Machinery News

Farmers Guide spoke to rural affairs specialist, Rebecca Davidson, at NFU Mutual for some top tips to keep farmers safe from scams when buying agricultural vehicles and machinery online.

With harvest quickly approaching and potentially dry conditions increasing fire risks, NFU Mutual has issued advice for farmers to help prevent combine fires.

Following a legal dispute with Mzuri, strip tillage seed drill manufacturer, Claydon Yield-o-Meter Limited has had a UK and EU patent revoked due to ‘lack of inventiveness’ over existing prior art and ‘prior use of the invention in public’.

Following another extremely wet autumn and winter, and continued national threats of flooding, demand has risen for land drainage. We spoke to one specialist about the increased business they have seen

Jeremy Clarkson’s Amazon Prime series saw Jeremy purchase a beautiful Lamborghini tractor. At this moment, the British public became more aware than ever of Lamborghini tractors, but outside of Clarkson’s high jinks are 73 years of hidden tractor history.

The latest Cheffins auction offers a single farming family’s collection of classic and vintage tractors, including a rare Massey Harris 21 combine and a McCormick-Deering WD40 along with other rare lots sure to excite enthusiasts

A positive outlook for the future of Weidemann GmbH, a construction machinery manufacturing company located in Korbach, Hessen, Germany.

After a spike in third-party companies canvassing fleet operators who use Merridale pumps and fuel management systems, Merridale is highlighting the potential risks of dealing with unauthorised maintenance service providers.

A Lincolnshire-based contractor who invested in a new model of trailed sprayer with a driven axle says the difference in travelling performance is ‘incredible’. Our machinery editor David Williams reports.

Minimal soil disturbance and cover crops are the cornerstones of conservation agriculture. Demonstrators in this newly expanded area at Cereals 2021 will showcase and discuss the benefits of their machinery as it relates to direct drill, min-till and no-till solutions for arable farmers.

It was back in July 1981 that Jeffrey Claydon set up Claydon Yield-o-Meter Ltd. To celebrate 40 years in the industry Claydon have announced they are to hold a prize draw for a years worth of Omnia Precision farming systems.

A nationwide council contracting company has chosen to purchase its Suzuki ATVs from a family run business in Bedfordshire.