Welcome
It’s a very warm one indeed as we bring you the bigger, brighter and better Tractor magazine, retaining the best elements of Tractor & Farming Heritage while broadening its tractor horizons.

Anatomy of a winner
Our new technical editor Jerry Thurston describes the attributes that have made the Doncaster-built McCormick XTX215 the Tractor of the Year for 2006.

Saved from the skip
In Farming by the Fireside, we show a selection of superb tractor wall charts that were rescued from a skip by Tractor correspondent John Barker.

Ode to joy - a Euro tractor dream
Pete Kelly visits Philip Snowden to discover that, once your interest in the richly varied tractors of European manufacturers has been sparked, there can be no going back.

News

School for ploughmen moves north
The Society of Ploughmen’s Ploughing School comes to Edwinstowe, Notts - to the delight of 22 eager ‘pupils’.

Exciting times ahead
As Tractor shifts into a higher gear, technical editor Jerry Thurston sets out his stall.

Letters

THE JOHN DEERE STORY
A special 26-page section looking at the long, proud history of one of the best-loved tractor makes in the world.

Make mine a ‘tin-front’
Pete Kelly learns a lot about the European-built John Deere tractor from the 1967-73 era, when he visits Nick Young Tractor Parts of Holton le Moor in Lincolnshire.

A Deere man through and through
Kevin Gilbert relies on a six-cylinder, 125hp John Deere 6620 for his contracting work - but he also has other fine examples of the marque in his classic collection.

An amazing piece of kit
Jerry Thurston gets behind the wheel of the latest super-tractor from John Deere - the impressive and sophisticated 8530.

Happiness is a BN
With rugged simplicity and an ever-willing nature, the two-cylinder John Deere General Purpose tractors have stood the test of time - and Derek Baxter’s 1936 BN has no intention of quitting just yet

Tractor Marketplace
Our new-look, centrally positioned advertising section is the best place to buy and sell.

An Irish collector supreme
Keith Langston visits Pat Looby in the Republic of Ireland to view his superb tractor collection.

Casing the joint
Avid tractor collector Brian Mailer, from Scotland, who has a particular passion for Case tractors and will travel to the ends of the earth to get what he needs for them, tells Polly Pullar what fires his enthusiasm.

Marshallitis: There’s simply no cure
Jeff Bloom catches the most virulent strain of a disease that seems to afflict every owner of a Marshall or Field-Marshall tractor.

Dexta dual clutch rebuild
Graham Hampstead saves a bit more brass as he rebuilds a Fordson Dexta clutch.

Brown’s the word for George
For retired Cumbrian tractor-driver George Wilson, a leaning towards David Brown machinery started when he first took the wheel of a VAK 1 at the tender age of seven in the late 1940s.

Rathdown Ploughing Match
Eugene Stephens reports from a friendly but competitive ploughing match at Ashford, Co Wicklow.

Diary Dates

What a bind
John Blake outlines the history and development of the binder, a machine seen only at vintage harvesting events these days.

This time it must be Britain’s turn
Denis Baskerville took part in the first British attempt at the Guinness record for the most working tractors at Hullavington, Wiltshire, in 2003 - and urges every reader to help ensure victory this June.

Best of both worlds
Leslie Hutchinson meets a retired farmer in Northern Ireland with an historically-important tractor twosome.

Before the hammer falls...
Bidding for a tractor or implement at auction for the first time can be a nerve-racking experience, writes Jane Brooks.

Of mice and meadowland
Winter strikes with a vengeance in Fun Farm, but Pete Kelly looks forward to the spring with a plan to return an area of land into a lush meadow, just like the ones we used to know.

Bleak, cruel and hard
Jo Roberts brings a chilling reminder of the winter wonderlands of years gone by in her native North Wales.

Better-than-ever LAMMA Show
We visit the fast-growing LAMMA show at the Newark Showground.

Rare Breeds Factfileand Reviews

Welcome
It’s a very warm one indeed as we bring you the bigger, brighter and better Tractor magazine, retaining the best elements of Tractor & Farming Heritage while broadening its tractor horizons.

Anatomy of a winner
Our new technical editor Jerry Thurston describes the attributes that have made the Doncaster-built M....