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LAMMA PREVIEW
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THE
VEGETABLE
FARMER •
JANUARY 2017
What’s on show?
As with last year, the 2017
event will host themost extensive
array of farmmachinery to be
found in one location anywhere in
the UK. Most leading
manufacturers have signed up to
attend, andmany will be showing
new tractors, combines, drills and
cultivation equipment.
However, it’s not just the largest
companies that draw the crowds.
LAMMA’s ethos throughout its
36-year history has been to host
smaller agricultural engineering
andmachinery companies from
across the UK and, through
realistic exhibiting costs,
encouraging them to showcase a
wide range of products.
This combination of large and
small, unique on this scale in the
UK, gives visitors access to a vast
array of innovative products that
they will not encounter anywhere
else. Key sectors are zoned around
the showground to help visitors
findwhat they needwith the
minimum of fuss. Livestock
supplies, foragemachinery and
associated equipment are grouped
together as is post-harvest
technology and roots machinery.
The popular Workshop Area
returns to the event, where
visitors can buy almost anything
they need to tackle the simplest
repair job or themost
sophisticated self-build project.
Other non-machinery areas
continue to develop at LAMMA. A
range of companies will be
demonstrating the latest advances
in agronomy, and visitors can
catch up on the latest business
and farmmanagement advice.
The Dealers’ Den returns to
LAMMA ’17, where themain
traders dealing in second-hand kit
will be exhibiting. Visitors looking
for used equipment can track
downmachinery there and then
or build contacts to help them
secure the right piece of kit at the
time they need it.
CPDpoints
Visitors can earn six BASIS and
two NRoSO points by attending
the event and, for BASIS, by
taking part in the LAMMA
knowledge trail. This will use the
stamp card system introduced in
2016. Visitors can drop in on any
of the exhibitors taking part in the
process and their cardwill be
stamped upon successful
completion of the individual
exhibitor’s knowledge trails, to
claim amaximum of six points.
Planning your visit
A new LAMMA show app
contains all the event information,
an onsite showmapwhich is
easily accessible, exhibitor listings
and news, and also exclusive
competitions. Register to
download the app via the LAMMA
website. Visitors using the app
will also have access to freeWiFi
hotspots at the show.
A new interactive showmap is
also available on the website.
Visitors can plan their day more
effectively by panning around the
site in 3D.
Essential information
LAMMA ’17 takes place on
Wednesday 18th January between
7.30am and 5pm and Thursday
19th January between 7.30am
and 4.30pm, at the East of
England Showground, Oundle
Road, Alwalton, Peterborough,
PE2 6XE. Parking and entrance to
the show is free of charge.
Car parks will open early and
visitors arriving between 6.30am
and 8am can enjoy an early bird
breakfast. LAMMA all-day
breakfast is available from 8am.
A free shuttle bus service will
run between Peterborough train
station and the East of England
Showground. The service starts at
7am until 5pm. The shuttle bus
drop-off and pick-up points will
be at main gate (3) near the
security office. Two 53-seater
buses run throughout the day.
For further information on
LAMMA ’17 go to:
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BUMPER LAMMA ’17 EVENT PREDICTED
LAMMA is set to underline its position as the UK’s largest
farmingmachinery, equipment and services showwhen it
returns in the new year.
Over 900 exhibitors are expected to showcase their wares
at LAMMA ’17, which takes place on 18 and 19 January
2017, at the East of England Showground, Peterborough.
The event attracts more than 40,000 visitors.
LimeXbenefits beyond
broad-acre rotation
The benefit from using LimeX
to deliver rapid, but lasting pH
correction and to increase
available calcium is widely
understood.
LimeX
has also
proven itself to reliably
suppress the effect of clubroot
in brassicas across a range of
soil types, whilst reducing
subsequent inoculum levels.
More recent HDC funded
field trials (FV391) conducted
between 2011 and 2013
comparing potential
treatments for the control of
cavity spot in carrots,
supported the use of LimeX at
10-15 t/ha. Trials in 2012 and
2013 demonstrated the
greatest response, with
significant control only being
achieved by two treatments,
andwith LimeX performance
only surpassed by Metalaxyl-M.
Fully replicated trials are
being undertaken to
investigate the anecdotal
evidence of LimeX benefits in
other crops, including alliums
and legumes. In 2015, a fully
replicated trial in a set onion
crop showed an excellent yield
response. Further trials were
conducted in 2016, andwill be
repeated in 2017.
After commencing initial field
and pot trials in peas with the
PGRO in 2015, LimeXwas also
trialed again in 2016 to further
investigate possible effects on
common ‘damping off’
diseases. In 2016 LimeXwas
shown to significantly increase
nodulation, and these trials will
be repeated in 2017 for
greater evidence.
However, themost significant
field trialing has been in
potatoes, with 13 replicated
and numerous strip trials
across a range of soil types
between 2012 and 2016 (all
cv. Maris Piper) investigating
the effect of LimeX on skin
finish (common scab). In
summary, a strong correlation
has been demonstrated
between LimeX application and
a reduction in common scab
that is highly repeatable on
mineral and silt soils.
For more information visit
LimeX (British Sugar) on
Stand
755
, in
Hall 7
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