With more than 40,000 farming visitors and 900 exhibitors, the normally bitterly cold LAMMA is the largest machinery event in the UK. The Brexit factor was very much in the air. Improved commodity prices in the UK, the one clear short-term benefit from the Brexit decision, undoubtedly helped raise the mood among the visitors to the event. Reports from exhibitors also suggest that the visitors to the show were cautious about investment but they were prepared to plan for the future.

In this week's machinery section, Martin Rickatson features a full report from LAMMA on the new machines launched.

Thomas Hubert looks at an interesting concept in the area of machinery sharing, explored by Cork farmers in France.

Finally, I profile the nation’s favourite 4x4s .