Machinery News

UK agricultural tractor registrations fell to their lowest level on record in 2025 and are likely the lowest since before the Second World War, the Agricultural Engineers Association has confirmed.

Several companies marked important milestones at this year’s LAMMA Show. The Farmers Guide team is bringing you the latest highlights from the event. 

The JCB Fastrac 6000 Series, Garford Electric Weeder and Spread-a-Bale Combi-Bale have been recognised in the Machine of the Year category at the LAMMA 2026 Innovation Awards. 

In 2021 BAGMA completely revised its tractor and trailer brake testing training with the introduction of the Agricultural Tractor-Trailer Scheme (ATTS).  Dr Andy Scarlett, BAGMA ATTS trainer, explains what is new and lists the benefits the ATTS can offer both to dealers and customers.

Brockhills of Yorkshire and P.V. Dobson have announced a new partnership as a Fendt dealership for Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the North East.  

Battlefield Machinery will become an official Deutz-Fahr dealer, broadening the manufacturer’s reach across the region’s diverse farming sector, especially in the high-horsepower segment. 

Across UK farms, the role of the excavator has quietly evolved. Once viewed mainly as a drainage or groundwork tool, it has become central to fencing, hedge management, forestry, ditching, muck handling and general estate maintenance. As workloads increase and skilled operators become harder to find, efficiency at the machine has never mattered more. This is where Rototilt UK believes tiltrotator technology can make a genuine difference to British farmers.

Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), a leading global tractor manufacturer with 65 years of manufacturing expertise, will showcase its new European tractor range at LAMMA.

Every machine on a farm has a story, and Sumo’s latest innovations are no different.

UK auction house York Machinery Sales has reported a “landmark year” in 2025, achieving an 18% increase in sales compared with the previous year.  

Case IH has confirmed a strategic expansion of its dealer network in the North of England, with Lloyd Ltd officially adding the brand to its operations at the Carlisle and Penrith depots. 

McCormick has announced the appointment of Ibbetts, the agricultural and groundcare machinery specialist based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, as its new UK dealer.