... Geoffrey West reports on the current state of the machinery market, at home and for export TOTAL production in the UK of agricultural machinery for 1967 stood, according to Ministry of Tech nology figures, at just over £200m., of which £117.7m. was accounted for by exports. The year as a whole had shown a decline of 3 per cent in home deliveries and of 6 per cent in exports on corres ponding ...

... by Philip Hassall DESPITE some early disappoint ments, and one major failure, potatoes are one field where group marketing is on the upswing. Clearly the lessons of the early innovators are being learned, particularly the need for preliminary surveys of the market and the need for a close watch on a high capital investment in plant and equip ment. Last year a Newcastle University survey of ...

... Jeffrey Warhurst back from a recent visit to Holland, reports on developments in Dutch potato growing and harvesting techniques THE application of Dutch potato growing techniques cannot be com pletely adopted in the UK until con sumers of potatoes are prepared to accept firm textured, yellow fleshed varieties. With the yellow flesh of typical Dutch varieties are other character istics which ...

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... FEBRUARY 1968 3s. 6d. PROSPECTS FOR EXPANSION THE HIGH HP TRACTOR NEW IN CHEMICALS FARM PRICE TRENDS ...

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... Fruit and vegetable growing are increasingly becoming big business-- on large acreages. In this article, the first of a series of four, Ted Watson fills in the background to growing these crops and the market opportunities available BREAK CROPS are usually looked upon as alternatives to cereal grow ing that are not very profitable, but are grown to rest land, with the aim of going back into ...

... Focus on the big: tractor TRACTOR manufacturers, writes J. E. Cleveland, have become well aware that the demand for higher horse-power tractors will increase-- there were several new 100 hp plus machines at Smithfield-- as the man power shortage becomes more acute and farmers appreciate the value of getting a job done quickly and at the right time. The end result is the availa bility of a wide ...

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