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© 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 Amarok, too – although it will return as a rebadged Ford Ranger sometime next year. Nissan and Merc...

© 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-only wrapping and we haven’t looked back – compression is better, bales are heavier, and there i...

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 decade. Since then, the firm has notched up more than 150,000 sales globally. However, there had been n...

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 both in the ground at the same time using a relatively simple combination of off-the-shelf ingredients....

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 Israeli event. The fourth iteration of the biennale, which opens April 6 and despite its name does not ...