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…
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 runs an RB26 on his Warwickshire farm, and contract sprays for neighbouring farms; we sat down with him to discuss his thoughts on Bateman…
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….
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…
At Cereals last year we introduced the CapMod concept during a presentation by Brian Finstrom of Capstan AG, our Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) partner. The concept is still in the developmental stage; however, Brian explains the thinking behind this new technology…
Jon Wheeler is Working Farm Manager for Osberton Grange Farm, an arable and horticultural business situated in Nottinghamshire, and runs a 2004 model RB25 which has been on the farm since that date…
It was a pleasure to see so many familiar faces and to meet new people keen to know more about Bateman during 2 hectic days at LAMMA 25…
Iain Robertson is Sprayer Operator for a mixed farm in South Gloucestershire. Covering approximately 4,000 acres (1,618 hectares) as a total, the business grows combinable crops – wheat, barley, peas, beans, maize, and also grass for animals.
It’s fair to say that 2024 was a challenging year for the agricultural sector. It’s part of our national psyche to moan about the weather, but the excessive rainfall during winter into spring dealt a cruel blow to farmers; to the extent that in some cases fields were written off for the entire season…
