Machinery
Eye-catching tanker knows how to push its 'weight' about
This Belgian-built slurry tanker (see main picture) – from Dezeure / Loonwerken Marreel – popped up at a recent European...
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Here's the ultimate 'one-pass' system - for baled silage contractors
This (see main picture) is the Agronic WR500 front rake; it’s designed to be used on either a tractor’s front...
Machinery
Pics: The big winners at LAMMA Innovation Awards 2018
LAMMA 2018, while only managing to run for one day this year due to severe winds and unsuitable conditions, nonetheless...
Machinery
Need a pull? Try this new, telescopic lower linkage
On large, heavy tractors, how do you juggle axle loads to prevent wear, protect the soil and maximise traction? Has Fendt...
Machinery
Is this the biggest 'harvesting' contractor?
A contractor (custom harvester) and farming enterprise in the US – Olsen Custom Farms – has just bought its 500th John Deere...
Environment
Bulk fertiliser spreading: How much does it cost?
Now that the fertiliser prohibited period has come to an end, some farmers are busy agitating and emptying slurry storage...
Machinery
Video: Is this the safest way to change a tractor tyre?
A farm accident a number of years ago inspired an invention which aims to take the danger out of changing...
Machinery
New 'pint-sized' Zetor keeps buyers in 'Czech'
New at this year’s LAMMA show from Czech manufacturer Zetor was the Hortus HS 65 tractor. Together with the new...
Machinery
First big Claas loading shovel sold in the UK; is Ireland next?
Claas has sold its first Torion wheel loader in the UK; the deal was confirmed at last week’s LAMMA show....
Machinery
Hogan among top-ranking speaker panel at upcoming PAC conference
Boasting a line-up of major stakeholders in European agriculture, the Professional Agricultural Contractors of Ireland (PAC Ireland) association will hold...
Machinery
Steady as she goes: Three-tyred Ploeger 'wheels' into the market
Ploeger’s recently-launched three-wheeled contraption (or trike – as such machines are known in continental Europe) was at LAMMA last week. It...
Machinery
Show report: Capturing the sights at the UK's biggest machinery exhibition
Last week played host to the LAMMA show – now the UK’s biggest farm machinery exhibition. We’ve already brought you...
Machinery
Classic corner: Straight lines and sharp angles adorn this gleaming 'DX'
Modern tractor manufacturers will tell you that they spend an awful lot of time and money on styling their products....
Machinery
6-speed powershift and 'more comfort' from McCormick
McCormick X7 Series tractors can now be specified with a new P6-Drive transmission (with more powershift ratios); these tractors also...
Machinery
Is this the biggest self-propelled forager in Ireland?
What is the most powerful self-propelled forager on the island of Ireland? And where is it? As things stand, it...
Machinery
Trade focus: Stretching right across the 'sunny' south-east
Agriculture is constantly evolving; trying to discern the future is a question of picking out trends. Although ‘digitalisation’ of just...
Machinery
New mid-range, 4-cylinder tractor is 'just months away'
New mid-range additions to the McCormick tractor range were unveiled at LAMMA 2018 – the sizeable, UK-based farm machinery show....
Machinery
Show report: Don't miss these tractor highlights...for 2018
LAMMA 2018 opened its doors to the farming public on Wednesday (January 17). It was also scheduled to take place...
