Machinery News

Melton Mowbray farmer Eric Wright explains how the Smart Farmer app offered his farm a simple way to improve worker safety. Farmers Guide also caught up with the app’s creator Marc Skivington about the range of updates on the way.

After the sodden conditions last autumn, some arable farmers may consider drilling wheat earlier to guarantee a decent area next harvest. But threats such as grass weeds and virus carrying aphids are both more of an issue in early drilled crops. Bayer’s Darren Adkins gives his thoughts on how farmers can balance the need for wheat area with pest and weed threats.

A UK manufacturer of vegetable harvesting and handling machinery has this month exported its largest-ever order.

Local agricultural machinery dealership, Ben Burgess Coates, is getting ready for its second tractor run, raising money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance once again.

EPG Global, a warranty provider dedicated to the agricultural, construction and groundscare industries, has launched its new Machine Guard extended warranty.

Taking place on the 29th September at the family farm near Wellington, the sale will include over 600 lots, including tractors and a vast array of other vegetable growing equipment.

Farmers who drilled oilseed rape in July and August without applying a pre-emergence herbicide will need a tailored approach to weed control this autumn.

Agricultural and equestrian contractor Luke Finney is running his first Mercedes-Benz Unimog, after 14 years of trading – and he says it won’t be his last.

Ford’s Ranger boasts the title of best-selling pick-up in Europe, and farmers account for a large proportion of its sales. Farmers Guide tested the latest model. David Williams reports.

The latest TGB Landmaster 600, which came out last year, is a multi-purpose workhorse for the farm or smallholding, according to UK distributer Dualways, which launched in 2016.

JDP, the UK’s leading distributor of civils and drainage products, is offering FREE delivery on all land drain coils bought through their website from now until the 30th of September.

With the new TERRIA stubble cultivator line in the trailed stubble cultivator sector Pöttinger presents a new solution that will be available from November 2020.