The challenges facing soil cultivation technology are considerable. Crop production, phytosanitary and soil protection requirements must be given equal consideration, all against the backdrop of severe restrictions on the active ingredients used in crop protection products. This means that all conceivable options for preventing soil degradation, humus loss, diseases and pests must be exploited.
If you rank agricultural machinery topics by the degree of controversy they produce few, if any, would beat chemical crop protection. However, this is also the agricultural machinery sector that is offering a disproportionately high number of new and/or improved ideas for setting the already high standards in application accuracy even higher.
2019 is over and it's been a busy year in ag. We covered a lot, including the trade war, the late planting season and the rise of the hemp in the U.S. To celebrate the new year, here's a list of the most popular items we’ve published at AgEquipmentIntelligence.com in 2019.
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The announcement of a partnership between New Holland and Bluewhite was one of the big precision stories of the summer. West Coast New Holland dealers now have the rights to sell, distribute and service Bluewhite’s aftermarket autonomy kits.