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As food production and feeding the nation moves up the agenda thanks to factors like Brexit and the ongoing Covid-19 situation, Emily Ashworth talks to Ben White-Hamilton about how he is trying to reconnect the farmer with th

Featuring a new cab with lower noise levels, greater comfort and dramatically improved overhead visibility, JCB’s latest Series III Loadalls promised many improvements. But do these improvements actually make a difference? Simon Henley visits a dairy farm in Somerset to find out.

While many pickup manufacturers are downsizing their engine capacities, Toyota is bucking the trend, slotting a 2.8-litre, 201hp powerplant under the restyled hood of its new Hilux pickups.

Five years of fundraising enabled The Countryside Restoration Trust to purchase Bere Marsh Farm, set to be a site to showcase its history, farming and conservation interests. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

With a large muck and slurry spreading workload, one Leicestershire farmer and contractor has turned to side discharge spreading as a more versatile option. Alex Heath finds out more.

Investing in a new setup on a greenfield site has demonstrated the Barnes family’s commitment to dairying for the next generation and beyond. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

Updating a slurry system to increase capacity and flexibility has offered wide ranging benefits for one Wiltshire dairy farmer. Jane Carley reports.

Representing the firm’s latest heavy-duty fixed chamber round baler, we try out Vicon’s new FixBale 500 model.

Complementing the Kverneland triple mowers as previously reviewed, we also got our hands on one of the firm’s twin rotor rakes for review.

If you have a D40 Nissan Navara (2005-2015) that has not yet succumbed to the dreaded chassis rot, it could be worth fitting strengthening plates to the area most susceptible, behind the cab. Geoff Ashcroft gets first-hand experience.