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John Deere introduces 76 foot wide Air Hoe Seeder to 1870 model line-up

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

Small grains and oil seed producers can now plant more acres quickly and accurately with the introduction of the 23 m (76 ft.) 1870 Air Hoe Drill from John Deere. This latest addition to the 1870 Air Seeder line-up, which includes 12 m (40 ft.) and 17 m (56 ft.) models, incorporates many new industry-leading

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New 80-ft air drill ‘impressive and productive’

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

Flexi-Coil’s new 80-ft 5500 air drill gave New South Wales grower Chris Condon’s planting productivity a 33 percent boost during a trial on his broadacre farm this year. Chris owns an 8000-hectare farm near Griffith in partnership with his mother Jan Condon. This season he drilled 4,000 hectares with the new Flexi-Coil 5500 air drill

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Weed control critical when water availability drives crop production

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

When you have a major focus on plant available water and related trigger points for crop production, you don’t want weeds drawing on your valuable resource. This is a driving factor for Andrew McFadyen, Company Agronomist and Cropping Manager at Paspaley Rural Properties’ ‘Kurrajong Park’ group of farms near Coolah. In his 15th season with

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Pasture Harrow Series 20

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

For larger field operations over 100 acres (40 hectares), where greater strength and durability are needed in a pasture harrow, the Murray Series 20 Pasture Harrow System performs above the rest. The system consists of a front drawbar, 3, 4 or 5-rank Pasture Harrow sections and heavy steel square chain mesh together with the appropriate

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Waratah flood posts rise to top

Posted on June 22, 2016 by

The devastating nature of floods in parts of the country makes it hard to believe that Australia is still described as the driest inhabited continent on Earth. In rural and regional communities, the impacts of ongoing weather extremes are often hardest felt, and farmers can be left with significant damage, resulting in costly repair work

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