By unlocking the export potential China offers the pig industry, not to mention the red meat sector as a whole, we could gain entry into a marketplace which comprises a fifth of the world’s population.Machinery news
A solution to decades-old non-stop baler conundrum
After many attempts by manufacturers to produce a non-stop round baler, German maker Krone has finally cracked it.
Krone Big M gets SCR technology
To comply with emission regulations, Krone’s self-propelled Big M mower range now receive SCR technology using AdBlue to after-treat exhaust emissions.
Utility ATV sales drop off
UNIT sales of utility ATVs in the UK have buoyed up the overall European market for quad bikes during the last six years.
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Komatsu wheeled loaders head to UK
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Planter pitched at the high-output multi-bed market
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Demand for new tractors still firm
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Lely is upping its automation ante
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Even greater reach from Bomford’s new Kestrel Evo
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Lacotec reverse-drive forager features corn-cracker
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Diamant 11 with to eight furrows
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Compact Solitair 9 and the larger 600 receive upgrades
Machinery features
A faster mowing solution for a short harvest window
At Partridge Arms Farm in South Molton, Devon, Rex Milton harvests 315ha (780 acres) of grass for his own beef and sheep enterprises, plus a similar acreage on contract.
ATVs and equipment
Utility ATV sales drop off
UNIT sales of utility ATVs in the UK have buoyed up the overall European market for quad bikes during the last six years.
Event reports
Innovations on show at Grassland UK
After weeks of heavy rain, the working demonstrations at Grassland UK were cancelled last week, prompting organisers to relocate the event to the Bath & West Showground. James Rickard and Geoff Ashcroft report. Pictures by Eric Beard.
First Drive
Re-entry for the MLA pivot
After a four-year absence from the market, Manitou’s MLA630 finally replaces the MLA628. Geoff Ashcroft took to the controls to find out how it fares with muck shifting duties.
Autos and 4x4s
VW Passat’s latest incarnation is quiet and refined
THE VW Passat Estate takes on a fresh appearance inside and out with the seventh, and latest, generation of the car. We tested the Blue Motion 2.0 TDi, the quietest and most refined version to date, with 140hp and six-speeds.
Lamma 2012
Winner Lamma 2012 competition
This year’s Farmers Guardian/New Holland Lamma competition winner took delivery of his new tractor last week.The T8.390, which Robert Gray from Sheepwah Farm, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, wins for a year, will be pit to good use on his 1,000-hectare (2,470-acre) mixed farm across potato and combinable crop enterprises.