Farm Machinery Journal Magazine

08 January, 2026

FIRST IMPRESSION: A Cheshire contractor shares his first thoughts on JCB’s uprated 435S loading shovel and new joystick steering system FIRST IMPRESSION: An exclusive look at the First Kuhn Merge Maxx 952 at work here in the UK FIRST IMPRESSION: We try out the newly-launched Massey Ferguson 5M range in the field FIRST IMPRESSION: A Lincolnshire farm’s verdict of its Amazone Cobra 6000 2TX cultivator EVENT PREVIEW: Some of the innovative equipment to look out for at LAMMA 2026 at the NEC MODERN FARMING: The latest equipment that makes slurry umbilical systems more efficient SPECIAL REPORT: We learn more about John Deere and DeLaval’s Milk Sustainability Centre FOCUS ON… A round-up of the models available on the UK self-propelled sprayer market FLEET PROFILE: A look at the kit used by large-scale Irish root crop grower Castlecor Potatoes YOUNG FARMER: We meet herdsman Ed Sibley to learn more about his career in agriculture RUNNING REPORT: A Warwickshire contractor’s view of Shelbourne Reynolds’ 8065VFRT RUNNING REPORT: Why one Finnish farm plumped for a Sampo Rosenlew C6 Comia combine BUYING GUIDE: All you need to know about buying a second-hand Herbst low loader trailer AUCTIONS ROUND-UP: All the top prices paid at farm and contractor dispersal sales in Derbyshire, Cornwall and South Yorkshire WORKING CLASSIC: The Irish farm using a fleet of classic Massey Fergusons in daily frontline roles GAMING: The latest updates and additions to the Farming Simulator computer game TRACTOR TWITCHER: At look back at the sugar beet harvesters working in Lincolnshire in 2018