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Tim Russon © Tim Scrivener 13 years after our first What’s in Your Shed visit, we return to find out what has changed in the fleet of Farmers Weekly’s 2020 Contractor of the Year winner, Tim Russon. Business facts: P Russon and Sons, New Farm, Burton, Lincoln Main services Grass harvesting (1,000ha), maize harvesting (4,000ha), wholecrop (800ha), combining (600ha), miscanthus harvesting (1,000ha), baling (20,000 bales/year), muckspreading, digestate application Home farm 120ha How did you get started? I hated milking cows so, when I returned to my father’s fa...

On test: Isuzu D-Max AT35 pickup >More in © MAG/Oliver Mark Unremarkable yet eminently practical vans and pickups do the business for thousands of farmers across the country but, for a small minority, such understated transport just doesn’t cut the mustard. Those favouring a truck with flair, flamboyance and a shot of bodywork Botox have an increasing amount of choice beyond the workaday models. Some readers will find their looks abominable; others may think they’re suitably bullish, but one thing we can all agree on is that they�...

Andrew Patt and Richard Barrow © MAG/Oliver Mark Richard Barrow and Andrew Patt of A&B Contractors reveal the good, bad and ugly of their machinery fleet, which includes 19 tractors, two foragers, a pair of Deere combines and a vast list of implements. Business facts A&B Contractors, Porte Farm, Kentisbury, Devon Main services: 3,850ha grass silage, 485ha wholecrop, 365ha maize, 570ha combining, 30,000 round bales, 6,000 square bales Other: Eight-strong haulage fleet, timber harvesting and groundwork services Staff: 23 full-time on the ag business, up to 60 during s...

2020 rewind: The biggest machinery launches of the year >More in Massey Ferguson 8S  Massey Ferguson launched a drastically redesigned 200hp-plus tractor range during the summer. The four-model 8S-series runs from 205hp to 265hp and supersedes the quartet that made up the top end of the 7700 range. © Simon Foster Massey says it started with a blank canvas, giving it a chance to address some of the old tractors’ major shortcomings – in particular, the six-pillar cabin that had seen very little change since it first appeared on the 6100-series back in the l...