Justin Roberts

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Justin studied at Welsh Agricultural College, Aberystwyth having first worked in both the feed and seed sectors of the industry. He has two decades of experience in writing about farm machinery, both vintage and contemporary across several publications. As an author he has written two books, including the history of the Nordic tractor and now resides in Co. Tipperary.

Kverneland launches Ecomat ploughs for smaller tractors
Kverneland launches Ecomat ploughs for smaller tractors

The Kverneland Ecomat shallow plough range was launched several years ago, and has been available in eight to 10 furrow...

Machinery Focus: Delving into the history of Deutz-Fahr
Machinery Focus: Delving into the history of Deutz-Fahr

To delve into the history of Deutz-Fahr, is to delve into the history of the internal combustion engine itself. The...

Krone defies ‘doom and gloom’ in latest financial report
Krone defies ‘doom and gloom’ in latest financial report

Despite all the tales of uncertainty and falling tractor sales, 9% down for January in Ireland, Krone remains bullish about...

CNH invests in drone mapping with Brazilian company
CNH invests in drone mapping with Brazilian company

Tractor manufacturers, such as CNH, are finding that there are two ways in which they might increase the digital technology...

Machinery: Ramping up diesel production from biomass
Machinery: Ramping up diesel production from biomass

Mineral-oil-based fuels suffer a good deal of bad publicity, but the government’s enthusiasm for batteries as a universal method of...

Tractor sales suffer large fall in US and Canada
Tractor sales suffer large fall in US and Canada

The nervousness felt in the machinery trade over this year’s sales prospects has not been eased by the latest news...

Fendt celebrates 50 years of UK sales
Fendt celebrates 50 years of UK sales

Johann Georg Fendt started building tractor/mower combinations with his sons Xavar and Hermann back in the 1920s. By 1930, they...

Watch: First sighting of Agxeed field robot in Ireland
Watch: First sighting of Agxeed field robot in Ireland

In Ireland, there is the idea that field robots are something that will arrive one day a long time from...

Machinery: Case adopt twin rotor technology in new AF11
Machinery: Case adopt twin rotor technology in new AF11

Following it’s sister company making a big splash with the CR11 combine, and AGCO upgrading the Ideal range, Case has...

John Deere goes off-boarding with Spudnik
John Deere goes off-boarding with Spudnik

In 2022 John Deere launched its Electric Variable Transmission (EVT) on its larger 8 and 9 series models. This option...

Early Crossley oil engine rescued from feed mill
Early Crossley oil engine rescued from feed mill

Agriculture depends on a large and thriving supply industry to keep its everyday operations going, and in a country where...

AGCO’s Ideal 7 gets seven cylinders in latest upgrade
AGCO’s Ideal 7 gets seven cylinders in latest upgrade

Amongst the avalanche of news emerging from Agritechnica last autumn, upgrades to AGCO’s own top end Ideal combine range went...

Machinery: Harrow and roll in one pass this spring
Machinery: Harrow and roll in one pass this spring

The grass harrow and roller are two implements of grassland management that struggle to get a look in during the...

Minimal soil disturbance is the Weaving Machinery way
Minimal soil disturbance is the Weaving Machinery way

One of the great takeaways from Agritechnica last year, was the rapid move towards minimising soil disturbance in preparing ground...

Vogelsang bring further sophistication to slurry booms
Vogelsang bring further sophistication to slurry booms

Shown for the first time in the UK at LAMMA was Vogelsang’s 24m BacPac Umbilical ground level application boom with...

Machinery Focus: Hydrogen battle hots up at LAMMA
Machinery Focus: Hydrogen battle hots up at LAMMA

There was a time when all of the talk of an alternative to the internal combustion engine (ICE) centred around...

Photos: LAMMA – a showcase for  today’s farmers
Photos: LAMMA – a showcase for today’s farmers

While LAMMA may not be on the scale of Agritechnica, it does bring a taste of the continental shows to...

Opinion: Is artificial intelligence doomed?
Opinion: Is artificial intelligence doomed?

Many machinery companies have been rushing forward with plans to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their products believing that it...