I spent a very enjoyable 20 minutes or so pottering around a field on Stephen Neale’s wonderful, 1950 Massey-Harris 744D recently, before we started the photo session on a wet day in rural Oxfordshire. Perkins six-cylinder engines always produce a jo

Harry Ferguson is believed to have said: “A tractor without an implement is like a pen without ink.” This statement put farming mechanisation into context. Ferguson built his tractors with an implement in mind, in the process taking efficient farming

After the dreary winter months we’ve endured so far, it was good to get back into action again at the Somerset Vintage Tractor Show, held at the Bath & West Showground on January 27th-28th. The weather was dry this year and, with the temperature cree

Northern Ireland-based writer and photographer with a genuine love of old tractors A tractor enthusiast with boundless energy and limitless knowledge Tractor repair and restoration specialist, writer and book author Lives in Shropshire and was brough

Last year it was snow that disrupted travel to the Tractor World event at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern while, this time, it was flooding. My usual route to the venue out of nearby Upton upon Severn was blocked due to the use of flood barr

The excellent Stradsett Rally near Downham Market, in Norfolk, will be a special three-day event this year (May 4th-6th), to celebrate 50 years of the National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club (East Anglia). Let’s just hope the weather is better than la

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Following on from last year’s Welsh National Tractor Road Run – the Three Peaks Challenge – organised by Ian Davies and his team from the Neath Steam & Vintage Show committee, the 2024 run is set to move back to Mid-Wales. Taking place at Llanwrtyd W

The Nantmel Tractor Run will be held on Sunday 7th July, 2024. This popular run around the scenic lanes of Radnorshire is organised by the Tractor Enthusiasts of Nantmel, and it’s been decided to move the event forward by a fortnight, due to the orga

As a new member of Ferguson Club (finally!), I thought I’d pass along a few notes about my Ferguson TE-20 and how it performs out here on the Canadian Prairies. I bought the tractor from a used equipment dealer back in 2006, and all I can guess about

One of the many highlights at the recent Somerset Vintage Tractor Show, which took place at the Bath & West Showground in Shepton Mallet on January 27th-28th, was Alan Clapp’s superb, 1/8th-scale MF 711 potato planter. Alan spent some nine months on

The healthy global industry demand for new tractors and machines was responsible for the nearly 14% increase in AGCO (Massey Ferguson, Valtra and Fendt) net sales last year, to around US$14.4 billion. AGCO boss Eric Hansotia says that the increase wa

Following its first official running in 2023, the well-organised Marston Steam & Vintage Show will be staged again this year at Marston Trussell, in Leicestershire, on August 17th-18th. The event comes recommended and you can find out more about it b

The place to be on New Year’s Day in Somerset was Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s, Sedgemoor Auction Centre, at North Petherton, in Bridgewater, where the Somerset Traction Engine Club holds its annual gathering. As usual there was plenty to see with all ty

An amazing 233 tractors took part in the 20th Larling Angel Tractor Road Run in Norfolk, which raised £11,000 for the Big C charity. However, this total was boosted by an additional £5,000 donated by Simpsons Malt. Entrants set off on the 26-mile rou