Farm Life

The Velcourt-managed Radstock-Cooperative Society, Somerset was one of the first UK farms to purchase one of the new generation of Liebherr built Claas Scorpion telehandlers.

Now sporting a new semi-powershift transmission option and a revised engine layout and family look, Alex Heath puts Case IHs latest generation Maxxum tractor to the test.

Bringing the silage-making process in-house is something many livestock farms aspire to. For one Cheshire beef rearer, a forage wagon has enabled flexibility to improve silage and cut machinery costs.

Having recently launched its largest ag-spec loader to date, Bobcat is motivated to prove its telehandlers are designed to be serious farm contenders and not just rebadged construction machines.

We catch up with one farmer who is saving the back-breaking work of fencing with an Australian-made petrol-powered post driver.

Mobile sheep handling is an integral part of flock health, with just a handful of manufacturers offering them.

Despite the increasing number of GPS-equipped and auto-steer ready tractors, one Gloucestershire dairy farmer is capitalising on a simple low-cost light bar guidance system.

Mervyn Rowe has been driving the same combine harvester for 52 years and he is as proud now as he was when he purchased it.

When it comes to materials handling, dairy farming brothers Steve and Sam Middleton have chosen a tractor and loader combination over a telehandler.

The pressure is on as baling gets underway, but extra attention to set-up, baling and wrapping technique, and care of net and plastic can make all the difference to bale quality.