Technology

Engine makers John Deere Power Systems and Deutz have announced plans to jointly develop and source components for a new range of ‘low’ horsepower engines up to 175hp.

To mark its 75th anniversary, JCB has published a 144 page book featuring more than 400 photos.

UK agriculture is providing part of the solution to climate change, but farmers also need to get to grips with their own carbon footprint figures, an audience in a recent AHDB-organised webinar heard.

With fertility management which delivers a regular calving pattern one of the fundamentals of dairy farm profitability, a milk sample-based pregnancy test could become an increasingly valuable tool in the armoury. Hannah Park

Labour and food shortages driven by the Covid-19 pandemic have escalated the move to high-tech farm equipment with the market expected to double over the next five years.

Opportunistic crime is turning into organised crime as thieves target farm vehicles and GPS systems for lucrative markets online and overseas.

Defra’s former chief scientist Professor Ian Boyd has called on Government to spend as much on food research as it does on health research.  

The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) has launched its European Winter Wheat Hub which aims to accelerate research discoveries from the UK and globally into commercial plant breeding.

Keen to find out more about Massey Ferguson’s latest tractor developments and technology changes, we put to the test its latest 6718 S and 7718 S models.

Bayer is piloting a programme that pays farmers to adopt more climate-friendly practices that sequester carbon.