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High-capacity fertiliser spreader yields rewards for Lancashire potato grower

Understanding the business needs for a new implement is key to success, and Lancashire-based potato grower Andrew Webster had very specific requirements for applying fertiliser at high rates

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 Kverneland's Excacta TLX Geospread, proves itself as a high capacity, accurate operator.
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Kverneland's Excacta TLX Geospread, proves itself as a high capacity, accurate operator.

A focus on reducing the farm's carbon footprint and input costs gave a Lancashire farmer the incentive to make the jump from a 20-year old Vicon twin disc spreader to the latest Kverneland high-flow Exacta...

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