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Discover the choice of 100hp tractors available for livestock farmers with our Ultimate Guide listing every model from Armatrac to Zetor and read about new launches.

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10 scraper tractor options for dairy farms of all sizes

No tractor is less mollycoddled than the one hooked to a muckscraper. Slathered in slurry from dawn ‘til dusk and shunting back and forth with monotonous regularity, these machines have…

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Case studies

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High-hour Horsepower: 25,000-hour Renault tractor still going st...

There is no doubt running old kit can save sack-loads of cash compared with buying new, but if you don’t take servicing seriously, that bargain oldie can end up costing…

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High-hour Horsepower: Veteran Valtra hits 22,500 hours

Dorset farmer Stephen Symes has a penchant for Valtras that goes back well over a decade. The first Finnish tractor arrived on farm back in 2003 and since then there…

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High-hour Horsepower: Dairy tractor clocks up 20,850 hours on fa...

Over the past 21 years, Somerset dairy farmer Stephen Bendall has clocked up nearly 21,000 hours on his MF 3070, mainly in action as a tug for the family farm’s…

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Insights

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6 simple, low-cost loader tractor options

In the small loader tractor sector, the demand is for simple, reliable tractors that will get the job done with minimal expense. Most of the big manufacturers offer models to…

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Machinery Milestones: Centenary for iconic Lanz Bulldog

The introduction of the Lanz company's first Bulldog series tractors 100 years ago set the wheels in motion for one of the European tractor industry’s biggest success stories. Tractor history…

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Lamma 2025: Tafe 75hp tractor targets livestock market

Tafe has a new UK importer for its revamped range of five 15-series tractors. Comvex takes on the mantle from long-serving Tractors UK, which had been bringing in the Indian…

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European farms targeted with dairy-spec electric tractor

A US pioneer of battery-electric tractor propulsion and driverless operation is preparing to launch in Europe by establishing a Belgium-based subsidiary. Monarch Tractor’s MK-V large compact is not the prettiest…

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Bigger operator platform for Siromer 304 Pro compact tractor

A revised operator platform and equipment upgrades have been introduced for the 30hp Siromer 304 tractor to create the Pro version. Complementing the base and Special variants, the latest model…

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Bluewhite driverless retrofit transforms sub-100hp tractors

An Israeli-American start-up has developed a retrofit kit that allows small tractors to work entirely autonomously, principally for spraying permanent crops such as vines and orchards. Given Bluewhite's focus is…

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Test and reviews

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Driver’s view: Marilyn Jones’ Same Dorado 90 Natural tractor

For the past couple of years, the main workhorse on Marilyn Jones’ hill farm near Brecon, Powys, has been a 2019 Same Dorado 90 Natural. This compact 87hp tractor is…

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Driver's view: Richard and Matthew Thomas's Zetor Proxima CL80

Since Zetor tractors first arrived in the UK, they’ve been the tool of choice for Welsh hill farmers Richard and Matthew Thomas. The initial attraction to the Czech brand was…

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High-hour horsepower: MF 6465 hits 21,464 hours

There are plenty of tractors out there with hour counts running well into the teens, but there are a select group of operators using frontline machines with more than 20,000…

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On test: Valtra's 100hp A104 HiTech4

Valtra is on a relentless offensive to ram-pack its tractor ranges with near limitless engine, transmission and cab spec combinations. The latest versions to be flung into its smallest A-series…

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Video

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Video: Head-to-head: Zetor Major v Farmtrac 685

  The Zetor Major has returned to the UK after a six-year sabbatical. Nick Fone and Oliver Mark pit the seasoned Czech stalwart against a new name from the Eastern…

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Video: Head-to-head: MF 5610 v Case IH 105U

Power Farming Verdict From an operator’s point of view, both the Massey Ferguson 5610 and Case IH 105U have moved on quite a bit from their predecessors, but in very…

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