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Polymer injection for healthier trees

October 7, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Polymer injection for healthier trees The summer months have not been kind for trees and turf. Increasingly, year on year, we are seeing the effects of climate change across our landscape as droughts persist. Trees in parks, golf courses, public and amenity areas, turf on sports pitches through to lawns in private gardens have all […]

John Deere apprentices far outperform national average

October 7, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

John Deere apprentices far outperform national average Apprentices on John Deere’s agriculture, turf and parts engineering programmes are completing their training at a rate well above the national average. More than 90% of those who start their course go on to successfully complete it, compared with around 60% nationally. The level of achievement is also […]

Polymer injection for healthier trees

October 7, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

John Deere apprentices far outperform national average

October 7, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

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Polymer injection for healthier trees

October 7, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

Polymer injection for healthier trees

The summer months have not been kind for trees and turf. Increasingly, year on year, we are seeing the effects of climate change across our landscape as droughts persist. Trees in parks, golf courses, public and amenity areas, turf on sports pitches through to lawns in private gardens have all suffered from the lack of rainfall. The ground becomes hard and compacted to a considerable depth, and when the rains do come, this often leads to standing surface water and waterlogging.

Polymer injection for healthier trees

Suffolk-based Terrain Aeration has specialised in one-metre deep soil aeration to relieve compaction, panning, and waterlogging nationally for over thirty years. In addition to underground fracturing to allow drainage, Terrain Aeration’s Terralift system also releases dried seaweed into the fissures it creates. This swells in the wet to keep them open. While that takes care of the drainage and aeration when it’s very wet, there remains the opposite problem of grass and tree roots not getting enough water in periods of drought. It’s a problem addressed by the same machine, the Terralift system, that aerates the soil at depth by releasing compressed air via its one-metre depth probe. As that fragments the soil to create the fissures and cracks, the probe can also inject water-storing polymer. Once in place, the polymer will expand one-hundredfold with rainwater or irrigation water, which it stores for the turf or tree roots to take up as needed. It’s a one-way system, so the polymer does not take water from the roots.

In this way, we will be able to make better use of what water we have, and it’s a very long-term process as the polymer takes a long time to degrade. Spreading the polymer on the surface is not practical, as when it rains it turns into a gel, making the area dangerous to walk and play on. Injecting it into the ground using the Terralift machine offers the best, most beneficial, and wholly cost-effective method, says the company. Terrain Aeration is the only operator of the Terralift in the UK, and the treatment has proved itself since 1985. In 2026 The Terralift system celebrated 50 years of operation. Today, there are different versions of the machine to treat large open spaces such as sports grounds, golf courses, and avenues of trees, and to negotiate narrow accesses onto bowling greens and gardens. Anywhere from airports to zoos.

Terrain Aeration www.terrainaeration.co.uk 01449 673783

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John Deere apprentices far outperform national average

October 7, 2026/in News, Press Release/by Admin

John Deere apprentices far outperform national average

Apprentices on John Deere’s agriculture, turf and parts engineering programmes are completing their training at a rate well above the national average.

John Deere apprentices far outperform national average

More than 90% of those who start their course go on to successfully complete it, compared with around 60% nationally.

The level of achievement is also extremely high with 74% of apprentices receiving a merit or distinction from their End Point Assessment (EPA) – the final, independent evaluation that an apprentice must pass to prove they are fully competent in their job role.

A merit or distinction is only awarded to those who score 75% or above, which is broadly equivalent to an A grade at A-level.

On top of this, every apprentice completing the programme has passed their EPA for the fourth consecutive year, marking another significant milestone in the manufacturer’s long-running commitment to developing skilled technicians for its UK and Ireland dealer network.

“Achieving a 91% programme achievement rate is something we are extremely proud of, particularly when considering where the national average stands,” says John Deere Branch Training Manager Allan Cochran.

“To see almost three-quarters of our Level 3 apprentices achieving a merit or distinction shows they are not only completing the course, but performing at the very highest level.

“These results are a fantastic reflection of the commitment shown by our apprentices, their dealers and mentors, and everyone involved in delivering the programme.

“Our core values of commitment, quality and integrity are central to everything we do, and these results demonstrate those values in action. We would like to congratulate every apprentice who has reached this milestone and thank the dealers, mentors and training staff who have played such an important part in their success.”

John Deere’s pioneering apprenticeship programme combines training with paid employment, leading to nationally recognised and valued qualifications. The apprentices are trained in partnership with ProVQ at the John Deere Apprentice Training Centre in Upper Saxondale, Nottinghamshire.

The apprenticeship programme has been running for more than 30 years, and in that time has produced over 1,400 talented individuals who have gone on to have exciting careers across the John Deere dealership network. The aim remains to help young people take their first step on the career ladder, and to mould and nurture those with the skills and the desire to work in this industry.

In partaking in one of the most prestigious courses that John Deere provides, an apprentice will learn the valuable knowledge and skills for them to work their way into a career anywhere across John Deere’s worldwide dealership network.

Candidates interesting in applying for an apprenticeship can do so via the John Deere Apprenticeship Findertool.

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