Tractor manufacturers across Europe have been forced to shut a number of facilities as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Vicon has confirmed the partnership between the Kverneland Group and Italian sprayer manufacturer Mazzotti is to continue.

JCB will be joining the national effort to manufacture ventilators in a bid to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

As Covid-19 continues to affect all aspects of life, farmers and contractors are continuing to prepare ground ahead of spring drilling and planting regimes.

Where tight buildings and yards are concerned, pivot steers may seem the obvious choice, with Weidemann a familiar name for those users.

The Gator XUV865R is heralded as the manufacturer’s most comfortable UTV ever produced, so to see if it has a place on farm, we put it to work on a range of tasks typical of a mixed farm’s demanding workload.

Called AutoTrac Vision the new system uses a high resolution front-mounted camera to automatically guide tractors and sprayers down established crop rows.

Total sales in the EMEA region grew by 12.8 per cent on the previous year to level at £797 million.

This comes as the manufacturer recently ramped up production after previously slowing it down over supply chain worries as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Schaffer was the first loader manufacturer to add lithium-ion batteries, as found in mobile phones and power tools, into a compact loader, the 23e.