ENDURO PRO BRINGS FLEXIBILITY WITH SEEDBEDS While the majority of seedbeds are ploughed at MP Abbiss’ Pickthorn Farm near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, the farm has recently invested in a 3m Enduro Pro stubble cultivator from Battlefield Machinery, to provide additional flexibility and reduce crop establishment costs.
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Agriculture could be viewed as the art of making the most of a vision while being aware of the external influences affecting the bigger picture. Those influences, particularly from weather, are ever present and arguably more extreme, with 2024 being warmer, wetter and colder than records suggest. And last year added inheritance tax to the mix. Artificial Intelligence is helping the modern world in ever more complex situations, and I’m proud that Kverneland is releasing Smart Search technology, to offer easy visual recognition of original parts through my.kverneland.com. This should also minimise downtime in today’s ever more challenging environment. Another new release in our connected world is Sync, which enables real time connectivity to ISOBUS-equipped machines. With remote fault diagnostics and easy optimisation of machine settings, expect to see savings through improvements in efficiency. These are just two innovations created to benefit the arable and grassland sectors.
loams over clay, and the arrival of the Enduro Pro along with a seeder kit to put down Westerwold rygrass short-term leys
has helped to lower establishment costs.
“It’s a flexible, one pass approach when putting grass leys in at a shallow depth,” he says. “The rear levelling tines and packer roller give us the finish we need, and with standard 50mm knock-on points
“Our five-furrow Kverneland plough does a great job, but having a rugged stubble cultivator that can work from 2-6in deep has brought flexibility to our processes,” explains Russell Abbiss. “We have a few steep banks, and if we’re putting slurry on to maize stubbles for example, the ability to incorporate liquid quickly and easily in the top six inches means we can avoid run-off and make the most of nutrients.” The 400-acre family farm runs a 300-cow dairy herd averaging 10,500 litres, alongside 180-acres of maize and 80 acres of cereals. Soil types range from medium to heavy
plus the option of wider wing shares for greater soil movement, we have a flexible solution.” Equipped with 10 Tri-flex tines, the fully- mounted cultivator is operated at 10-12kph with the farm’s MF 7S.180 tractor. “We’ve a few stones around the place, so having auto-reset legs has been a huge benefit,” adds Russell. “Overall, it’s a very useful bit of kit that is a viable alternative to our plough.”
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TNS CELEBRATES 150 YEARS 2025 marks a significant milestone for Kverneland dealer Thurlow Nunn Standen (TNS) – the business is celebrating 150 years of trading. The key to its success, said chairman James Farming is where the family-run business’ roots remain, and Mr Thurlow said TNS values the long relationship it has developed with Kverneland, as one of its key suppliers.
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Thurlow, is diversification, along with long-standing relationships, of which Kverneland is one of the latter having notched up 52 years supplying implements and precision farming technology to the East Anglian machinery dealer and its many depots. TNS is part of the Thurlow Nunn Group, which operates across property, construction and automotive sectors in addition to farming. However, agriculture is where the business started in 1875, when George Thurlow began trading as an oil blender and belting manufacturer.
“Kv shares the same core values that we do,” said James Thurlow. “Professional, caring, respect, trust and together. Our 52-year relationship is significant, and we value the commitment from Kverneland to continue to support us and our customers.”
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