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CEREAL DRILLS

Ultimate Guide to buying a direct disc drill 2026

Buyers shopping for disc coulter-type direct drills next year will find there’s more choice than ever, with manufacturers adding a ruck of extra width and row options. And, for the…

CEREAL DRILLS

Ultimate Guide to buying a direct tine drill 2026

There is a ruck of new models in this year's guide to tine-based direct drills, with eight manufacturers introducing new or heavily revamped machines. See also: Ultimate Guide to buying…

CEREAL DRILLS

Ultimate Guide to buying a trailed combination drill 2026

Amazone, Lemken and Maschio Gaspardo lay claim to the most notable changes in this year's buyer's guide to trailed combination drills. These implements pair disc coulters with a cultivation element…

CULTIVATORS

Horsch launches 12m trailed and 3m mounted cultivators

German maker Horsch has unveiled new additions at opposite ends of its cultivator spectrum – one a 12m high-output trailed implement and the other 3m and linkage-mounted. The heaviest newcomer…

TELEHANDLERS

On test: Merlo TF30.7 - small frame, pokey hydraulics

A surge of farmers pining for more lifting and loading capacity without compromising on size has spawned a slew of pint-sized telehandlers. Merlo’s TF30.7 is one of the latest to…

FARM MAINTENANCE

Kent dealer takes on trench-cutting Dondi rotary ditchers

Kent-based dealer TF Wheatley has sold its first rotary ditchers after agreeing an import deal with Italian manufacturer Dondi. The range includes versions designed to be mounted on a hedgecutter…

FARM MAINTENANCE

Zocon unveils galvanised Sweeper XL brush

Dutch outfit Zocon hopes to appeal to yard-proud farmers with its new heavy-duty brush. Complete galvanising of the Sweeper XL’s frame and bristle shroud should keep it looking fresh long…

4X4S

Isuzu strips out D-Max double-cab rear seats to save tax

Isuzu has introduced a Commercial version of its flagship D-Max V-Cross pickup that swerves the savage tax rises on double-cab models that came into force in April. This has been…

CULTIVATORS

Grange develops first trailed 6m Low Disturbance Loosener

Grange Machinery has extended its range of Low Disturbance Looseners (LDL) with a first trailed derivative. As with many of its other implements, the Yorkshire-based firm leant on the real-world…

CULTIVATORS

Folding 4-6m models extend NRH Tremor subsoiler line-up

NRH Engineering has responded to demands for wider, folding versions of its Tremor subsoiler by delivering just that. The new additions to the York-based maker’s fledgling range, first introduced at…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Rob Chapman enjoys life forager-free

Same money, less stress. Isle of Wight contractor Rob Chapman has no regrets about ditching his 1,600ha foraging enterprise back in the spring. End-of-year profitability is likely to be on…

TECHNOLOGY

Farmer broadens range of novel quick-release screen mounts

Norfolk farmer Jonny Leech is continuing his one-man crusade against GPS thefts with a new range of ScreenSavers. The retrofit quick-release devices, for which he won first prize in Farmers…

MAIZE DRILLS

Telescopic frame for 12-row Horsch Maestro precision drill

Horsch has broadened its precision planting offering with the new Maestro 12 TX single-grain drill for maize and other row crops. The trailed machine, which joins existing six- and seven-row…

Baling

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CULTIVATORS

Heavy-duty Onyx subsoilers join Lemken tillage range

Lemken has launched a pair of rigid-frame Onyx subsoilers capable of busting compaction to a maximum depth of 60cm. Both the seven-leg MR/300 (3m) and nine-leg MR/400 (4m) can achieve…

CULTIVATORS

Bednar updates Actros RO disc and tine cultivator

The latest tillage tool from Bednar may look like a seed drill in the accompanying pictures but is actually a combination implement for surface cultivation and deeper soil working –…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Ultimate guide to buying a big square baler 2026

Big square baler updates in this year’s Farmers Weekly Ultimate Guide centre around the addition of more technology, making it easier to keep accurate task and crop records, and isobus-linked automation…

MACHINERY

Dealer Update: RVT fallout prompts big changes

Territory expansion, branches opening and closing, franchises won, lost and relinquished are all key developments in our latest dealer news update. See also: Britain’s biggest machinery dealers ranked by turnover New…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Ultimate guide to buying a big square baler 2026

Big square baler updates in this year’s Farmers Weekly Ultimate Guide centre around the addition of more technology, making it easier to keep accurate task and crop records, and isobus-linked automation…

MACHINERY

Dealer Update: RVT fallout prompts big changes

Territory expansion, branches opening and closing, franchises won, lost and relinquished are all key developments in our latest dealer news update. See also: Britain’s biggest machinery dealers ranked by turnover New…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Ultimate guide to buying a round baler 2026

New round baler models and upgrades promising higher work rates and denser bales have been announced by several manufacturers this autumn, ahead of planned launches at Agritechnica in mid-November. See…

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What's in Your Shed? visits a Cornish dairy farm

A hoard of ingenious home-made kit and a clutch of noughties Massey Fergusons are just some of the treasures hiding in the sheds of Cornish dairy farmer Andrew Carbis. It's…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits a Staffordshire contractor

Staffordshire farmer/contractor Matt Brewster was just 21 when he took over the home farm tenancy. Seventeen years on, he walks Andrew Faulkner around the machinery sheds at Brewster Farms. See also: First…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits a Whitby dairy farm

New Hollands are gradually superseding Zetors at Jonathan Hutchinson’s growing Yorkshire dairy business. Farmers Weekly's machinery editor, Oliver Mark, heads over to Whitby to check out what farm kit is…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits a progressive Hants arable farm

Buy quality kit and make it last. That’s the machinery policy at 1,250ha Neatham Manor Farm, near Alton, Hampshire. Farm manager Matthew Ashton talks through the Neatham fleet. See also: On…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits a Lancashire beef farm

Simple and reliable classic Massey Fergusons are the tractors of choice for Lancashire beef farmers Jonathan and Ed Tomlinson.  We head over to their farm in Bolton to delve further…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits North Yorks spraying contractor

Contractor Will Monkman, who farms 95ha and contract farms another 80ha, reveals the contents of his machinery shed in the latest in our series. H Monkman & Sons, based in…

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TELEHANDLERS

On test: Merlo TF30.7 - small frame, pokey hydraulics

A surge of farmers pining for more lifting and loading capacity without compromising on size has spawned a slew of pint-sized telehandlers. Merlo’s TF30.7 is one of the latest to…

4X4S

On test: GWM Poer pickup offers value for money

As GWM rolls out its latest Poer300 pickup in the UK, it will be hoping buyers have a short memory. For this is the Chinese brand’s second attempt at proffering…

FORAGERS

Driver's view: Contractor rates Claas Jaguar 1200

Demand for more chopping capacity has driven Claas to join John Deere and Krone in the 1,000hp forage harvester division, as it looks to deliver the throughput expected by mega…

MUCKSPREADERS

On test: RS Agri targets muckspreader market with new Atlas

Feeding and bedding specialist RS Agri has broadened its offering with a range of complementary machines to dispose of soiled livestock litter. Like its ration mixers, the six new vertical…

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FORAGERS

Driver's view: Contractor rates Claas Jaguar 1200

Demand for more chopping capacity has driven Claas to join John Deere and Krone in the 1,000hp forage harvester division, as it looks to deliver the throughput expected by mega…

COMBINES

Driver’s view: Ed Layton’s John Deere T5 600 Hillmaster

The first examples of John Deere’s five-walker T5 combines rocked up on farms this harvest, offering more output and greater levels of refinement that the T500 machines they replaced. Most…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Driver's view: Liam Rooney's Claas Quadrant 5300 Evolution

The 5300 Evolution occupies the top spot in Claas’s Quadrant line-up, with a hydraulic pre-chamber that helps create dense 120x90 bales. Two such machines are operated by Shropshire native Liam…

BALERS AND WRAPPERS

Driver's view: Will Reed's Krone Big Pack 1290 HDP Gen 5

Now in its fifth generation, the Big Pack 1290 HDP is Krone’s answer to high-density, six-string baling. It’s the frontline machine of choice for Suffolk straw merchant Will Reed of…

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CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Rob Chapman enjoys life forager-free

Same money, less stress. Isle of Wight contractor Rob Chapman has no regrets about ditching his 1,600ha foraging enterprise back in the spring. End-of-year profitability is likely to be on…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Sellars steps up after huge combine fire

Stuart Wilson will be combine shopping for the second winter in succession, after his long-serving Lexion met a fiery end halfway through harvest. Having contended with several niggles on the…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Pricey breakdowns in otherwise easy summer

The lack of rainfall in recent months has treated Josh and Helen Collins to one of the most straightforward summers since they set up their contracting business seven years ago.…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Big yields follow great start to harvest

Good weather has been the perfect present for JO Straughan’s 70th anniversary year, with well-timed rain and plenty of sunshine contributing to some stellar winter cereal yields in Northumberland. Records…

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HARVEST

Video: Classic machinery brings in the spring barley harvest

A fleet of British-built classic machinery dating back to the early 1970s was bringing in the spring barley harvest at a farm on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border this week. Two Ransome…

WEED MANAGEMENT

Video: Leicester farm trials weed seed unit on Fendt combine

Europe’s first Redekop seed control unit (SCU) fitted to a Fendt Ideal 10T combine, aimed at controlling weed seeds, is being put to the test this harvest in Leicestershire at…

FORAGE WAGONS

Video: Lely revolutionises zero grazing with autonomous Exos

Dutch firm Lely has put the finishing touches to its self-propelled grass harvester and feeder, which is set to go on sale in the Netherlands next year. The battery powered…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

WIYS: Contractor ditches new kit for retro fleet

Mark Bowran, 2003 winner of Farmers Weekly’s Tractor Driver of the Year competition, opens the doors of his MBC Services contracting business. Machinery editor, Oliver Mark asks the questions and…

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