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Agricultural engineer William Muir has brought his skills back to the family farm, utilising reliable and well-maintained kit for the silage harvest.

Utility vehicles were always noisy and basic, but as they are used on more and more farms, more refined versions are entering the market. Jane Carley hears how a Can-Am Traxter is fitting in.

A Nottinghamshire grower has ditched tracks in favour of tyres on frontline horsepower to accommodate the needs of an expanding farm business

Looking for flexible front-line power, one Warwickshire arable farm replaced a pair of Case IH Magnums with two 300hp Optum models

Using technology to gather more accurate data on cattle growth proves to be a positive move for an upland farmer

Clearing fields efficiently with minimal compaction is the USP of the bale chaser, and a Yorkshire contracting operation has just invested in the latest Transtacker

As a carry-over from their dairy days, Northamptonshire farmers the Gowling family have remained faithful to the trailed forage harvester to produce silage for their beef and sheep enterprises. Geoff Ashcroft caught up with them for the second cut grass.

One Wiltshire grower relies on a pair of Claas Axion 810 tractors for frontline power, citing reliability and comfort among the reasons he has remained with the brand since 2007. Geoff Ashcroft reports

Kuhn is no newcomer to the trailed mower market but recent years have seen sales fall in favour of mounted front, rear and butterfly units. We take a look at one farming business that has moved away from mounted and back to a trailed unit