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New tractor (50hp +) registrations for the month of May declined sharply compared with the corresponding figure from last year as the effects of the coronavirus outbreak took its toll. According to the Agricultural Engineers’ Association’s (AEA) monthly report, just 586 tractors were registered last month as opposed to 1008...

Only a few weeks ago, in the absence of the vast army of seasonal workers from overseas that farmers and growers have come to rely on, the Pick for Britain campaign was launched with the objective of recruiting some 70,000 UK workers to harvest fruit and vegetables over the spring,...

As Forrest Gump famously said: “Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re gonna get!” Right now, exactly the same could be said of the British weather. After the drenching suffered in autumn last year across the country, when many farmers struggled to get their...

  Agricultural show scenes such as the above already seem like a distant memory. But amidst all the gloom of a largely decimated calendar of agricultural events this year due to the coronavirus outbreak there is a glimmer of light. It’s been confirmed that the annual British Farming Awards will...

  The organisers of Grassland & Muck, one of many agricultural shows to fall victim to the coronavirus outbreak, have released the key findings of an interesting survey which suggests that farmers are taking an increasingly measured approach to their grassland and manure management. The new survey, the third since...

Following an encouraging first quarter in which new +50hp tractor registrations were broadly in line with previous years, it was back down to earth with a bump as sales recorded by the AEA for the month of April fell sharply compared with the same month’s figures from last year. The...