The AMTEC Blog

Elevate your farm's efficiency and profitability! Learn to evaluate machinery effectively. AMTEC Farm Machinery experts can simplify the process.

Farm machinery investment requires careful consideration and long-term planning if it is to yield success for your farm.

Our dedicated machine sourcing solutions service can assist you in locating rare farm machinery like the Simba Cultipress, Simba X-press, Horsch Avatar, Horsch Pronto, & Vaderstad Topdown.

We offer machine sourcing solutions that enable us to facilitate the buying and selling of your agricultural machinery. Contact Amtec today to find out how we can help.

Exploring the fascinating journey of tractors and farm vehicles in agriculture, from their humble beginnings to the modern wonder they are today.

Farm presses are pulled by a tractor & consist of rollers that press down on the soil, breaking up clods and compacting the soil to create a uniform surface.

Combination drills help farmers save time, reduce fuel consumption, and increase planting efficiency, by combining the cultivation and planting processes.

Farm rolls are an important piece of farming machinery & a vital tool in any farmer’s tool set. Learn more about the importance of field rollers in agriculture.

Farm trailers are an important piece of farming machinery to farmers around the UK, and ensuring they are safe to use is vital to keep them functional.

If you’re preparing a soil bed for seed distribution, a harrow is an absolute necessity.

Direct drills may be a large up-front investment for farmers, but they can pay back dividends by improving crop yields and farm productivity. Read our article to learn more.

Though the seed drill is prominent among farmers today, few know the length of its history. Find out everything there is to know about the history of the seed drill.

The deadlines for applications to the Farming Equipment and Technology Grant is the 31st October.

We explore the pros and cons of regenerative farming

Improved soil health plays an important role on your farm

Helping you choose your financial options

Will direct drilling work for me?

How this age old tool can be part of your tillage plans.

Two of the greatest min-til cultivators compared

Short discs are becomingever more popular, this is a comparison of two of the original and best.

The many benefits of rolling and why it should be done after drilling

Since Ellis Machinery rebranded as AMTEC Smart Farming Solutions in June we have been often asked why?

How can you make it work for you?

Applying seed and fertiliser with variable rate used to be an expensive and technical task. Now thanks to the new iSOYL app you can be set up in no time.

Drones are becoming increasingly useful to farmers.

Five steps to improving your grass yields and ultimately your profitability.

Some proven methods to tackle blackgrass problems

A tractor power take-off (PTO) and the power take-off drive shaft of a machine are very dangerous if used and not correctly gu

Hydraulic hoses are a vital part of agricultural machinery here are some hints and tips on how to help extend the life of your hoses and machinery.

Agriculture is perhaps one of the world's most necessary and oldest trades and these are the five modern machines and systems that have led to the dramatic increase in farming efficiency

As every arable farmer knows the art of seedbed preparation is a vital part of securing a healthy crop and high yield.

Before you can achieve good ploughing it is essential that both the tractor and plough are properly prepared. 

Following the popularity of our original guide to ploughing, we have put together some more tips for setting up and using a plough, including some useful trouble-shooting for common ploughing

Cultivation methods have changed over time, here we review the different methods available to the modern farmer.

In recent times the stubble cultivator seems to have been overlooked in the plethora of cultivation options available to the modern day farmer.  We decided to look into what we were missing.

These are some key checks to carry out when checking the operation of seed drill control boxes. These checks are very often the answer to many of the faults found on drills.