FIRESTONE AGRICULTURE BLOG

You have decided to equip your tractor with narrow tyres to optimise your passes between the rows without damaging your crops. A strategic choice which has a direct impact on the success of your sowing operations and the quality of your phytosanitary treatments. But faced with the different tyre...

Your choice of tyre is not just a question of size or price. It’s a strategic decision on how to optimise yields, protect your crops or reduce your working time. Wide tyres, which are perfect for ploughing, reach their limit when it comes to passing between fragile rows of young seedlings. On the...

The potato harvest is the culminating point after several months of work. But this decisive phase is not without consequences for your soil, on which your productivity depends. A self-propelled potato harvester, with its considerable weight, can exert immense pressure on the structure of your soil,...

Mixed crop-livestock farming leads to special requirements for your tyre equipment. Frequent manoeuvres in the farm courtyard, often on hard surfaces, combined with regular activities in the fields, require multipurpose tyres capable of bearing heavy loads during handling operations, but without...

Heavy clay soils are often quite a challenge for farmers. They are rich in minerals and extremely fertile, but there are disadvantages. Their dense, impermeable texture makes work trickier, especially in wet conditions when the earth becomes muddy and sticky or during dry periods when it hardens...

When the haymaking period approaches, livestock farmers know that the quality of fodder harvested is crucial for animal nutrition. To maximise the quality of the grass harvested, each detail counts, and the choice of agricultural tyre must not be neglected. Agricultural tyres effectively impact the...

The quality versus cost savings dilemma when choosing agricultural tyres for an equipment sharing cooperative is nothing new. Farmers belonging to these cooperatives are often tempted to opt for immediate savings when purchasing equipment, such as tyres, to reduce their contribution towards...

When it comes to saving money, choosing a suitable agricultural tyre is crucial, especially when work in the farm courtyard is involved. Often standard tyres or supple models such as low-pressure tyres are used on a multipurpose basis, which will inevitably shorten their wear life faced with work...

While it’s true that wide tyres are suitable for tilling to maximise traction, they will certainly be less efficient after winter sowing, to pass between the rows of young seedlings for the first treatments. A good quality narrow tyre will help you avoid squashing one or two rows every time you...