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Research and experience has shown that by fitting rubber track systems to heavy machinery such as tractors, combines, beet and potato harvesters, farmers can alleviate damaging soil compaction. Soil compaction continues to be a serious problem on many UK farms. It has been proven to reduce crop yields, increase tillage-related...

According to the National Farmers’ Union, this year’s wheat harvest could be the worst since the 1980s and is likely to be down by around a third compared with last year. The root of the problem dates back six months to February this year when the majority of the UK...

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...

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...

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...

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...