User stories

Looking for the ultimate clamp solution for its 4,850-hectare silage workload, one Hertfordshire contractor has opted for JCB’s flagship wheeled loader, the 282hp, 20-tonne 457S.

When you need to move groups of cattle on a regular basis and a four-wheel drive and trailer is not quite meeting your needs, a specialist tractor drawn trailer could fit the bill.

A pair of truck-mounted spreaders are at the heart of a Yorkshire-based contract fertiliser spreading business, favoured for their low ground pressure, all-wheel drive and brisk road speed

Operating on a single set of wheels on steep inclines can often bring limitations to traction and stability. One family of hill farmers in Wales have overcome trials of the terrain by operating dual wheels

A front tank and combination drill is offering one user extra capacity with the flexibility to operate in tricky conditions

Granular fertiliser offers lots of benefits for large farms, and where a trailed spreader is equipped to handle fertiliser as well as lime, these machines could be a good option to cover the hectares

Long and irregular seed potatoes have long been the Achilles' heel of the cup planter, but James Huyton speaks to one potato grower seeing benefits from their new Standen machine.

You do not need to be a tractor enthusiast to recognise a John Deere with a SoundGard cab. Simon Henley takes a look at the development program which redefined tractor cab design.

As one of the most used bits of kit on a dairy farm, telehandlers need to be robust and reliable, James Huyton speaks to one dairy that has clocked over 12,000 hours on their JCB TM 320S

Looking to boost soil health and reduce establishment costs for maize, one Devon farmer saw the potential in a strip tillage system, which could also help to stabilise soil erosion.