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.

Carbon plough to be introduced by Lemken
Carbon plough to be introduced by Lemken

Those people who are eagerly declaring the plough dead and gone have obviously not considered the ingenuity of research institutions...

H2Trac refuels the Multi Tool Trac concept
H2Trac refuels the Multi Tool Trac concept

The Multi Tool Trac is back, or at least H2Trac is dusting it down from the ashes of its Bankruptcy...

Machinery Focus: Video –  Kuhn’s answer to complete diet feeding
Machinery Focus: Video – Kuhn’s answer to complete diet feeding

With the onset of the spring calving season dairy farms are busy places with not only the rush of young...

CNH and AGCO brands gain on John Deere in UK
CNH and AGCO brands gain on John Deere in UK

Last month the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) released the latest sales statistics for the UK, including the breakdown by brand...

Deutz Fahr raises the curtain on new 6C series
Deutz Fahr raises the curtain on new 6C series

With just one image and several versions of the same video, Deutz Fahr has launched its new 6C series which...

Speed dating for ISOBUS engineers at Plugfest 2022
Speed dating for ISOBUS engineers at Plugfest 2022

ISO 11783 is hardly the most seductive phrase to woo potential partners with, but in the world of ISOBUS, it...

Claas keen to push the Rolls Royce connection
Claas keen to push the Rolls Royce connection

In a recent fanfare of publicity, Claas brought to our attention that it had chosen to continue its partnership with...

John Deere to face lawsuits over right to repair
John Deere to face lawsuits over right to repair

The right to repair battle in the United States (U.S) has heated up a little more with two new lawsuits...

Machinery Focus: Farmall – the first 100 years
Machinery Focus: Farmall – the first 100 years

If the Fordson was the major innovation that brought mechanisation to farming, it was the International Farmall which picked up...

AgriArgo revamps its mid-range tractors
AgriArgo revamps its mid-range tractors

AgriArgo has taken its mid-sized tractor ranges up a notch with power increases and a new transmission which features 24...

Machinery Focus: To plough or not plough?
Machinery Focus: To plough or not plough?

10 years ago, researchers at Harper Adams University in Shropshire in the UK set out on a long-term project to...

New wallet-friendly utility series from Kubota
New wallet-friendly utility series from Kubota

We have reached a point in tractor evolution where those models in the 100-150hp bracket are now termed utility tractors,...

EMotive to go head to head with the Unimog
EMotive to go head to head with the Unimog

Bringing electrical power to off-road vehicles is proving somewhat problematic, yet EMotive is one company that is preparing to take...

Surplus and vintage equipment to be auctioned by Cheffins
Surplus and vintage equipment to be auctioned by Cheffins

Cheffins will make a welcome return to holding live auctions with two sales, one of surplus equipment and the other...

Tobroco-Giant to build Doosan’s new loader range
Tobroco-Giant to build Doosan’s new loader range

Tobroco-Giant is a Dutch engineering company that was started by Toine Brock 26 years ago in his parents' stables at...

Machinery Focus: New chapter for gantry farming from Nexat
Machinery Focus: New chapter for gantry farming from Nexat

The only gold medal awarded in the 2021 DLG Innovation Awards went to a relatively obscure German company by the...

Extra muscle for the Unimog
Extra muscle for the Unimog

At the end of the 75th anniversary year of the Unimog, Mercedes-Benz Trucks blessed its range of off-road 4X4 vehicles...

Autonomous farming made real by John Deere
Autonomous farming made real by John Deere

In a press conference that was as replete with symbolism and cliches as it was hard facts, John Deere made...