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Calibrating and keeping your crop sprayer in tip-top condition with the right nozzles for the target and spraying conditions form an important part of our coverage; plus user experience of mounted sprayers, trailed sprayers and self-propelled sprayers, guidance and auto spraying technologies.

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Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year comp open for entries

Entries are now open for the annual Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year competition, with the winner set to lift the trophy in the Sprays & Sprayers Arena at next year's…

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Amazone launches 9,000-litre single-axle trailed sprayer

Amazone has introduced a brace of high-capacity, single-axle trailed sprayers with tank capacities of up to 9,000 litres and the option of booms as wide as 42m. Previously, the maker’s…

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Horsch debuts mounted Leeb CS sprayer range

Horsch now has the complete range of sprayers, having launched a mounted model to join its Leeb-branded self-propelled and trailed machines.  The Leeb CS shares plenty of features in common…

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John Deere releases highest-capacity trailed sprayer

John Deere has launched its biggest ever trailed sprayer with tank volumes up to a bulky 7,500 litres. The flagship R975i features boom widths from 24m up to 40m in…

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Cereals 2021: Amazone updates self-propelled Panterra 4080

A new induction hopper and pump are the stand-out improvements to Amazone’s enormous Panterra 4080 self-propelled sprayer. See also: Simple 24m mounted sprayers for less than £30k The system was…

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Landquip adds driven axle to new PowerTrac trailed sprayers

Suffolk maker Landquip has launched a new trailed sprayer range with the novel addition of a driven axle to improve performance in less favourable conditions. The PowerTrac is propelled by…

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Driver's view: Danny Milazzo's Fendt Rogator 645

Judging for this year’s Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year competition is now in full swing. We caught up with one of the finalists to get the low-down on his…

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Driver's view: Michael Knight's Sands Horizon 5500

Experienced spray man Michael Knight now runs a modestly specced but high-output Sands Horizon 5500, which replaced a five-year-old 4,000-litre Vision in February. He tells us how it has performed…

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Video: Horsch reveal drilling innovations and tillage tweaks

German implement maker Horsch is experiencing strong UK sales from its tillage and crop protection machines. However, with the uncertainty surrounding glyphosate regulation and Brexit, the company thinks that exploring…

Video: New machines on display at Grassland and Muck 2008

Watch a video of some of the machines on display on the opening day of Grassland and Muck 2008.   For more pictures from the 2008 Grassland and Muck Event visit the…

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