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Children are ‘more disconnected than ever’ from food and farming with one in 10 children believing carrots originate in a supermarket, a new survey by Jordans Cereals has revealed.

Farmers can apply for a share of £25 million as part of round three of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme.

The LAMMA Show, which was due to take place on January 12-13, 2021 at Birmingham’s NEC, will now take place on May 25-26, 2021.

Featuring a new central telescopic boom, Claas has expanded its Torion range of loaders to include the 738T Sinus.

Bringing additional features and functionality, Kverneland’s on-land/in-furrow fully-mounted LO plough is now available in the firm’s Max specification.

Following its introduction on the VBP 3100 Series machines, Kuhn’s twin-reel film binding system is now available for the first time on its variable chamber baler-wrappers.

Richard Western has signed a deal with Dutch firm USA Equipment, enabling the manufacturer to produce a three-model range of push-off trailers at its Suffolk factory.

Featuring a new cab with lower noise levels, greater comfort and dramatically improved overhead visibility, JCB’s latest Series III Loadalls promised many improvements. Simon Henley visits a dairy farm in Somerset to find out more.

When the time came to swap an ageing seven-furrow plough, one Somerset grower turned to Halse South West and downsized to an Ovlac six-furrow fully-mounted model. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

For one farm, a brace of combi-drills from Alpego are proving invaluable at getting crops into the ground in challenging conditions, be it from varying soil types or temperamental weather. Alex Heath finds out more.