Machinery News

A Derbyshire pub owner said he did not see anything unusual about his tractor parking bay before it became national news. 

Two men have been arrested in Darlington in connection with the theft of farm machinery worth about £1 million.

Trimble’s precision agriculture business and AGCO’s JCA Technologies will combine to form new venture PTx Trimble. The brand will factory fit and retrofit precision technology that meets farmers’ needs.

New regulations, set out in a consultation, would allow hydrogen-powered tractors, diggers and forklifts to be used on roads in Great Britain.

Kuhn has launched its autonomous concept Karl, a driverless solution aimed at arable crop production.

The number of agricultural tractors (over 50hp) registered in the UK in March has risen by 4% compared to the same time of year in the last five years. 

Kubota displayed its KTH4815-2 4.8m, 1.5t compact telehandler for the first time at the LAMMA show in January this year. Customer and dealer deliveries start this month, so David Williams has been putting the new model through its paces.

A Hertfordshire contract-farming business operating one of the first short-chassis 24t Richard Western SF24HS Suffolk trailers is already reaping returns.

Ktwo Sales Ltd, the Buckinghamshire manufacturer of spreaders and trailers, went into administration at the end of last month (March 2024).

Cambridgeshire dealer Collings Brothers said the current economic climate has put the business under significant pressure, forcing its closure.

Relentless wet weather gave way to a few drier days in mid-March, creating workable conditions for an Oliver Landpower Ltd demonstration of Sumo drills and cultivators, and JCB Fastracs. David Williams was there.

The Newt in Somerset, a part of the Newt Estate, which was recently named one of the best boutique hotels in the world, took on a challenge to supply its restaurants with ingredients grown, foraged and reared on the site. The processing of its own heritage wheat will enable home-grown flour to become a valuable additional ingredient.