Trade Shows & Global News

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...

The 9.0m³ Fliegl PFW 9,000 PolyLine slurry tanker weighs just 4,500kg, and that includes the 9.0m Skate 90 trailing shoe applicator.When fully loaded the fibreglass-reinforced tank tips the scales at 13t which is carried on the 850/50 R30.5 tyres and hitch. A Vogelsang rotary lobe pump does the muck shifting.This is jus...

A 20,000-litre tri-axle trailed sprayer is the latest addition to the Dammann Tridem range. This has the same spraying hardware as the firm’s previous largest trailed offering, the tandem axle, 14,000-litre model.The track width on the new trailed sprayer is adjustable from 2.15m to 2.25m and rated to travel at 50km/hr...

The latest mounted Hardi Mega sprayer is getting a new boom to replace the VHZ and the VPZ. Called the Pro Force, this is a 15 to 28m vertical fold boom which is mounted on a revamped pendulum-suspended central frame.There will be the option of hydraulic anti-yaw dampers for swifter headland turns. There is also a single...

The Leader PF Full Electric is born, a self-propelled 100% electric mixer wagon that completes Faresin’s electrified range, launched in 2018 with its electric telehandler. A 360-degree sustainability concept that aims at circular economy and reduction of farm emissions.

The new Leader PF Full Electric has been de...

The Kverneland PUDAMA drill is a next step in maize seeding. It enables reduction of the volume of starter fertilizer by at least 25% thanks to a precise placement of fertilizer below and next to the maize seeds.

PUDAMA stands for a systematic focused spot fertilizer application during maize sowing. It enables the ...

While creating misery for many, a wet maize harvest is perfect for a number of Dutch specialists to brush off the cobwebs from their homemade wet-weather solutions, such as this six-wheeled New Holland FX450.Desperate times require desperate measures, and the base for the six-wheeled rubber-tracked chopper modified by Du...

Dieci will preview the Mini Agri-e electric telehandler at Agritechnica. The company will also have the Agri Farmer hybrid on the stand.Starting with the Mini Agri-e 26.6 (2.6t/6.0m), the 19kW traction and 22kW hydraulic motors (max power output of 44kW), are said to provide the equivalent performance to a diesel-powered...

In 1973, CLAAS introduced the JAGUAR 60 SF self-propelled forage harvester. Soon thereafter, the machine attained worldwide reputation. The JAGUAR is known because of its kernel processing technology and drive systems that protect the soil. Good reason to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a successful machine.

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New Holland will show updated versions of the CR twin rotor and CX straw walker combines at Agritechnica. Both ranges get the new styling which will also be used on the new flagship harvester being unveiled at the show.The two combine ranges benefit from updated cabs with new higher spec leather seats and a three-camera ...