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Tools for improving productivity

Spreaders in the Bunning range can be equipped with a choice of weighing and recording systems.

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Telescopic arms give extra reach

What's the priority - reach out or reach up? That is one of the considerations for contractors planning to purchase a new sidearm flail mower.

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How healthy are the UK's machinery rings?

Machinery rings were once seen as the way forward for farmers wanting to share machinery. But how are they faring now, asks Andy Collings?

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Euro Maus speeds up beet loading capacity

It's the penultimate day of a longer-than-usual sugar beet campaign, one that started in mid-September and finally drew to a close in mid-March.

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VIDEO: Claas Xerion central to big slurry investment

Totting up just how much he has spent on slurry application equipment in the last 12 months is a pretty frightening exercise, admits Bere Regis, Dorset, contractor Philip Trim.

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Slurry application mapping helps keep track of spreading

South Derbyshire agricultural contractor Lee Gilbert reckons he is one of the first in the UK to be able to provide farmer customers with a map that shows exactly how much slurry has been applied on every part of a field.

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Contractor charges: Our guide for 2010

This year's contractor price guide reflects lower fuel costs but higher machinery purchase costs.

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