tedder, good condition. £1,950+VAT. Barker Bros. Tel 07768 286758/01379 384589 (Suffolk)

JF GMS 2800 mower conditioner, vgc, plastic tines, little use, one carful owner from new. £4,750. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos)

JOHN Deere 540X ride on mower, power steering, hydraulic lift deck, fuel gauge, EdgeXTRA 42" cutting system, good order. £2,500+VAT ono. R Hopkinson Tel 07976 424263 (Lincs)

AGRIMASTER 1.6m mower, in good working order, can be used with a hydraulic motor or PTO shaft, we have used this on our Bobcat so a frame is available to attach the mower to a Bobcat, but could be used on other machines. £2,300+VAT ono. J Woodward Tel 01455 221112/07930 548933 (Leics) PZ Haybob, choice of 2, both used last year & worked well. £300+VAT each.

A Hawtin Tel 07738 951502/01327 350477 (Northants)

CLAAS Volto 770, 6 rotor silage/ hay tedder, 2010, in very good condition, only tedded 120 acres a year. £4,100+VAT. P Littlejohn Tel 07974 745863 (Ayrshire) NIEMEYER RS 640 twin rotor rake, with rear steer, some spare parts. £2,750. J Bacon Tel 07523 961496 (Essex) FLAT roll, concrete filled, 12’ wide. £900. A Goodacre Tel 07901 917707 (Lincs)

TEAGLE pasture topper, 6' cut, gwo. £850. A Dunham Tel 07767 248412 (Cambs) SPERRY New Holland tedder rake, old but good order. £350. R Keary Tel 01277 214198 (Essex) CHAIN harrow, 12', 3 section, manual folding. £650. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk) JOHN Deere 1365 mower/ conditioner, 3m, 2010, serial number CC1365X358218, includes manual, genuine reason for sale. £8,500. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon)

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CLAAS Volto 1320T tedder, trailed machine, 10 rotor, 13.2m working width. £11,500. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos)

HAYBOB 300, in very good condition, no longer required, always stored under cover out of season, spares inc return springs & some tines. £1,000+VAT. N Ridley Tel 01233 770435/07802 695311 (Kent)

JOHN Deere 1365 trailed mower conditioner, 10' cut, 2004, in good condition with swivel drawbar & swath spread plate, serviced every year, only cuts 120 acres a year. £5,500+VAT. P Littlejohn Tel 07974 745863 (Ayrshire)

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JOHN DEERE 8360R

Font loader, 2012, 5500 Hours, 50K, IVT, ILS, 5XESCV’s, PTO, Drawbar, PUH, Hydraulic and air brakes, iTec, AutoTrac ready, Air seat, Passenger Seat, Climate Control, Heated Electric mirrors, Rear wheel weights

£ 79,950

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POTTINGER HIT 10.11 T TEDDER 2014, 10 Rotor, 6 Arms Per Rotor, 11m Working Width, 2.9m Transport Width, 2.7m Transport Height, 2450kg Gross Weight, 75hp Power Requirement

£10,000

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NEW HOLAND T7.235 2015, 5875 Hours, Auto command 50k, Air brakes, Front linkage 600/65R28 70%, 650/75R38 80%, Front suspension, Can suspensionl SCV, Premium lighting, Belt line lights

£42,000

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CLAAS 350S RAKE Claas 350S Rake 3.5m working width Good working order Genuine Farm Machine

21008435

£2,000

POTTINGER TERRASEM C4 Working Width: 4m, Length: 7.94m, Transport Width: 3m, Transport Height: 2.55m, Weight: 6430k, Coulters: 40,Harrow Discs: 30, 3000L Tank, Required Power: 140hp 11003911

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JOHN DEERE 8360R 2012, 6000 Hours, 50K, IVT, ILS, MFWD, 5 x ESCV’s, 540/540E/1000, PTO, drawbar, PUH, hydraulic and air brakes, rear wheel weights 205KG per wheel, 600/70R30 90% 710/70R42 90% 31007514

£ 87,548

JOHN DEERE 8310R 2013, 5574 hours,4 ESCV’s, 40K Autopower, 600kg Inner Rear Wheel Weights, Air Conditioning, Front Tyres 45%, Rear Tyres 40%

JOHN DEERE 6130R

JOHN DEERE 7250R

2019, Hours: 868, Ultimate edition, Autopower 50Kph, Extended Warranty 5000 hours May 24, 10” display, Autotrac activation, SF6000 receiver, Premium lighting package, 650/85 R38 Michelin,600/70 R30 Michelin, 5 ESCV, Joy stick control, TLS, Hydraulic cab suspension

£140,000

11008834

CHALLENGER MT775E 2015,1918 hours, 30” tracks, RTK Reciever, Track weight, Front weight, 4 ESCV, 3 point linkage

31009300

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JOHN DEERE 6195R 2017, Direct Drive 50K, 3000 hours, Air Brakes, AutoTrac Ready, 10 inch Screen, Command Arm, 4x ESCV’s

21010135

£79,500

£78,000

JOHN DEERE T670I Land Level, 2015,1102 Engine Hours, 831 Drum Hours, AutoTrac complete,2630 display, SF 3000, Speed electric shift, Dual range drum, Electric cleaning shoe, 11000lt tank, 25ft R header,Zurn rape extension £140,000 11009331

31009242

JOHN DEERE T550HM 2012, 1143 engine hours, 774 drum hours, HillMaster, Electric shift tranmissio, 8000 ltr grain tank, Returns monitor, Harvest monitoring yeild and moisture, 620R 20ft header with twin side knife rape extension

JOHN DEERE 8335RT 2012, 5776 Hours, Cat 4 linkage, Auto Power command arm 40K, 25 inch tracks 40%, 5 ESCV’s, Auto Track Ready, Digital Climate Control Genuine Farm Tractor, good condition all round

JOHN DEERE 960 2015, 27446 bales, 500/60R22 tyres, Maxicut pick-up with 13 knives, hydraulic brakes, 1000 PTO on six spline shaft, ISOBUS control, compressor roller on pick-up and rear ramp discharge

31009714

31008616

£110,000

JOHN DEERE W550 2013, 555 Engine Hours, 426 Drum Hours, Deluxe Cab, 3 Speed Mechanical Transmission, immaculate condition, chopper chaff spreader, Power Separator, 618R header 11008866

£98,750

31009360

£87,000

JOHN DEERE T670I HM Hillmaster, 2014, Engine hours 1773 Drum Hours 1196, Extra fine chopper and chaff spreader, AutoTrac ready, 2630 display and SF 3000, Yield and moisture meters, Prodrive 30K, 11000l tank, 625 premium flow header 11009284 £120,000

KUHN GF502 TEDDER 2014 Kuhn GF502 Tedder Good working condition Genuine Farm Machine

21007414

£3,950

£22,500

SUMO DTS DRILL 2014, Working Width: 6m, Transport Width: 3m, Transport Height: 3.7m/4.1m, Transport Length: 7.4m Tank Capacity: 3600 Litres, Coulters: 18, Coulter Spacing: 32cm Weight: 7800kg BBFDTS

£30,000

2017, Hours: 2968, Extended Warranty 3000 hour, 50K AutoAuad + Creep, 4 X ESCV (Electric), Electric Joy stock on arm rest, Front linkage and PTO, TLS Hydraulic cab suspension,AutoTrac ready with Activation on screen

£ 59,995

21009801

JOHN DEERE 854 BALER 2012 plate, 1.2m bale width, precut knives, Rotaflow, Bale count 28351

31007865

£13,995

JOHN DEERE 5430I 2012, 4029 Hours, 40K, boom 30/15m, Multiple functions hydro handle, Hydrostatic 4 speed ranges, Air seat, Passenger seat, Rinse tank 400L,4000l tank capacit 31007352

£85,000

JOHN DEERE MOCO 2018, New Rear Curtain, 3m Working Width, Good Working Order, Rear Lighting, New Blades

11009720

£5,850

JOHN DEERE 6930 PREMIUM 2010, 7137 Hours, AutoQuad Plus, 40K, TLS, Front Linkage, 4 SCV’s, 325L Fuel Tank, Pickup Hitch & Drawbar, AirCon.

31009734

£35,000

JOHN DEERE 6210R 2014, 3300 Hours, AutoQuad, 50K, TLS, Turnable Fenders, Rear Fender Lights, Belt Line Lights, Premium seat, Passenger seat, 3 SVC’s, Continental 540/65R30 @ 40%,Continental 650/65R42 @ 50% 21007912

£64,950

JOHN DEERE 5050E 2018, 395 Hours,4 Wheel Drive, 9 Forward 3 Reverse, 1 Double acting rear SCV

1009767

£17,500

KUHN GF502 TEDDER 2014, GF502, DigiDrive, Genuine Farm Machine, Good working condition

21008186

£3,250

JOHN DEERE 6150R 2014, 2671 Hours, Direct Drive, 50K, TLS with front brakes, Cab Suspension, AutoTrac, Premium Heated Air Seat, Belt Line Lights, 3 ESCV’s Michelin 540/65R28 @ 75% Michelin 650/65R38 @ 75% 11008620

£64,995

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Opico 545XL Gas Grain Dryer c/w long loading hopper, PTO drive, hydraulic horizontal cross auger POA

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Unit A7 Lords Wood Road, Harworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN11 8BZ

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DEMO MCCORMICK X7.690 POWER PLUS font linkage & PTO, air brakes, cab & front suspension

2015 (65) MCCORMICK X5.50 TRACTOR McCormick MC80 loader, 2790hrs, 540/65 R34 rear, 440/65 R24 front tyres, fully serviced

NEW 2020 KRONE SWADRO TC 640 WIN ROTOR RAKE central swath curtain and steering

£97,000

£27,000

£14,000

NEW AMAZONE ZA-V 3200 PROFIS TRONIC PTO drive, weigh cell, Isobus, hopper cover, parking wheels £12,500 also ZA-V 3200 SUPERIOR £8,500

ALSO IN STOCK/COMING IN SOON...

2013 AMAZONE AD-P SPECIAL 3m combination drill with KE3000 super p/harrow, excellent £15,000 2008 AMAZONE ZA-M 2200 spreader

£1,200

2000 CASE MS1200 24M mounted sprayer with 1000L Gem front tank

£6,000

2009 CLAAS 2900 LINER electric controls, hydraulic width adjustment 2020 KRONE KW 8.82 8 rotor rake 2020 KRONE KW 6.72 6 rotor rake 2019 KRONE BALE COLLECT bale accumulator

NEW 2020 KRONE EASYCUT F320CV MOWER CONDITIONER

DEMO AMAZONE 4M CEUS CULTIVATOR front discs, tines & double D roller

NEW 2019 KRONE EASYCUT R320 CV MOWER CONDITIONER with parking stands

£14,000

£47,000

£12,750

£9,000 £12,500 £9,000 £17,000

2020 KRONE SWADRO TC760 plus twin rotor rake

£17,800 2020 KRONE SWADRO TC 880 plus twin rotor rake POA 2013 KVERNELAND TAARUP 2632 3.2m mower £3,250 2015 McHALE ROUND BALE CHOPPER excellent £9,000

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MF 2240 single axle baler, 2012 model Stock No 679, bale count 88,063, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ............................ £43,000

MF 2160 single axle baler, 2013 model Stock No 800, bale count 92,338, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ............................ £46,000

NH BB9090 single axle baler, 2013 model Stock No 821, bale count 36,904, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ............................ £50,000

NH BB9090 single axle baler, 2010 model Stock No 823, bale count 44,491, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ............................ £46,000

NH BB9090 single axle baler, 2010 model Stock No 825, bale count 58,587, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ............................ £42,000

MF 2190 single axle baler, 2008 model Stock No 826, bale count 70,613, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ............................ £38,000

MF 2270 XD tandem axle baler, 2014 model Stock No 827, bale count 44,377, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter & chain lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK .......... £66,000

MF 2170 single axle baler, 2012 model Stock No 831, approx bale count 72,000, fully serviced c/w hydraulic knotter blower, knotter lubrication, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK .......... £44,000

Transtacker 6072, 2015 model Stock No T60, bale count 54,427, fully serviced, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK .......... £55,000

Transtacker 4100, 2019 model Stock No T66, bale count approximately 12,000, fully serviced & updated to 2020 spec, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK .......... £84,000

MF 2290 single axle baler, 2015 model Stock No 835, bale count TBA, fully serviced c/w hyd knotter blower, knotter & chain lube, ejector, roller chute, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK .. £60,000 Transtacker 6072, 2011 model Stock No T68, bale count TBA, fully serviced, delivered with one season’s warranty in mainland UK ...............................................................................................................£42,000

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Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Väderstad Opico Rapidlift Rapidlift Rapidlift He-Va

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Insulated twin skin Increased yield Flip up plastic fender

£120+VAT each x10 available

Andrew H Gemmill 07767 891328 01702 202930

LAND/PROPERTY ARABLE land required to rent/ contract farm in East Suffolk by small farming family, any acreage considered, please call with any information or just to have a yarn!

N Finbow Tel 07825 925580/01728 602115 (Suffolk) LAND required, suitable for growing combinable grain maize on a yearly basis, small acreages considered; also grassland wanted suitable for hay production, all within 25 miles of Aldeburgh. T Haste Tel 07872 916363 (Suffolk) AGRICULTURAL buildings to let, ex potato store, up to 1200sq/m, large concrete frontage, close to motorway network, South Derby. R Brown Tel 07970 064760 (Derbys)

PTO TUB GRINDER

Process your straw with the

SILO, 6t, smooth sides, small repair above site glass, in good condition. £750+VAT. R King Tel 07929 424474 (Notts) HEREFORD pedigree polled bulls, 3 bulls at 2yrs & a good selection of 16 month old bulls, bulls to suit commercial & pedigree herds, easy calving EBV, quiet, halter broken, Hi Health, BVD free, TB4, viewing welcomed, can deliver. £2,000. J Speirs Tel 07979 463480 (Beds) PEDIGREE Limousin bull, 2 years old. £2,500. B Golding Tel 07738 865581 (Norfolk) TWO cattle ring feeders, 7' diameter, good condition. £30 each. T Crosby Tel 01245 320242 (Essex) GLASS milk recording jars, 10–12 available, secondhand condition. A Nottage Tel 07788 727176 (Norfolk) BULK milk tank, 2700L (ice bank tank), in good clean condition. A Nottage Tel 07788 727176 (Norfolk)

Straw Buster F1050

For the perfect chop length

01400 272475

Tel Email welmacuk@btconnect.com

www.welmacuk.co.uk

Weekly Prime cattle, sheep & store cattle sales Weekly Poultry sales Pedigree Livestock Sales Farm Sales and Valuations Fortnightly sale of Pigs Annual rare breed sale Deadweight Cattle sales Straw and Fodder Sales Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1JY

01664 562971

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CHICKENS & one cockerel for sale.

Open to offers, buyer to catch & collect; also 6x4 shed. Free to good home. C Aspden Tel 07387 261940 (Cambs) MEADOW herd of British Blonde cattle, selection of halter trained bulls, 2yrs to 18 months old, ready for work, member of Hi Health herd accredited scheme, 4yr TB. GB Sewell & Partners Tel 07974 121597 (Cambs)

TEAGLE Tomahawk 8100 straw spreader, with swivel chute, bluetooth control, extension on back door, extension on chute, bought in 2017, very good condition, like new. £9,500+VAT ono. R King Tel 07929 424474 (Notts)

CRASH barriers for sale, selection of sizes, packs of 20 W Section 3.4m @£16 each; 4.3m @£20 each; 5.3m @£30 each; box section @ 4.8m long, packs of 10 @£32 each; all+VAT, please call Chris. C Wisson Tel 07776 184394/01480 830224 (Cambs)

HEREFORD X calves, 11 bulls, 7 heifers, born on frm from 5 Feb–23 March 2020, well grown & healthy. £125–£160 each. CF & JM Lee Tel 07971 052515/01636 830318 (Notts)

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12-METRE long x 3m diameter twin wall plastic culvert for sale, ideal for fen drain crossing, delivery can be arranged. £2,500+VAT. C Wisson Tel 07776 184394/01480 830224 (Cambs) BRIGGS Rotorainer irrigator, very little use, stored undercover when not in use, serviced by Ocmis prior to storage, retirement sale. F Wapples Tel 01406 330644 (Lincs)

STRAW BUSTER F1050

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IRRIGATION/ DRAINAGE

Concrete Gullies & Lids

PEDIGREE polled Hereford heifers, a selection of maiden heifers ready for bulling, 20 heifers aged approx 16 months, good bloodlines & breeding, tidy heifers, BVD accredited free herd, TB4 area, viewing welcomed, can deliver. J Speirs Tel 07979 463480 (Beds)

28-69422

BOMFORD Falcon 5.5, 2002, electric controls, forward & reverse rotor, heavy duty roller (with new bearings), good flails, driver owner, always barn stored, very good condition for year, can be seen running. £6,500 ono. Call for more info. A Clarke Tel 07708 205708 (Norfolk)

26-72177

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PEDIGREE Hereford cows & bulling heifers available, all with high scoring EBV, from a range of high scoring home bred bulls such as Reydon 1 Legroy EBV +49 & +14 milk, viewing by appointment only, call for further details, John Little Farmers. L Munday Tel 07858 378501 (Essex)

28-70864

LIVESTOCK

28-70046

HEDGING & FORESTRY

COW catcher with integrated crush, handler mounted pin & cone brackets, variable speed hydraulic closing gates, personnel gate, can carry animals when in crush or use as part of a mobile race, calving/tagging, treatments, etc. £3,800+VAT ono.

M Burrough Tel 07860 246156 (Somerset) GASCOIGNE vacuum pump available, secondhand condition. A Nottage Tel 07788 727176 (Norfolk)

TWO pure breed Ixworth cockerels available, they are not aggressive so can live together or sold separately, perfect for breeding or even meat; Buff Orpington X young cockerels are also available. Offers welcome. J Salisbury Tel 07931 447514 (Suffolk)

POLNET pig auto feeders, c/w drinkers & feed rate adjusters, in fairly good order, apart from drinking nipples might need a bit of attention, 6 available. £100 each ono. E Mills Tel 07973 140003 (Northants) FEEDER bin, 14t. £200. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk)

ABERDEEN Angus & Lincoln Red cows (35) with calves at foot, calving Feb, Mar & Apr, some are pedigree & some are crosses, Aberdeen Angus sired calves; also 2 Aberdeen Angus bulls, 4 year TB test area. H Clements Tel 07889 465263 (Kent) PEDIGREE Salers bulls (2), Rigel Orton born 11/04/2013 & Kington Norman born 22/06/2018, both halter trained & quiet, only selling as daughters/sisters are in the herd. POA. S Simmons Tel 07875 334949 (Devon)

PEDIGREE Hereford polled bulls, ready to work, 12 to 15 months, great temperament & conformation, High Health status.

R Fowell Tel 07947 126053/01263 587285 (Norfolk) 2019 Indian Blue peacock & peahen (related), Spalding. C Grundy Tel 01406 330205 (Lincs)

IN-CALF Sim X heifers, TB4, Farm Assured, 2yrs from top end Sim Bull in calf top end Hereford approx 1 month away from calving, excellent temperament & quality, clean herd, genuine sale, 12 available. £1,250 each. C Knott Tel 07885 538269 (Beds) FEED hoppers, small, suitable for pig or chicken. £5 each. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk)

BUTLEY Herefords registered pedigree bulls & females, quiet & easily handled, all bulls halter trained & guaranteed under Hereford Society rules, TB4 area. www.butleyherefords.co.uk.

DC Smith & Sons Tel 07971 694912/07885 594143 (Suffolk)

GATERIDGE Aberdeen Angus pedigree bulls for sale, Farm Assured - SAC Health Scheme closed herd, ready to go to work.

A Thompson Tel 07836 246392 (Northants)

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860771 Mob: 07970 075031/07860 308214 Nomansland • Tiverton • Devon

Supplying quality tractors and machinery since 1969

New Holland T6.180 Electroshift 50kph, Mar 2018 (18), only 1673hrs, full susp, FL, air brakes, 600 tyres £51,000

New Holland T6.140 E/C 40kph, Apr 2014 (14), only 2753hrs, full susp, FL, c/w 740TL loader £38,950

Deutz Agrotron 6140 50kph, Jul 2018 (18), only 398hrs, full susp, FL, 600s, 36/143hp £48,950

MF 6490 Dyna 6 50kph, Jan 2012 (61), 4509hrs, full susp, 185/200hp, c/w Quicke Q76 loader £38,950

MF 4709 May 2019 (19), only 424hrs, air con, air seat, 12x12 P/S, 480 tyres, c/w FL 3720X loader, 95hp £34,500

MF 7620 Dyna 6 50kph, May 2014 (14), only 4450hrs, full susp, air brakes, 620/480 tyres, 200/220hp £39,950

Kubota MK500 May 2017 (17), only 109hrs, 8x8 manual box, roll bar, 48hp, lovely thing £14,750

Claas Arion 620CIS 50kph, Mar 2014 (14), 5032hrs, full susp, air brakes, 650/540 tyres, Special White edition, 158hp £29,950

Claas Arion 530CIS 50kph, Sept 2016 (66), only 1773hrs, full susp, weights, 540 tyres, 145hp £40,950

Kawasaki Mule Pro DX Mar 2018, only 713hrs, 50kph, power steering, tipping body, 1 owner £9,450

Merlo TF33.7-115 Oct 2017 (67), only 1341hrs, air con, boom susp, pin & cone 3300kg/7m £44,000

JCB JS130LC 2013, 6105hrs, Tefra QH, piped, vandal guards, climate, sprockets down hence price £22,500

JCB 407 Compact loader 2019, only 467hrs, full spec, air con, air seat, boom susp, 40kph, as new £33,950

JCB 525-60 hi viz, Apr 2020, 4hrs, Manitou headstock & tines, JCB warranty until April 21 £37,450

JCB 535-95 Construction Spec Apr 2020, 5hrs, Michelin tyres, 75hp, joystick control, warranty £44,750

McHale F5500 2012, 52711 bales, chopper, drop floor, 500 tyres, been through workshop, ready to go £12,950

McHale F5500 2018 (first used 2019), only done 345 bales, drop floor, chopper etc, as new £22,950

McHale HS2000 trailed wrapper, 2015, only done 9322 bales, high speed twin 750mm £9,250

Ryetec CM160S flail topper, 2016, only done circa 200hrs, hyd offset £1,850

Grasstech GT120 Zero Grazer circa 2015, 2.1m cut, 550 tyres, 100hp requirement, nice machine £16,950

KTwo Roadeo 16t dump trailer, 2018 (unused), air brakes, hyd t/gate, BKT 560 tyres, cracking trailer, good saving £18,950

Larrington Carbon Light 18t 2010, air brakes, sprung d/bar, hyd tailgate, 600 tyres £12,950

Shelbourne Reynolds Power Mix +22 2018, r/steer, wireless control, DG600 screen, 2 speed box, done very little £25,950

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Case Puma 150 M/C 50kph, Oct 2018 (68), only 1168hrs, full susp, FL 650/540 tyres, 165/190hp, ext warranty £53,950

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Fenland Tractors

72025

Phone: 01249 730927 Mobile: 07855 506093 Email: simon@sw-hire.co.uk Website: www.sw-hire.co.uk

Limited

All prices + VAT

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Station Yard, Postland, Crowland, Peterborough PE6 0JT Tel: 01406 330386 Fax: 01406 330080 Email: martyn.stanley@fenlandtractors.co.uk

Cat D6C 82A direct drive direct start 1967

Cat D4D 44H 1977, good UC tidy

Kubota KX101-3 A3 2014, 1915hrs

Cat 312C 2005, 4137hrs, UC 70% very original & tidy

Volvo ECR25D 2015, 1833hrs

McCauley A2GP12 dump trailer with HD ramps, new unused

Richard Western 16t silage trailer 2017, sprung drawbar, hydraulic tailgate, LED lights, air & hydraulic brakes, flotation tyres, rear beacon, grain chute £16,500 Stewart 18t Silage trailer 2017 sprung drawbar, hydraulic tailgate, LED lights, air & hydraulic brakes, flotation tyres, rear beacon, grain chute £15,950 Richard Western 16t grain trailer 2018, sprung drawbar, hydraulic tailgate, LED lights, air & hydraulic brakes, flotation tyres, rear beacon, grain chute £16,500 Richard Western 18t silage trailer 2018, sprung drawbar, hydraulic tailgate, LED lights, air & hydraulic brakes, flotation tyres, rear beacon, grain chute POA Richard Western, 16t silage trailer 2015, sprung drawbar, hydraulic tailgate, LED lights, air & hydraulic brakes, flotation tyres, rear beacon, grain chute £13,750

JCB 86C-1 2014, 1514hrs, street pads, piped for various attachments

Volvo ECR28 2013, 2703hrs

Hitachi ZX130LCN-3 2013, 4072hrs

Kramer KT357 2017, A/C, smooth ride, 40K, PUH, 600hrs

Suppliers of replacement parts for all Caterpillar machines

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Agrifac Condor IV C045307 2018

WARRANHS TY

5000 litre 36/30/24m boom 1608 hours 14865 hectares Ex-hire machine

Agrifac Condor II C025108 2012 5000 litre 40/36/24m boom 7500 hours £90,000.00

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HOLMER T2 2004

Leaf spreader topper 50cm fixed walking share lifter Harvest ready condition £46,000.00

Agrifac UK Ltd

4 Thorby Avenue, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0AZ 01354 660552 www.agrifac.co.uk

trade in

Vervaet 617 2007

7500 engine hours 45/50cm walking share lifter Leaf spreader topper Harvest ready condition £70,000.00

Agrifac Condor I C015030 2010 4000 litre 36/24m boom £49,000.00

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HOLMER T440 2017

Leaf spreader/integral combi topper, VHR2 45cm/50cm lifter with independent depth control, 7 rollers in the cleaning bed

72105

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Househam AR3600 2007

3600L stainless steel tank 15/28m gull wing steel boom 6950 Hours Househam Boom Levelling Autofill & Auto Shut Off £37,000.00

MONT

Agrifac Condor IV C045167 2017 4000 litre 36/30/24m boom 4478 hours 47829 hectares

trade in

HOLMER T3 Eco 2014

4100 engine hours 4800 hectares ‘KOS KO’ Combi topper ‘VHR’ Walking share lifter 45cm/50cm Good condition

WARRANHS TY

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Agrifac Big Six 2005

8500 engine hours 45/50cm row change Walking share lifter 2 lifting turbines, 4 cleaning turbines 20 tonne holding tank £35,000.00

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Challenger Rogator 655 2011 5000 litre 36/24m Chafer boom 4650 hours £60,000.00

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Agrifac WKM 9000 1998

Leaf spreader topper 45/50cm walking share lifter 2 lifting turbines, 3 cleaning turbines 1 cleaning roller bed 9 tonne holding tank

Want to find out more about our Agrifac Premium Proven or Trade In stock? Call us today: Chris Potter - Sprayer Sales North - 07741 312197 Julian Arrowsmith - Sprayer Sales South - 07825 261853 Matt Carse - Harvester & Tanker Sales - 07860 288973

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russells.uk.com | tractors.co.uk New Holland T7.270

SN:41032493

SN:41032517

£42,500

New Holland T5.120 Electro Command, 2017 Cab Suspension, 16.9 38 VredesteinTyres, Hyd Hitch, 6 work lights,telescopic mirrors and 10 weights

New Holland T6.175

SN:11033955

£44,000

New Holland T6.175 ,2016, 16x16 Electro Command 40kph,2341 Hours, Front Linkage, Fully Suspended, Premium Heated Seat

New Holland T5.105

SN:41033908

£38,000

New Holland T7.210

£76,000

New Holland T7.270, T4B New Style, 2016 blue power front linkage on 710/70 x 38 tyres 50%, 3220 Hours.

SN:41031924

£57,500

New Holland T7.210 ,2016, Classic, T4B, Cab pack 2, 12LEDs ,f/ links & PTO with services,3500 Hours, 650/65R38 @50%, 540/65R28@50% 50kph, full suspension YX66 FZF

2018, 50kph, Exhaust Brake, Bar Axle, Wheel Weights, Front Linkage and Weights, 710/75R42 650/60R34, Only 230 Hours.

SN:61033856

New Holland T6090

£37,950

SN:91033862

£34,000

New Holland T5.105 dual command on, 2015, 905 hours, 18.4 x 34 tyres c/w front weights and fitted with a MX T408 loader

Valtra T132, 2011, c/w front weights, full suspension, 20.8R38 @ 70%16.9R28 @ 40%, 3842 hours, 5 spools

New Holland T6090 Power Command, 2012, 50kph,Sidewinder, mid mount valves,front linkage, 650/65R38 &540/65R28, c/w Quicke Q56 loader on euro headstock

Massey Ferguson 5613

Kubota M108S

Case CVX 175

SN:21031465

SN:61031910

SN:41031069

£29,500

Massey Ferguson 5613 4wd, 2014, dyna 4 tractor420/85 R34 rear (16.9-34) 30% &340 R24 20%

£52,000

£26,500

Kubota M108S ,2011 c/w MX U8 loader, F/R shuttle,air con, air seat, 2 spools,mechanical hydraulics, 3100 hours, tyres

80%,

DEPOTS AT: YO17 | DL6 | YO51 | DN14 | DL8 | DE6 | NN14

£42,000

New Holland T7.185 Range Command, classic, 40kph,full suspension, front links,AC, 650 & 540 tyres @ 50%, 2900 hours

SN:41034159

Valtra T132

SN:11033902

SN:21034077

New Holland T6.145 Electro Comand, 40kph, 67 Plate, 1100 Cab Suspension, 12 LED’s, 600/65R38 480/65R28 c/w Alo Q4L loader, euro headstock”

New Holland T7.185

New Holland T7.290 HD

£115,000

New Holland T6.145

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New Holland T5.120

Claas Variant 280

SN:61033050

£33,000

New Holland T7.200 Auto Command 50kph, 2015,9000 hours, beacons, mid mounts, 580/70 R38& 480/70 R28, front links, full suspension, sidewinder armrest,electric spools, Intelliview

New Holland T4.75

£25,000

Case CVX 175 , 2008, 10750 Hours, 50kph, Front Linkage, Suspended axle, Cab suspension, Air Con

SN:11031513

£22,500

New Holland T4.75 Powerstar, 2017, 12x12 Syncro Shuttle, 1650 Hours, Hyd hitch, 420/80R30 280/85R24,Very Tidy.

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BULK FEEDERS FEED UK SILOS 1 x 16t & 1 x 12t fibreglass silos

07879 402246 01948 710662 GALEBREAKER bayscreen 4m wide by 1.5m high (12), 4.6m wide by 1.5m high (3), 4.6m wide by 2m high (1), 4.6m wide by 1m high (4), very good condition, only used for 2 winters. £2,000+VAT ono. R King Tel 07929 424474 (Notts)

BULK milk tank, 1600L, ice bank unit with integral condenser & refrigeration unit, all mounted on purpose built frame with single phase electrics, very little use since complete refurbishment by manufacturer's agent. F Wapples Tel 01406 330644 (Lincs) 28-71895

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WANTED & FOR SALE

Anglia Quality Meat

WANTED

PEDIGREE Hereford stock for sale, we have a selection of pedigree Hereford bulls to suit all budgets, the herd also has some pedigree females for sale - heifers & cows, herd is in a TB4 area & has Elite herd health status with SAC. P Vincent Tel 07771 697866 (Norfolk)

Finished Cattle

Transactions fully insured Contact: Tim Leigh

01763 241222 BUFF Orpington & White Runner ducks & drakes, Spalding. C Grundy Tel 01406 330205 (Lincs)

AMBIC milk filter, in excellent condition, very little use, c/w fitting kit, Spalding/ Holbeach area, retirement sale. F Wapples Tel 01406 330644 (Lincs) PEDIGREE Red Aberdeen Angus bulls for sale from the Wood Cottage herd, 15 months of age, Elite Health status, TB4, quiet & easy to handle. R Pilch Tel 07876 336041/01379 668038 (Norfolk) BEEF Shorthorn heifers for sale, by Podehole Kendrick, born March 2019, quiet, well grown, could go to the bull this spring. High Health herd, BVD free, Johnes Level 1, TB4, vaccinating for IBR. V St Joseph Tel 07747 847431 (Essex)

MACHINERY

G. BROWN

USED MACHINERY SALES Mitsubishi MTE 2000D 25hp 4wd compact tractor, low hrs c/w Big-Bee Agri-4 pasture topper & Fleming transport tipping box ..................POA IH 484 2wd tractor, W reg, std box, clean & tidy........................... £3,950 IH 454 2wd tractor, S reg, std box, low hrs, clean & tidy ............. £3,750 Pair 23.1-26 grassland wheels & tyres to fit IH454–484 tractors.. £595 Husqvarna Rider Proflex mower, 20hp, c/w 44” outfront cutting deck, vgo .............................. £1,750 Tanco loader to fit IH 454–484, tractors, c/w power bucket ....... £850 Quicke 4560 power loader to fit IH 574–684 tractors, c/w remote valves ...................................... £850 Votex 12’ pasture topper, new blades, gwo ............................. £875 Bomford Sabre 9’ pasture topper, vgo ....................................... £1,350 All prices plus VAT

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FGM

29-71441 Norfolk Mobile 07775 741720

MACHINERY

Fleming 9’ meadow topper, 2017, as new........................ £1,850 Edlington 2m ATV pad type weedwiper, c/w brackets & control box ............................. £650 Micron 6m tractor, mounted weedwiper, ex hire ..... from £2,600 Amazone 2m Maxi Mower, flail, collector, 2017, tipping hopper .............. £2,950 ono Newage Stamford 3p/l PTO generator, 415/240 volts, 3 phase & single phase ........................ £750 Norfolk paddock grass subsoiler or with mole & expander for Sale or Hire ..................... POA Massey Ferguson FYM spreader, as used .................................... £400 Quantock 2.5m slitter/aerator, new for Sale or Hire ........... £2,360 Reekie 2 row planter, tipping hopper hood, Netago bed tiller & bed maker ............................. Offers JJ Wright history books, Ford Main Dealer ...... £15+P&P no VAT Weedwiper spares in stock + VAT

MATERIALS HANDLERS MANITOU & Bobcat telescopic loader bucket, heavy duty, 7', little used. R Brown Tel 07970 064760 (Derbys)

SCHMELZER 922, 2019, nearly new machine, bucket & pallet forks included. £10,000+VAT. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

FORKLIFT/ TELEHANDLER MAN CAGE

31-70014

All + VAT unless otherwise stated

Good used Secondhand Tractors of most makes always for sale Also Machinery and Implements: Spares, Wheels, Tyres, Loaders, Cabs and Hitches

29-71916

BULK tank compressors, 2 available, secondhand condition. A Nottage Tel 07788 727176 (Norfolk)

Barry Horne 28-71443

LIVESTOCK (cont)

ATKIN FARM MACHINERY Norwich Road, Dereham

01362 692104/637332 www.atkin-farm-machinery.co.uk

£420+VAT 01531 820545 www.euroquip.net • sales@euroquip.net JOHN Deere bucket, 1.3m wide, with teeth, like new, hardly been used, barn stored. £450. O Gawthroup Tel 07809 283376 (Cambs)

Office 01787 211701 Luke 07915 669007 sales@lbgmachinery.com

MERLO P33.7 MASSEY FERGUSON 6465 NEW HOLLAND TM140 JCB FASTRAC 2135 JCB 520-55 telehandler, 2003, 40K, Dyna 6 4wd tractor, 2006, 3976hrs, Range Command, 2003, 7900hrs, Smoothshift, 2002, telehandler, 1994, PUH ........................................... £17,500 40K ........................................... £23,500 creeper box, front PTO ............... £24,500 9370hrs ..................................... £20,000 PUH ............................................. £9,500

WEEKS 10T TWOSE 8’ SPEARHEAD 460 MULTICUT McCONNEL PT8 BAILEY 18T flatbed trailer, 2008, heavy duty flail mower batwing topper, fully offset hyd fold topper trailer, 2017, air & oil brakes super singles ............................... £5,950 .................................................... £2,250 2014............................................ £8,500 .................................................... £2,250 .................................................. £18,950

71360

FENDT FORMER 456 VICON FANEX 553 LELY HIBISCUS 485 KUHN GF8702TGII DIGIDRIVE KRONE EASY CUT 400 8 rotor 8.7m tedder, 4m hay mower, hay rake, 2018 tedder, 2013 hay rake .................................................... £4,500 .................................................... £4,750 .................................................... £4,000 2016............................................ £9,000 2013............................................ £6,250

www.lbgmachinery.co.uk

All prices + VAT Boxford Suffolk UK

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GRAIN FUMIGATION GRAIN STORE TREATMENTS full coverage GRAIN MONITORING and RODENT CONTROL

DOWDESWELL DP7D2 5-furrow 14" reversible plough, in serviceable condition, genuine reason for sale. £1,500. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon)

01354 638222

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01787 248049

www.commandpestcontrol.co.uk HAWK Eye kites (3). A Dennis-Jones Tel 07731 653242 (Northants) SALTNEY Selctabang gas guns (4), all in good working order. A DennisJones Tel 07731 653242 (Northants)

DINING room suite, consisting of table, 8 chairs, sideboard, corner cabinet & nest of tables, had very little use. £250. R Griffin Tel 07980 145910/01279 792345 (Essex)

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POTATO EQUIPMENT

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Field Farm, Charlton Road, Evenley, Brackley, Northants, NN13 5GH

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DOWDESWELL DP7D2 5 furrow 14" reversible plough, in serviceable condition, genuine reason for sale. £1,500. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon) DOWDESWELL DP7 E, 6 furrow plough. £1,800. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk) DOWDESWELL 4 furrow reversible plough, 3+1, 14", many new parts, reversible points, pictures available by email; also 3 furrow reversible. £1,200+VAT. R Lane Tel 07831 615912 (Cambs)

FOR EXPORT

Email: hydramex@hotmail.com

GARDEN roll, 2' wide, 22" tall. £50. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk) TEN folding tables. £10 each. R Griffin Tel 07980 145910/01279 792345 (Essex) WOODEN wind tunnel, dismantled & ready to collect, all bolts & fittings. £700. A Goodacre Tel 07901 917707 (Lincs)

GREGOIRE Besson 12f SPEL B9, 2013 electronic controls. £23,000 ono. A Whitehead Tel 07771 507279 (Norfolk)

GREGOIRE Besson 5 furrow reversible variwidth plough, skimmers, reversible points, good condition, new front mouldboards. £3,250+VAT. R Lane Tel 07831 615912 (Cambs) DOWDESWELL furrow press arm & push off ram. £150. A Dennis-Jones Tel 07731 653242 (Northants)

Marian Teodorczyk

Potato • Onion • Carrot • Parsnip Red Beet • Veg handling equipment Graders (both screen & lift roller) hopper cleaners/graders, brushes, box & big bag fillers/tippers, etc Field equipment Vegetable transplanters, drills, top lifters, toppers, hook tine cultivators Grimme DL/GZ/GT/SE harvesters

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07512 821421 or visit our website

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Tel: 028 9127 5913 Email: info@agri-web.co.uk

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PRECISION FARMING

HOWARD potato ridger, 3 decent ridges, extends to 2.2m. £50. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

TRIMBLE TDL450L radio/repeater. £900. S Bartle Tel 07884 238552 (Notts)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

USED & REBUILT • Prinsen PPM60 Palletiser compact, self-contained capable of up to 9/5tph average at 25kg Ref 6068 • Tong Dry Brusher 2m long and 900mm wide c/w 1m roller table Ref 6318 • Rebuilt Tong Midi Easyfill fully refurbished box filler including new belt Ref 6254 • Rekord ATR60 Elevator with chevron belt, 6m long by 400mm wide, single phase Ref 6321 • Tong 3C Bulker c/w extended 3m hopper & 3m roller inspection table Ref 5838 • Haith Polisher Ref 5452 • Walthambury Weigher 720 Ref 6178 • Walthambury Vee Track Stitcher 3m conveyor, c/w stitcher & automator Ref 4780B UK agents for Pro-Pak weighing equipment, Oldenhuis & Prinsen & Symach palletisers

UR CHECK OUT OTE NEW WEBSI

BIO-DIESEL equipment, plus chemicals, etc, & oil to get started. £1,200. A Goodacre Tel 07901 917707 (Lincs)

REPAIRS, SERVICING & MAINTENANCE

Simon Smith Plant Repairs Ltd Agricultural & Plant Repairs

07730 009965 Mobile Breakdown & Repairs Servicing & Maintenance of all types of plant Air Conditioning Service & Repairs Hydraulic Overhauls Welding Repairs & Fabrication Full Workshop Facilities Leicestershire based

Payment prior to collection • Any condition considered Call Lukasz on

REDUCE HARVESTING DAMAGE WITH RUBBER WEB COVERS QUICKSPLICE WEB JOINERS RUBBER GRADING SCREENS PERFORATED RUBBER WASHER BELTS

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MILL & MIX

KONGSKILDE hammer mill, 5.5kw single phase (motor could be replaced with 3 phase), with some piping, for pig & poultry feed. £350. J Bristow Tel 01363 772965 (Devon)

TITAN Palletising System

DUE to change of machine, we have George Moate Tilerstar Speed blades including bolts (Spalding Longblade) Durafaced, 91 left & 87 right. £10 each delivered to mainland UK. B Sacker Tel 07733 420420 (Lincs)

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The MASCHIO plough range is now available from Writtle Farm Machinery.

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MASCHIO Ploughs

Pace Stitching Line, Bag Placer and Weigher

Coningsby, Lincs

01526 342466 37-69517

MARSHALL 2000 Vantage muck spreader, 12t rear discharge, serial number 109842, new in 2019 & only done 5/6 days work, genuine reason for sale. £16,500. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon)

Pellcroft Engineering Ltd

Manter 10000L Weigher with Elevator and Gantry

RANSOMES SCN plough breasts, right hand only, never used.

P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

37-71690

3ft Herbert Grader with stars, as is or fully refurbished

HAWKFAWK 8' wide push-off muck fork, with square steel tines, good condition, genuine reason for sale. £2,000. S Muir Tel 01793 710286 (Oxon) HELI fork truck, 2003, 1.5t. £3,500+VAT. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

CHITTING CRATES

USED MACHINERY

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JCB 531-70 Agri Super, 2016, 3300hrs, dealer serviced. £34,500 ono. A Whitehead Tel 07771 507279 (Norfolk)

BLACKBURN

MUCK & SLURRY

36-72062

MANITOU Matbro muck fork/grapple, 7'. £550 no VAT. R Brown Tel 07970 064760 (Derbys) PAIR of forklift tines, 41" long, 5" wide, good condition. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

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71998

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Refurbished Kuhn Power Harrow & Accord Seed Drill Specialists

Recon 3m power harrows from £5,950

Recon 4m power harrows from £7,500

Quick fit 2!

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Recon 3m DA drills c/w Suffolks 3m from £6,250 4m from £6,950

to suit most models of Kuhn

£135/rotor

Tractor wheel track eradicators to suit Kuhn Maschio KRM from £125/leg

Recon 3.5m power harrows £6,500 Maxi Packer roller kits, flexicoils and tyre packers ex stock

Vertical folding markers to suit Kuhn, Maschio, etc £850 pre emerge kits from £625 3m recon Kuhn Accord combis from £11,950 4m recon Kuhn Accord combis from £13,950

Giant Packer roller kits to suit Spaldings & Shakaerators from £1,950

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NEW MACHINERY IN STOCK

Selling 2nd hand machinery in 1st class order!

MATBRO TS260 low hours, immaculate condition for age

£14,500

OVER 100 MACHINES IN STOCK

VICON FANEX 604 GRIFFITHS GRAIN TRAILER mounted 6 star hyd folding rotary 14t, hyd tailgate, full spec – tedder 2013, very little use, excellent commercial axles condition £5,950 £9,250

BALING CONTRACTORS 120x90 XD bales

£5/bale

IFOR WILLIAMS GD85 PLANT TRAILER refurbished, new floor, excellent condition £1,350

CLAAS DISCO 3050 PLUS 2013, mount mower, 1000 input speed PTO, excellent condition

Competitive, fast & reliable service

Hay & Straw Sales STRAW WANTED IN THE SWATH

VICON GREENLAND DUPLO 600 POWER HARROW hyd folding, 1996, 6m

KUHN VKM280 heavy duty flail mower 2013, hyd offset, demo condition

£4,250

USED MACHINERY IN STOCK Deutz M620, 2009 Case 5150 c/w loader 1995 JD 2850 2wd McCormick CX105, 2007, low hrs, c/w loader McCormick MC110 c/w loader, 2010, 5000hrs New Holland T5 -115 c/w loader, 2013 2200hrs Welger 220 Mastercut round baler Welger 245 roller baler, 2012, 14,000 bales, low bale count Bomford 3m heavy duty shaft drive topper Twyman 10’ flail mower Twose 280 flail mower Lely Roterra 4m power harrow Kverneland 3m power harrow as new, had very little use Amazone ED452-K 6 row maize drill, 2011 Dowdeswell 5 furrow reversible plough Kuhn 700G11 disc mower Kuhn FC313 mounted mower conditioner Kuhn MDS1141 QL fertiliser spreader Kuhn GA7501 twin rotor rake, exc condition Kverneland Taarup 9142 single rotor rake Kverneland Taarup 9578C twin rotor rake Lely 4855 single rotor rake, exc condition Teagle 40/40 tub feeder/bedder Teagle 80/80 SC feeder/bedder Conor 12m feeder mixer Graham Edwards 14’ tri axle cattle trailer Ifor Williams 14’ tri axle trailer, exc cond Kawasaki 300 Honda 400 Foreman quad bike Twose 6.3m Cambridge rolls c/w paddles Edlington Cambridge rolls, 21’ hyd folding Hi Spec 3000 gallon vacuum tanker, single axle, c/w Bowmac 6.3 trailing shoe (coming in soon) PF 12t heavy duty dump trailer

McCONNEL DISCAERATOR 3m, 5 leg, auto reset excellent condition £10,950

£5,250 £5,950 t: 01462 442409 • Daniel: 07734 328994 • Ben: 07850 474511 • e: rtaylor2004@tiscali.co.uk St Ibbs Farm • St Ippolyts • Hitchin • Herts • SG4 7NL

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LLANSILIN TRACTORS LTD AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

01691 791460 MF 7716

Dyna VT 2000hrs, 50kph, air brakes, Data 4, guidance ready

MF 5445

2007, Dyna 4, 5200hrs, f/linkage, 3 spools

MF 4345

MF 7618

2002, 4300hrs, 2 spools, air con

MF 7618

2006, 5600hrs, 50kph, Tier 3, f/& cab susp

2015, 3200hrs, Exclusive, f/linkage 2015, 2300hrs, f/& cab susp, 650 tyres

MF 6714S

2017, 1700hrs, 50kph, f/& cab susp, air brakes, 650 tyres

MF 6714S

2018, c/w loader, 1900hrs, 50kph

MF 6616

2016, 3500hrs, Exclusive spec, 50kph, air brakes, autoguide ready

MF 7626

Dyna 6, 2014, 4600hrs, f/linkage & PTO, 50kph, air brakes

MF 7624

Dyna 6, 2012, 50kph, 7800hrs, air brakes, autoguide ready

MF 7619

2012, Dyna 6, 5800hrs, 50kph, air brakes, 710 & 600 tyres

MF 8690

2013, 4600hrs, f/linkage, 50kph, air brakes, 5 spools

MF 6480

2010, 4700hrs, 50kph, f/& cab susp

MF 6480

2010, 7300hrs, 50kph, Datatronic, full susp

MF 5612

2015, 2400hrs, Dyna 4

MF 5475

Dyna 4, 2010, 6500hrs, f/susp, CCLS

MF 6499 MF 6497

2007, 9500hrs, 40kph, full susp, exc original cond

MF 6485

2012, 6400hrs, 50kph, transport spec, 4 spools, Data 3

MF 6485

2006, Dynashift, 8000hrs, f/& cab susp, CCLS, 4 spools

MF 8480

2008, 9800hrs, 50kph, f/linkage, f/& cab susp, very tidy

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Deutz 5090 demonstrator, c/w Stoll loader Deutz 6165 powershift demonstrator Deutz 6215 TTV demo unit Kverneland 5 furrow LB Variwidth 300hp headstock Kverneland 3332 mounted mower conditioner 3.2m Kverneland FRO flail grass topper Kverneland TAR 9464 twin rotor rake (mounted) Kverneland 8452 4 row hay tedder Kverneland 8576 6 row hay tedder Kverneland 85112C 10 row tedder trailed Redrock 24t tri-axle low-loading trailer McHale 991EB bale wrapper, fully auto McHale round bale handlers McHale 750 belt baler, hyd brakes McHale 991 high speed wrapper Walter Watson 6.3m flat roll Walter Watson hydraulic rotating 12’ end tow flat roll Walter Watson bull beef feeders Moulton FY4 yard scraper Kawasaki Mule Pro DX Kawasaki Mule Pro MX

Machinery Traders, Farmers, Agricultural Contractors & Coach Hire for all Occasions

MF 8260 Xtra

2003, 4700hrs only, f/linkage, exc cond

Claas 640

2010, 8700hrs, 50kph, air brakes, f/linkage

John Deere 6630

Premium, 2011, 5600hrs, Autoquad, 50kph, air brakes, TLS

John Deere 6620

Autopower, 8500hrs, f/links & PTO, TLS

Ford 6410

Force 3, 2wd, 8100hrs

John Deere 2850

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Agricultural Engineers

Saddington Road Nr SHEARSBY Leics LE17 6PX

Case MXM 175

2004 18 Speed, cab susp, f/linkage, 7700hrs, exc cond 2wd, Power Synchron, SG2 cab

71749

01162 478 999

Sales: Dave Griffin – mobile 07712 509869 70465

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Perkins 1004/1004.4T

Short Engines

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07824 600667 Chelmsford

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for agricultural & industrial applications

ELECTRONIC CONTROLS REPAIRED

(Sinclair McGill)

Tractor & Combine Controls 44-72069

Material Handler Joysticks & SLI's

timikenginerecon

01489 896 626 sales@timik.co.uk

www.timik.co.uk SIMBA Solo 600 rear drawbar. Offers.

S Bartle Tel 07884 238552 (Notts)

Graham Mitchell-Rowlands 07860 618903 01449 737482 graham@gm-rsprayers.co.uk Marek Technical Support: 07496 294201 Sue Admin: 01449 736300 Holly Bush Farm, Buxhall, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 3DP For your new self-propelled, trailed or mounted crop sprayer, to go

David King Electronics

INTERNATIONAL PARTS B275-434 Hyd Suction Filter . ÂŁ35.00 B275/414 Handbrake Repair Kit......................................... ÂŁ45.83 B275-434 Clutch Return Spring ................................... ÂŁ14.96 B250-434 Bypass Hose .......... ÂŁ5.00 B250-434 Tacho Drive Box.... ÂŁ25.00 276-434 Steering Shaft Grommet .............................. ÂŁ16.00 B250-434 PTO Seal .............. ÂŁ14.00 B250-414 Check Chain Assy ÂŁ30.00 B250-414 No Plate Bracket Mech Depth Control .............. ÂŁ30.00 B275-434 Seat Pan ............... ÂŁ40.00

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USED STOCK Berthoud Tenor 5500L 40m DP Tronic, vgc, 2009, boom could be resized if required ...ÂŁ22,500+VAT Hardi Master 1200L 15m 2008, fully serviced & vgc ........................ÂŁ5,000+VAT Contact Richard Dix

07770 331587

BOSTON 01205 722 240 WISBECH 01945 461 181 BEDFORD 01525 841 923

www.bostoncropsprayersltd.co.uk

01953 450279 info@agrikel.com Norfolk

To suit most flail mowers and hedge cutters at competitive prices

E-mail: sales@flailsdirect.co.uk Website: www.flailsdirect.co.uk

SPRAYER & SLUG APPLICATOR NSTS TESTING AT OUR LOCATIONS OR ON SITE FULL ON FARM SERVICE & REPAIR

AGRIKEL CROP SPRAYERS

QUALITY FLAILS

www.sps-parts.co.uk

Agricultural Application Machinery Specialists

HYDRAULIC HOSE ASSEMBLIES MADE WHILE YOU WAIT

FLAILS DIRECT .CO.UK

Tel: 01427 718561 Fax: 01427 718016

National Standards

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HYDRAULIC ram, 4’ long. £50. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk)

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LARGE STOCK OF GENUINE CASE/IH TRACTOR & AXIAL FLOW COMBINE PARTS IN STOCK – CONTACT US FOR MORE INFO

for the latest new products

MASSEY Ferguson chisel plough points, some have been hard welded to minimise wear. P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

Tel: 01789 731365

SPARE PARTS

incorporating

VASSGRO S P R A Y E R S

Main Agents for

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Sprayers & Fertiliser Spreaders Diet Feeder Weighing Systems

Boston Crop Sprayers Ltd

K RAYERS IN STOC

Mowers & Foragers

SEEKING one or two days work in Norfolk indoor pig or poultry units on a self employed basis. Call David.

D Drew Tel 01328 700288 (eves) (Norfolk)

KNIGHT 24m trailed sprayer, 12 & 24m capability, 2500L tank, induction hopper, hand wash tank, 1989, ÂŁ700 spent on bushes & pipes, etc, last year, foam bout marker available. ÂŁ1,500. C Musson Tel 07714 106478/01476 550362 (Lincs)

TEAMHYPROTEEJETRDS ENDURAMAXXDUAL PUMPS

www.gm-rsprayers.co.uk

Balers & Wrappers

SITUATIONS VACANT

Contact Simon Scott on

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Grain & Precision Drills

Tel: 01832 710814 Mobile: 07802 620138

07789 793721 Follow us on Facebook & Twitter

Genuine & Aftermarket Perkins blocks & parts available

STOCKS seeder ground radar. ÂŁ300. S Bartle Tel 07884 238552 (Notts)

GRASS SEEDS

Agricultural, equestrian, landscaping and sports grass seed mixtures Game cover seeds Drilling service available

For engine builds AA, AB, AC, AG, AH, AK, AM

JOHN Deere tombstone weight, ďŹ ts a 7000 Series, used but in tidy condition, bolts included. ÂŁ75+postage. R Kerr Tel 07531 574681 (Essex)

SEED

PG

with oil pump, top & bottom gasket sets & rear & front seals

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City & Guilds of London Institute Certificates of Competance 25 years experience with Eastern Block machinery Skandinavian agricultural/ forestry products and West German engineering based machinery Competitive labour rates subject to customer acceptance of company working policy

Due to current difficulties we all face, we are open for emergency on farm or workshop sprayer repairs only With 4000 lines of sprayer spares held, we can normally get you up and running quickly Our office is not fully manned at present but you can reach Graham for Sales and Service

47-70064

42-72131

Blue Bridge Engineering Ltd

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AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

GM-R SPRAYERS LTD

y The Specialist Sprayer Compan

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SUMO Trio leg protectors (31). ÂŁ5 each. S Bartle Tel 07884 238552 (Notts) REAR cab window to ďŹ t Fendt 500 Series tractor. D Hurn Tel 07990 586839 (Norfolk)

REPAIRS, SERVICING & MAINTENANCE (cont)

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JOHN Deere 9780 CTS 625 combine header parts; lifters, ďŹ ngers, knives, knife sections, various belts, chopper blades, retractable auger ďŹ ngers, chains, few ďŹ lters, some new & some used. ÂŁ500+postage. R Kerr Tel 07531 574681 (Essex)

SPRAYERS

HOUSEHAM Sprint, 18m self propelled sprayer, 2000L, 8850hrs, 5 section, 2 sets of wheels, stored dry & serviced regularly, good condition.

K Hodgson Tel 07721 562849/01507 568329 (Lincs)

BATEMAN RB25, 2005, 3000L, 24m contour boom, 175hp JD engine, only 5750hrs, regularly serviced, on this farm from new, 3 sets wheels tyres all 75%+, option of 2 year old Trimble steering at extra cost. ÂŁ32,500 ono. N Barnes Tel 01525 717429/07850 770075 (Beds)

AGRI SPRAY AGRICULTURAL SPRAYERS SALES SERVICE SPARES

RANSOMES wearing parts for TS 82/102 slides (swordďŹ sh) blades, fronts, skimmers. P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

LEMKEN Terradisc spares, point, front, left & right side soil deectors. P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

RAU Ikarus 24m, 2800L tank, test till December, 750 wide wheels, 14� rowcrops, very good condition. J Cowling Tel 07939 243258 (E Yorks)

47-69575

01284 724455

KNIGHT JCB demount sprayer, 24m, 1996, good order, c/w new RDS computer satellite receiver. ÂŁ2,600 ono. E Mills Tel 07973 140003 (Northants)

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Startin Startin Tractors Limited Twycross CV9 3PW

Puma 240 CVX Front linkage, 2016, 3678hrs, GPS ready

All prices + VAT

ARRIVING SOON...

Axial Flow 7230 25’ header, trolley, 850 rotor hrs Sold & serviced by Startin Tractors

Case IH Axial Flow 8240 35’ header & trolley, 2015, 770 rotor hrs, full GPS

Case IH Axial Flow 9230 30’ header, Redekop chopper, 267 rotor hrs

Case IH Axial Flow 9240 2018, 245 rotor hrs, 35’ header, Redekop chopper

NEW Isuzu blade style alloy & tyre special deal on four £400

Isuzu D - Max UTAH 67’ reg, 24920 miles, lots of spec £18,695

Puma 165 Powershift 50kph, front linkage, 2019, 748hrs, 650/65 x 38 tyres

Puma 140 suspension, 50kph, front linkage & PTO, 2012, 4426hrs

Farmall 75A 4wd Powershuttle demo for sale, Case IH finance & warranty

Puma 150 Semi Powershift 40kph, cab suspension, 650/65 x 38 tyres £61,000

Maxxum 110 c/w MX loader brackets & controls, 2015, 2475hrs, one owner

Maxxum 125 40kph, 2019, 360hrs, 600/65 x 38 tyres, cab suspension

Hardi Commander 20m 3200L trailed sprayer, 2011

NEW Amazone 6m hydraulic folding Power harrow

Kuhn VKM280 hydraulic off-set flail mower

NEW Agrimaster 270 flail mower

NEW Spearhead Pro Line hydraulic folding batwing mower.

Spearhead 650 VFR demo flail mower / hedge cutter, 2019

Isuzu D - Max UTAH auto, 69’ reg, 2000 miles, our demo

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

JCB 526 - 56 Telescopic 2014, 4280hrs, Q-Fit carriage, rear hitch

01827 880088 • sales@startintractors.co.uk • Check our website for up to date list & photos:

www.startintractors.co.uk

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RECO Sulky R1150 fertiliser spreader, very good used condition. £750 ono.

A Nottage Tel 07788 727176 (Norfolk)

SPRAYTEC LTD

2010 AMAZONE UG 3000 sprayer

POA

very simple sprayer to set up & use, Muller controller,12/24m HD boom, air shut off, 6 section boom, air bag susp, Self-Trak drawbar, this sprayer has been on same farm from new, got to be seen

MILESTONE SPRAYERS 07850 144244 (mobile 24hrs) rory@milestonesprayers.com www.milestonesprayers.com

24m trailed sprayer, tracking drawbar & Amaspray plus control box

01763 780440 sales@oakfields-ag.com

Galvanised roofing sheets, box profile and corrugated Delivery service

KNIGHT front tank, c/w hyd pump & electric diverter valve, 1250L, 3 point linkage mounted or has brackets to mount on tractor, in good order. £1,500 ono. E Mills Tel 07973 140003 (Northants)

SPREADERS

Househam AR4000

47-72063

£37,995 2008, 30m or 36m, 4000L, 7670hrs, IVECO 235hp, auto section control, 3 sets of wheels (Michelins) More photos & full spec at

www.writtlefarmmachinery.co.uk

07748 004794 01245 442224(T)

For more information:

01302 867328 GALVANISED water tank, 6', c/w ball valve & protective box, good condition. £50. T Crosby Tel 01245 320242 (Essex)

BARLEY straw in 4' round bales, 2019 harvest, can load. £10/bale. R Bales Tel 07810 631181 (Norfolk) FOUR-FOOT round bales of haylage, Stansted area. £25 each. A Saville Tel 07710 256307 (Essex)

REGAL TANKS INDUSTRIAL STORAGE TANKS HIRE • NEW • USED

01502 710100 Fully searchable database at...

www.regaltanks.co.uk

TILLAGE TACKLE

off the field & throughout the winter Very good prices paid promptly

FOR SALE

Call Jeff on

07977 268113 (T)

& WANTED

RAPE, WHEAT & BARLEY STRAW STRAW IN THE SWATH WANTED for home market & export

BEST PRICES PAID

01284 810751 07768 353910

BERTHOUD Force II EX DPTronic, 1000L, 12m mounted sprayer, 2013, virtually unused, hence immaculate condition, tested May 2019, all instruction books & spares as originally supplied. £6,150+VAT. R Lintott Tel 01728 663476/07799 473374 (Suffolk)

prefer big bales

WHEAT, BARLEY & RAPE STRAW also SOFT MEADOW HAY

P J Reed COLLECTION & DELIVERY arranged

£1,500

sales@tanksandvessels.com

WANTED

01359 269378 STRAW & HAY

£14,950+VAT

WANTED

07787 551081

Posts for grain walling and silage clamps

Used 20,000 litre 4400 gallon GRP ex Winery Storage Tank

CONVENTIONAL size bales of good hay, baled July 2019, Chelmsford. £2/ bale ex farm, delivery extra. J Furze Tel 07885 305351/01245 467306 (Essex)

Call Andrew Lloyd

All types of steel available new and secondhand

49-69801

www.spraytecltd.co.uk

Steel Stockholders

47-72171

spraytecltd@btinternet.com

S SCOTT & SONS Ltd

00-66976

Contacts: Robert Webb: 07860 801322 Anthony Williams: 07711 947189 Phil Ramsey: 07934 799628 Andy Gemmill: 07802 336880

STEEL

01603 870903 07860 475964

STEEL bunded tank, total vol approx 24cu/m, 2.45m wide x 3.85m long, total height 2.65m, top access hatch, 4" gate valve, sight gauge, pallet tine holes, 4 lifting points in base, professionally cleaned 4yrs ago, only had water in since. £3,600. S Croft Tel 07890 722347 (E Yorks)

50-69993

Knight Anglia 3000L sprayer

KRM Bogballe M2W fertiliser spreader, Calibrator Uniq controller, 2500kg capacity, good selection of discs, NSTS tested, very good condition. £3,500. H Bankes Price Tel 07789 162871/01507 578457 (Lincs)

49-71887

sales@oakfields-ag.com

TRAILED Horstine stainless steel sprayer, 24m, 2000L capacity, steering axle, aluminium booms, manuals to hand. £1,750. R Pilch Tel 07876 336041/01379 668038 (Suffolk)

SPRAYER, SLUG PELLET AND GRANULAR APPLICATOR TESTING

01279 812727

47-72186

47-69734

c/w axle suspension & ME ECO - Terminal

01763 780440

47-72187

Trade advertising — Tel: 01473 694455 Email: classified@farmersguide.co.uk

POA

Sprayer Specialist in the Eastern & Southern Counties New and used sprayers and parts stocked for:

Hypro • Teejet • Lechler Altek • RDS • Dual Pumps Enduramaxx • Stocks Fan Jet

HAY & STRAW

49-70054

Are buyers & sellers of

Sprayer Specialists in the Eastern & Southern Counties Crop & Amenity Sprayer Specialist

Berthoud • Househam Chafer • Agrifac and most other makes

ABBOTT & CO (Wessex) LTD

50-72071

2008 KNIGHT 3000L 24M trailed sprayer

49-71819

SPRAYERS (cont)

pad500r@hotmail.co.uk

COMBINABLE pea straw, 200 mini Hesston bales, stored undercover, cash on collection. £10/bale. S Croft Tel 07890 722347 (E Yorks) HAY for sale, large 8' rectangular bales, 2019 hay, barn stored, in good condition, very tight. W Fenn Tel 07714 200440 (Cambs) ROUND bale hay, first cut, 4'+ bales, approx 120 bales, inspection invited.

R Lintott Tel 01728 663476/07799 473374 (Suffolk)

Selected

TANKS METAL tank, small, no rust. £20. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk) 50-70004

KUHN fert spreader, decent machine, 2007, c/w manual for calibration, etc, plus another set of spinning discs so complete with 36m & 24m, manual folding hood, road lights, headland management. £2,500. J Crisp Tel 07388 816823 (Cambs) KUHN 40.2 M-EMC fertiliser spreader, 2 seasons’ use, in excellent condition, for sale due to retirement, most accurate & reliable spreader I have ever used, absolutely superb, Quantron R controller, 24m discs & hydraulic border spread. £10,750+VAT. J Furness Tel 07973 843230 (Glos)

51,000 litre horiz/cyl dished ends 27’6”L x 9’W x 10’H & cradles 1 x twin & 2 x single compart

ROUND bales of horse hay 50x4', local delivery may be possible, please call for further information or to arrange viewing/delivery.

Selling for just £20/bale. P Skinner Tel 07711 405100 (Northants) SMALL bales of seed hay, suitable for horses. £4/bale. D Habgood Tel 01327 260620 (Northants) FOUR-FOOT round bales of hay for cattle, ragwort free, Stansted area. £15 each. A Saville Tel 07710 256307 (Essex)

22,730 litre bunded tanks 17’L plus cabinet x 9’2”W x 8’H gauge & battery alarm

Catros 12003-2TS 2017, ex. demo, 12 m, ContourFrame, DW disc roller, braked axle, towing eye.

£78,950

plus VAT

01302 755725 www.amazone.co.uk www.thekinggroup.co.uk/tanks 01638 712328 Suffolk 01992 451629 Herts/Essex

4-METRE rubber ribbed packer, c/w scrapers, off Maschio power harrow. £700 ono. S Bartle Tel 07884238552 (Notts)

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SERVICE FIRST

MILESTONE SPRAYERS Protecting Your Crops And The Environment

We supply parts & service for Massey Ferguson Tractors & Combines, Caterpillar Telehandlers plus other makes of Agricultural Machinery

Case TS 3000L 20/21m boom, 5 section boom, Multi tracking d/bar, boom recirc system, clean water rinse, brand new RDS Delta 34i controller, super clean sprayer, one owner from new POA

2005 Berthoud Major 24m trailed 3200L, self tracking draw bar, ACTi flex suspension system, auto flow control, air shut off, quad nozzle bodies, very tidy sprayer, some welding on boom but of no consequence POA

Case SP3000 3000L, 12/24m h/d boom, TeeJet 844 rate control, spray dependency 2/4 wheel steering, AG Leader GPS with boom section control, hyd susp, stepped chassis,2 sets wheels 95, very tidy sprayer POA

WE ARE STOCKISTS FOR Deutz Fahr, Krone, Pottinger, Rolland Trailers, Cousins, Honda ATVs and many more

TRACTORS & TELEHANDLERS 15 MF 9407 telehander, 7m reach 96 John Deere 6600, 5145hrs Caterpillar 407C telehandler, 7m 3200hrs, tidy MF 8260 front linkage & pto 4200hrs Claas Rotafeed baler

POA

Sands 3000ltr trailed sprayer mint condition, 12/24 alloy boom, no welds, steering axel, 6 section ball valve boom, RDS Delta 34 rate control, quite a rare machine, perfect in every way & ready for work, you will not find nicer POA

2007 Sands SLC3000 s/p 24m boom, Muller controller/ auto boom height control/headland assist, 2/4ws, electronic anti-slip, dual ride susp, 4sp hyd drive, booms blasted & re painted, air over hyd functions, vgc POA

12 Claas 3200 Quadrant baler

2014 Hardi Master Plus 24m, will spray at 12/18 or 24m, very versatile machine, reat control, clean water rinse tank, joy stick controls, very straight clean sprayer, one owner POA

2011 Knight Anglia 3000L very simple to set up & use, Muller controller, 12/24m h/d boom, air shut off, 6 section boom, air bag susp, Self Trak drawbar, been on same farm from new, got to be seen POA

Case TS 3000L 12/24m boom, 4 section, boom recirculation, Multi Trak drawbar switchable from cab, new type 5-way plumbing, clean water rinse system, a real minter POA

Call us for details or see our website for more www.milestonesprayers.com

72080

OTHER EQUIPMENT Krone BiG Pack 870 MultiBale

13 Krone 1290 HDP hi speed baler

2019 Demo NH CR8.90 28.5” Terraglide tracks, Intellisence, Intellisteer guidance, 30” varifeed, 2 knives, engine hrs 83, threshing hrs 49 0% Finance & warranty

2013 NH T6.175 16x16, full suspension, 14.9R28 & 18.4R38, 4 spools, hrs 2,950

2012 NH CX6090 6 straw walker, Smart sieve, yield monitor, chopper & chaff spreader, 800/65R32 & 460/70R24, 20’ Varifeed header c/w 1 side knife, header trailer, engine hrs 1,246, threshing hrs 955

2019 NH TC5.70 (5 walker), hydro, rotary separator, Smart sieve, straw chopper, 15’ header & trailer, engine hrs 124, threshing hrs 88

HEDGECUTTERS

2015 NH CR9080 Elevation, 24” tracks, chopper + chaff spreader, Smart Steer, 30’ Varifeed c/w trolley & side knives, engine hrs 1,259, threshing hrs 1,042

Bomford 467 Fella TFS 60 tidy Krone 1400 Plus rake

Demo 2018 NH T7.315 Auto Command, 50kph, Intellisteer, 650/60R34 & 710/75R42 Michelin, Blue Power, weight block not included, hrs 250

Vicon RV2160 round baler, v tidy

10 Heath Super Chaser Extra, joystick control 2013 NH T6.140 Terraglide & Comfort Ride suspension, E/C, 4 spools, 420/70R28 & 520/70R38, hrs 2,950

Kverneland 3m drill combination, NGH 30 power harrow & packer, Accord Drill Pro, Suffolk coulters

2018 NH T7.230 Auto Command, 50kph, 650/70x38, hrs 1,381

VEHICLES Isuzu 2.5 Dmax Eiger, 15 plate, 54,006 miles Isuzu 1.9 Dmax Yukon, ex demo, Titanium silver Isuzu 2.5 Dmax Utah, 16 plate, Mineral grey, 30304 mileage Isuzu 2.5 Dmax Utah, 17 plate, Titanium silver Isuzu 2.5 Dmax Utah, auto, 13 plate, Mineral grey, 127K mileage Isuzu 2.5 Dmax Blade, auto, 16 plate, Venetian red, 36K mileage Isuzu Dmax Utah, auto, 67 plate, Titanium silver, 36,248 mileage Isuzu 1.9 Dmax Blade, ex demo, Obsidian grey Isuzu 1.9 XTR, auto, Obsidian grey, nav+, Truckman canopy Vauxhall 1.5 Vivaro, 2700LIHI Edition, 69 plate, 13,560 mileage

07885 202005 01954 210355 71453

Contact Charles Moorman Office 01777 870111 www.plattsharris.co.uk or email us at: sales@plattsharris.co.uk

07970 805351

Dowdeswell DP1 offset 6f Dowdeswell DP7F, 6f, v tidy Dowdeswell DP7F, 7f, v tidy KV LD85 5f & 4f Flat Lift Force – 2 leg HD Buster Pottinger 4m power harrow Pottinger 6m Terrasem drill, ex demo Vaderstad RDA600 Rapid, 6m drill, tidy order Vicon PO-EDW weighcell, vgo Vicon RO-EDW extension hopper Kuhn Axis 30.1 spreader extension hopper Sulky X36 spreader, very tidy Cousins 9.3m Sidewinder

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

2001 Case SP3000 12/24m h/d boom, RDS rate control, selectable 2/4 wheel steer mounted on joystick, spray dependency, independent boom inclination, very tidy sprayer

HARVESTING NEW – old stock MF 7345S, 18’ PF 92 MF 38, 20’, PF, 3000hrs, tidy Claas Variant 180 rotofeed Farmhand 8 bale fork 10 Heath Super Chaser Extra, joystick control Various forks & grapples 15 Krone 1290 HDP high speed baler 13 Krone 1290 HDP high speed baler 12 Claas 3200 quadrant Vicon RV2160 round baler, very tidy 07 Krone 900 twin rotor rake 13 Krone 1400 twin rotor rake Vicon batwing 9m mower Kuhn twin rotor side delivery rake

72183

07850 144244 (mobile 24hrs) • rory@milestonesprayers.com

Hardwick, Cambridge

www.markweatherhead.co.uk

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RC SETCHFIELD LTD Trade advertising — Tel: 01473 694455 Email: classified@farmersguide.co.uk

Grantham 01476 560784

Merlo P40-7CS 64 reg, 4653hrs, a/c, f/hitch, tyres 80% Sanderson carriage

JCB 560-80 Super 19 reg, 1251hrs

POA

POA

JCB 541-70 Super 16 reg , 2875hrs, tyres 80%

Chafer Mirage s/p sprayer, 03 model, 3000L, 24m, rowcrop & float tyres

POA

JCB 926-4 forklift, 15 reg, 4022hrs, full cab, 3 spools, tyres 50%

JCB TM320S 16 reg, 5225hrs, rear hitch

JCB 532-70 Super 19 reg, 88hrs approx, 145hp engine

Ex hire JCB 16C-1 mini digger, 240hrs, canopy, buckets, etc, available

JCB 536-60 Super 67 reg, 2700hrs, 145hp, Michelin tyres 50%

JCB 535-95 Super 14 reg, 4550hrs, 145hp, new tyres

JCB 531-70 Super 66 reg, 145hp engine, 2973hrs, Michelin tyres 45%

New Sitrex single rotor rake 4.2m c/w twin wheels

Tym T503 tractor, 2013 reg, 985hrs only

JCB 541-70 Std 18 reg, 1058hrs only, new tyres

JCB 541-70 Super 19 reg, 781hrs, 145hp

Teagle Tomahawk 8150 Dual Chop 2017

Welger RP435 baler, 2008, 13,588 bales

Sulky X36 fertiliser spreader with hopper extension & cover

POA

POA

All prices subject to VAT

POA

POA

POA

POA

POA

POA

£9,600

For more pictures and more stock visit

tyres@farol.co.uk

HUGE RANGE

IN STOCK AT GREAT PRICES

CALL US TODAY Thame, Oxfordshire

01844 277699

Hungerford, Berkshire

01488 649150

POA

£12,750

£3,950

£11,600

£11,800

£2,975

www.setchfield.co.uk

70789

Telehandler Tyres

Visit www.farol.co.uk for more stock

Duraforce Utility 460/70R24

R8000 Utility 460/70R24

£385

each Ex. VAT

XMCL 460/70R24

£520

each Ex. VAT

Hinckley, Leicestershire

01455 638970

£480

each Ex. VAT

Bibload 460/70R24

£570

each Ex. VAT

Midhurst, West Sussex

01730 819989

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J Murrell

01493 750999 info@jamesmurrell.co.uk

Norfolk Farmers

2013 SUPERLIGHT VT1 LIGHTING TOWER

£3,000

Contract Farm Services

NEW HIGH SPEED JPM 32’ BALE TRAILERS 560 flotations, top spec

£12,180

INGERSOLL RAND 7/31 ROAD COMPRESSOR 1519hrs, 105CFM

£3,500

Agricultural Machinery Dealers

NEW HIGH SPEED 30’ JPM 27TLL tri-axle, flip over ramps

£15,800

NEW JPM 28’ 19TLL hyd flip over ramps, 10 stud, air & L/S

£12,980

3X TRI-AXLE STEP FRAME SIMBA 6.6M DOUBLE PRESS 4 POST PORTABLE WORKSHOP NEW JPM FAST TOW 1000L BULK TIPPERS cultivation tines, ROTARY VEHICLE LIFTS BUNDED FAST TOW BOWSERS steel suspension, HD bogies, flotation tyres 28.8t capacity £12,000 r/o sheet £6,000 £4,500 £4,000 £5,000 each

£15,200

FENDT/TRELLEBORG 520/85R42 & 480/70R30 84” track

£4,500

NEW HIGH SPEED JPM 16T DUMP magic gate, L/S, air

£12,900

2014 LARRINGTON MAJESTIC 18-20T 600/50R22.5 floats, full spec

£20,000

2015 LEMKEN RUBIN 12 DISC TILLAGE TRAIN double packer, vgc

£28,000

NEW JPM 16T MULTI PURPOSE 2013 ATLAS COPCO XAS67 FARM FORCE 4M FOLDING JPM 24’ 19TLL JD 6310 & QUICKE Q960 ramps, magic tail gate, FAST TOW 130CFM FRONT PRESS air & hyd brakes, L/S LOADER full spec COMPRESSOR 45 degree rings, vgc 6980hrs, new tyres £14,000 1900hrs £4,000 Reduced to £11,000 £5,500

2016 JD 5055E genuine 124hrs, choice of new ag or grass tyres

£23,000

2003 DEFENDER TD5 BESPOKE FULL REBUILD show car

£24,000

2012 JOHN DEERE 6190R 50k Autopower, f/links, 6509hrs, 95% tyres

£43,500

CASE STEYR CS150 front linkage & PTO, creep, 9605hrs

£14,000

STRIMECH PRO-AG MUCK FORK GRABS, BUCKETS & TIP SKIP

For more pictures and further details of our stock visit our website www.jmurrell.co.uk

We are JPM Trailers’ East Anglia Dealer J Murrell • Willow Farm • Norwich Road • South Burlingham • Norwich • Norfolk NR13 4EZ

POA

07770 692891

in stock

All prices + VAT

71534

NEW JPM 20T DUMP hyd gate, air, L/S 10 stud, 560 flotations

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

NEW JPM 16T DUMP 10 stud, air, load sensing, hyd gate, LEDs

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Five Mile Lane, Washingborough, Lincs 01522 790720

AGRICULTURAL

Ex demo Deutz 6215 RC Shift 226hp, unregd, 178hrs, 50k, 5 ranges, 6spd p/shift & creep, manual, semi auto & fully auto gears, autosteer ready, air cab, air brakes, f/axle braking, Isobus, iMonitor, 5 spools, f/links, Comfort pack, 650/65 R42 & 540/65 R34 tyres 0% finance POA

Demo Dieci Agri Plus 40.7 VS 252hrs, 152hp FPT engine, 4000kg lift capacity, 7m lift height, 40k, vario transmission, air con, pickup hitch 0% Finance

MANITOU DEALERS BOOK A DEMO

£59,000

!

Ex demo Deutz 7250 TTV Warrior 246hp, 70hrs, 50k, Vario trans, autosteer, air cab, air brakes, f/ axle braking, Isobus, iMonitor, 5 spools, f/links, f/PTO, Comfort pack, 650/65R 42 & 540/65 R34 tyres 0% Finance POA

W NE

Krone R320 CV Mower Conditioner (rear) .....................................................£5,000 Krone F320 CV Front Mower Conditioner .....................................................£6,000 New Bomford Turbo Elite 2700 flail 2.7m, hydraulic offset, skids, roller

New Bomford Kestrel S Hedger 5.7m reach, slew, cable control, 1.2m Pro-Trim head, 115mm roller

£4,500

Weidemann T5522 handler 2016, 2755hrs, 50hp, 30k hydrostatic transmission, lift height 5.5m, lift capacity 2200kg, 425/5018 tyres – all new, very good order

£12,500

Amazone Z-AM Fertiliser Spreader ..................................................................£3,350 KRM Fertiliser Spreader ........................................................................................£1,800

POA

Amazone Pantera Self Propelled Sprayer, 36m ................................................POA

Full range of NEW Amazone Fertilizer Spreaders available

POA

0% Finance

0% Finance

£29,750

Pakenham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 2JS

All prices + VAT Karl Gladding 07500 448243

Visit our NEW website:

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David Grundy 07879 698473

01359 232155 • After Hours: 07768 007528 • E-mail: office@suffagri.co.uk

NEW

01767 677316 01536 373238

Fax: 01767 677451 Fax: 01536 373392

TBE VKM BP flail mowers IN STOCK NEW

PO A Claydon 4m Hybrid drill

50

PO A

Kuhn 40.2 50.2 S6 AVAILABLE FROM STOCK NEW

,7

£1 PO A

Case IH Farmlift 742 2019 EX DEMO

PO A

4,

PO A

85

,0 0 68 £1

40.2 H-EMC 2016 & 2017 NEW

Case 8240 2015 35’ header, 690 rotor hrs

Kuhn GA 4321

Abbotsley Brigstock

2

0

A B

www.suffagri.co.uk

£2

£4,500

Ex demo Amazone 5002-TS 5m Catros+ shallow stubble cultivator DW roller, hydraulic depth adjustment

71814

Ex demo McHale V660 round baler bale size 0.6 – 1.68m (2’4” – 5’6”) 3 belt bale chamber, chopper, hydraulic brakes

PO A

New Holland 650 round baler 1994, Bale Command, net & twine, 15,160 bales only, Very good order

PO A

Trade advertising — Tel: 01473 694455 Email: classified@farmersguide.co.uk

www.suffagri.co.uk

Kuhn GMD 240

Kuhn GF 502

VKM 280

NEW

NEW

USED

www.collingsbrothers.co.uk email: jason@collingsbrothers.co.uk

70425

Please visit our website to view our full range of new and used machinery available

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TRACKS SUPERIOR AgriTraxx® Polyurethane Midrollers to fit various tracked tractors.

HANKINS ENGINEERING

SPRINGTINE, make unknown, 2.3m, 20 tines, more tines available at additional cost. £150. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

SIMBA 4.2m UniPress

www.maidwellmoler.co.uk

COUSINS 12’ 5 row dutch harrow, c/w crumbler roller.£350+VAT. P Freeman Tel 07711 145124 (Lincs)

more photos and full spec at www.writtlefarmmachinery.co.uk

07748 004794 01245 442224(T)

KVERNELAND furrow press, suitable for 3 or 4 furrow plough. £250+VAT. P Freeman Tel 07711 145124 (Lincs)

51-69983

Andy Guest 01636 700608 07860 637654

07748 004794 01245 442224(T) CLOD comb & crumbler roller to fit 3m Lely Roterra power harrow, barn stored, vgc. D Hurn Tel 07990 586839 (Norfolk) KONGSKILDE springtine, 2.6m, 31 tines, c/w pins. £200. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

COUSINS Sidewinder ring rolls, 12.3m, breaker rings, 2009, vgc, hyd folding, 22" rings. £9,500. L Rich Tel 07774112211/07774112211 (Glos)

New power harrows New rotary cultivators New flail mowers New spare parts Direct from an importer

TR Smith Ltd

01362 668286

trsmith120@aol.co.uk www.trsmithagmachinery.com

RANSOMES flat roll (pup), 1.6m, twin drum. £100. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

e: info@andrewguest.co.uk

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MOUNTED hydraulic folding straight toothed harrows, 4.2m working width. £750. O English Tel 07789 547987 (Lincs)

KEEBLE Progressive 6m, 2013, Tilso mono s/soil legs, DD packer, Rexius spring tines or C tines. £19,500 ono. A Whitehead Tel 07771 507279 (Norfolk) KVERNELAND CTS wearing parts, 21 tungsten points, 1 regular point, 10 wings, 4 shins, 1 frog sweep tine, 5 pairs of tungsten wings front/sweep tines, all new & have sat on shelf since selling CTS. Open to offers. J Speirs Tel 07979 463480 (Beds)

POWER HARROW

BREAKERS els od Many makes &spmares new & used

R M Dove

01759 302279 07779 245466 www.powerharrowspares.co.uk

GRANGEWARDS

RIB rolls, one 10’ & two 8’, can be put together to make a triple set, will sell separately. P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

• Longest Wear Life – provides up to 4 times more wear life than most OEM replacement wheels.

• No Bond Failures Guaranteed.

• Extend Rubber Track Life – lower operating temperatures, reduce rubber track deterioration.

European Distributor:

Tel: 01263 711474 sales@eurotrackltd.com www.eurotrackltd.com

KONGSKILDE springtine, 2.3m, 24 tines, c/w depth wheels & pins, toes 60%. £150. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

Trackman Rubber Tracks

MASCHIO

CONCEPT 4m Speed Till, 2 rows of pigtail tines & packer, then another 2 rows of tines & second packer. £1,500+VAT. P Freeman Tel 07711 145124 (Lincs)

Kuhn Power Harrows Drills & Accord d New & Usees ar p S e in h ac M & Repairs

More photos and full spec at

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51-70058

2018, 470mm TrueCut discs, steel packer

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£25,950

KRM 3m front steering press, weight 1500kg, water ballast weight 750kg, total weight with water 2250kg, had very little use, more pics on FG FarmAds website. £2,995+VAT. P Appleby Tel 07850 317403 (Co Durham)

51-72133

£7,650 2005, ProActive tines, hyd levelling board, 700mm DD rings, new metal

COUSINS seedbed cultivator, 6m, 2009, hydraulic levelling board, good condition. rubber Freeflow packer c/w crumbler roller. £11,000.

H Middleditch Tel 07531 426696 (Suffolk)

VADERSTAD 3m TopDown, good wearing metal, very good working condition, Stocks seeder included, used for rape & turnips, 2008. £15,000. L Arnold Tel 07771 888624 (W Mids) RABEWERK cultivator, 2.2m, 9 tines, toes like new, c/w depth wheels & pins. £200. A Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk) LELY Culterra, 4m, missing rear packer. £500. S Bartle Tel 07884 238552 (Notts) RANSOMES cultivator, 2.7m, 9/11 tines. £300. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk) SUBSOIL cultivator, 2m, 7 tines, good toes, c/w pins. £225. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk) CAMBRIDGE rib roll, 8', 20" rings. £325. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

Eurotrack is pleased to offer Continental Trackman replacement tracks to fit most tractor makes and models.

Also available to fit Lexion TerraTrac Tracks feature: ✔ Fully molded lugs for

unsurpassed durability and longevity. ✔ Exclusive patented galvanized cables for superior corrosion resistance. ✔ 50% more wires per inch meaning our track is more durable and longer lasting than the competition.

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

VÄDERSTAD Carrier CR500

SIMBA DTX 300, 2009, 5 shear bolt legs, DD packer. £7,500. H Middleditch Tel 07531 426696 (Suffolk)

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HYDRAULIC folding discs, 5m wide, old, but still good workers. Cheap at £400. A Goodacre Tel 07901 917707 (Lincs)

LEMKEN Zirkon 10/400, new genuine Lemken tines fitted, 1000 speed PTO shaft, toothed packer roller, levelling board, gearbox rated at 240hp, good condition. £5,750+VAT. R Kerr Tel 07531 574681 (Essex)

For more information contact

52-72155

TELEPHONE: 01604 686216 MOBILE: 07973 265378

COUSINS 3 leg V Form, model VFMD, c/w packer roller, new in 2012, good paint work. £4,550.

A Dunham Tel 07767 248412 (Cambs)

51-72145

Well proven design Single and twin and three legged machines available Mounted and trailed

51-72146

MAIDWELL MOLER

Tel: 01263 711474 sales@eurotrackltd.com www.eurotrackltd.com

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Remember - other people’s lives are in your hands.

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2013 Great Plains Simba 3m X-Press c/w ST bar & DD Lite packer

£10,750 + VAT

2012 Cousins 3m 5 leg V-Form heavy duty c/w Razor ring packer for rape seed drilling

£3,950 + VAT

2001 Rekord Culti 2 6m cultivator ideal seedbed preparation tool

£3,950 + VAT

01763 780440

Moreton 30’ hyd folding trailed Flexityne c/w 4 depth wheels & very well built

Weaving 6m hydraulic folding stubble rake 4 rows of tines with angle adjustment

£4,950 + VAT

£4,750 + VAT

2004 Quivogne RAP 830 horizontal 2004 Quivogne TM32 Tynemaster fold rolls c/w 24” breaker rings with c/w very good disc blades & contour effect 5 subsoiler tines

£6,950 + VAT

£4,950 + VAT

2010 Simba 4.6m Cultipress leading tines, hyd levelling boards, DD rings

1999 Simba 3.3m Cultipress c/w DD rings, levelling board & rigid tines

2012 Vaderstad Rexius Twin 1030 10.3m press all in good order & ready to go to work

1993 AS Marston 14t grain trailer c/w sprung axles & drawbar, grain chute

AS Marston Ace 12t grain trailer c/w sprung axles, sprung drawbar & hyd tailgate

2000 John Deere 6910 TLS tractor c/w 40k, LHR, front fenders & weight block

2001 John Deere 6910 TLS Autoquad tractor c/w LHR, 90% kleber tyres, 40k gearbox, vgc

2007 John Deere 6830 TLS Premium c/w large front weight & good Trelleborg tyres

£6,500 + VAT

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A DOWNING AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS & MACHINERY TRANSPORT

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NEW McCormick X4-440 2wd 75hp, 16x16 speed transmission, spacious easy clean air con cab, PUH, full warranty

New Holland 940 baler No VAT

£28,995 selling on behalf of private customer

£3,250

Kioti K9 utility vehicle with heater,

65 reg McCormick X60-40 110hp, front weights, a/c, 4wd, 40kph, aux hyd tank, passenger seat 1000hrs

£29,995

Tomlin 6’ grass topper

New NC 16t tandem axle beaver tail with sprung ramps, plant low loader, hyd brakes & sprung drawbar

£10,450

Available for demo Kioti K9 Contract Hire £339/month

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Pegoraro 3m power harrow Kioti CK3310 HST 2010 McCormick MC130 packer roller, adj clod board, quick fit tines, brand mid PTO for cutter deck, hydrostatic transmission, f/w MX loader, 5760hrs new rear up & over linkage for drill, r/PTO drive 33hp £1,350 shaft, only 2yrs work, little used £4,999 £12,999

New Pegoraro 5m folding power harrow heavy duty, packer roller, adjustable clod board, wheel track erradicators, lights

International Harvester B275 full engine overhaul, brakes, good tyres, receipts to warrant price, £8,995 selling on behalf of customer

International B434 full engine overhaul, great little tractor, work or play, £3,600 selling on behalf of customer

£3,400

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£19,500

Pegoraro 3m power harrow packer roller, adjustable clod board, tine wheel eradicators

POA

McCormick X8 available for demo now up to 310hp

Hyundai generator 110v & 240v, electric start, diesel engine, silenced, 7KVA

McCormick X2.35 51hp 4wd, Rops, front weights, ag tyres

Ovlac 4f plough 2019, ex demo, reversible

£18,750

Ovlac 4m disc 2019, ex demo model

£9,995

McCormick X7. 460VT Massey Ferguson FE35 4 cylinder 2019 (69 reg),165hp boosts to 175hp, VT drive, 50k, air brakes, precision steering ready, POA 4yr warranty, 0% finance POA

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28hp, diesel engine, full cab tipping body, 4wd, half tonne hydraulic ranty war ear 2-y kit, of bit cracking

£23,995

Ferguson FE35 4 cylinder new tyres, recent paint

£1,500

£3,500

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Carlton Farm, Cattle Dyke, Gorefield, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 4NR

Bomford Bandit 2.5m flail mower, new flails, good working order ................................................................ £1,400 Downing 2.5m spring tine paddock harrow ................................................................................................. £1,295 2 x 6’ finishing mowers ...............................................................................................................prices from £575 Selection of 2 and 4 wheel drive rough terrain forklifts .................................................................. Cheap to clear All prices plus VAT unless otherwise stated

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MANNS

Alastair McCallum, Used Machinery Manager Tel: 01284 777700 Mob: 07717 861815 email: a.mccallum@claas-manns.co.uk

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CLEARANCE!

CLAAS ARION 640

CLAAS AXION 830 CEBIS

CLAAS ARION 420 PANORAMIC £42,000 2017, 40k, 100hp, 1443hrs, 420/85R38 rears CT1688

CLAAS AXION 810

CLAAS XERION 3800

CLAAS XERION 3300

£57,000 2009, 50k, 330hp, 6200hrs, 650/85/38 fronts, 650/85/38 rears CT1729

CHALLENGER 775 E STEALTH £99,000 2014, 40k, 400hp, 4336hrs ZZ2240

JOHN DEERE 6115R

CLAAS AXOS 330

McCORMICK XTX200

CLAAS ARION 640

CLAAS AXION 840 CEBIS

JOHN DEERE 6830

£22,000 2008, 50k, 180hp, 5950hrs, 420/85 R28 fronts, 520/85R38 rears CT1626

£32,000 2010, 40k, Ehp, 4250hrs, 420/85R28 fronts, 520/85R38 rears CT1784

£62,000 2015, 50k, 235hp, 4286hrs, 540/65 R30 fronts, 650/65 R42 rears CT1685

£54,500 2014, 50k, 250 hp, 5400hrs, 600/70 R30 fronts, 710/70R42 rears CT1765

2012, 115hp, 7485hrs

£34,000 JD0362

£30,000 2008, 40k, 6775hrs, 420/65R28 fronts, 540/85R38 rears JD0364

£50,000 2014, 50k, 5459hrs, 540/65R30 fronts, 650/65R42 rears CT1670

£24,500 2011, 40k, 92hp, 3200hrs, 13.9 R24 fronts, 16.9 R34 rears CT1795

FORD 6710 1982, 20k, 6553hrs

£8,000 FD0130

£80,000 2011, 50k, 380hp, 5200hrs, 800/70 R38 fronts, 800/70R38 rears CT1717

£22,000 2008, 40k, 200hp, 4798hrs, 540/65 R28 fronts, 620/75R42 rears MK0061

CLAAS AXOS 340 CX

£26,000 2015, 40k, 102hp, 2169hrs, 380/85 R24 fronts, 420/85 R34 rears CT1810

CLEARANCE!

CLAAS ARION 640 CIS

£48,000 2016, 50k, 177hp, 3670 engine hrs CT1802

CLAAS 7030 VP 2012, 5150hrs, 7m, 3.5t

£36,500 CL2366

CLAAS SCORPION 7035

MANITOU MLT735-120 LSU TURBO £25,000 2008, 460/70R24 7m, 3.5t MA0041

CHALLENGER ROGATOR RG 655B £55,000 2013, 4337hrs, 24/36m, 380/90 R46 Michelin spraybib ZZ2119

GOWEIL GOWEIL G 3020 PROFI £12,000 2009, square & round wrapper ZZ2217

CLAAS DICSO 3150TC

LELY M320

KNIGHT 3.5 PRESS

SIMBA ST 330

£38,000 2015, 5064hrs, 460/70R24, 7m, 3.5t CL2385

CLEARANCE!

BATEMAN RB 25

£19,950 2003, 24m, 270/95R36 25% 700/50-26.5 60% ZZ2233

KNIGHT EUA4000 2012, 24m

£16,950 KN0005

2016, mowers

£9,000 CL2369

2014, mowers

£4,250 LE0168

CLEARANCE!

HORSCH PRONTO 4DC 2008

£16,000 HO0172

RECO X36 2009

£2,700 RE0018

2000

£3,250 KN0008

2007

£6,800 SH0019

CLAAS VOLTO 55 2018, four rotor tedder

£5,500 CL2585 70604

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FARMERS - Advertise your ‘for sale’ and ‘wanted’ on-farm machinery for free. See coupon on page 194 NEW Holland T7-260, 2015, 50kph Powershift gearbox, 2500hrs, full RTK GPS guidance, supplied & serviced

by TH White, sale due to retirement, high spec, inc f/linkage, cab & front axle suspension, etc, etc, superb condition. £57,000+VAT. J Furness Tel 07973 843230 (Glos)

TRACTORS

KUBOTA Granbia GB180. £9,850+VAT. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

Ex Demo Deutz-Fahr 6130

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JOHN Deere 6430 Premium, in good condition for age, 2008, 7300hrs, with cab suspension, TLS & f/linkage, 520/70/38 tyres about 20%. £28,500+VAT. P Littlejohn Tel 07974 745863 (Ayrshire)

FORD 6610, D reg, 8100hrs, Q cab II, good condition. £6,500+VAT ono. T Chambers Tel 07563 783425 (Cambs)

MF 8690

£59K+VAT

130 hp, c/w front loader 50k, front suspension, 80hrs

GUNSTIG 910, new machine, bucket & pallet forks included. £10,000+VAT. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

bruce@brucehopkins.co.uk 07860 809708 Oxon

£117,500 2018, 400hp, c/w f/inkage, autoguide ready, air & hyd trailer brakes with ABS socket, 1500hrs approx, extended warranty to 4000hrs or 25/9/2023

07815 824354•01653 668501

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

01691 791460

FRONT weight 3 point linkage, approx 650kg, with toolbox. £500. G Meadows Tel 07951 111182/01728 660577 (Suffolk)

KUBOTA B1400 4wd c/w new flail mower 1.2m wide, 896hrs. £5,000+VAT. B Tuckey Tel 07970 789955 (Warks)

1976 JD2130 with OPU cab, pick up hitch & drawbar, power steering, good starter, owner's manual book, used on same family farm since new, 8698hrs, gwo. N Lindsey Tel 07885 205680 (Cambs)

Zetor Major 80

JOHN Deere 6150M, 2014 reg, 1273hrs, one careful farmer operator, on farm from new, ex Doubleday, very good condition. £44,000+VAT. J Humphrey Tel 01945 410791/07909 518399 (Cambs)

£33,495+VAT

NEW Holland T7-200, 2014, Auto Command, 50kph gearbox, tyres 60%, 3200hrs, supplied & serviced from new by TH White, for sale due to retirement, high spec tractor in excellent condition. £45,750+VAT. J Furness Tel 07973 843230 (Glos)

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JOHN Deere 6170M, 2015, only 1700hrs, as new Michelin tyres all round, front linkage, sun roof, air seat, non Adblue, immaculate 200hp arable tractor. £58,750. R Edwards Tel 07967 828571 (Hereford)

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PAIR Quicke loader brackets. £30. J Rule Tel 07711 682812 (Cornwall)

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CASE Maxxum MXU100, 2004, 4wd, very tidy little tractor, in great condition, low hours. £18,995+VAT. J Furness Tel 07973 843230 (Glos)

JOHN Deere front weight, bolts on in front of fuel tank. P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

NH T6080, 2010, 7500hrs, full suspension, 50kph, good tyres, front links, 155hp, low bonnet. £29,500. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos)

McCORMICK MC115, 2002, 6300hrs, tyres 90%, just been serviced, tidy inside & out. £14,750+VAT. S Bygraves Tel 07973 117993 (Beds)

TRAILERS BALE trailer, single axle, 20', front & rear supports. £525. T Rix Tel 07713 470297 (Cambs)

2011, Autoquad, 5600hrs, 50kph, air brakes, TLS, 3 manual spools, weights, 520/85/38 & 480/65/28 Michelin tyres @60% good

01691 791460

£1,300+carriage+VAT 01263 711474 sales@eurotrackltd.com www.eurotrackltd.com

John Deere 6630 Premium

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

CASE IH Farmall 105C, very tidy & good condition, 2016, 1850hrs, 105hp, 4wd, semi-powershift, 13.6x24, 420x85x34, full spec, A/C, creeper gears, mud guards, electric hydraulics, 3rd spool, passenger seat. £28,750. J Worle Tel 07767 483222 (Hereford)

to fit AGCO Challenger MT700 A/B Series & Cat/Claas Challenger 35-95

CLAAS Atos 340, 6 months old, still under warranty, under 100hrs, FL100 loader, roof window, 102hp, no Adblue needed, manual hitch control. R Giles Tel 07909 474275 (Norfolk)

LLANSILIN TRACTORS LTD

Tel: 01360 661001 or 07801 052007

NH T6080, 2012, Range Command, 5250hrs, 50kph, front axle suspension, 4 spools, Firestone 540/65R28 & 650/65R38, no Adblue, excellent condition & servicing, slab weights also available. £29,950. J Hawkes Tel 07711 32812 (Essex)

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LLANSILIN TRACTORS LTD

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2013, 4700hrs, f/linkage, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle & cab susp, 5 spools, autoguide ready, Data 4, 710/75/42 & 600/65/34 Trelleborg tyres @60% good, full MFSH from new, exc cond throughout

MASSEY Ferguson 6615, 2016 (16 reg), Dyna-4 4wd, 1550hrs, approx 150hp, recent new tyres, Power Control shuttle, front axle & cab suspension, f/linkage, lovely condition throughout, owner driver, everything works as it should. £44,750. C Taylor Tel 07758 945424/01508 536005 (Norfolk) NEW Holland T8-390, powershift 50kph gearbox, cab & f/suspension, 4 electronic spools, RTK GPS guidance, 2800hrs, 2012, tyres 50%, 800/70R38 & 600/70R30, for sale due to retirement, supplied & serviced by TH White, exc condition. £58,500+VAT. J Furness Tel 07973 843230 (Glos)

Buy and sell online — www.farmads.co.uk

Bruce Hopkins Ltd

MASSEY Ferguson 7618 Dyna 6, 11/2014, c/w front weights, front & cab suspension, push out hitch, eco PTO, air con, tyres 95%, serviced recently, one careful owner, 3300hrs. £46,000.

C Cornish Tel 07985 394421 (Essex)

BAILEY low loader, tripleaxle, on twin wheels, 24' bed (manufactured Sept 2016: bought Feb 2017), hydraulic ramps, paintwork is average/used, air & hydraulic brakes, floor good. £8,500+VAT ono. S Cobbold Tel 07557 413622 (Suffolk)

MARSHALL 6.5t single axle trailer, 2013, c/w grain chute. C Cornish Tel 07985 394421 (Essex)

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ALLIANCE A-350 rowcrops, 13.6/48 rear tyres 60%, 11.2/36 fronts 30%, 8 stud, to suit case Maxxum 140 or similar. £1,150+VAT ono. A Bacon Tel 07866 904116 (Essex)

Bailey Bale Trailer 54-72181

TRAILERS (cont)

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POA

25’ long, 10’ wide, c/w front & back lights, ladders, Super Single tyres sprung axle, 10t, rigid drawbar

01604 780087 07805 707605 E: sales@morganfarm.co.uk

SET of rowcrop wheels & tyres, 300/95 & 270/95, 4* rated, tyres 75%, for John Deere 6000 series. £2,500. R Maddever Tel 07786 910597 (Suffolk)

morganfarmmachinery.co.uk

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2019, tri-axle, 27 Tonnes, 215/75R17.5, toolbox, excellent.

More photos and full spec at: www.writtlefarmmachinery.co.uk LOW loader trailer, 30' long, 3 axles, with hydraulic ramps, in good working order. £4,000. F Campling Tel 01945 440234/07876 507590 (Lincs)

07748 004794 01245 442224(T) ARTICULATED container trailer, 40’, roller shutter rear door, tri axle, vgc. £980 no VAT. R Brown Tel 07970 064760 (Derbys)Weeks tipping trailer chassis, 2 available, with ram, tipping pipe & stand, no body. £100 each. T Blake Tel 01692 630617 (Norfolk)

ARTIC curtainsider, tri-axle, 45' long, super singles, still tested until January 2021. £1,675. J Weston Tel 07803 270448 (Lincs)

NEW Larrington Trailers in stock

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2011 14t Bailey trailer, oil/air brakes, rollover sheet, grain chute, 500/60R22.5 flotation tyres, mudflaps, high level & work lights. £10,500 ono. A Whitehead Tel 07771 507279 (Norfolk) IFOR Williams cattle trailer, as new, hardly used. £2,500. B Golding Tel 07738 865581 (Norfolk)

AS Marston grain trailer, 14t, sprung drawbar, good super single tyres, roll over sheet, hyd rear door, vgc. £8,500. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos)

07748 004794 01245 442224(T) NORTON 10t trailer, swing tailgate, grain chute, sprung axles, good order, FM small farm, only used for grain. £4,150. A Dunham Tel 07767 248412 (Cambs)

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SCAMMELL trailer, c/w dolly, approx 30'. £580 or will separate. R Brown Tel 07970 064760 (Derbys) TYE twin axle tipping trailer, with high steel mesh sides, headboard & barn doors, suitable for waste plastic or horse muck. £850+VAT. P Freeman Tel 07711 145124 (Lincs)

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20’ flat trailer

£3,600+VAT

23.1X26, 12 ply turf tyres, as new, from Kioti mini tractor, c/w 8stud wheel centres, in new condition, would suit big square Hesston baler. £1,150+VAT can deliver. R Lane Tel 07831 615912 (Cambs) MICHELIN rowcrops, 11.2x48 (2).

M Cottage Tel 01799 584225/07989 297074 (Cambs) ALLIANCE rowcrops, 12.4/32 tyres 60%, 8 stud, to suit John Deere or similar. £500+VAT ono. A Bacon Tel 07866 904116 (Essex) SIX 11x22.5 tyres on rims, good condition & tread. D Hurn Tel 07990 586839 (Norfolk) SET of flotation wheels & tyres, 66/43-25 rears, 600/55-26.5 fronts, 75% tread, bolt-on centres. POA. M Hornbuckle Tel 07801 101645 (Leics)

SIMBA tool carrier, heavy duty, in good working order. £2,500. F Campling Tel 01945 440234/07876 507590 (Lincs)

TWO 16.9x34 BKT tyres, not worn much. £400 the pair. C Grace Tel 01844 21304/07711 700295 (Oxon) JOHN Deere wheels & tyres, vgc, 600/65R38. £2,250. L Rich Tel 07774 112211 (Glos) PAIR 12.4/11.36 dual wheels, clamp type fittings, tyres serviceable, clamps good. F Wapples Tel 01406 330644 (Lincs)

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01371 832310 KLEBER rowcrops, 8.3-R44 & 8.3R36, will fit Ford 7810/7840. M Cottage Tel 01799 584225/07989 297074 (Cambs) ALLIANCE rowcrops, 13.6/48, one tyre 30%, other damaged, 8 stud, to suit John Deere or similar. £400+VAT ono. A Bacon Tel 07866 904116 (Essex)

VEGETABLE EQUIPMENT WEBB 6 row front mounted beet hoe, vgc. H Epton Tel 07867 638287/01205 480935 (Lincs)

VEHICLES

COUNTRY VEHICLES Land Rover Defender 110 hard top, 91J, 65,000 miles, blue ........................... £4,995

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MARSHALL QM11 silage/ grain trailer, 2012, in excellent condition, hardly been used, paint still on floor, sprung axles, 400/60-22.5 tyres, currently dismantled as used with grain door. £7,600+VAT. P Littlejohn Tel 07974 745863 (Ayrshire)

At BWT we specialise in new and used wheel solutions for Rowcrop, Standard, Dual Wheel & Flotation applications.

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Herbst 26' Low Loader

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IFOR Williams twin axle trailer, 8'x5', 2000kg, dropsides, new floor. £1,495+VAT ono. R Hopkinson Tel 07976 424263 (Lincs)

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FRONT wheels & tyres off a John Deere 7230R, 540/65 R34, have only done delivery miles, in as new condition. H Blockley Tel 07825 442481 (W Yorks)

FIAT pickup rear tub, complete lights, nearly new condition, will fit Mitsubishi Warrior, etc. £500 ono. R Brown Tel 07970 064760 (Derbys) CHERISHED personal number plate, A403 KAY, on retention 10yrs, assignment fee £80 paid, ready to go straight on to a vehicle. £1,000. E Calcott Tel 01827 62265 (Staffs) CITROEN Relay van, MOT failure, very good runner. £350. D Samon Tel 07801 989666 (Cambs)

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Tel: 01580 291271 • Mob: 07836 723944 • sales@markhellier.co.uk

2017 Case Puma 220 P/shift with Case LRZ160 loader, 4042hrs, 220hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage, full P/shift, guidance ready & screen, Power Beyond, LED w/lights, climate control, Deluxe seat, 4 speed PTO, f/tyres 600/70x28 30%, r/ tyres 650/75x38 50% Michelins ............. POA

MASSEY FERGUSON:

2010 Massey Ferguson 6480, 9717hrs, 160hp, 50kph, f/axle suspension, semi P/shift, Datavision screen, f/tyres 16.9x28 80%, 2017 Puma 220 P/shift c/w LRZ160 loader, 4042hrs r/tyres 20.8x38 80% BKTs, v tidy one owner .............................................. £24,000

£2 4, 00 0

2017 Massey Ferguson 7718 Dyna 6 (1st reg Jan 2017) 4650hrs, f/linkage, Datatronic, Exclusive Pack, air brakes, 4 spool valves, 1250hrs warranty until January 2021 ..... POA

£5 7, 00 0

2010 MF 6480, 9717hrs, 1 owner

2014 Fendt 828 Profi Plus, 6971hrs

MANITOU: 2015 Manitou 741 Elite, 4050hrs, boom suspension, air conditioning, new tyres .. POA

FENDT: 2014 Fendt 828 Profi Plus, 6971hrs, 280hp, 60kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, air seat, f/linkage & PTO, continuously variable, Evo seat, 1 f/hydraulic service, 5 r/spool valves, r/ wheel weights, f/tyres 600/65x30 25%, r/ tyres 710/85x38 25% Michelins ....... £57,000 2004 Fendt 716 TMS, 12500hrs, f/PTO, 20% tyres, average................................... £21,000 2016 Fendt 716 Profi S4, 6890hrs, Isobus ready, f/tyres 420/90x30 40%, r/tyres 480/80x46 10%, IMMACULATE ........ £52,500 2012 Fendt 936, 9683hrs, one owner, IMMACULATE................................... £56,500

£5 2, 50 0

NEW HOLLAND:

2016 Fendt 716 Profi S4, 6980hrs IMMACULATE

2015 New Holland T7.200 Power Command, 5198hrs, 200hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage & PTO, full P/shift, mid mount valves, creep box, Power Beyond, 600/60x28 30%, r/ tyres 710/60x38 35% Michelins ....... £40,000

£5 6, 50 0 £3 6, 00 0

VALTRA: 2018 Valtra S394, 2108hrs, 400hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage, continuously variable, full Trimble guidance, 6 r/spool valves & 2 front, f/tyres 650/60x34 80%, r/tyres 710/75x42 85% Trelleborgs ... £95,000 2015 NH T7.200 Range Command, 6615hrs

£3 6, 50 0

2017 Case Puma 165 P/shift, 2644hrs, 50kph, air brakes, f/weight, guidance ready, Power Beyond, Deluxe seat, 4 spool valves, f/tyres 600/60x28 60%, r/tyres 710/60x38 70% ............................... £53,500

2014 New Holland T7.200 Range Command, 4812hrs, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage, semi P/shift, 4 manual valves, 3 speed PTO, f/tyres 16.9x30 10%, r/tyres 2013 NH T7.210 Power Command, 6918hrs 20.8x42 10% tidy other than some rust on rear wheels, re-advertised due to time waster ...................................... £34,500

JOHN DEERE:

2014 John Deere 6190R, 6036hrs, 190hp, 40kph, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage & PTO, continuously variable, climate control, GreenStar ready, f/tyres 16.9x30, r/tyres 20.8x42 now fitted with new tyres ......................... £42,500

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2018 Case Puma 185 with Case LRZ160 loader, 1461hrs, 185hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage, full P/shift, ABS, full guidance, mid mount valves, mechanical spool valves, f/ tyres 540/65x30 80%, r/tyres x 42 85% Michelins, re-advertised due to time waster .............................................. £72,500

2012 Fendt 936, 9683hrs, 1 owner, IMMACULATE

2018 John Deere 6145R, 2182hrs, 145hp, 45kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, air seat, semi P/shift, Power Beyond, 2014 NH T7.200 Range Command, 4812hrs Autoquad, Isobus ready, f/tyres 420/70x28 75%, r/tyres 18.4x38 70% Michelins ......................................... £56,500 A DYNAMOMETER READING IS AVAILABLE ON ALL TRACTORS

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2018 Puma 185 c/w LRZ160 loader, 1461hrs

1999 Case IH CX90 MFD, 5918hrs, 90hp, air conditioning, Deluxe cab, v tidy, f/ tyres 12.4x24 20%, r/tyres 13.6x38 50% Goodyear Originals ................................. POA

2015 New Holland T7.200 Range Command, 6615hrs, 200hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage & PTO, semi P/shift, mid mount valves, Power Beyond, f/tyres 540/65x38 25% BKT, r/tyres 650/65x38 25% Michelin ........................................... £36,500

NOW IN: ENGINES: NEW CNH ENGINES to fit Tier 3, Maxxum 115 & TSA 115, Case Puma, plus New Holland T6 & T7 TYRES: PRICES YOU WILL NEVER GET ANYWHERE ELSE! 440/65x28 Continental (2), 480/65x28 Continental (9), 420/70x24 Continental (20), 380/70x24 Trelleborg (28), 380/70x24 Firestone (12), 320/85x24 Continental (5), 340/85x24 Firestone (6), 13.6x24 Pirelli (12), 14.9x24 Pirelli (8), 540/65x30 Continental (4), 480/70x34 Continental (8), 540/65x30 Firestone (6), 340/85x38 Firestone (4), 650/65x42 Nokian road tyres (4), 520/70x34 Continental (18), 480/70x34 Continental (15), 460/85x30 Firestone (6), 20.8/46 (5), 480/95x50 (1), 650/75x38 (2) Continental, 650/65x42 Continental, 600/65x38 (1) Continental, 520/70x38 (1) Continental, 480/70x34 (18) Continental, 420/85x34 (2), 710/70x38 (1), 650/65x38 (2), 600/65x38 (1), 480/80x42 (1)

2018 Valtra S394, 2108hrs, 400hp

£4 2, 50 0

£7 2, 50 0

2015 Case Magnum 315 CVX, 3332hrs

2015 Case Magnum 315 CVX, 3332hrs, 315hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, f/ linkage & PTO, continuously variable, full Accuguide, PUH, f/tyres 600/70x38 80%, r/tyres 710/70x42 60% Michelins ..... £70,000

2013 New Holland T7.210 Power Command, 6918hrs, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage & PTO, hydraulic top link, Power Beyond, guidance ready, 3 speed PTO, climate control, mid mount valves, exhaust brake, f/tyres 540/65x30 25%, r/tyres 650/65x42 40% Goodyears .............. £36,000

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£7 0, 00 0

2014 Case Puma 160 CVX, 5382hrs

2014 Case Puma 160 CVX, 5382hrs, 160hp, 50kph, air brakes, f/axle suspension, cab suspension, f/linkage, continuously variable. mid mount valves, Power Beyond, f/tyres 480/70x30, r/tyres 580/70x42 Trelleborgs...................... £37,000

2014 JD 6190R, 6036hrs, new tyres

£5 6, 50 0

£3 7, 00 0

CASE:

2018 John Deere 6145R, 2182hrs

We are expecting more tractors to arrive in our yard shortly – Keep an eye on the website!

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FERGUSON TEF20 diesel, very original, in good working order, c/w roll bar, has original V5 document, reluctant sale, registration: ORM 415. £2,750.

K Bristow Tel 01363 772965 (Devon)

TOYOTA Hilux 2012, 62 plate, HL2, diesel 4dr DCB 2.5, double cab pick-up, white, 98,873 miles at 15/04/2020, good condition, aluminium full width locker box, air con & tow bar, March MOT. £6,850+VAT ono. S Cobbold Tel 07557 413622 (Suffolk)

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Suppliers of all parts required for the restoration of your classic Massey Ferguson, other makes catered for to.

Restorations undertaken according to your needs full or part restoration panel spraying etc.

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INTERNATIONAL 574, fitted new battery & alternator, pick up hitch, rear linkage & PTO all work OK, showing approx 4749hrs, front tyres OK, rear poor but hold air, runs & drives OK, fitted with roll bar. £1,500 ono. J Woodward Tel 07930 548933/01455 221112 (Leics) JOHN Deere 5010, choice of 2, very nice tractors with weights, 3p/l & hitch, one has roll frame. POA. R Smith Tel 07881 621061 (Cambs)

FORDSON Major, 1957, c/w V5, in tidy condition, not beaten up, very good tyres, ideal for light work or showing, no VAT. £2,500 ono. J Woodward Tel 01455 221112/07930 548933 (Leics) SET of rowcrop wheels for 135/Dexta. £200. P Jewell Tel 07944 782957 (Merseyside)

COOCH & Sons Ltd, Northampton, potato sorter, barn find, dry stored for over 60yrs, for more information please don’t hesitate to contact me. Best offer secures.

P Skinner Tel 07711 405100 (Northants) TYE 4t tipping trailer, vgc. £900+VAT ono. Andrew Hunt 07702 734715 (N Yorkshire) NO.1 Boswell dresser, working order.

Free for anyone who would like to collect it. R Kingsley Tel 01763 287344 (Herts) LATE Victorian/early Edwardian stable stall, dismantled, out of a country house. £1,000. E Calcott Tel 01827 62265 (Staffs)

GRIFFITH Elder 4.4m portable weigh beams, with large LED display & rechargeable battery powered ticket printer, programmable control & compatible with key fobs & auto vehicle ID. £5,950. M Collins Tel 07850 988808 (Suffolk)

CAT D5 crawler, in good working order. £7,000. F Campling Tel 01945 440234/07876 507590 (Lincs) SEED harrows with trace, a wooden thatching ladder and a sack lifter.S Jones Tel 07796 001370 (Norfolk)

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VEHICLES (cont)

MASSEY Ferguson 525, 1975, 12' cut, bed trailer, cab, cooler, always stored under cover, good well maintained working condition & example for age, sound panels, same farm last 25yrs, loss of storage, hence advertising. M Hubbard Tel 07947 500986 (Lincs) TRAILED 3 furrow Ransomes plough, c/w skimmers & discs, converted to pneumatic tyres so can be transported on highway. D Hurn Tel 07990 586839 (Norfolk)

SMYTH & Sons Ltd, No.32527 original vintage drill, genuine barn find, been dry stored for at least 50yrs, c/w spare parts, inc coulters & seed rollers, for more information please don't hesitate to contact. Best offer secures.

P Skinner Tel 07711 405100 (Northants) BRUFF vintage potato planter, old but serviceable, set at 30". D Beards Tel 07976 874999 (Warks)

Tru-Test EziWeigh7i, Tru-Test MP600 loadbars and aluminium weigh trays All brand new, multiple sets available £1,850 Also available +VAT separately

AVERY weighing scales, with weights. P Waspe Tel 07462 472289 (Suffolk)

ex works

UK Wide Delivery Available jfhudson.co.uk 07803 765 440

AVERY weigh cells (4), taken from a working weighbridge, useful as spares if you have similar. £400+VAT for all 4. M Burrough Tel 07860 246156 (Somerset)

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FARMERS - Advertise your ‘for sale’ and ‘wanted’ on-farm machinery for free. See coupon on page 194

Reynolds Motors Cromer • Norfolk

70995

WANTED s/beet drills cleaners & trailing

Demo McHale V660 round baler, knives, try this on your grass high density, high output – extremely reliable – attractive price 2017 2015 2011 2007 1984 2016 2014 2002 1994 2011

McCormick X7-440 Premium with loader, 2600hrs – very popular ............................£45,000 Deutz 5090 4wd with loader – superb 88hp runabout – very nice .............................£19,750 McCormick MC130/Quicke loader – this is worth viewing – well cared for ...................... POA McCormick CX95 4wd Syncho – a very nice tractor throughout ................................£13,850 Case 844XL 4wd – basic & very reliable – a good spare tractor ..................................£8,500 McCormick X6-430 4wd, 3900hrs, new clutch packed, fully serviced .......................£36,500 JCB 531-70, 5000hrs, serviced & ready for season – a good buy .............................£32,500 Merlo 28.7 – a reliable loadall at the right price .........................................................£15,500 Matbro TR250, exceptional for year, drives very well .....................................Cheap at £8,750 Teagle Tulip SX fert spreader, 24m – refurbished & ready ............................................£3,000 Webb 5 9 row beet drill, tramline kit added – not to be missed .......................................£750 2017 Orsi 609 6m hedger, electric controls, 3pt fitting – nice ...............................................£8,000 Portequip beet & calf creep feeders – ex stock – at keen prices Tyrer 4t Hi-lift trailer – still very useful ............................................................................£975 2013 Deutz 7250 TTV, 253hp, 50kph, fully serviced, exceptional condition, 2700hrs – a quality tractor with performance, comfort & fuel economy – this must be seen – 12 months warranty Richford bag lifter, hyd telescopic boom for fert spreaders ..........................................£1,250 2014 Major 3500 gallon vacuum tanker, steering axles – very nice ....................................£16,000 Strimech toe tip buckets ex stock to suit Merlo – at knockout prices Kockerling cultivators – extremely popular on our large estates – ring for a demo today Visit our showroom for Hayter/Toro/Stihl equipment

tanker harvesters 2 & 3 row

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CLAAS LEXION 630 MONTANA £145,000 2017, 6.2m Vario, 886 EH, 702 drum hrs CL2732

CLAAS LEXION 650

£162,000 2017, 7.7m Vario, 486 EH, 395 drum hrs CL2860

CLAAS LEXION 760 MONTANA £138,000 2014, 9m Vario, 1426 EH, 961 drum hrs CL2749

CLAAS TUCANO 320 T4I

CLAAS TUCANO 450

CLAAS LEXION 760 TT

CLAAS LEXION 570

CLAAS LEXION 520

CLAAS LEXION 570

CLAAS LEXION 430

CLAAS LEXION 460E

CLAAS LEXION 460

CLAAS DOM 115CS

£99,995 2013, 7.5m Vario, 1242 EH, 896 drum hrs CL2765

CLAAS LEXION 470E

£55,000

2003, 7.5m Vario, 3194 EH, 2,244 drum hrs CL2706

£104,000 2010, 10.5m Vario, 3170 EH, 1,976 drum hrs CL2750

£45,000 2003, 6m standard cutterbar, 3320 EH, 2,452 drum hrs CL2799

£82,000 2008, 7.5m Vario, 2803 EH, 2,000 drum hrs CL2432

£49,500

2002, 7.5m Vario, 3500 EH, 2,500 drum hrs CL2857

£78,500 2014, 5.4m Vario, 1163 EH, 803 drum hrs CL2754

£45,000 2004, 5.4m Vario, 3294 EH, 2,453 drum hrs CL2768

£33,000 1997, 7.5m standard cutterbar, 4229 EH, 3,660 drum hrs CL2734

CLAAS LEXION 750 TT 2014, 9m Vario, 753 EH, 522 drum hrs

£162,000 CL2770

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BEET CLEANERS – CHOICE OF CTM & TODD Precleaner or roller table with picking tables, etc BEET DRILLS – CHOICE OF 6 & 12 ROW Monopill, Monosem, Kleine & Stanhay BEET HOES CHOICE OF 6 & 12 ROW HYD FOLD Standen • Househam• FMA 6 METRE FRONT STEERING PRESS HYD FOLD Edlington 6.5m hyd folding rolls with breaker rings TERRADISC CULTIVATORS 3 & 4M Dutch & combination harrows 3 to 6 metre + 3m germinator KV LD85/300-9-HD PLOUGH 5+1 VARI WIDTH Opico 3m grass topper KEEBLE 6M HYD FOLD CULTIVATOR/SUBSOILER 16 h/d cultivator & 9 subsoiler legs hyd levelling tines & hyd packer roll KUHN AXIS 40.1W S6 3000L HC FERT SPREADER Claas 105 combine 17’ Merc/Hydro & chopper barn stored v tidy FLAT LIFTS – SUBSOILERS 2 TO 5 LEG 45’ tri-axle artic trailer on air for straw, etc 8T BULK BLOWER TRAILER PTO DRIVEN 10t flat trailers, 25’ twin axle 10T BUNNINGS MUCK SPREADER WITH R/DISCS Tipping trailer 3/4t with steel grain body 10T MARSHALL 25’ FLAT TRAILER HYD BRAKES Choice of low load single axle drill trailers 14T RICHARD WESTERN ROOT CROP TRAILER Air/hyd brakes sprung drawbar hyd tailgate roll sheet 50’ NEAN COMBINE/MACHINERY TRAILER full MOT wells & outriggers on air with rear lift

2011 Kuhn 2190 round baler, ready for season – really nice example .................................£12,500 2006 John Deere 592 baler, good order – very popular model..............................................£4,850 2006 Claas 380 variable baler, low bale count – tidy throughout.........................................£10,000 Krone 461 single rotor rake, internal rebuild, 4.6m work width ....................................£3,000 Demo Portequip 30’ bale trailer, 15t, Super Singles ............................................. Bargain @ £7,500 McHale/Ritchie bale handlers – ex stock – at competitive prices

£62,000 2004, 7.5m Vario, 3207 EH, 2,325 drum hrs CL2778

£15,000 1989, 6.6m standard cutterbar, 3000 EH CL2707

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WANTED JCB 3XC 4x4 Sitemaster wheeled digger

TIMBER

Email your machine to

info@jamesmurrell.co.uk or call Norwich, Norfolk

www.jmurrell.co.uk

59-72112

01493 750999

320X60X12 tyre to fit Kverneland plough depth wheel. P Webster Tel 01704 893162/07900 286419 (Lancs)

D J Davison & Sons Ltd

01359 230075 07932 668303 59-71909

HOWARD rotavator. J Doe Tel 07860 314240 (Suffolk)

WANTED

WANTED 1965–2012

JCB TELESCOPICS 1998–2012 BUNNING SPREADERS

Please email your machine to

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ROUND BALERS – McHALE, CLAAS, KRONE & WELGER

01493 750999 Norwich, Norfolk

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sales@robertwraightltd.com

07836 540559

Most models required

59-70781

SHELBOURNE Reynolds or similar Draper pickup header, any condition.

C Taylor Tel 07758 945424/01508 536005 (Norfolk) REEKIE Dominator main web, 40/45, good condition. P Webster Tel 01704 893162/07900 286419 (Lancs)

S Gray Recycling

07770 692891 www.jmurrell.co.uk

HOPPER bottom grain bin on legs, 30t capacity. R Fenwick Tel 07814 598309/01525 873768 (Beds) BUNDED fuel station, 2600L approx, must be clean & in good working condition. J Woodward Tel 01455 221112/07930 548933 (Leics) COMPACT trailed potato harvester, single/double row, with bagging unit, preferably Kverneland. R Lane Tel 07831 615912 (Cambs) JONES Engineering onion topper & hoover. D Brown Tel 07710 316205/01487 822280 (Cambs)

SCRAP METAL All types of scrap combines, sugar beet harvesters, tractors & machinery

Tel: 07785 937779 or 01953 454462

59-70049

Please email details to

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VADERSTAD TopDown, 4m wide.

D Brown Tel 07710 316205/01487 822280 (Cambs) ACCORD Kverneland Mini Air for drilling onions. D Brown Tel 07710 316205/01487 822280 (Cambs)

59-69726

snow@ground-control.co.uk

0845 180 1272

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BOMFORD B577 or B608 hedge cutter, must be in gwo. R Bales Tel 07810 631181 (Norfolk)

FORD/NEW HOLLAND TRACTORS

JOHN DEERE TRACTORS 4050 THROUGH TO 4955

Zetor tractors

Norfolk Farmer requires John Deere 100 & 10 Series tractors

59-72113

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Due to planned retirement we are looking for a Field Sales Manager to join us at Halesworth.

Halesworth is an established sales area with a good existing customer base, which also contains potential for further growth with the right individual.

The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, have a good understanding of modern farming and contracting practices, be self-motivated and present a professional image to the customer.

You will be demonstrating and selling a range of premium brand agricultural machinery.

A sound product knowledge is required, although ongoing industry leading training at the CLAAS Academy together with a personal development plan will be put in place.

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To apply: For an informal chat please call Chris Chilvers, General Sales Manager on 01986 834600.

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About People UK ministers appoint Sarah Pumfrett to AHDB

Fram Farmers welcomes new CEO

Sarah Pumfrett has been appointed by UK ministers to serve as an independent board member of the AHDB, and chair of its Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC). She took up her role from 1st April 2020 for a three-year term after Will Lifford completed his term in office at the end of March.

She is a chartered certified accountant (ACCA), chartered internal auditor (CMIIA) and specialist member of the Institute of Risk Management (SIRM).

Andrew Knowles has been appointed CEO of Suffolkbased farming co-operative Fram Farmers, a role he will take up in July.

With a degree in agricultural management, he has had a long career in agriculture, initially as a farm consultant working with arable businesses in East Anglia, before heading the technical, knowledge transfer and communication teams for AHDB Pork at a challenging time for the industry amid the Foot and Mouth

Having begun her career with Aberdeenshire Council, she gained extensive experience as an internal auditor in the oil industry.

Her interest in farming stems from a longstanding connection to agriculture, which includes running a 16-acre smallholding as a ‘hobby croft’ – home to Exmoor ponies, Bagot goats and chickens.

“Joining the AHDB at such a defining time for the UK agriculture and horticulture sector is very exciting,” she commented.

“I’m thoroughly looking forward to helping AHDB meet the challenges and make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead.”

outbreak. He won the prestigious David Black Award in 2015 and has since been pig marketing director of ForFarmers.

Fram Farmers’ chairman Andrew Read said: “As we celebrate 60 years, and as one of the few true farmer-owned inputs, purchasing and crop marketing co-operatives to have reached this milestone, we are confident that Andrew will deliver further progress for our members. We are confident that his leadership qualities and strategic experience will help to further develop what we have achieved over the past six decades.”

Fruit and horticulture specialist joins Yara

Eden Research appoints new director

Giz Gaskin has been appointed Yara’s new fruit and horticulture specialist manager – a role that will see him work to support and develop fruit growers across the UK. Prior to taking up the role, he spent two years as an independent expert advisor to the fruit industry. Previously, he has assumed roles in the soft-root industry and worked to support soft fruit and grape businesses.

Yara business manager for liquid and foliar products, Darren Glegg, said: “Giz has hit the ground running and is already proving a hugely valuable

Dr Michael Carroll will take up the role of director of regulatory affairs at Eden Research, the AIM-quoted company that is focused on sustainable biopesticides for use in global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries.

Mike is a leading figure in the field of crop protection product development and registration. He brings international experience to the team, having worked in the UK, Germany, Belgium and the USA, with over 30 years’ experience gained in the agrochemical industries. Mike served tenures of over 10 years

addition to the team.

“He has exceptional technical knowledge and skill, especially with soft fruits. Giz already has an extensive network of growers with whom he is in contact. That, combined with his expertise, will be a tremendous support for area managers in this sector. It will also mean fruit growers across the country are in very capable and knowledgeable hands.”

Commenting on his new role, Giz said: “My work will include working with fruit growers, or with other growers seeking to begin growing fruit.

“The vast majority of that work will be trialling and testing new products alongside the other area managers,” he added.

SRUC professor joins Science Advisory Group The principal of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Professor Wayne Powell, has been appointed to the Department for International Development’s (DFID’s) Science Advisory Group (SAG). He is one of seven new independent experts in the 11-member group, and one of only two based in Scotland.

DFID leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty and to help save lives when humanitarian emergencies strike. Its priority science and research areas are health; agriculture; climate, water, energy; growth; humanitarian; education; governance, conflict

and social development; and data for development.

Alongside other noted academics from across the UK, Prof Powell will help to provide DFID with independent scientific advice.

A fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Prof Powell has shown a lifelong commitment to the application of cutting-edge science to deliver practical benefits for agriculture and the rural economies of the developed and developing world.

His personal research interests are at the interface of plant genetics, genome science, and plant breeding, with a strong emphasis on the delivery of ‘public good’ outcomes.

at both Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto Agricultural Group, holding various positions including global registration manager and European registration manager.

More recently, he served as head of research and development for Arysta EMEA, the largest region in Arysta LifeSciences.

For the past year, he has been working for TSG Consulting (AIM:SAG), an AIM-quoted Science Group company that provides regulatory and scientific support to chemical companies around the world.

Mike holds BSc and PhD degrees in biochemistry from the UK universities of Bath and London, respectively, and is also a frequent speaker and published author.

Germains announces new key account manager Seed technology company Germains, part of ABF PLC, has announced the appointment of its new key account manager, Kerry Buttriss. Kerry started her new role at the beginning of April and is based at the company’s Kings Lynn office.

She has spent the last 12 years at the East of England Agricultural Society, working across both their charity and commercial business, and has a sound knowledge of the

agricultural industry. Prior to this she worked for Mole Valley Farmers, formerly CWG, in Stamford and Dereham.

Reporting to the European commercial manager Richard Nicholls, Kerry will be connecting with key stakeholders across the business, in particular the sugar beet accounts across the region.

With a wealth of agricultural experience and a strong marketing and event management background Kerry will also be building on the Germains brand and working on new product launches.

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Generation change in Shareholders’ Committee The Claas Shareholders’ Committee has named Helmut Claas as honorary chairman.

Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser was chosen as the new chairwoman and takes over the role from her father.

Helmut Claas held the position of chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee for 25 years. During this time, Claas intensified its international presence in countries beyond Europe. New production and sales locations were opened in India, the USA, Russia, China, South America and elsewhere.

An important strategic milestone was reached in 2003 with the acquisition of the French tractor manufacturer Renault Agriculture.

This period also coincided with the development of the flagship Lexion combine harvester, which was introduced to the market

in 1995. This is still considered the most advanced and capable combine harvester worldwide and was relaunched in 2019 as a completely revamped machine.

The Jaguar – a self-propelled forage harvester – became yet another success story, and Claas rose to the position of market leader in this segment.

The transition to the third generation is now complete, with the election of Cathrina ClaasMühlhäuser as chairwoman of the Shareholders’ Committee.

The Committee sets the strategic direction of the family business and works closely with the group executive board. It consists of the external members Christian Boehringer, Dr Frank Dreves, Arne Lakeit, Gerd Peskes, Carl-Albrecht Bartmer and the family members Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser, Dr Patrick Claas, Volker Claas and Helmut Claas.

New BSPB chief executive named The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has appointed Sam Brooke as chief executive, with effect from 1st July this year.

Sales and marketing professional Sam has more than 17 years’ commercial experience within the UK and European plant breeding and seeds industry. She joins BSPB from Syngenta UK Ltd, where she is currently head of seed and seed treatment sales for the UK and Ireland. She succeeds Dr Penny Maplestone, who left BSPB earlier this year to pursue other career interests.

Sam is an experienced communicator and a well-known figure throughout the plant breeding and crop production sector. Before joining Syngenta in

2006, she held seed production and sales positions with Monsanto and RAGT. She has also served on the BSPB Board since October 2015, and is vice-chair of the AIC Seed Committee.

BSPB chairman Andrew Newby commented: “The Society is fortunate to have recruited such an energetic, passionate and wellconnected advocate for the UK plant breeding industry.

“These are extremely challenging and uncertain times for British agriculture, but one thing is clear: maintaining a productive and resilient crop production sector will require continued investment in UK-based breeding programmes and access to genetic innovation, delivered to the market through high-performing varieties and quality seed.”

Seed specialist sets course for growth Independent seed specialist and plant breeder, Elsoms Seeds, has appointed a business development team to identify innovations and diversification opportunities for UK farmers and growers.

The team will be led by Adrian Hayler, who has been responsible for the growth of the company’s agricultural business over the past eight years.

“Agriculture and horticulture will undergo significant change in the coming years, generating exciting opportunities,” head of business development Adrian commented. “Elsoms is well placed to provide ideas and solutions for UK farmers and growers to remain commercially successful, due to its wide range of crops and seed treatments,

and its expertise in breeding, trialling, and research and development activities.”

Elsoms commercial director and deputy chairman Robin Wood, added: “With his extensive knowledge of the produce and food production sectors, Adrian is ideally suited to lead our Business Development team.”

Adrian will be joined by his colleagues Annie Sneath and Heather Oldfield. Annie brings a wealth of experience to the team having worked on projects in Elsoms’ market leading seed treatment division, while Heather assisted in establishing Elsoms as a major supplier of hybrid rye to the sector.

Leading livestock transport expert retires One of the world’s leading experts in livestock transportation, Professor Malcolm Mitchell, is retiring after 15 years at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

A specialist in animal welfare and physiology, Prof Mitchell is widely recognised as an international expert in the welfare of poultry, the use of thermal imaging in animal welfare and the introduction of sensors and monitoring systems into Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) and Smart Farming. His research has led to important changes in policy and regulation, improving the welfare of millions of animals during transport.

Before joining SRUC in 2005,

Prof Mitchell spent 24 years at the Roslin Institute, where he was a principal scientist and then project leader.

He comments: “It has been an enormous pleasure to work with my friends and colleagues in SRUC, the Roslin Institute, the University of Edinburgh and the global academic community.

I have been involved in many collaborations with colleagues around the world and I feel that the outputs of our joint research programmes have enabled improvements in animal health and welfare and had real impact.

“It has all been very worthwhile and extremely enjoyable. I hope I can continue to play some role in the future but perhaps from a position where I can also devote more time to other pursuits.”

Northern territory manager joins Pottinger

Alastair Dixon has been appointed as Pottinger’s northern territory manager, covering all of Scotland

and the north east of England.

Based from the family farm in Lochgilphead, Alastair joins Pottinger UK from a longestablished agricultural machinery dealer in Bishopton, Glasgow.

In his previous role he handled retail sales for a wide range of agricultural products across Argyll and the Western Isles.

“Alastair will be a familiar face to many in the west of Scotland, from his previous sales role and time spent actively within Young Farmers,” commented Pottinger general manager Shaun Groom.

“His extensive knowledge of the industry will be invaluable in assisting the growth of the Pottinger brand in the years ahead.”

Upon his appointment, Alastair said: “I am looking forward to the challenge this new role brings. Working for an innovative company such as Pottinger will allow me in conjunction with our dealer network to offer the very latest in agricultural technology and equipment to farmers and contractors.”

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About People CPA announces new chief executive Fraser OBE said: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome Dave Bench to the CPA. I am thrilled that we have been able to make this appointment. Dave brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise, but also the drive and vision which I believe will crucial in helping the organisation and its membership rise to the challenges in front of it.”

Dave Bench said: “I’m delighted to be taking on this vital role at what is an exciting time for the sector. Our exit from the EU gives the UK a unique opportunity to lead the way in crop protection and agricultural science, meeting the demand for safe, affordable food and minimising the impact on the environment.

“The crop protection sector is an innovative, science-based industry offering a suite of solutions not only to farmers, but also to the wider public through protecting food, parks, gardens, roads and railways. I look forward to working with the CPA staff, membership, policy-makers, and stakeholders to realise the opportunities ahead.”

Eastern counties sales manager joins Kuhn Kuhn Farm Machinery has appointed Louise Skinner as area sales manager for the eastern counties of England. With a farm machinery dealership family background and experience working with her father, Louise began her career early and has a longstanding interest in the sector.

With subsequent experience including dealer development, key account management, demonstrations and customer relations, she is ideally qualified to support dealers in the sale of Kuhn products.

The company’s area sales managers are backed up by teams of product specialists and fieldbased product support engineers.

Kuhn has also recently invested in a significant upgrade of its UK-based spare parts operation and offers state-of-the-art customer support though the MyKUHN online portal.

“I’m enjoying the challenge of joining such a progressive business and running my own sales area,” said Louise. “I look forward to growing into the role and becoming integral to Kuhn’s success in supporting dealers and farmers in the eastern counties.”

Louise will represent Kuhn throughout East Anglia and will include south Nottinghamshire, south Lincolnshire, eastern Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire in her area. She will report to national sales manager Duncan McLeish, who is based at Kuhn’s UK headquarters in Telford.

Paul Coffey (left) and Tim Thornton, of Essex-based machinery supplier P. Tuckwell Ltd, have been promoted to territory sales managers.

With nearly 20 years’ experience in farming, and having spent the best part of a decade working as a salesman at Tuckwells, Paul said he is wellplaced to take the next step in his career. In addition to his long career at Tuckwells, which began in 2008, Paul’s previous roles include four years as a European demonstrator for New Holland and a period of time as area sales manager for JCB. Commenting on his new role as territory sales manager for the Ardleigh/Sudbury areas, he said: “It is my personal belief that having been at the forefront of selling at Tuckwells for the best part of 10 years, this is a natural progression.

I have built up good relationships with customers and colleagues so I am well-placed to take the next

step. I’m really excited about this new role and increasing business for Tuckwells.”

Meanwhile, Tim will be covering the Rayleigh and Dunmow areas, working with colleagues in the field to look after customers, improving and strengthening the company’s position.

Tim has worked in sales at the Rayleigh depot for the past eightand-a-half years, before which he worked in the groundcare industry for Ernest Doe & Sons.

Prior to taking up his new role, he was area salesman for Tuckwells, selling John Deere, JCB, Vaderstad and other brands.

Of his new role, he said: “I’m excited for the challenge and I look forward to getting out and about meeting people and supporting customers.

These are testing times, but I’m looking forward to the challenge and strengthening Tuckwells’ position in the area.”

Water company appoints ecological consultants (l-r) Nick Sanderson, Anthony Mellor, Oliver Ramm.

Ecology consultants, RammSanderson, has been appointed onto a framework of suppliers to Severn Trent Water (STW) and Hafren Dyfrdwy (HD).

The company has also had its contract with Western Power Distribution extended.

The STW & HD appointment means that the company is approved to supply ecological and arboricultural services on STW & HD projects for up to the next three years as part of the AMP 7 programme.

STW has announced that it will

invest more than £6bn between 2020 and 2025 on new and existing assets like pipes, treatment works and reservoirs. It currently provides over eight million people across the Midlands, from the outskirts of Sheffield, down to Bristol, and into north and midWales region with approximately 2 billion litres of fresh, clean drinking water every day.

These plans also include ambitions to improve biodiversity throughout the region, including planting more than 1.3 million trees, establishing new wildflower meadows and restoring moorland, and restoring bog and peatland, all of which will help fight climate change, contribute to biodiversity net gain and protect water supplies.

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The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has announced the appointment of Dave Bench as its new chief executive.

Dave joins the CPA from the Government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) where he was director, EU Exit – Chemicals. Dave brings a wealth of public sector experience, having worked in a range of scientific roles dealing with risk assessment of chemicals, policy development and providing scientific advice.

For the past three years, Dave’s work has focused on developing operable post-EU Exit chemicals regimes for the UK. This included crop protection products, but also other chemicals regimes such as Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) and Biocides.

Commenting on the appointment, the independent chairman of the CPA, Christopher

Tuckwell promotes new territory sales managers

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Adaptive Intake AS STANDARD

Our Highest Output Baler

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Scotland & N. England

Gary McConnell 07796 148 769

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Adaptive Intake Features

NDAR AS STA

15 Knife Chopper Unit

2.1m Pick Up with Adaptive Intake

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NDARD AS STA

NDARD AS STA

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Automatically adjusts for light and heavy crops

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Larger Rotor

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Larger Augers

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Camless Pick Up Option

Double Drive 3 Heavy-Duty Endless Belts

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Midlands & Wales

Kieran Hughes 07850 373 145

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Southern England

Jayson Luscombe 07585 755 559

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