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Few tractor buyers stray from their preferred brand when purchasing replacements. But for one Buckinghamshire dairy farm, the value of a New Holland T6 equipped with Dynamic Command transmission was too good to overlook.

A tractor that will do almost any task is an appealing proposition. Something several tractor makers, including John Deere, are now boasting with a raft of high-horsepower, lightweight tractors on the market.

The expansion of the double cab pickup trucks repertoire from humble workhorse to being a plush and capable family hauler shows no sign of slowing.

During 2018s maize harvest, Robert Tuckwell Partnership (Farmers and Contractors) in Buckinghamshire chopped 2,870 tonnes in 16 hours with a new generation Claas Jaguar 980.

Lamma has provided many start-up firms and innovators with a launchpad for their creations. One of these is Richard Bowness, who developed the Truncator sawhorse to make log sawing a safer, easier and faster operation.

Relatively unknown, Kymco is having a concerted effort to climb the ATV league tables in the UK. Alex Heath had the opportunity to put the companys newest quad bike to the test on a mixed farm.

Though outward appearance may not suggest much has changed, there are several updates lurking beneath the skin of Claas latest Arion tractor models.

With digestate work having become big business for contractors, Alex Heath went to see one company which has been running a new machine for 2018.