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2.4-litre Mitsubishi L200 pickup to go on sale this summer

Mitsubishi has selected the new Series 7 L200 double-cab pickup to spearhead its return to Britain, following a near-five-year hiatus. The Japanese maker sold 180,000 of them during its previous…

CLOTHING

New Bekina wellies and Uvex safety boots offer more comfort

Fancy starting the new year in fresh footwear? Belgian outfit Bekina reckons its latest StepliteS FlexGrip wellies are a must-have for discerning dairy farmers keen to keep their feet both…

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First impressions: New cab major progress for Claas Axion 9

Claas can rightly revel in its top-dog status when it comes to combine harvesters and foragers. But 22 years after swallowing Renault Agriculture, its tractor division continues to lag behind.…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Win a share of £2,550 in FW's Farm Inventions Competition

If you’ve been burning the midnight oil building a new machine, modifying an existing implement to transform its performance, or developing a neat gadget that saves time, money or hassle,…

TOOLS

Makita launches monster 4,000Nm impact wrench

The latest addition to Makita’s range of impact wrenches promises a staggering 4,000Nm of nut-busting torque. With a fastening output of 3,150Nm, the firm reckons the TW010G will wipe the…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

Custom cultivator towed by steel rope transforms steep fields

Few things irk John Roberts more than unproductive farmland, even when it’s clinging to a precipitous hillside. But having flipped a tractor and rolled five times while trying to improve…

MACHINERY

Dealer update: Pecks leads flurry of distribution changes

Our latest roundup of dealer movements includes new franchises for Kubota products and Can-Am ATVs. There are changes in distribution partnerships and management line-ups for some dealers and expansion and…

HOES

New in-row weeder launched for arable and horticultural crops

In-row weeding for precision-sown arable and horticultural crops is the latest development in Einbock’s already extensive portfolio of mechanical weed control implements. The Invera uses a single camera per row…

SLURRY TANKERS

Vogelsang develops larger capacity XSplit slurry separator

A new larger capacity screw-type slurry separator from Vogelsang can be installed in a fixed position on a big livestock farm or on a trailer for use at multiple sites.…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Second Jaguar mops up late-season grass

The arrival of a second Claas Jaguar 950 forager couldn’t have come at a better time for Josh and Helen Collins, who found themselves facing a formidable autumn workload. Just…

ATVS AND UTVS

Corvus shrinks its diesel-powered Terrain UTV with new DX4s

With an 800cc three-cylinder Yanmar motor shoehorned into its chassis, the new Terrain DX4s is a rare beast – an oil-burning compact farm buggy. It’s an addition to the Terrain…

MACHINERY

Oddball and under-the-radar kit launches at Agritechnica ‘25

While the big players steal the limelight at shows, there are always plenty of novelties hidden in hall corners. Nick Fone sniffed a few out at Agritechnica 2025. See also: Pottinger…

TRACTORS

John Deere launches new 75-106hp narrow tractors

A three-model line-up of new narrow tractors has joined the John Deere family, for use in orchards, vineyards, top fruit, polytunnels, glasshouses and other confined-space applications. In size terms, width…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Lee Henzell's Fendt 728 Vario

Fendt’s 700-series overhaul was big news in the summer of 2022, with the ever-popular 724 downgraded to mid-range status and a new 728 thrust to the apex. It strayed well…

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GRASSLAND AND MAIZE EQUIPMENT

Zocon develops lightweight 3-12m small seed applicator

Establishing grass or green manure crops is the most obvious use for Zocon’s latest small seed applicator. The implement can be specced to suit the buyer’s acreage, with the seeding…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: William Heslip's New Holland T7.300

A new cab was the stand-out improvement on New Holland’s “long-wheelbase” T7s when they were introduced at the Sima show in Paris three years ago. There are five Auto Command…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

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

Five generations of the Keat family have worked the land at Tremayle Farm near Bodmin, Cornwall and three are still actively involved. Alan Keat gives Farmers Weekly the fleet lowdown.…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Tom Dirom's Valtra Q285

Valtra’s long-awaited Q-series finally broke cover in 2022, filling a void between its existing T and S ranges. Second biggest in the five-strong line-up is the Q285, which matches the…

TECHNOLOGY

Farmer-designed Yokit app streamlines farm team admin

A new mobile device and desktop app designed to streamline farm and contractor team administration is making record-keeping for the farming cousins who created it a whole lot easier. Yokit…

MAIZE DRILLS

Seed and weed robot now geared for maize, beans and peas

A new sowing unit, designed to handle precision planting of large-seeded crops such as maize, beans and peas, should bring the FarmDroid autonomous seeding and weeding machine into the scope…

SPRAYING AND SPREADING

Techneat launches applicator hire option to cut grower costs

Techneat Engineering’s specialist applicators are now available through a new hire scheme, which offers the chance to avoid capital expenditure or to try out a machine before committing to a…

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

Five generations of the Keat family have worked the land at Tremayle Farm near Bodmin, Cornwall and three are still actively involved. Alan Keat gives Farmers Weekly the fleet lowdown.…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

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…

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First impressions: New cab major progress for Claas Axion 9

Claas can rightly revel in its top-dog status when it comes to combine harvesters and foragers. But 22 years after swallowing Renault Agriculture, its tractor division continues to lag behind.…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Lee Henzell's Fendt 728 Vario

Fendt’s 700-series overhaul was big news in the summer of 2022, with the ever-popular 724 downgraded to mid-range status and a new 728 thrust to the apex. It strayed well…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: William Heslip's New Holland T7.300

A new cab was the stand-out improvement on New Holland’s “long-wheelbase” T7s when they were introduced at the Sima show in Paris three years ago. There are five Auto Command…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Tom Dirom's Valtra Q285

Valtra’s long-awaited Q-series finally broke cover in 2022, filling a void between its existing T and S ranges. Second biggest in the five-strong line-up is the Q285, which matches the…

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Driver's view: Lee Henzell's Fendt 728 Vario

Fendt’s 700-series overhaul was big news in the summer of 2022, with the ever-popular 724 downgraded to mid-range status and a new 728 thrust to the apex. It strayed well…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: William Heslip's New Holland T7.300

A new cab was the stand-out improvement on New Holland’s “long-wheelbase” T7s when they were introduced at the Sima show in Paris three years ago. There are five Auto Command…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Tom Dirom's Valtra Q285

Valtra’s long-awaited Q-series finally broke cover in 2022, filling a void between its existing T and S ranges. Second biggest in the five-strong line-up is the Q285, which matches the…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Tom Mixture's John Deere 6R 250

Sitting at the apex of John Deere’s “mid-size” tractor line-up, the 6R 250 offers a healthy slug of power in a modestly proportioned chassis. Its versatility in tackling jobs both…

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Contractor Comment: Second Jaguar mops up late-season grass

The arrival of a second Claas Jaguar 950 forager couldn’t have come at a better time for Josh and Helen Collins, who found themselves facing a formidable autumn workload. Just…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Horsch Pronto tests 724 to the max

Who’da thought it? Some of the hardest hours at JO Straughan this year have come not on the combine or forager, nor in tractors racing to get ground tilled and…

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…

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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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