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.

New factory for New Holland CR11 combine
New factory for New Holland CR11 combine

New Holland has been enjoying a good deal of show success with its latest CR11 combine which picked up a...

Machinery: The IMT saga and the man who would be king
Machinery: The IMT saga and the man who would be king

IMT, or Industrija Masina i Traktorais, was one of those Soviet brands that worked away behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ turning...

Kubota enters loader market with new telehandler
Kubota enters loader market with new telehandler

Kubota (UK) Ltd., has expanded its range of machines suitable for agriculture with the launch of its first telehandler, called...

Hydrogen power from TAFE tractors of India
Hydrogen power from TAFE tractors of India

TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd.), the Indian company that claims to be the third largest tractor manufacturer in the...

Machinery Focus: The phenomenon that is the Ford 7000
Machinery Focus: The phenomenon that is the Ford 7000

The much loved Ford 7000 represents the pinnacle of Ford’s development of its 6X range, the original tractors of which...

Machinery Focus: Massey Ferguson 1200 – the tractor that time overtook
Machinery Focus: Massey Ferguson 1200 – the tractor that time overtook

The Massey Ferguson 1200 was a tractor that was claimed to be at the leading edge of design when launched...

Machinery: Will we ever see large tractors from Asia here
Machinery: Will we ever see large tractors from Asia here

The tractors familiar to us in Ireland, are mainly the fruit of Anglo American corporations, rather than the products from...

Plenty of new machinery lined up for LAMMA 2024
Plenty of new machinery lined up for LAMMA 2024

This month will once again see LAMMA being held at the NEC in Birmingham on Wednesday, 17 and Thursday, 18...

Machinery Focus: A Fendt harvester for the hills
Machinery Focus: A Fendt harvester for the hills

Standing outside one of the halls at Agritechnica was a combine harvester from Fendt that looked as if it had...

Agritechnica: Battle of the big boys
Agritechnica: Battle of the big boys

When over 2,800 suppliers to the farming and the agricultural machinery industry gather together at Agritechnica to show off their...

Machinery Focus: Get to know your grease
Machinery Focus: Get to know your grease

What exactly is grease, other than a Hollywood blockbuster? The National Lubricating Grease Institute along with countless manufacturers all have...

Claas rides boom with 25% increase in turnover
Claas rides boom with 25% increase in turnover

Claas has enjoyed a hugely successful 2023, reporting an increase in turnover of almost 25% over the previous fiscal year,...

Machinery Focus: Watch – German family farm supplying heat to Lemken
Machinery Focus: Watch – German family farm supplying heat to Lemken

Jens Engelken is an agricultural engineer by training and now runs the family home with his wife Stephanie and their...

Kubota takes TIM to the next level
Kubota takes TIM to the next level

Kubota was first out of the traps with a working Tractor Implement Management (TIM) system for balers in 2020, it...

Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise
Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise

There are people of a certain generation who cannot see a blue and black tractor without immediately thinking it a...

Massey Ferguson 9S series breaks cover at Agritechnica
Massey Ferguson 9S series breaks cover at Agritechnica

The big news from Massey Ferguson at this year’s Agritechnica – Europe’s largest agricultural trade fair – was the launch...

MOM’s strip-till machines gain in flexibility and size
MOM’s strip-till machines gain in flexibility and size

In and amongst the growing debate over reducing the depth of cultivation, there is an emerging argument for taking the...

Donegal-based Stewart Agri becomes latest Landini dealer
Donegal-based Stewart Agri becomes latest Landini dealer

Following the launch of Argo Tractors as the marketing and distribution subsidiary of the Italian parent, the company has just...