User feedback key for Simon Richard Ltd: Simon Richard has recently celebrated 30 years trading in the Agriculture and Ground care Industries. Simon says, “our business was established selling fertilisers sprayers and toppers but diversified 20 years ago when we were appointed as UK Importers for the Muthing flail range.

This fitted very well as we had been involved with another flail manufacturer for 10 years prior.

John Deere announces management change: John Deere has announced a change to its senior management affecting the leadership in Region 2 (Europe and the CIS). Alejandro Sayago is appointed Vice President, Ag & Turf Sales & Marketing, Region 2, replacing Denny Docherty who has elected to retire on October 31, 2020.

In his new role Alejandro Sayago will continue to manage the team responsible for execution of Deere’s Grow Time strategy across the region, ensuring the successful implementation

Control Husqvarna robotic mowers with IFTTT: Husqvarna announces that Husqvarna Automower® owners are now able to control their robotic mowing experience through the Automower® Connect app compatible with the integration platform IFTTT (short for If This Then That).

This lets Homeowners with Husqvarna Automower® robotic mowers and the Automower® Connect app personalise their mowing process depending on weather forecasts and calendar activities.

Control Husqvarna robotic

Textron to relocate Jacobsen production: Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, will relocate all manufacturing of Jacobsen professional turf equipment to its facility in Ipswich, U.K. The move will begin this fall and be completed in stages over the next several months.

This move will enable the company to focus its investments, skill, and improvements in mower production on a single facility, and leverage existing resources and expertise at its Ipswich facility. The plant,

A spotlight on Chris Turpie: Chris Turpie, amenity specialist for Agrovista Amenity, provides an insight into his career to date, his varied client base, and his pride at building up an impressive customer portfolio.

Chris has been working for Agrovista since 2010 and credits the challenge of working on a completely new project as the only motivation needed to accept the job. At that time, the nation was suffering from a recession hangover and Agrovista did not have