Justin Roberts

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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.

Amazone launches Avant 02 drill combinations
Amazone launches Avant 02 drill combinations

Amazone has launched five versions of the Avant 02 – FTender front-mounted tank seed drill combinations, which it claims, are...

Lemken reports 25% sales boost in 2022
Lemken reports 25% sales boost in 2022

Lemken enjoyed record sales during its last financial year with total sales topping out just short of €600 million. This...

Doosan backs hydrogen combustion as future fuel
Doosan backs hydrogen combustion as future fuel

Hyundai Doosan Infracore (HDI) has thrown itself firmly behind hydrogen as an energy storage system with the rolling out of...

Classics and contemporaries in latest Euroauctions sale
Classics and contemporaries in latest Euroauctions sale

This week will see another busy auction at Dromore as Euroauctions holds its February machinery sale on February 24 and...

Top Pottinger ploughs take to the land
Top Pottinger ploughs take to the land

Big tractors pulling big ploughs need big wheels, or even tracks, to apply the available power to the ground. This,...

Massey Ferguson – tales of its legacy and its future
Massey Ferguson – tales of its legacy and its future

Naturally, for a company with strong Irish roots, Massey Ferguson has an enthusiastic following in Ireland, so any event that...

Vaderstad buys into the inter-row cultivation market
Vaderstad buys into the inter-row cultivation market

Vaderstad is the latest cultivation equipment manufacturer to climb on board the inter-row cultivation train by purchasing the manufacturing rights...

Auga M1 takes to the fields for further tests
Auga M1 takes to the fields for further tests

Based in Lithuania, Auga is an organisation that declares itself as a “vertically integrated organic food producer”, with a mission...

Large tractor sales boom in US but compacts stall
Large tractor sales boom in US but compacts stall

Tractor sales in Ireland may have gotten off to a good start with a 15% increase over sales for January...

BKT eases the pressure by 55% with latest CFO tyres
BKT eases the pressure by 55% with latest CFO tyres

There is already a good deal of information on the side of agricultural tyres and yet there is more planned...

Kubota tractors now available with Topcon auto-steer
Kubota tractors now available with Topcon auto-steer

Kubota (UK) Ltd. has introduced a new range of auto-steer options for its M-series tractors following an agreement to partner...

Lemken eases the transport of big furrow presses
Lemken eases the transport of big furrow presses

With tractors and implements getting bigger, farmers are often up against the problem of excessive width when needing to move...

Northern Ireland JD dealers, Moore and Gilpin, become one
Northern Ireland JD dealers, Moore and Gilpin, become one

Two John Deere dealers in Northern Ireland have now become one as Stephen W Moore Ltd., announced that it is...

Case IH to celebrate 100 years of the legendary Farmall
Case IH to celebrate 100 years of the legendary Farmall

Case IH has good reason to celebrate this year with it being the 100-year anniversary of the Farmall, a model...

John Deere drops out of SIMA in trade show rethink
John Deere drops out of SIMA in trade show rethink

The big machinery trade show is coming under increasing pressure with exhibitors complaining ever more vocally about the expense of...

Focus: Conor engineering takes tankers to a new level
Focus: Conor engineering takes tankers to a new level

It was back in the 1980s that Enda O’Connor of Tubber, Co Clare, took to repairing and manufacturing farm equipment,...

Machinery Focus: Latest generation Fendt Vario 700
Machinery Focus: Latest generation Fendt Vario 700

Hot on the heels of its sister company offering a premium tractor kitted out for digital farming, Fendt has been...

Auction: Wilson Farming to sell surplus kit
Auction: Wilson Farming to sell surplus kit

Cheffins of Cambridge will host a major machinery auction on behalf of Wilson Farming Ltd., in Samlesbury, Lancashire, on Thursday,...