Agriland Team

UK proposes free trade relationship in Brexit white paper
UK proposes free trade relationship in Brexit white paper

The Government has published its long-anticipated Brexit white paper earlier today, proposing the establishment of a free trade area for...

Muscling in: New breed of tractor breaks cover
Muscling in: New breed of tractor breaks cover

This tractor (pictured above) is the Amkodor 5300 – a 330hp articulated-chassis (pivot-steer) beast. It has been popping up at...

Silage spills across speedy Scottish motorway
Silage spills across speedy Scottish motorway

An unfortunate tractor driver in Scotland recently had a mishap resulting in a full silage trailer overturning to tip its...

EU set to ban ‘routine use’ of medicated livestock feed
EU set to ban ‘routine use’ of medicated livestock feed

The European Council has agreed to impose a ban on prophylactic or routine metaphylactic use of antibiotic medicated feed. Metaphylactic...

UK second-hand machinery auctions see ‘13% uplift in value’
UK second-hand machinery auctions see ‘13% uplift in value’

Cheffins, which claims to conduct the largest monthly tractor and agricultural machinery auctions in the world, has reported sales of...

Man killed in collision between tractor and motorbike
Man killed in collision between tractor and motorbike

A man was killed in a road traffic collision involving a tractor and a motorcycle last night (Monday, July 10)...

Man killed in collision between tractor and motorbike
Man killed in collision between tractor and motorbike

A man was killed in a road traffic collision involving a tractor and a motorcycle last night (Monday, July 10)...

‘Reducing barriers’: Changes approved for GDT platform
‘Reducing barriers’: Changes approved for GDT platform

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Events Oversight Board has approved two rule changes to encourage a wider range of sellers...

Kubota to invest €55 million in new European R&D centre for tractors
Kubota to invest €55 million in new European R&D centre for tractors

Kubota has announced that it will invest €55 million in a new tractor R&D (Research & Development) facility in Europe....

Is the arrival of John Deere’s 9000 Series forager imminent?
Is the arrival of John Deere’s 9000 Series forager imminent?

It now seems likely that John Deere will unveil its new 9000 Series self-propelled forage harvesters over the coming weeks...

Sales of tractors in the US up for year so far
Sales of tractors in the US up for year so far

Data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) in the US indicates that 96,736 tractors were sold there in the first...

Queen approves appointment of new Brexit secretary
Queen approves appointment of new Brexit secretary

It has been announced that the Queen has approved the appointment of Dominic Raab as the new UK Secretary of...

UK Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns
UK Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns

It has been confirmed that the UK’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis, has decided to resign...

Is this new rig the ultimate multi-function tractor?
Is this new rig the ultimate multi-function tractor?

Lite-Trac – the specialist engineering and manufacturing company – has launched a new ‘multi-function’ tractor. Aimed chiefly at agricultural users,...

Russians look west – to boost self-propelled forage harvester sales
Russians look west – to boost self-propelled forage harvester sales

Russian giant Rostselmash has been busy staging demonstrations of its harvesting equipment around Europe this summer. Recently, for example, the...

29-year-old killed in tractor accident in Co. Down
29-year-old killed in tractor accident in Co. Down

A 29-year-old man has died following a tragic incident involving farm machinery near the village of Drumbo, Co. Down, last night...

29-year-old killed in tractor accident in Co. Down
29-year-old killed in tractor accident in Co. Down

A 29-year-old man has died following a tragic incident involving farm machinery near the village of Drumbo, Co. Down, last night...

2.1 million new tractors sold worldwide last year: Where did they go?
2.1 million new tractors sold worldwide last year: Where did they go?

Over 2.1 million new tractors were sold across the world in 2017. That’s according to a report in Profi –...