Tractors News

The deadline is looming for BBC Three’s new series The Fast and the Farmer(ish), which will put contestants through a series of tractor-driving challenges.

The new Tractor Shield bumper has been designed to help increase the safety of agricultural machines for all road users.

A look back at the manufacturing history of the Fordson Major, made from 1917-1951.

The successful applicants to the Up to Speed joint initiative by New Holland and The Prince’s Countryside Fund win the use of the brand’s equipment for a year.

The TV chef used trackers and CCTV to trace criminals who raided his country estate in Essex.

For the sixth month in a row, UK tractor registrations were comfortably above their level a year before in April.

Teenager Harvey Waters lost more than £8,000 to a rogue eBay tractor seller, having worked hard to save up for the tractor he had wanted since he was a child.

A new farming series will pit two teams of petrol heads and their ‘souped up’ tractors against each other for various imaginative challenges that put their driving skill and vehicle power to the test.

Last week, we published figures showing a big increase in agricultural tractor registrations recorded in March. This brought the total number of machines registered during the year to date to 3,259, 13% more than in the opening three months of 2020. Now, the Agricultural Engineers Association are releasing figures showing where these registrations were located within the UK and trends for different power ranges.

Essex County Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs have teamed up with local agricultural dealer R W Crawford and tractor manufacturer Massey Ferguson to mark what would have been their Annual Show Weekend with a Covid secure Drive-In Cinema and Tractor Run.

The upturn in agricultural tractor registrations (over 50hp) seen in recent months continued into March, normally the peak month for registrations each year.

The McCormick X7.6 VT-Drive Stage V range, launched at LAMMA 2020, is rapidly expanding McCormick’s reputation amongst arable users. Thanks to the combination of power and high technology it delivers, fully meeting its customers’ needs and the increase in engine power from 200 to 240 hp 3 new models make up the X7.6 VT offering in the stage 5 emissions class.