Review

Having been in development for a number of years now, the Ineos Grenadier is finally about to hit the streets and fields of the UK as manufacturing gears up for a release in 2022. Alex Heath recently took a ride in a prototype that the fledging vehicle manufacturer says is near complete.

For one Warwickshire farmer a John Deere 9780 CTS combine provides affordable harvesting capacity. As it enters its sixteenth season on the same farm, Simon Henley finds out some of the benefits and the pitfalls of using a 20-year-old combine harvester.

Rubber-tracked tractors might dominate the arable sector, but there is still a useful role for steel-tracked machines. Geoff Ashcroft visits a Suffolk contractor who says it is all about traction.

When Claas added its latest harvesting technology to the straw walker Lexions, a Cambridgeshire farm was keen to try a pre-series model. Jane Carley reports.

A 23-year-old Case IH 2188 Axial Flow provides cost-effective harvesting for one Wiltshire farm, as Geoff Ashcroft found out during a recent visit.

The Fendt 700-Vario Gen-6 models introduced the FendtOne control system to the manufacturers customers last year, but how has it been received? Gloucestershire contractor Adrian Tugwell recently shared his opinions with Simon Henley.

It takes a bit of skill to get it right, but on-land ploughing could be the answer to keeping a light tread when you need to invert the soil, utilizing wider wheels without damaging already formed furrows. Jane Carley reports.

For one Warwickshire grower, flexibility is key when it comes to drilling, with a Kuhn Aurock 6000 RC joining the fleet. Alex Heath finds out how the direct drill has performed so far.

Few launches in recent years have split opinion like Massey Fergusons unveiling of its 8S Series, however, for one Staffordshire contracting firm, the opinion on the new tractors is unanimous. Alex Heath reports.