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A tracker has helped police pursue and recover a quad bike stole from North Yorkshire in the middle of the night.

A woman and a 20-year-old man have been killed in two separate tractor incidents within 24 hours of each other.

John Deere dealership Netherton Tractors will operate from two new outlets in Turriff, Aberdeenshire and Nairn, Highland, replacing HRN Tractors in the region.

To supplement three JCB telehandlers, one Devonshire hay and straw merchant opted for a brace of JCB Fastrac 4220’s carrying colour-coded Quicke 6M loaders. Geoff Ashcroft finds out if the investment has proved worthwhile.

Eight years after its launch, Fendt’s 724 remains a favourite for many buyers. But can it go the distance? One Essex contractor believes so, and his 8,000-hour model remains the firm’s go-to tractor. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

Four-cylinder ‘pocket rockets’ are now prevalent on many farms, however, the first to break the 200hp mark was the 6718S from Massey Ferguson. Alex Heath speaks to a Staffordshire farmer who is making use of the high power to weight ratio tractor.

Nine ‘innovative’ agri-tech projects across the UK are set to benefit from £24 million in Government funding, in a bid to reach net zero food production and reduce carbon emissions.

The Korean-built Kioti compact tractor may be a more familiar sight on the golf course, but for a Bedfordshire dairy farm, it has proved more than up to the task of scraping. Jane Carley reports.

Designed to be used in conjunction with a slurry tanker, Irish firm Mastek has launched its new Micro Trailing Shoe applicator.