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Farmers Weekly Tens of thousands of plastic bottles, thousands of tree branches, hundreds of tonnes of silt, reams of sheep mineral buckets, scores of trainers and flip-flops, dozens of canoe paddles, a couple of entire floating docks, a very creepy-looking traditional tribal mask, and a partridge in a pear tree. OK, I made the last one ...

Farmers Weekly If you usually struggle in the gift department, don’t fret. Farmers Weekly has compiled the ultimate Christmas gift guide, with something for everyone and presents that your nearest and dearest are sure to love. And the best part? All of the products featured are made by British farming families.  For the bookworms… Forty Farms Based ...

Farmers Weekly The new teasing strategy seems to have done its job, with all but nine ewes in our indoor lambing flock covered in the first cycle. These ewes go to terminal sire tups. We mainly use Charollais rams from Jamie Wilde, as we have found they give a nice carcass for the butchery without us ...

Farmers Weekly This time last week, I hadn’t expected to be feeling sorry for Steve Barclay. The rugby-loving Brexiteer is, as most of you will have heard by now, the new Defra secretary. It is his fifth job that requires him to attend cabinet after first being appointed Brexit secretary by Theresa May almost precisely five ...

Farmers Weekly A surge in demand for mechanical weeders sent all the major European cultivator makers scrambling to acquire ranges of their own. And joining the likes of Amazone, Kverneland, Pottinger and Kuhn is Dutch outfit Zocon, which has developed a new fully galvanised line-up headlined by a high-output 15m model. See also: Side-shift linkage options ...

Farmers Weekly McCormick has treated its six-cylinder X7.6 and X8 tractor ranges to a new cabin with 14% more internal space and updated controls on the right-hand console. The so-called “clever cab” has a larger windscreen and thermal efficiency has been improved by switching to higher-grade Saint Gobain glass. This is said to make the cab ...

Agriculture think tank Science for Sustainable Agriculture (SSA) has called for a “reset” of the 2013 UK Agri-tech strategy in a letter to major UK farming policymakers. The organisation, whose The post SSA calls for reset to “risky” UK farming agri-tech model appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Highlighted by the jury for its versatility and fuel efficiency, the X5.120 puts power to the ground through the new P3-Drive. Based closely on the P6-Drive automatic powershift gearbox seen The post Best Utility – McCormick X5.120 P3-Drive appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

In the same year that the Tractor of the Year competition celebrates 25 years, the winner of the 2024 Open Field award reached the same milestone. Claas has offered its The post Tractor of the Year – A quarter-century success story appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Ktwo, a leading manufacturer of muck spreaders and trailers, has announced the relaunch of their Warwick Trailer range, complete with improvements and modifications. The relaunched range now offers a greater The post Ktwo relaunches Warwick Trailer brand appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

While it may share the same chassis as the Rex 4-120 GT Roboshift entered in last year’s competition, the various technical features added to the Dynamic edition made it a The post Best of Specialized – Landini Rex 4-120 GT Roboshift Dynamic appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

Said to be the first fully electric tractor to offer more than 60hp, the Fendt e107 Vario has a width of just 1.07m and a height of 2.45m for work The post Sustainable TOTY – Fendt e107 Vario – “a step forward for eco-friendly versatility” appeared first on Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.