Author Posts: Neale Byart

Ben Burgess recently held a demonstration day at Trumpington Estate in Cambridgeshire, during which two new John Deere combines were put to the test. Neale Byart reports.

German manufacturer, Claas, unveiled its latest forage technology to the farming press at its factory in Bad Saulgau, southern Germany, at the end of June. Machinery editor Neale Byart reports.

Neale Byart spoke to Shropshire grower Robin Griffiths to see how he’s found potato harvesting with a self-propelled Puma in less-than-ideal conditions.

Neale Byart visited a Suffolk farm recently to find out how farmer Oliver Stennet procured the perfect, future-proof slurry tanker for his family farm.

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.

On a dry April day in Haddiscoe, Norfolk, the team at Ben Burgess, together with a contingent from Väderstad, staged a working demonstration day of Väderstad drills and tillage machinery. Machinery editor Neale Byart was there.

2024 marks the 60th year of tractor production at the Basildon plant of New Holland. Work started at the height of the 1960s, with the ground broken on the greenfield site of what was then a rural part of the Essex countryside in 1963. Basildon has changed significantly over those 60 years and the tractor plant is now located in the centre of a what has become a large urban conurbation, as a crucial local employer.