Trade Shows & Global News

East Yorkshire-based Grange Machinery has added a 6.0m mounted model to the top end of the Strip-Till Preparator range.Recommended for tractors above 300hp, the new model joins the existing 3.0m (rigid), and 4.0m and 4.5m folding versions. The main difference on the 6.0m width is extra hydraulic adjustment in both the ca...

New Holland introduces the new TE6, TE6.120N and TE6.150N straddle tractor range. These multi-function tractors have been designed specifically for narrow vineyards that require machines with an extreme maneuverability and compact dimensions. The straddle is not a concept model anymore, but market ready.

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Oxbo has made numerous changes to its second generation trailed merger. Previewed at Agritechnica, the 12.5m working width (1.0m wider than the previous model) is ideally suited to CTF systems.Claimed as the first ISObus merger in Europe, the most visible change on the CM240 is the new frame. Designed in North America, t...

Great Plains is expanding its global soil management solutions, including two new 3m narrow transport implements. Both the HT1110 Terra-Max, for versatility in the hybrid tillage space, and the VT1110 Turbo-Max, built upon the vertical tillage legacy of the original Turbo-Max. Both machines utilize a lengthened frame, 6....

The wrapped edition of the second generation Enduro was the main attraction on Dewulf’s Agritechnica stand. New options on the Gen 2 machine include a more powerful engine and the possibility to lift 4 x 90cm rows.Set to succeed the first version of the four-row self-propelled harvester launched at the end of 2020, the...

The Italian manufacturer’s first electric telehandler was a highlight on Dieci’s Agritechnica stand. There were a couple of new diesel machines and a 50km/hr transmission.New diesel-powered handlers included the Stage V version of the revamped T80 Agri Pivot articulated handler. On show for the first time, main updat...

Massey Ferguson launches the new MF 9S Series, including six models with powers from 285hp to 425hp. All feature the Protec-U design and bring more power, comfort, control and automation. The new large frame MF 9S are all equipped with Dyna-VT transmission as standard and come with host of new features.

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The 12.25m semi-mounted model is a new width in the Qualidisc Pro compact disc harrow range. Another big surprise on the Kverneland stand at last week’s Agritechnica was the 12m Acardia 20120F tined finger weeder.The Qualidisc is currently available in mounted and semi-mounted widths from 2.0m to 7.0m. Designed to oper...

New Holland Agriculture previews the new CR11 combine harvester. It incorporates new technologies that will help drive down the total cost of harvesting for large grain farmers, and increase their bottom-line profitability. The CR11 won a gold medal at the recently held Agritechnica international trade fair.

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Dutch firm Gruva was showing its new front dual wheel design that is said to put less strain on the front axle when carrying heavy loads.Sales manager, Toni Dierings points out that on tractors with a castor angle for the steered front wheels can cause extra pressure on the dual wheels so Gruva has developed a system tha...

Kitting its implements out with the option of ISObus controls is the big news from Hydrac at Agritechnica 2023. This includes the firm’s snow ploughs, gritters and the product we were most interested in, its new Smartline front loader.The benefit of utilising ISObus is that the loader controls can be better integrated ...

The compact dimensions of the two-model John Deere 300M series launched at Agritechnica are said to be perfect for farms with narrow access roads.Deere acquired Italian sprayer manufacturer Mazzotti summer 2017, and the new green and yellow sprayers, which are made in Ravenna, share some of their technology, including th...

The KUHN KARL carries out work without human intervention. Once the plot has been delimited, the operator creates a work mission, places KARL in the plot, adjusts the work parameters and starts the mission which then runs automatically.

Ultimately, the result is a successful cultivation operation within an optimal ...

The 425hp flagship in the new six-model range of 9S tractors is on the Massey Ferguson stand at Agritechnica. The 9S.425 is the most powerful tractor ever made at the French plant in Beauvais.We were not far off the mark with our report earlier in October (see link at bottom), because the new range shares much of its mec...

Stoll is overwhelmed by the interest in its X-Tra Lift telescopic tractor loader on display at Agritechnica. The concept extends the lift height by 1.45m.The project to develop the new boom started two years ago and with good reason too. Tractors in the 120-150hp bracket are the most popular for adding a loader and this ...

Merlo is using this week’s Agritechnica to announce its return to the compact telehandler market with a 2.0m-wide and high machine that packs a powerful punch lifting 3.0t to 7.0m.The long-awaited successor to the P32.6, which disappeared from the radar nearly eight years ago, the new TF30.7 will be welcomed on mixed/l...

Elho has drafted a new pick-up to its Cobra trailed forager for the coming season which is said to require less power and provide a more balanced crop flow. The initial machine used a tine conditioner/wuffler type rotor to pass the forage onto an auger and then on to the feed rollers.The new version has a camless pick-up...

The New Holland CR11 is the star combine attraction at Agritechnica this week. Not wanting to be forgotten, Case IH has just revealed that it is also close to launching its biggest ever Axial-Flow.Described as a completely different animal, and a new range to sit above the latest AF260 series, the details are scarce but ...

Kubota introduces the MR 1000A Agri Robo KVT. Hence, the Japanese manufacturer is meeting the demand for greater efficiency and safety on increasingly large farms that are facing greater labour shortages and striving for profitability in the domestic market. The Agri Robo KVT model can be controlled manually or remotely ...

Other than the name, Kuhn saved all the technical details of the rubber tracked Karl concept until Agritechnica opened its doors yesterday.One of several new autonomous machines at the German show, and one of the most expensive R&D projects ever for Kuhn, the 175hp Volvo hybrid four-pot engine in Karl provides all the el...

Autonomous tractors are a big talking point at Agritechnica 2023 and the mainstream makers are not leaving it all up to the new start-ups. Claas has kitted out its new Xerion 12 with a full self-driving kit which it is calling Auto Pilot. Still at the prototype stage, this is part of a three level ‘Autonomy Connect’ ...

CLAAS has combined digital machine management, service planning and license management with yield mapping, application maps and documentation on a single, cloud-based platform, the new CLAAS connect. The ‘Next step in farming’ focuses on greater connectivity and user-friendliness and a closer relationship between cus...

For high output sowing during stubble cultivation or seedbed preparation, Pöttinger has now equipped not only its Terria stubble cultivators, but also the trailed Terradisc 8001 T / 10001 T disc harrows with a distribution system, coupled to the Amico F front hopper. As a result, soil cultivation and sowing or fertiliza...

New Holland has finally released the model number of the new twin rotor flagship combine it will unveil at Agritechnica this weekend. It’s called the CR11, a brute powered by a 775hp C16.Flagged up as a zero-loss machine, we will have to wait until the show gets underway for the full spec, but what we can reveal is tha...

The new Lynx mounted tine drill is described as a lighter more compact alternative to the Sabre. The latest version of the trailed GD will also be on the Weaving stand.The Lynx still uses four-rows of tine coulters with auto-reset and tungsten tips. The 2,000-litre plastic hopper sits above an RDS controlled metering sys...