On-farm demonstration: A co-operative for sharing agricultural machinery shows how members can cut costs. Brian Lovelidge reports

摘要

Fruit growers in the South East looking for economies in machinery, equipment and labour use can achieve them by joining the Ring of Agricultural Machinery in Sussex and Kent (Ramsak). While such savings are becoming increasingly important to improveprofits, it appears that too few growers are becoming members of the 20-year-old co-operative.