Machinery News

Fram Farmers teamed up with Ernest Doe Power in May to showcase an extensive line-up from the Case IH tractor range, offering the opportunity for visitors to give them a spin around an ex-USAF airfield in Suffolk. Machinery editor Neale Byart reports.

Farmers and agricultural contractors have been warned to take extra measures before this year’s harvest to protect their farms against devastating fires.   

The Midlands Machinery Show will return later this year for its tenth anniversary, with 150 stands already booked at the Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire. 

Now the dust has settled on one more Cereals Event, we can all consider the show’s impact on cereal types, technology and, of course, the latest machinery that has been unveiled. Farmers Guide machinery contributor, David Williams, guides you through six key machinery launches from Cereals 2024.

An agricultural machinery dealer, Thurlow Nunn Standen, has shared sad news as its former chairman, John Thurlow, passed away last weekend.

Over 500 workers at the Basildon factory that produces New Holland tractors will vote on a new pay offer.

In an exciting initiative, Weaving Machinery and Agrii will be combining forces at this year’s Groundswell Event.

Amazone Ltd will use Cereals 2024 to showcase a range of kit that reflects the shifting trends in crop establishment. These trends are also being supported by government help through the SFI and when appropriate, through grant aid.

Cereals 2024 will be the first chance to see the new Fendt 600 Vario. The Fendt stand will include the 620 Profi+, the Gen7 728 Vario, Ideal combine and the latest Rogator MY24 self-propelled sprayer.

The Maschio Gaspardo in-line direct seed drills are the product of recognised experience and accumulated knowhow to which whole generations of both engineers and farmers have contributed over almost two centuries in the business.

Over 500 CNH workers at the Basildon factory will continue to strike throughout June, after attempts to resolve a pay dispute failed.

The first line of Valtra’s latest flagship S6-series tractors have arrived in the UK, following the new model’s launch at Agritechnica last year. Farmers Guide took advantage of an early test drive. David Williams reports.