RB35 Crop Sprayer (2013) · Ref 1593
Suffolk
£75,500 Ex VAT
RB35 Crop Sprayer (2012) · Ref 2383
East Yorkshire
£62,500 Ex VAT
Welcome to Driving Sprayers Issue 6
In 1990 Peter Lemon shook hands with my father Richard Bateman at the Smithfield Show and placed an order for a Hi Lo sprayer, a drill and a fertiliser spreader. From that day, the business has relied on a single Bateman machine to cover three purposes. Currently, Lemon’s are running an RB55….
Often copied, never bettered – 25 years of the Bateman VG boom
It may look similar to the original, but our latest Variable Geometry boom is the product of 25 years design evolution. Now in its third generation, our Variable Geometry boom was the first 36 metre steel boom of its kind manufactured in the UK. It was launched at Cereals in 2000…
AI Powered Spot Spraying with Carbon Bee
Bateman has teamed up with Carbon Bee to introduce AI Spot Spraying to our boom technology. Carbon Bee leads the field in precision agriculture with real-time weed and crop detection powered by AI…
In The Field May 2025
As a service team we cover the length and breadth of the UK. The furthest I’ve travelled was to a job on the outskirts of Edinburgh. A machine service in Land’s End was much closer to home, but generally my work takes me to Cumbia, Lancashire, Lincoln, Norfolk, and everywhere in between…
Looking Back / Looking Ahead
Since joining Bateman in 1999, Jonathan Hardy outlasted three Archbishops of Canterbury, three Popes and eight Prime Ministers. However, after 26 years as Technical Sales Manager for the North, Jonathan decided that March 2025 was the right time to call it a day. We sat down with Jonathan and his successor David Main to reminisce and look ahead…
Rupert Inkpen – Straight Talking
Rupert Inkpen runs an RB26 on his Warwickshire farm, and contract sprays for neighbouring farms; we sat down with him to discuss his thoughts on Bateman…
David Lemon and Darren Palin – Straight Talking
Set in the Vale of Pewsey on the Wiltshire/Berkshire Border, DL Lemon Wilton Limited look after 3,000 acres of land which is owned, rented and contract farmed. The business grows wheat, spring barley, winter barley, oilseed rape, maize and grass….
Approved by Bateman – CT Scott Ltd
There are a number of Bateman approved partners who sell and support our sprayers. Over the next few months, we’ll be putting them under the spotlight. This time it’s the turn of Craig Scott from CT Scott Ltd…