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There have been several icons of the pickup market and Nissan’s Navara, particularly in its late-noughties heyday, is certainly up there with the great

Josh Whitear works at Netherley Farm Partnership, which won the YEN milling wheat competition this year with a crop of Crusoe that yielded almost 12t/ha.

Artem Kuts of Claire Place, Isle of Dogs, and Oliver Mark of Romford Road, Stratford, were among four arrested in an NCA investigation into firearms supply.

© MAG/Oliver Mark JCB might be the dominant force in the loading shovel market, but New Holland is intent on muscling in. We get the lowdown on the W170D loading shovel run by Yorkshire business Starfitts Farms. New Holland now has a fleet of five models adapted from the industrial sector and they are gradually making their way onto UK and Irish farms thanks to competitive prices and quarry-proven build quality. One such example is the W170D run by Starfitts Farms at ...

Sweeping changes shake up the farm kit dealer landscape >More in © John Deere Agricultural machinery dealers are the fundamental link between the shiny corporate world of the manufacturers and the gritty realities of farming. Without them, equipment has no easy route to farm and, crucially, no servicing or spare parts backup to keep it going once it gets there. Dealers that get the formula right garner loyal groups of customers and if t...

© Isuzu The winds of change are whistling through the pickup market, with the choice of 10 brands slashed to just four as big players desert the sector en masse.   Nissan and Mitsubishi will be gone by the start of next year, following Mercedes-Benz and Fiat out of the door. Great Wall scurried back to China some time ago, having failed to bloody the noses of more illustrious foes despite heavily undercutting them on price. And Volkswagen has pulled the plug on its A...

© MAG/Oliver Mark We get the lowdown on the McHale Fusion 3 Plus baler-wrapper run by Powys contractor Paul Brute of DS, DA & PD Brute, Gwndwnwal Farm, Llan-Talyllyn, Brecon. What made you choose a McHale baler-wrapper? We have stuck with McHale and our local dealer Western Farm Services since switching from John Deere belt balers to Fusions in 2003. We had one of the first Fusion 2 Plus film-on-film baler-wrappers in the country in 2013. That gave us a taste of film-...

First drive: Case-IH’s Magnum 340 AFS Connect >More in Case IH Magnum © MAG/Oliver Mark Case-IH has cloaked its new Magnum range in an overcoat of technology as it bids to keep pace with the front runners in the high-horsepower tractor market. The original Magnum, which debuted back in 1988, was considered a game changer in the power segment – its big cab and easy powershift controls making it a top seller for the best part of a dec...

Contractor modifies Vaderstad Tempo to sow maize and grass >More in © MAG/Oliver Mark Maize and grass are now common bedfellows, but getting them growing together usually involves making a mid-season drilling pass that risks clattering maize plants and disturbing soil. Not so for Staffordshire-based farmers and contractors Andrew and Rob Moore. Together with South Staffs Water and Agrovista, they have come up with a means of getting bot...

Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. A work by Israeli photographer Angelica Sher, to be shown at the Mediterranean Biennale, opening April 6, 2021 (Courtesy Angelica Sher) It has been nearly four years since the last Mediterranean Biennale was held, and organizers of the show have spent the last two of those years on the uphill task of trying to convince artists from Arab countries and elsewhere to overcome their qualms and participate in the Isr...