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The month of June saw something of a recovery in new tractor registrations in the UK. According to the Agricultural Engineers’ Association, 932 tractors (+50hp) were sold last month. Whilst this is a vast improvement on the figure of 586 tractors sold in May, June registrations still showed a 15%...

The NFU’s campaign for the setting up of a Trade and Agriculture Commission to address the challenges of safeguarding the UK’s high food and farming standards looks to have met its prime objective. Following intense lobbying by the NFU on behalf of the British farming industry, the government has agreed...

A petition launched in February by the NFU calling on the government to preserve and protect UK food standards against the threat posed by future imports of lower standard food has attracted one million signatures from the British public. The milestone was passed soon after an Agriculture Bill amendment which...

Cereals Event organisers, Comexposium, claim the online version of this year’s event held on 10 and 11 June was a resounding success, attracting over 10,000 visitors from all over the world. With the traditional show cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the decision was taken to deliver as much content...

SALTEX, one of the biggest events in the grounds care industry’s calendar, is the latest show to fall victim to the coronavirus outbreak. Originally scheduled for November this year, the exhibition has been postponed until spring next year and will now be held on 3rd and 4th March at the...

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...