Tractors loaders and farm vehicles

Getting a contracting business up and running is not without its challenges. For Jake Clover of Swineshead-based Clover Farm Services, Lincolnshire, those challenges have included buying the right tractors to help the business grow.

In 2019, Claas announced a host of improvements to the Jaguar 970 self-propelled forage harvester, with new cab controls and a new six-cylinder engine, usurping the previous models V8. Simon Henley spoke to the firm involved in testing the preproduction model and who is now running two of the new six-pot Jags.

When it comes to Massey Fergusons 8S tractor, there has been plenty of hype, plenty of talk and more than enough opinion.

Now featuring a completely new control layout, we try out Case IHs latest Quadtrac AFS Connect tractor. James Rickard gets behind the wheel to find out more.

As manufacturers continue to drop like flies, out of the UK pickup market, commercial vehicle specialist Isuzu has launched its latest generation of D-Max pickup, promising more refinement, technology and safety.

A switch to strip seeding has meant much more than a change of drilling system for one Norfolk farm business. Arable Farming finds out more.

Leicestershire farmers Watson Haynes took the plunge last year when the business replaced a Case IH Puma 160 CVX with a Claas Arion 660 CMatic CIS+. But has it met the farms expectations? Simon Henley went to find out.

Keen to find out more about Massey Fergusons new 5700M tractor series, we try out the 115hp mid-model 5711M. James Rickard puts it through its paces.

Introduced in the UK at the LAMMA Show in 2020, the range-topping McCormick X7.624 VT-Drive has finally made it to dealer forecourts. Simon Henley went to see the very first example to be sold in Britain, working in Shropshire.

Representing one of the firms latest loader developments, we try out Claas new pivot steer telehandler, the Torion 738 T Sinus. James Rickard puts the machine to work to find out more.