As a consequence of the weather, grain drying bills landing on the office desk this autumn may have provided a wake-up call to growers not normally aware of the time or money they spend drying their grain.

Direct drilling in lighter soils is now possible with Opico's Cambridge rollers, following the introduction of a new spring levelling board addition for the machines.

While the trend towards ever lengthening gangs of disc harrows continues apace, Dominic Kilburn looks at a lighter and more compact tractor-mounted option available.
"Size isn't everything," someone once said about something.

A new grain cleaner is proving a highly effective solution to the problem of removing bugs and weeds from thousands of tons of grain and pulses dried under contract each year by Notts farmer Peter Onions.