Tillage-Live 2019 takes place next week on Wednesday, September 4 from 8.30am at Deenethorpe Airfield in Northamptonshire.

McCormick X7 Series tractors can be seen at Tillage-Live next week

Organised by the AEA, the one-day event focuses on options for establishing grain and oilseed crops by way of cultivation and sowing techniques that promote best practice for cultural weed control, minimising energy use, protecting soils and providing the best conditions to get crops underway.

The event attracts leading suppliers of arable implements who actively demonstrate their new and established equipment.

One of the tractor manufacturers who will be attending the event to support the demonstration of the arable implements will be McCormick. Adrian Winnett, managing director of UK and Ireland operations at McCormick manufacturer Argo Tractors, said, “We’re supporting Lemken, Ovlac, Pöttinger and Proforge at this event because it’s also an important shop window for the tractors needed to operate high-capacity tillage implements.”

McCormick dealers in the vicinity - Catley Engineering at Desford, Leics; A Downing Agricultural Engineers near March, Cambs; and the newly-appointed Northants dealership Venture Farm Machinery at Kettering - are also supporting the event with demonstration tractors.

The flagship McCormick X8 VT-Drive will be working at a Tillage-Live event for the first time, with three models spanning 264hp to 310hp.

McCormick X7 Series tractors will also be in action, giving event visitors the chance to compare the VT-Drive stepless and new P6-Drive transmissions, the latter serving up more powershift steps and a greater number of ratios than previous versions for better control versatility.