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When it comes to Massey Ferguson’s 8S tractor, there has been plenty of hype, plenty of talk and more than enough opinion. To find out more about it, James Rickard gets behind the wheel of two examples. Pictures by Geoff A

Following on from our original test drive of Valtra’s A4 tractor series, we try out the latest version, now with the option of a semi-powershift gearbox. James Rickard reports.

John Deere recently announced that it is extending its ‘pause’ on its trade fair presence and will not be attending this year’s Agritechnica machinery show in Hannover, Germany.

John Deere recently announced that it is extending its pause on its trade fair presence and will not be attending this years Agritechnica machinery show in Hannover, Germany.

Aiming to find out more about Fendt’s new tractor control interface, we try it out on the firm’s latest 300 Series tractor.

Sporting several new features, Valtra has replaced its A4 tractor series with the introduction of its new A5 Series.

Not ones to miss an opportunity, during our recent Massey Ferguson mower review we also managed to get our hands on one of the firm’s twin rotor rakes.

Helmut Claas, long-time managing director and engineering driving force behind the Claas Group, died on January 5 at the age of 94.

Representing the firm’s latest heavy-duty fixed chamber round baler, we try out Vicon’s new FixBale 500 model.

Complementing the Kverneland triple mowers as previously reviewed, we also got our hands on one of the firm’s twin rotor rakes for review.