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After 99 years farming near Blandford, earlier this autumn the Harding family decided to wind up their mixed arable and livestock operation. Their entire

Our latest ferret around the nation’s machinery sheds features Herefordshire farmers, contractors and hay/straw dealers James, Phil and Sarah Wildig. See

Versatility is key when it comes to bale processors, whether shredding and blowing long straw for bedding into pig or cattle yards; chopping or milling

An extensive entry of livestock and arable equipment met a buoyant demand at Border Livestock Exchanges collective online machinery sale, which saw…

As a manufacturer of big-ticket agricultural machines, JCB is the largest UK-based supplier of farm equipment. The group’s agricultural sales are understood to account for about 20% of turnover, which equates to £840m of the £4.2bn total generated in 2019. Among the company’s exports, more than 60% of Fastrac sales are in markets such as France and Germany, central Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Loadall telescopic handlers are built in its world headquarters facility at Rocester, with...

7150_bedding_cubicles A SHORTAGE of straw across the country has left many livestock farmers wondering how to make the best use of their available stocks this winter. Paul Mardell, technical manager at Cumbrian-based Carr’s Billington encourages farmers to consider how they can make straw go further. “This year is all about preserving stocks. One way this can be achieved is using mechanised straw spreaders for bedding down, as opposed to manual spreading, which can help reduce straw usa...