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At the end of this month, we will be bidding a fond farewell to Nicky Murphy, our Area Sales Manager for Ireland, who has announced his retirement. Nicky has represented Lynx and our product range admirably across the whole of the island for the past nine years and has developed...
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The recovery in sales of new tractors over 50hp in June has proved to be something of a false dawn as registrations recorded in July plummeted by 44% compared with the same month last year. According to the latest Agricultural Engineers’ Association (AEA) statistics, 868 units were registered in July...
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Some welcome news for hard-pressed dairy farmers whose incomes have been seriously affected by the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. Defra has announced that it is extending the deadline for applications for financial support through the Dairy Response Fund. Dairy farmers now have until Friday, September 11 to submit their...
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If you operate a Deutz-Fahr 'D' Series tractor, you can further extend its capability with a Stoll front loader. The Profiline FZ10 is now available for the 5090.4 D, while the Solid 35-18 loader is the perfect match for the 5090 D. The ProfiLine FZ10 benefits from Stoll’s widely acclaimed...
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Some 38% of arable soils across England and Wales are degraded according to a new, easy-to-use ‘soil health’ measure developed by scientists led by Rothamsted Research. This is compared with less than 7% of grassland and woodland soil using the same analysis methodology. Developed from the findings of a number...
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The month of June saw something of a recovery in new tractor registrations in the UK. According to the Agricultural Engineers’ Association, 932 tractors (+50hp) were sold last month. Whilst this is a vast improvement on the figure of 586 tractors sold in May, June registrations still showed a 15%...
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