A Kverneland triple mower with swath groupers provides cutting and handling of lucerne for a Shropshire grower, preserving leaf and protein for the high-value forage crop.

Over the past six years, two JCB Fastrac 4220s have clocked up almost 14,000 hours for one Oxfordshire farmer and contractor. But how have they performed? Geoff Ashcroft reports.

With its radical design, spacious cab, and revised functionality, Massey Ferguson’s high-horsepower 8S tractor range quietly arrived on the market over two years ago. Geoff Ashcroft sought the views of a West Sussex contractor who opted for an 8S.265 to head-up the business.

Dealing with deadly blind spots around tractors and telehandlers could help to prevent death or serious injury to those who share space with mobile machinery. Geoff Ashcroft looks at examples adopted by the construction industry, to see how their use could make farm life much safer

Choosing to make its own silage, a Wiltshire farm puts 182 hectares into the clamp each year using a Lely Storm 130P trailed forage harvester.

Pottinger 4.3-metre Novacat mower boosts output

To help optimise spray application timings, one Leicestershire farm has opted for a Chafer Sentry mixer bowser to support its 5,000-litre trailed sprayer. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

Braking it in

With silage season just around the corner, now could be a good time to give farm trailers a once over. Geoff Ashcroft seeks advice from Simon Williams, of farm machinery hire company SW Hire.

Banks Farming has invested in a Claas Xerion and Kaweco tanker complete with 36-metre dribble bar with automatic section control to recycle much-needed slurries and liquid digestates back to land. Geoff Ashcroft reports