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CULTIVATORS

How strip-cultivating power tillers can offer cost savings

Does it really make sense to cultivate where only weeds are going to grow? Or create a soil structure vulnerable to a period of heavy rain just as the field…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

FW Inventions Comp opens for entries with £2.5k prize pot

It’s time for another season of Farmers Weekly’s long-running Farm Inventions Competition. With a back catalogue containing thousands of ingenious ideas, there’s nowhere better to read about workshop builds that have saved…

CULTIVATORS

Kuhn extends range of one-pass Performer Select cultivators

Kuhn has sandwiched its sole Performer Select single-pass, disc-and-tine cultivator with two new models. The 3000 (3m) and 5000 (5m) sit either side of the existing 4m version, tripling the…

MACHINERY

The biggest farm machinery launches of 2024

Many of the machines unveiled this year will make their UK debut at Lamma show in January. We round up the biggest, best and quirkiest new arrivals of 2024. See…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Average yields and high costs bite

Elliot Stevens, who runs Okehampton-based contracting firm Cropmech, had an uninspiring harvest, with wet weather hampering workflow. Elliot, who works along with his father, Mark, says: “Overall, the cereal harvest…

MACHINERY

Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year comp open for entries

There’s still time to enter next year's Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year competition, and you can earn NRoSO points in the process. To get involved, simply visit Syngenta online…

Baling

NAAC contractor price guide 2024-25

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MACHINERY

8 of the best bits from Denmark's Agromek show

The latest agricultural innovations from Danish (and some not-so-Danish) manufacturers were on display at the biennial Agromek show in Herning last week. ACO Funki FarmerLight A high-tech ultraviolet pig lamp…

TELEHANDLERS

New Holland adds compact TH6.26 model to telehandler range

A new compact model now props up New Holland’s 11-strong telehandler range, following the withdrawal of the dinky TH5.26. Its replacement, the TH6.26, offers an identical 2.6t lift capacity, but…

PLOUGHS

Better soil penetration with Lemken’s Diamant 18 ploughs

Lemken has upped the weight and tweaked the position of the depth wheel on its five to eight-furrow Diamant 18 semi-mounted ploughs to improve soil penetration in bone-dry conditions. The…

TECHNOLOGY

Stout adds fert application to high-tech mechanical weeder

Mechanical weeding specialist Stout has developed a fertiliser application system for its so-called “smart cultivator”, allowing the camera-guided tool to perform three functions in a single pass. The first is…

TECHNOLOGY

Stout adds fert application to high-tech mechanical weeder

Mechanical weeding specialist Stout has developed a fertiliser application system for its so-called “smart cultivator”, allowing the camera-guided tool to perform three functions in a single pass. The first is…

WORKSHOP SKILLS

FW Inventions Comp opens for entries with £2.5k prize pot

It’s time for another season of Farmers Weekly’s long-running Farm Inventions Competition. With a back catalogue containing thousands of ingenious ideas, there’s nowhere better to read about workshop builds that have saved…

TRACTORS

Kubota’s M7004 tractors rejigged for easier maintenance

Kubota has improved access to key components on its latest M7 tractors by tweaking the positions of the front cooling pack and the tanks for both diesel and AdBlue. The…

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WHATS IN YOUR SHED

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

The Wiltshire-based Leighfield family are in this week’s What’s in Your Shed hot seat. Oliver Mark poses the questions to Paul, Julie, Richard and Edward. See also: On test - Massey…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits Barnes Contracting

Devon-based Barnes Contracting buys predominantly used or ex-demo kit and then hangs on to it... unless the purchase turns out to be a pup. Andrew Faulkner is given a yard…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? Worcestershire farmer reveals all

An eclectic mix of modern and classic kit is proving a reliable ally for Worcestershire farmer and contractor Rob Collins. See also: Fendt tractors: Common problems and how to fix them…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? Somerset farmers spill the beans

Working to a tight budget, Somerset farmers Martin and Michael Waldock aim to buy their kit well … and sell it even better. Andrew Faulkner gets the measure of the…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What's in Your Shed? visits Massey-mad YouTuber Tom Lamb

Farmer, digger fleet owner and budding YouTuber Tom Lamb gives us the lowdown on his business. See also: Owner rates Massey Ferguson 8S.265 tractor with Dyna E-Power transmission Farm facts A…

WHATS IN YOUR SHED

What’s in Your Shed? visits a Cumbrian farming family

Tractor paint colour matters little to Cumbrian farmers and contractors Vaughan, Karl and Ryan Hodgson, who run a mixed fleet of Fendts, JCBs and John Deeres. See also: Direct drills revisited:…

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4X4S

On test: Low-cost Dacia Duster 4x4 finally gets its polish

We’re partial to a cheap off-roader on the Farmers Weekly Machinery desk. While top-end vehicles can hide behind their plush trim and expensive add-ons, the budget end of the spectrum…

401+HP

First impressions: Claas Xerion 12.650 takes on US artics

To the casual observer, Claas’ Xerion 12.650 looks like any other articulated crawler – just a Quadtrac, 9RX, or Versatile Deltatrack dressed in a different outfit. Yet it’s nothing of…

TELEHANDLERS

On test: Stacks of power in diddy JCB 530-60

JCB’s engineers have successfully completed telehandler themed Tetris by cramming almost all the components from the largest Loadalls into a package condensed in all dimensions. That makes the diminutive 530-60…

TRACTORS

Fendt's four-cylinder, 224hp 620 – small engine, big power

Four cylinders? 224hp? It’s hard to believe just what can be wrung from a relatively small engine these days – one that finds itself propelling the successors to Fendt’s uber-popular…

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COMBINES

Combine app allows drivers to share and view threshing setups

Trevor Scherman, inventor of the Schergrain grain pan, now not only has a means of alerting combine operators to excessive crop losses, but the ability to suggest threshing settings that…

TRACTORS

Driver's view: Why Norfolk grower runs trio of Deutz 7250s

Deutz-Fahr tractors are now the go-to prime movers for Norfolk-based potato grower Ian Mason Farms, primarily because of their keen up-front costs and driver-friendly controls. The business runs four of…

201-300HP

Driver's view: Leics farm rates McCormick's 240hp X7.624

Shifting fewer than 100 tractors a year at the last count makes McCormick one of the lowest volume tractor brands selling in the UK. But what the Italian marque lacks…

TRACTORS

Driver’s view: McCormick X6.413 P6-Drive

Fitted with a 4.5-litre FPT engine and an in-house six-speed semi-powershift transmission, the X6.4 is McCormick’s premium offering in the four-cylinder sector. This means buyers have access to a host…

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CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Average yields and high costs bite

Elliot Stevens, who runs Okehampton-based contracting firm Cropmech, had an uninspiring harvest, with wet weather hampering workflow. Elliot, who works along with his father, Mark, says: “Overall, the cereal harvest…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Arson attack ends baling campaign

Borders contractor Daniel Freeland-Cook faced a battle with the elements this summer, with both fire and water conspiring to scupper his straw baling campaign. Relentless rain meant crop moisture remained…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

'Laughable' tractor prices force expensive switch to hiring

Eye-watering tractor price inflation threw Derek and Linda Keeble’s purchasing regime into disarray this season, forcing them to re-examine costs and bolster their fleet with costly hire machines.   For years,…

CONTRACTOR COMMENT

Contractor Comment: Is Covid to blame for kit breakdowns?

Long Covid seemingly isn’t an ailment exclusive to the human race, with mounting evidence that pandemic shutdowns are to blame for a ruck of mechanical maladies among the nation’s farm…

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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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