Farming News

• Dairy Event 2010: Machinery highlights from the show
  This year's Dairy Event provided a showcase for all things robotic in the milking parlour, as well as novel cluster technology and new feeding machines.
• Wood chipper turns waste into a cheap bedding
  With straw prices hitting the £80/t mark, there's renewed interest in using woodchip for cattle bedding, reports South Glamorgan chipper maker Biomass Equipment
• Combine technology gives operators more time to fine-tune machines
  Combine operators come in for attention with the latest Lexion series to help them make the most of a machine that packs even more technical aids than ever. Peter Hill reports
• Tramspread 24m dribble bar is light and strong
  Suffolk firm Tramspread's new 24m dribble bar aims to provide a lighter and less expensive alternative to some of the current units on the market as well as being able to be fitted to an average-horsepower tractor
• VIDEO: A user's view of the Lexion 770
  The Claas Lexion 770 is the German giant's newest range-topper. Emily Padfield caught up with one of the first users in Nottinghamshire.