Six battery leaf blowers tested: Can electric match petrol on-farm?

Originally only a two-stroke powered leaf blower could create enough puff to blow down combines, balers and grain stores, but as battery technology and manufacturer ambition has increased, several suppliers of battery-only leaf blowers are making an impact

Head of Machinery and 51AV视频Technology

23 December 2025 鈥� 8 min read

Petrol leaf blowers have found an agricultural home away from their original landscaping market as effective tools for cleaning harvest machinery to reduce weed-seed transfer between fields, rapidly decreasing...

Muck Management event showcases latest slurry and manure handling machinery

New spreaders, slurry tankers and pumping systems were among the machinery highlights at the inaugural Muck Management event in North Wales, where manufacturers demonstrated the latest technology for handling organic nutrient

Toby Whatley

10 June 2026 鈥� 4 min read

Machinery

Opinion: Has tractor tech got out of hand?

James Huyton asks has the amount of tech offered on new tractors now gone beyond what most farms need on a daily basis?

James Huyton

09 June 2026 鈥� 2 min read

Machinery

First drive: Can CFMOTO's new ATV range win over British farmers?

Ahead of its UK launch later this year, we travelled to France to test out the new CFMOTO CFORCE ATV range and find out whether the Chinese manufacturer can challenge the established names in the market

Tom Ryder

09 June 2026 鈥� 7 min read

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