Trade Shows & Global News

Homburg Holland has been independently developing smart solutions for precision farming applications such as tool, leveling, and plow control. The company showcases three SmartSOLUTIONS innovations during the upcoming Agritechnica trade fair, this common November in Hanover, Germany.

The first innovation is the ISO...

The Axos 230 (92hp) and 240 (103hp) sit below the current Arion 400 range. The 230 and 240 replace SDF built Atos and are produced by Agritalia. Availability in the UK and Ireland will not be until later next year.The four-pot Stage V FPT 3.6l block in the two newcomers reaches its maximum power at 2000rpm. Fuel tank cap...

With a maximum working width of 15.70m, the Swadro TC1570 four-rotor centre-delivery rake is said to be an ideal fit for CTF systems.Sitting above the existing four-rotor TC1370, the V-frame concept on the newcomer is an adapted version from the six-rotor TC2000. Operated via an ISObus terminal or in combination with an ...

Creating strips of cultivated soil ready for planting row crops, the 3000 series is the first powered strip till cultivator from KRM.Joining the Carré Inro non-powered machines, the Strip-Till 3000 is made by Italian firm Falc. There are two models: the four-row 3000/750/4 (750mm centres for maize) and six-row 3000/500/...

Kuhn offers a mounted tedder with a 13m working width: the GF 13003 model. This tedder is an effective compromise between the compact design of a 3-point mounted machine and a 13m working width, with 12 rotors! Its design and features make it suitable for use with medium-powered tractors.

The GF 13003 mounted tedde...

The Exos, a fully autonomous vehicle for harvesting and feeding fresh grass, will be commercially available to Dutch dairy farms from the middle of next year.Taking around 10 years to develop, the company first spoke about the vehicle in October 2020. Extensively tested on 13 Dutch farms, Lely says that these will be joi...

Evers Agro from the Netherlands introduces the versatile Dartmoor combi single disc seeder. The machine is suitable for seeding new crops and overseeding grassland. A unique and specially developed pressure system enables precise seeding under all conditions.

Important for good seed germination is precise depositio...

The battle for bigger and more powerful tractors looks to be heating up. There are multiple pictures circulating of what appear to be a new and more powerful Case IH Quadtrac and John Deere RX.While there is lots of talk of smaller autonomous vehicles working in swarms, there is still very much global demand for extra ho...

They are giants in the fields, sprayers with a span of up to 40 meters are used to spray crop protection agents. The distance is key in this process. If the sprayer boom is too high, some plants are not treated sufficiently because the wind blows the droplets away. If the sprayer boom is too low, some plants are not trea...

Michelin has expanded its Crossgrip all-season range with new sizes of 400/70 R20 and 480/80 R26.Suitable for a wide range of diesel and electric vehicles, including backhoe and wheeled loaders, forklifts and telehandlers, the new sizes can also be used with tractors up to 200hp.Made from a rubber compound designed for y...

Operators are said to enjoy pin-point precision, less fatigue, and faster cutting speeds with the latest version of the Spearhead ProPilot control system on new Twiga Pro and Flex reach arm mowers.Developed following customer feedback and described as the most technologically advanced ProPilot so far, it comes with a lar...

It depends on the terrain, but the lightweight design and short headstock of the Novacat V 8400 (8.4m) and V 9200 (9.2m) combi mowers is said to make them suitable for working with 120hp to 160hp tractors.Sitting below the Novacat V 10000 (10.0m) launched last year and designed for outputs of up to 10ha/hr (V 8400) and 1...

Thurlow Nunn Standen (TNS) has extended its Manitou agricultural territory to include Bedfordshire and along the adjacent borders of Hertfordshire.Currently covering East Anglia for agricultural, construction and industrial products, TNS operates from five branches across Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The family m...

Dan Crowe has taken over as managing director of the Kverneland Group UK, from retiring md Joe Bell.Mr Crowe’s career spans over 26 years with the company, and he takes over his new role after 21 years as a product manager, latterly responsible for all feeding and forage equipment.After almost 40 years in the industry,...

Fendt accounted for 3,856 units and a leading 23.2% share of the 16,609-strong German tractor market in the first six months of this year.John Deere and Fendt continue to battle it out for pole position, and while Deere registered more new tractors in June, it was Fendt that came out tops overall in the first half of 202...

Monson’s Honey and Pollination, a leader of the Australian beekeeping and pollination industry, and BeeHero, pioneer of data-driven precision pollination, went into a partnership to bring BeeHero’s hive monitoring technology to Australian beekeepers and growers. The partnership marks BeeHero’s first venture into th...

The Sugarex show in Thailand is one of the largest agricultural shows in SE Asia, and the only show focussing solely on the sugar and ethanol industry. Samart Kaset Yon Ltd will be a major sponsor to this event during 2023.

Speaking at a recent press event, the owner of the company, Mr Samart Leethirananon said: �...

AGCO reports net sales of approx. US$7.2 billion for the first half of this year. This figure is around 27% higher than the same six months in 2022.The first half results of the Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra parent company were bolstered by the 30% increase in Q2 net sales to a record $3.8 billion.In Europe/Middle Ea...

Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, has become a key concept in the off-highway industry. All major agricultural machinery manufacturers, as well as their OEM partners, are using this approach for prototype and small batch production and some have even fully integrated 3D printing into mass production....

Oxbo introduces its newest forage twin merger, the Oxbo 2228. The new machine is capable of merging 33-feet (10 meters) of the widest variety of forage crop, from dry hay to silage to small grains, into consistent windrows to the left, right or center.

“The Oxbo 2228 features new PowerMerge technology, which is t...

The SprayHub front tank can now be used with the SprayKit for band spraying with a rear mounted hoe, such as the EC-Weeder (up to 28 rows) from Lemken subsidiary Steketee.The two nozzles per row configuration allows herbicide to be sprayed from the side and under plant leaves, and Lemken reckons that the combination of h...

Claas unveils three new ELIOS and AXOS model series, comprising nine compact tractors from 75 to 103 hp. The main customer segments are mixed and specialty crop farms as well as small-scale full- and part-time farms.

The tractors offer different technical features relating to performance, power transmission, comfor...

The six-pot 15.6-litre Mercedes-Benz block in the two new flagship Claas Xerions develops up to 585hp in the 12.590 and 653hp in the 12.650. Maximum torque is 2850 and 3100Nm, respectively, and both tractors are available on dual wheels or rubber tracks.Like all Claas tractors, the new Xerions are equipped with the lates...

Claas has added the new DISCO 9700 with a working width of up to 9.50 m to its range of large-scale mowers. Five different versions are available with tine or roller conditioner and AUTO SWATHER swath grouping. The new DISCO 9700 RC AUTO swather occupies a special niche as a large-scale biomass mower for yields of up to ...

The Lemken SprayHub front tank can now be used with the SprayKit application unit and a rear-mounted hoeing machine for band spraying during hoeing. The combination of both implements can help to reduce farmers’ workloads by up to 60 per cent.

For the upcoming season, the SprayHub and SprayKit have been equipped ...