Machinery

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.

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.

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.

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

A farmer from Oxfordshire has been killed after being crushed by a sprayer boom.

A young farmer with a passion for tractor pulling, the world’s most powerful motorsport, is using her platform as a Miss England Midland’s semi-finalist to promote the world of agriculture.

Representing more than just a facelift, we get under the skin of John Deere’s latest generation 7R tractor series. We find out more with a test drive.

A farmer from North Yorkshire has been killed after he became trapped under a mower.