Machinery News

One of the first battery powered JCB Loadall telescopic handlers to be supplied in the UK has started work at a large Cambridgeshire nursery. David Williams reports.

The topic of this month’s Power on the Land is balers and bale handling, brought to you as always by Mike Williams.

Stihl announced significant new products for professional users at an exclusive UK press launch and demonstration. David Williams was there.

Auctioneer estimates the sale of over 40 classic and vintage Massey Ferguson tractors and implements could achieve over £500,000.

CFMoto outlines the specifications of its range of vehicles, which it says are built for the toughest jobs.

Combined Powers is the name of a joint Krone/Lemken project and design concept – the autonomous ‘process unit’ that consists of a drive unit and various implements. After passing trials in cultivating, ploughing, sowing, mowing, tedding and raking last year, the innovative concept will be integrated in the well-proven forage harvesting and tillage systems of the two companies.

It is a popular belief that by reducing your establishment costs and switching away from conventional methods, you reduce your yields. However, research conducted by AHDB indicates that this view can be challenged.

David Williams visited a Cambridgeshire family’s mixed farm, where strategies to improve soil and crop health, and to reduce costs, have increased profitability.

Having purchased an Iseki TG6495 IQ compact tractor three years ago, the Reads family says it offers excellent manoeuvrability and is “incredibly reliable”.

Valtra will not exhibit at the show in May, but said it is looking to return in January 2023.

T H White has announced the purchase of the former J G Plant site in Tillington Road, north-west Hereford.

The first conventional tractors capable of fully autonomous operation will be available later this year. David Williams reports.