Trade Shows & Global News

Claydon reckons to have developed a mole drainer that combines the benefits of traditional mounted and trailed designs without any of the drawbacks.Over the years, the Claydon family´s Suffolk arable farm has owned several mole drainers, but none ever did quite what they wanted. So they set to work to design their own.T...

After divesting the Överum plough business earlier this year, CNH Industrial has reportedly sold Kongskilde to Italian company Seko Industries.There is nothing official, but various European websites are reporting that the deal was completed earlier this month and that CNH no longer sell Kongskilde products.Carlo Albert...

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Feeding zero grazed grass to dairy cows during the summer is increasing in popularity in the Netherlands. The FGM (Fresh Grass Spreader) developed by Dutch manufacturer Kemp Machines divides it between the left and right feed fences.Still in the testing phase, the FGM is available with one or two hydraulically powered ve...

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The throughput of the new XDisc 710 (7.1m) wholecrop header is said to be around 20% higher than the existing XDisc 620 (6.2m).Developed to use the full potential of a powerful forager more efficiently, the cutterbar of the new header is based on the EasyCut mower technology already employed in the XDisc 620.The speed of...

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Austrian manufacturer Mammut has added the Silo Push 400 maize blade to its growing ranges of silage clamp attachments.Fitting to the front of a tractor or wheeled loader, the 400 (4.0m) is equipped as standard with hydraulically folding side boards that fold independently 90 degrees to the front or rear. When folded, th...

The new cab is one of the most visible changes to the latest version of the six-row Rexor 6300 sugar beet harvester.The 6300 is the first Grimme self-propelled harvester equipped with the new Claas X11 cab. Claimed as the quietest on the market, on the inside, the air-conditioned driver’s seat can be rotated by 30°, a...

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Kuhn Farm Machinery has redesigned its mid-range Olympic plough points. The result is said to last up to 30% longer than the previous versions, resulting in less downtime during the season.Fitted as standard on all Kuhn ploughs from the smallest Master 113 up to the largest Challenger range, the thicker top of the second...

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Amazone is the latest manufacturer to team up with Nexat. The resulting fertiliser spreader on the wide-span carrier vehicle has a 20,000l hopper and a working width of up to 42m.The spreading units and two 10,000l hoppers come from a TS trailed machine. Adapted and combined into one system, the prototype was tested in R...

The big talking point of the latest version of the Evo 280 two-row potato bunker-harvester is the MultiCrop intake. Grimme says that the new fast changing system enables different pick-ups to be changed in under five minutes.The German manufacturer’s answer to requests from customers with both potatoes and onions, the ...

The 740, the latest addition to the Trion 700 series, is offered in the same three configurations as existing models: namely standard, with Terra Trac tracks or as the Montana for working on hillsides.Slotting into the range between the existing Trion 730 and 750, the APS hybrid threshing system (1.42m wide drum) and 4.2...

It is 50 years since German manufacturer Weidemann produced the first Hoftrac articulated wheel loader in 1974.Born out of a number of simple three-wheel loader prototypes developed by Weidemann brothers Reinhold and Oswald in the early 1970s, the first production version of the Hoftrac, the Perfect 130, was launched in ...

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Tractor Implement Management (TIM), moisture sensing and the ability to tie the bale using film, in place of net wrap, are just some of the upgrades for Vicon round balers for next season.TIM is now available on the fixed chamber FixBale 500 model and the RV5200 Plus-series variable chamber balers, as an ISObus solution ...

The construction of an additional 12,600m² extension at the factory in Väderstad is finished. Increasing the total production area of around 70,000m², the plant will soon have the capacity to produce 10,000 machines a year.Assembly lines for Proceed and Tempo product lines, and a new paint shop, are currently being i...

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