Machinery

Chasing forage quality for its customers, one West Sussex contractor chose to add a Reiter Respiro R9 merger to its fleet in addition to a 13.5m four-rotor rake. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

Pierce Contracting offers grass harvesting and muck spreading services to the south and east of Leicester, working as far afield as Peterborough and for a range of large and smaller farms. Jane Carley reports.

Merlo eWorker First Drive

Farming’s biggest digital campaign, #Farm24, has taken its profile to new heights this year following unprecedented activity across social media and beyond.

Kramer KT557 reviewed in Leicestershire

Defra has launched a £12.5 million competition to help accelerate the development of technologies to create new sources of resource efficient, low-emission proteins.

Braking it in

Advance Basic Payment Scheme payments are being issued to farmers, with the large majority expected to receive them by the end of July, the Rural Payments Agency has announced.