Trade Shows & Global News

All new Trioliet tandem-axle mixer wagons are now fitted as standard with a five-point weighing system.Providing even more accurate and reliable weight registration during feed loading and mixing, the Dutch manufacturer says that a key advantage of the Double Ended Differential Beam (DEDB) load cell concept is the increa...

Yamaha Motor UK has appointed Highland Leisure Sport as its new ATV dealer for the Scottish Highlands.Operating from Cromarty Firth Industrial Park in Invergordon, the new dealer will serve as the region’s dedicated hub for Yamaha ATV sales, full workshop servicing, parts, and accessories. Yamaha says th...

American beer brewer Anheuscher-Bush has converted a John Deere combine to a mobile beer tap.Dubbed the ComBar, and believed to be a based on a working 9000 series model from the early 1990s, the custom wrap is not the only change to the former harvester. The sides also contain a row of working taps, and while the discha...

Makita’s new cordless GP001G 40vMax XGT grease gun is flagged up as a practical and precise tool suitable for the largest machinery.With a 1.2m flexible hose, the fixed quantity discharge function simplifies applying the required volume of grease. With a maximum flow rate of 350ml/min, a maximum operating pressure of 6...

A Fendt Ideal 9T has set a new Brazilian harvesting record processing 2,599t of maize grain in 24 hours.Coupled to a 27-row GTS X25 header, the Ideal also broke the eight-and 12-hour Brazilian harvesting records with 912.7t and 1,247.7t, respectively. Brazil is the third largest producer and the second lar...

German pedal tractor and toy manufacturer Rolly Toys will close its Neustadt factory at the end of this year.Ending 60 years of pedal tractor manufacturing at the site, the financially troubled company has searched for an investor since filing for self-administered insolvency proceedings in February. While...

JCB has set a new world land speed record of 406.320mph with its hydrogen-powered Hydromax.Driven by wing commander Andy Green OBE, the 32-foot car recorded an average speed 400.623mph in its first run across the Bonneville salt flats, and 412.135mph on its second run, giving the average of 406.320mph – the fastest a h...

The 4.0 version of the Harvest Assist app displays new information, such as fields and clamps, to simplify things for grass silage harvesting contractors.The updated app also organises process sequences and tracks and guides machines, with the information displayed on the user interface. Now available for ...

Exel Industries blames the persistently weak demand for agricultural equipment for the 19% fall in revenue to €229.2 million in the third quarter of its 2025-2026 fiscal year.Demand for crop sprayers (Exel brands include Tecnoma, Berthoud, Hardi, Evrard, Agrifac and Matrot) continues to be negatively affected by an un...

The redesigned frame and sections on the latest Elmer’s Manufacturing Super 7 stubble harrow is said to increase stability.Available in four widths: 21.3m, 27.4m, 33.5m and 39.6m, other improvements to the Canadian made range include an electronically set and hydraulically actuated depth control system. ...

The FWX mounted rotary cultivator from Dutch manufacturer Imants combines the capacity of a 6.0m rotary cultivator with the practical advantages of a mounted machine.Designed to mix, dig and consolidate the seedbed in one pass, the roughly 5.3t implement is derived from the firm’s trailed 38 FSX. Equipped with a 900mm ...

Built to tackle a wide range of jobs from tree planting and installing fence posts to constructing gates and foundations, the BTA 140 is Stihl’s first battery powered earth auger.Offering increased performance over the existing BT 131 petrol earth auger, the newcomer is said to combine high performance with the lower n...

Updates to the latest models of the Fendt Ideal include a greater separation area and a new straw and chaff spreader kit.Described as a more capable and cost-effective machine for UK and Irish conditions, removing all blanking plates from the Helix processor on the Ideal 8 and 9 and replacing them with finger separation ...

CTEK’s new RB3000 and RB4000 battery boosters are said to provide the performance needed to start heavy agricultural machinery that smaller jump starters simply cannot handle.A flat battery can bring farm operations to a standstill at the worst possible moment, and the new boosters are said to be particularly valuable ...

Requests from dealers and customers has prompted Kverneland to extend its product portfolio with a range of fixed and variable chamber round balers.Built at the Group’s Ravenna production facility in Italy, models include the new variable chamber Densus 7060 and 7090, the fixed chamber 6500F, and the FastBale non-stop ...

The pivoting headstock on the Top V 6520 C twin rotor rake allows it to follow the tractor when cornering and rake a central swath.The high centring force of the mechanical stabiliser struts also allow the rake to run smoothly without swaying from side to side, and prevent it from running forward when driving downhill. ...

AGCO reports net sales of US$2.6 billion for the second quarter of 2026; 1.0% lower than the same three months in 2025.Net sales for the Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra parent company in the important Europe/Middle East region decreased 2.4% to US$1.73 billion during the three months (US$1.77 billion Q2 2025). Sales de...

German sprayer manufacturer Dammann is in advanced talks with a number of potential investors as it continues its ongoing restructuring in self-administration proceedings.Several parties are reportedly interested in Dammann, which generates annual revenues of around €35 million, and are keen to invest in the production...

58 years after being ceremonially handed over by company founder August Claas, the 200,000th Claas combine ever built, a 1968 Senator, has returned to active harvesting.When handed to Scottish farmer John Steven on 16 August 1968, the Senator marked a major milestone for Claas, which had doubled its total combine product...

CNH booked a turnover of US$4.8 billion in Q2 of 2026. This is 2% more than in the same three months last year. Net profit was down to US$141 million (US$217 million Q2 2025).The US$3.3 billion recorded by the company’s agricultural (Case IH, New Holland and Steyr) division is similar to the same three months in 2025. ...

Manitou revenue increased by 12% in the first six months of this year to €1.428 billion.Up from €1.275 billion in the first half of 2025, the increase follows buoyant Q2 revenue of €780 million; 15.6% higher than the same three months in 2025. Net income was also higher at €51 million (€33m in the first half of...

The 16,500l/min capacity of the Tornado AC160 pto-driven compressor is said to quickly clean even the largest of slurry hoses.Developed by Dutch manufacturer Schouten Machines to meet the increasing demand for faster emptying of larger diameter slurry hoses, both the compressor block and the oil cooler are mechanically d...

It is not yet available in the UK but the first units of the new battery powered Torion 537e Sinus telescopic wheel loader will soon be with European customers.Previewed at Agritechnica 2025, the battery-electric drive system replaces the diesel engine and hydrostat found in the otherwise identical Torion 537. ...

An integrated weighing system is one of two new options on Amazone’s ZG-TX combi spreader. The second is automatic spread rate regulation for lime.Providing accurate hopper fill level indication and simple offline spread rate regulation of lime and granular fertiliser, the integrated weighing system comprises two weigh...

The enhanced automatic levelling system is one of the main updates to the latest version of the AVR Spirit 9200i two-row trailed potato harvester.Standard on new cross roller (CR) and Varioweb (VW) variants, repositioning the new levelling cylinder on the chassis extends levelling on both sides of the harvester up to 4.5...