Farmers will have a great opportunity to see new and updated sprayers at the British Cereals 2014 event, which takes place on 11-12 June at Chrishall Grange, near Duxford, Cambridgeshire.

The organisers report that over 40 exhibitors will take part in the specialist sprays and sprayers feature at the event.

Amazone’s Pantera 4502 self-propelled sprayer will be demonstrated for the first time. It offers increased output and driver comfort with Category IV cab filtration to keep even aerosol-sized particles out of the cab.

A larger 4,800-litre tank and the new 218hp emissions-friendly Deutz engine offers increased performance, it is claimed. It offers self-steering, while cleaning, filling, washing and mixing is simplified or automated using electronics. Data transfer for documentation, field boundaries and variable rate application is via ISO-XML files to a USB stick.

John Deere’s new mid-specification M series trailed sprayer range will make its working debut. M700 sprayers have 2,400, 3,200 or 4,000-litre tanks, and are equipped with a triple-folding 30m boom, to match 6m seeders or drills.

The larger M900 sprayers share many features with the range-topping R900i trailed machines, including high-capacity filling performance using the PowrFill chemical inductor, 5,200 or 6,200-litre tank capacities and steel booms from 24m to 40m.

Both the M700i and M900i sprayers are ISOBUS-ready and include automatic boom height and tilt control and documentation software. Automatic tractor steering and GPS boom section control are available.

Leeb’s novel BoomControl Pro system can be seen at Cereals on Horsch’s stand. The hydraulically proportional control offers smooth and exact positioning, keeping the boom very close to the target area, even at high speeds and on hilly terrain, according to the company.

Agrifac’s Condor Endurance sprayer is a bigger version of the company’s self-propelled Condor, using the same StabiloPlus chassis for vehicle and spray boom stability.

That allows high speeds, which together with its 8,000-litre tank and a boom width of up to 51m, delivers very high capacity.

It is fitted with a powerful 320hp engine and has hydraulic track width adjustment.

Another Agrifac newcomer is the Condor MountainMasterPlus. Ground clearance can be adjusted between 140cm and 200cm from the cabin and the machine can level on slopes up to 20%.

Two special-edition trailed sprayers will be on the Vicon stand. The iXtrack Comfort 2800 is a 24m sprayer with 2,800-litre tank that includes Autotrac axle steering, parallelogram boom suspension with slope correction and electro-hydraulic sprayer controls.

The iXtrack i-Spray 3600 has 24m aluminium boom and 3,600-litre tank and includes Isomatch Tellus ISO terminal, boom section control, in-line driving guidance display as well as auto height control.

Berthoud is rolling out its EC Tronic controls to its trailed 3200-litre Tracker and mounted Elyte ranges. The control panel displays key information on a large backlit colour screen to ensure efficient spray application.

EC Tronic also incorporates boom control and sprayer set-up and stores key data for total traceability. Auto guidance and GPS controlled auto-boom shut-off are options.