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Start-ups essential for innovation Promising nematode resistant potato Plant breeders need funding model Brazilians get help to innovate Engine maker Deutz goes electric JD turn automation on headlands


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TYRE TECHNOLOGY


PneuTrac converts from a ‘normal’ tyre into a track as the tyre pressure decreases. It seems to offer unbeatable traction and remains stable regardless of the pressure.


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VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION


Three British farmers treated half their fields with the tradi- tional ‘flat rate’ practice. For the other half they used vari- able input of seeds and fertil- iser based on advice from the Omnia precision farming approach. It earned them an extra £99/ha (US$ 125).


32 CROP CARE


Fertilisation expert Herre Bartlema is convinced broadcast spreaders are a thing of the past. Band or ‘in row’ application reduces the amount of fertiliser needed. The environmental gain is even higher when those minerals come from agricul- tural or industrial waste streams.


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