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You’ve read all the articles, now watch the movie! Our John Deere 6800 restoration made its ‘red carpet’ debut at the LAMMA Show to universal acclaim. It proved to be a major attraction at the event, receiving 5-star reviews from machinery journalists across the agricultural media spectrum and messages of...
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Driven by the optimism surrounding the Covid-19 vaccination programme and the very real prospects for economic recovery, it comes as no surprise that the price of crude oil is on the rise. The slump in oil prices, which hit a low of $17.66 (£13.61) per barrel in April 2020, is...
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Following a disappointing dip in October, UK registrations of new tractors (+50hp) recovered a little bit of lost ground in November. According to the latest figures released by the AEA, new tractor sales totalled 638 units compared with 522 units in the same month last year, representing a year-on-year increase...
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Farmers have always recognized that managing and reducing their cost of production brings obvious benefits. But whilst, in the past, this may have been more of an aspiration than a commitment - today, the need to cut fuel consumption and increase operating efficiencies is perhaps more urgent than ever. There...
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Climate change is very real and it is likely to have very real implications for farmers, the crops that they grow and the future of agriculture in the UK. There is a plethora of data available through the Met Office which serves to confirm what many of us are already...
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As reported recently by the AEA, UK agricultural tractor (+ 50hp) registrations in January continued the downward trend recorded in late 2019. Just 477 machines were registered, compared with 692 units in the same month last year. Significantly higher than average rainfall in the autumn may go some way to...
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