JCB Strikes Gold With Top Farming Show Award For New Fastrac
JCB has struck gold with the top ‘Machine of the Year’ award for the all-new Fastrac 6000 Series from the organisers of the UK’s biggest agricultural machinery and technology show.
The new 284hp Fastrac 6260 and 335hp 6300 tractors beat all-comers to win the Gold Award, which will be presented during the LAMMA show on 14/15 January, 2026, at NEC Birmingham.
This show’s prestigious award for innovation comes hot on the heels of JCB’s ‘Tractor of the Year’ win at the Agritechnica event in Germany in mid-November and follows the Silver Award for innovation won by JCB at the 2025 LAMMA show for the TM280S telescopic wheeled loader.
JCB Agriculture Managing Director, John Smith, said: “We are delighted to be the recipient of the ‘Machine of the Year’ Gold Award, an accolade that underscores our passion for innovation in pursuit of performance, cost-efficiency and productivity from all the agricultural machines we manufacture.”
The ‘Machine of the Year’ award judges said: “The JCB Fastrac 6000 Series is unique in its power class, featuring as it does adaptive suspension all round, resulting in greater stability on the road and outstanding ride comfort in the field, with multi-mode four-wheel steering – another feature no other tractor in this class can boast – adding to the tractor’s capabilities.
“As bigger, heavier and more powerful tractors are increasingly used by farmers and contractors for transporting heavy implements and agricultural inputs and produce, the new Fastrac sets the highest standards for braking performance with large air-operated external disc brakes and anti-skid ABS to prevent the wheels locking up under heavy braking in low grip situations.”
JCB’s newly-launched Fastrac 6000 Series stays true to the innovative and ground-breaking concept that defines all Fastracs but with new features and power outputs that take it into a different and highly-competitive class.
Suspension for both axles (when conventional tractors have a rigid rear axle) is a fundamental feature of all Fastrac tractors, giving them unmatched stability for fully-legal high-speed travel on the road – up to 66kph for the 6000 Series – plus a standard of operator comfort that makes a day spent in the seat more productive and less tiring.
Implement mountings at the rear, up front and behind the centrally-mounted cab add to its versatility, while the new central tyre inflation system of the 6000 Series, operated from the cab using the latest iCON configurable digital touch-screen display, enables the driver to switch between optimum pressures for road travel and field work in a matter of minutes.
Then there is the unique installation of two satellite guidance signal receivers, a set-up that provides highly accurate low-speed guidance, increased accuracy over undulating terrain and quicker, more precise acquisition of pre-set waylines for efficient field work.
In addition to straight-line and curve guidance, the system provides a choice of automated headland turn pathways to increase ease of use through automation, and boost overall productivity, while the Twin Steer option individually controls the two steering axles for ultra-precise guidance.
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Note to Editors: The ‘Machine of the Year’ category of the LAMMA show’s Innovation Awards sponsored by Rural Asset Finance is open to the largest and most advanced agricultural equipment, including tractors, materials handling machines such as wheeled loaders and telescopic handlers, harvesters of all kinds and self-propelled sprayers. The LAMMA show is organised and presented by Agriconnect, publisher of Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming magazines.