Trade Shows & Global News

Cereals visitors are getting the first look at John Deere’s revamped and expanded 6M series tractors, due for their global launch at the end of this month (25th June). Some of the highlights have already been shared by UK and Irish dealers who were on sales training last week at Langar. Once done at Cereals the new 6M1...

New Holland has announced the CR10 a slightly less powerful version of the CR11. The newcomer has the same twin 60cm diameter rotors but is powered by a smaller Cursor 13, six-cylinder, 12.9-litre motor producing 635hp fed from a 1,300-litre fuel tank.Compared to the CR Revelation models, the CR10 and CR11 are different ...

...

...

The Överum name is returning to the Swedish made ploughs now that the CNH Industrial deal is finalised. Överum Industries has been established and will continue to supply New Holland during a soft transition and it also plans to bring back not just its own name but also Agrolux.Purchased by a Munich based investment co...

The EasyCut R450 is the new big mower from Krone in the R series. Measuring 4.47m wide it has a neat side-shifting counterweight to keep things balanced on the tractor’s linkage when in work.The weight transfer systems can be loaded with up to 10 wafer plates, each weighing 50kg. When fully extended, the weight is offs...

John Deere’s T500 and T600 walker combines are being replaced by the four model T5 five walker and four model T6 six walker combines for next season. While there are tweaks to the engine, such as a reduced engine speed function for travelling on the road, the biggest change is the adoption of the cab from the X9 flagsh...

...

Having literally disappeared from the British market in 2021, Grégoire Besson is to make a return, however, it will be doing so under the wing of Maschio Gaspardo UK who will do the distribution and backup.The official unveil of the new partnership will take place at Cereals next week, but the agreement has been in plac...

Four tracks, 650hp+, rigid chassis … meet the new, high-horsepower Xerion. In this Claas Xerion 12.650 TerraTrac: Big and not so bendy tractor test video, we drive a pre-production 12.650.Watch it here…Top model — 653hpThere are two models in the new range, the Xerion 12.590, which maxes at 585hp, and the 12.650 wi...

...

Visitors to the Royal Welsh Grassland Event yesterday in Aberystwyth were treated to an early look at Malone’s new rake. Not much is being said publicly about the pre-series machine which if Malone continues its usual trend will be given its official launch at the Irish Ploughing Championships in September.Badged the P...

Teagle is replacing its loader-mounted Telehawk straw processor with the new Tomahawk 6200H which has the added bonus of being able to attach to a tractor’s linkage. Available for the upcoming season and to be launched at the Royal Cornwall Show next week, the Tomahawk 6200H retains the entirely hydraulic drive system....

Redrock Machinery and Agquip have entered a partnership which will allow the two Northern Ireland firms to prosper. Under the agreement, which was announced last week at the Balmoral Show, Redrock will take over manufacturing to a recently refurbished production area at its factory in Armagh.Established by Noel O’Kane ...

Claas is one of the relatively young tractor manufacturers. With the Atles 936 RZ, we compare the first seed green standard large tractor with its current counterpart, the Axion 960 Terra Trac.Watch our Profi Video Tractor Test of the Atles 936 RZ and the Axion 960 Terra Trac to find out more (and don’t forget to click...

Kverneland’s latest news is about the updates to the Siloking diet feeder range include a stepless gearbox for the augers on the trailed models, a revamped version of the battery powered Etruck while the diesel-fuelled machines can now run on HVO.The Variospeed stepless gearbox on the TrailedLine two and three auger mi...

Kuhn’s Tineliner and Rowliner mechanical weeders will debut at next month’s Cereals 2024.Previewed at Agritechnica, the Tineliner and Rowliner offer another option to reduce chemical usage while controlling weeds. The Tineliner range has three models – 6.0m, 9.0m and 12m – and is constructed from 1.5m sections wi...

...

G T Bunning and Sons recently launched trailer range will make its Scottish debut at this year’s Royal Highland Show.Following its LAMMA launch earlier this year, the new four-model range (14t-20t) is built at Bunning’s factory at Gressenhall in Norfolk. Bunning built its first trailer in 1963 but paused production i...

The Kuhn Group blames economic and political uncertainties for the 19% drop in net sales in the first three months of this year to approx. £312 million (CHF357m). In the same January to March 2023 the figure was closer to £385 million (CHF440m).Demand for agricultural machinery continued to decline in the first three m...

Dutch mixer wagon and silage block cutter manufacturer Trioliet has installed a new powder coating installation at its production site in Oldenzaal.Swapping the previous gas oven for an infra-red version, the nifty bit is that a specially developed coating allows the second layer to be applied immediately after the first...

Pöttinger has added three new functions to its Harvest Assist app to further optimise the grass silage process and boost performance.The first allows the baler operator to enter the number of bales made in each field. This allows drivers of the collection vehicles to see how many need to be collected. If there are sever...

42,824 new tractors were registered in North America from January to March this year. This number is down 13% on the same three months in 2022.Data compiled by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) confirms that all power categories were affected, including the important compact tractor market: down 17% in the...