Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak

Manufacturer of agricultural and groundcare equipment, GreenTec, has announced a new dealer agreement with Ireland’s Farm Machinery Ltd.  

Cambridgeshire Police’s rural crime team stopped a car carrying 10 men who were reportedly on their way to take part in hare coursing.

A 27-year-old man from Somerset has been ordered to pay over £300,000 following thefts of agricultural machinery.

Sugar beet growers and industry representatives have highlighted the benefits of cultivating the crop, despite challenges British farmers are currently facing. 

Nicholas and Anthea Prest from Monmouthshire have been accused of failing to comply with health and safety regulations following the death of a worker on their farmland.

North Lincolnshire machinery manufacturer Chafer Machinery has entered administration.

Farmers have been urged to get “flood ready” during this year’s Flood Action Week by signing up for flood warnings and preparing a flood plan.

MP for North East Hertfordshire, Chris Hinchliff, has proposed new ‘Contracts for Food Security’, outlining the urgent need for a radical shift in agricultural policy. He warns that years of neglect and unfair competition have left farmers struggling to survive. 

Terrington Machinery has paid tribute to its late founder, Brian Coleman, who passed away at the age of 81.

The UK government has announced a one-year extension to the Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier (CS MT) scheme, which was set to expire at the end of this year. 

AIMS executive director, Dr Jason Aldiss BEM, has expressed serious concern at the continuing spread of bluetongue across Great Britain and the apparent lack of strategic coherence in the national response. 

A 13.7m model has been added to Kuhn’s 10231 series of four-rotor rakes, increasing the range to three machines, with working widths from 8.4m up to 14.7m.