After 99 years farming near Blandford, earlier this autumn the Harding family decided to wind up their mixed arable and livestock operation. Their entire
Our latest ferret around the nation’s machinery sheds features Herefordshire farmers, contractors and hay/straw dealers James, Phil and Sarah Wildig. See
Versatility is key when it comes to bale processors, whether shredding and blowing long straw for bedding into pig or cattle yards; chopping or milling
As a manufacturer of big-ticket agricultural machines, JCB is the largest UK-based supplier of farm equipment.
The group’s agricultural sales are understood to account for about 20% of turnover, which equates to £840m of the £4.2bn total generated in 2019. Among the company’s exports, more than 60% of Fastrac sales are in markets such as France and Germany, central Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Loadall telescopic handlers are built in its world headquarters facility at Rocester, with JCB engines and cabs from nearby plants, and transmissions from Wrexham, north Wales. Fastracs are built alongside wheeled loaders at Cheadle, where a separate factory produces the compact loaders and telehandlers.