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2 months ago | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
Materials HandlersFEB 2025 David Williams spent a day trying out JCB’s new wheeled loader, telehandler and small articulated loader on the company’s Staffordshire farm. JCB is meeting customer demand for increased performance and versatility with the addition of new models in its wheeled loader, telehandler and small articulated loader line-ups.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
A practical on-farm demonstration day was used by Alliance to highlight advantages of the company’s latest agricultural tyres. David Williams reports. The event took place in late October at Prescott, Lancs and as well as being attended by agricultural press, there were also farmers and contractors from the local area. The main tyres featured were the Alliance premium Agri Star 2 plus the Agriflex VF series – in 363 XT row crop and 372+ tractor and combine harvester sizes and tread patterns.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
Grimme displayed and demonstrated exciting new products at an exclusive German press event attended by Farmers Guide. David Williams reports. The event, held on a farm in northern Germany, saw customer requests for new features satisfied by the specialist root crop machinery producer.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
John Deere staged a press event in Germany in mid-August, at which there was the opportunity to experience the latest combines, tractors and sprayers working in the field. David Williams was there. The new 6M-series tractors were the star attraction, and new S- and T-series combines were demonstrating harvesting an extremely damp wheat crop.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
New Holland’s new combine is attracting plenty of interest from potential customers during low-key demonstration days this harvest. David Williams spent a day with it. Since it was previewed on New Holland’s Agritechnica stand last autumn, the new CR11 together with its slightly less powerful sibling, the CR10, has intrigued large-scale growers and contractors keen to find out how it performs.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
Machinery Now the dust has settled on one more Cereals Event, we can all consider the show’s impact on cereal types, technology and, of course, the latest machinery that has been unveiled. Farmers Guide machinery contributor, David Williams, guides you through six key machinery launches from Cereals 2024. John Deere displayed its new S7-series combine for the first time at Cereals. It has the improved cab and new styling from the flagship X9-series, launched at Agritechnica in 2019.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
The popular Isuzu D-Max pick-up received a refresh last year which included revised styling and an improved interior. The biggest changes affected the base Utility version, and Farmers Guide has been putting it through its paces. David Williams reports. The D-Max entered the market in 2012, replacing the Rodeo, and quickly became one of the UK’s best-selling pick-ups.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
A crop establishment trial to find out whether drilling wheat and barley crops in wider, shallower bands results in the plants making better use of the extra space is proving to be an effective strategy. David Williams found out more. The winter wheat and barley were drilled at Essex-based Bentfield Bury Farms using specially imported Bourgault 6in coulters rather than the standard 4in version used there and on other UK farms.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
A Shropshire family farm is making a gradual move to regenerative farming and improved soil health with the help of a Weaving IR (inter-row) drill. David Williams reports. Trading as JM Bubb & Son, the Bubb family farms approximately 800ha of predominantly sandy loam soils at South Lynn Farm, near Newport. Potatoes are the main arable crop, grown every six years within an extended rotation which also includes three crops of wheat alternating with oilseed rape and flowers.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
farmersguide.co.uk | David Williams
Farmers Guide has been putting the Subaru Forester 4×4 estate through its paces, to find out how the latest hybrid drive-line set-up copes with typical farm use. David Williams reports. Subaru earned a great reputation for reliability and practicality with its popular 4wd pick-ups in the 1980s and 1990s, when most competitors offered only 2wd.
