Justin Roberts

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Technical Machinery Specialist

Justin studied at Welsh Agricultural College, Aberystwyth having first worked in both the feed and seed sectors of the industry. He has two decades of experience in writing about farm machinery, both vintage and contemporary across several publications. As an author he has written two books, including the history of the Nordic tractor and now resides in Co. Tipperary.

Machinery Focus: Watch – German family farm supplying heat to Lemken

Machinery

Machinery Focus: Watch – German family farm supplying heat to Lemken

Jens Engelken is an agricultural engineer by training and now runs the family home with his wife Stephanie and their...
Kubota takes TIM to the next level

Machinery

Kubota takes TIM to the next level

Kubota was first out of the traps with a working Tractor Implement Management (TIM) system for balers in 2020, it...
Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise

Machinery

Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise

There are people of a certain generation who cannot see a blue and black tractor without immediately thinking it a...
Massey Ferguson 9S series breaks cover at Agritechnica

Machinery

Massey Ferguson 9S series breaks cover at Agritechnica

The big news from Massey Ferguson at this year’s Agritechnica – Europe’s largest agricultural trade fair – was the launch...
MOM’s strip-till machines gain in flexibility and size

Agri-Business

MOM’s strip-till machines gain in flexibility and size

In and amongst the growing debate over reducing the depth of cultivation, there is an emerging argument for taking the...
Donegal-based Stewart Agri becomes latest Landini dealer

Machinery

Donegal-based Stewart Agri becomes latest Landini dealer

Following the launch of Argo Tractors as the marketing and distribution subsidiary of the Italian parent, the company has just...
Bosch backs injection of hydrogen but JCB prefers ported

Machinery

Bosch backs injection of hydrogen but JCB prefers ported

The combustion of hydrogen to power a vehicle rather than feeding it through a hydrogen cell to produce an electrical...
Claas Xerion 12.650 wins Tractor of the Year award

Machinery

Claas Xerion 12.650 wins Tractor of the Year award

The overall winner of this year’s Tractor of the Year (TOTY) award is the Xerion 12.650 from Claas; a machine...
Watch: Latest machinery at Agritechnica 2023

Machinery

Watch: Latest machinery at Agritechnica 2023

Agritechnica is back, Europe’s largest agricultural trade fair is once again taking place in Hanover, Germany, and the trade, as...
The iconic JCB celebrates its 70th birthday

N.Ireland

The iconic JCB celebrates its 70th birthday

It is now 70 years since the JCB backhoe loader was first released to an unsuspecting world and it has...
Case highlights revamps to product range at Agritechnica

Machinery

Case highlights revamps to product range at Agritechnica

Case is the latest company to bring Tractor Implement Management (TIM) to baling with the launch of Case IH Baler...
Machinery Focus: Cavitation and Ford’s famous porous blocks

Machinery

Machinery Focus: Cavitation and Ford’s famous porous blocks

During the 1960s and 1970s, Ford had a notable problem with its tractor engines due to porous holes forming in...
Machinery Focus: Road loping, power hopping and Goodyear tyres

Machinery

Machinery Focus: Road loping, power hopping and Goodyear tyres

Goodyear is once again moving forward in the agricultural tyre world with the introduction of what is something of a...
Kubota launches battery-powered compact loaders

Machinery

Kubota launches battery-powered compact loaders

Kubota has recently launched two models of battery-powered compact wheeled loaders, which it has badged as the RT210-2e and RT220-2e....
Choice of seed placement with Pottinger Terradisc

Machinery

Choice of seed placement with Pottinger Terradisc

Cover crops are becoming an important part of the cropping cycle and Pottinger is further catering for their timely sowing...
Dewulf’s Certa 40 Integral brings hi-tech to planting

Machinery

Dewulf’s Certa 40 Integral brings hi-tech to planting

One-pass systems tend to be associated with cereals as a way of minimising the cultivation and therefore expense of repeatedly...
Core 4 cylinder engine offers 200hp in Fendt 600 series

N.Ireland

Core 4 cylinder engine offers 200hp in Fendt 600 series

AGCO’s much trumpeted Core family of engines has, so far, only appeared in six-cylinder form, but the four-cylinder version is...
GNSS could bring more accuracy to machinery implements

Machinery

GNSS could bring more accuracy to machinery implements

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS, often referred to as GPS) are usually considered the preserve of experts equipped with a...
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