Trade Shows & Global News

JCB will preview three Loadall telehandlers at Agritechnica. It will also have the all-electric 403E wheeled loader and 4220 iCON and 8330 iCON Fastrac tractors on the stand.The first of the trio of new Dieselmax powered Loadalls is the 560-80 Agri Pro (main picture), a 6.0t max lift, 8.0m max lift height machine powered...

Krone and Lemken have developed a solution to simplify road transport of the jointly developed autonomous vehicle.Love them or hate them, autonomous workhorses are starting to make inroads, and while the vehicle developed by Krone and Lemken is still in the test phase, one of the issues potential customers will face if i...

The new IntelliSense option for New Holland’s BigBaler range, offers the potential for greater productivity, bale quality, fuel efficiency and operator comfort by automating key baler and tractor functions. Through detecting the swath density and position from the tractor cab, the tractor automatically adjusts steering...

The Advanced Feedrate Control system developed for Case IH Axial-Flow combines has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Innovation Awards, presented by the DLG, organisers of the upcoming Agritechnica ag machinery exhibition. It predicts crop density before it enters into the machine.

In contrast to solutions that al...

K.U.L.T. Kress’ high-precision laser technology is able to control weeds in close proximity to the crop without affecting the soil structure. This can be done at the cotyledon stage to successfully and efficiently prevent competing species from growing without the use of chemical substances.

Optical sensors conti...

Massey Ferguson will launch the most powerful tractor ever built at its French facility in Beauvais at Agritechnica next month.However, other than a blurred field image, a handful of sharper teaser ones and a short video, the company is keeping all the details, even the name of the new range, which we know is called the ...

Well known farm machinery manufacturers Grégoire Besson and Maschio Gaspardo have entered into a strategic partnership.While retaining their independence, the French and Italian family businesses will share their R&D know-how, in order to accelerate the development of new products. The alliance will also provide more le...

On dairy farms, the cutting length of crops has a large influence on fodder quality. Shortly cut crops can be better compacted in the silo, preventing faulty fermentation and thus reaching high quality fodder. To meet this demand, Strautmann is presenting the new Magnon 11 forage wagon series that cuts crop at a length o...

Knight Farm Machinery has expanded its relationship with Belgian manufacturer Beyne and introduced new ranges of Red Line compact disc cultivators, power harrows and mounted sprayers to the UK.The TerraDisc Pro comprises 2.5-4.0m mounted and 4.0-6.0m trailed versions, all with 510mm cutaway rubber-cushioned discs. Workin...

Bobcat has extended its compact wheel loader portfolio with the new top-of-the-range L95. The new model will debut at Agritechnica.Suitable for a wide range of jobs, such as buckraking and silage clamp work, power to the 5.3t machine comes from a 2.4l 75hp Bobcat Stage V engine. The two-range hydrostatic transmission pro...

Faresin previewed its first 100% electrically-powered self-propelled mixer wagon at its 50th anniversary event where it also unveiled a new telehandler. Both machines will be at Agritechnica.Dealing first with the electric mixer wagon, the first model in the new Italian-made Leader PF Full Electric range is the 1.14 (sin...

The Seed Hawk is making a return to Europe, Väderstad has announced it will be building a new version of the tine based no-till drill in Sweden. While the business end of the drill is pretty much the same as what has been built in Canada for the last 30 years, the rest of the 6.0m, 8.0m and 9.0m range is new all of whic...

John Deere and DeLaval have joined efforts to create the Milk Sustainability Center (MSC), a digital eco-system to help dairy farmers improve the efficiency and sustainability of their operations. The eco-system will be open for partners to join, with the objective of providing farmers with data needed for a holistic vie...

Valtra modernises and expands their brand home factory in Suolahti, central Finland. Recent investments in the AGCO subsidiary enable improved manufacturing efficiency and better working conditions for many of its 1,200 employees.

The most noticeable change at the Finnish factory is Valtra’s new 2,000 m2 paint sh...

The new, “sixth” generation Valtra S Series is to hit market next year and this new 280hp to 420hp range will be made in Finland once again.There was a distinct undertone at the official unveil ahead of the Agritechnica public launch that the Finns wanted to be back in control. The common platform S4 series has been ...

Kverneland Group has fully integrated the products of Phenix Agrosystem (BC Technique) from France into its arable equipment portfolio. This range of rotary hoes, inter-row cultivators and guidance interfaces, well complements the mechanical weed control portfolio of Kverneland and meets with the future of sustainable fa...

Case IH has extended the transmission choices for the 100-130 hp Vestrum tractor range with the ActiveDrive 8 powershift transmission. The Actidrive 8 comes as an optional choice,  in addition to the CVXDrive continuously variable transmission (CVT).

Previously available only on the 115-150 hp Maxxum tractors, the...

The Steketee brand name is disappearing from its mechanical hoes, which from November this year will be delivered in Lemken blue instead of Steketee red.It is five years since Lemken acquired Steketee, and the full integration of the Dutch manufacturer into the Lemken family is described as an important step that strengt...

Pöttinger introduces the new Servo 3000 hitch-mounted reversible plough in the medium power class up to 200 hp. The engineering department of the company borrowed many of the features of the more powerful Servo 4000 to unite durability, easy operation and good results.

Servo 3000 ploughs are available with three t...

Amazone has extended its large area seed drill range with the new Cirrus 9004-2C Grand trailed cultivator drill. Due to its adaptability to various field management concepts, it is suitable for large scale and future oriented farming. The machine is available in a working width of 9 m and a row spacing of 16.6 cm.

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With the Thulit, Lemken presents its first weeder harrow and rounds off its range of mechanical weed control implements. In developing this machine, the company broke new ground to now launch a new concept with four beams and eight rows of harrow tines. The Thulit is specifically suitable for weed control in young plants...

There are no changes to the 4.5l engine, transmission and model numbers, but next year’s seven-model range of Case IH Farmlift handers are all packaged with the 6F/3R PowerDrive powershift.The Farmlift 633 (max. lift capacity/lift height 3.3t/6.0m), 737 (3.7t/7.0m) and 935 (3.5t/9.0m) models continue with the 140l/min ...

Steyr is signaling its intent to bring its previously shown “Konzept” technologies to market by unveiling the Hybrid CVT during the upcoming Agritechnica trade show in Hanover, Germany. The Hybrid CVT model is already working in the field and takes many Konzept technologies closer to production.

Based on the cu...

The evolution towards soil cultivation, planting and ridging in a single pass in potato growing, has been underway for some time. Dewulf has therefore developed the brand new, comprehensive Certa Integral 40 planter. After an earlier announcement, the new Certa was presented at recently held Potato Europe in Belgium.

Pöttinger has borrowed much of the tech from the more powerful Servo 4000 range and incorporated it in the new Servo 3000 series. The mounted reversible range is designed for tractors up to 200hp.Pöttinger continues to update its plough ranges. Following on from the recent launch of the Servo 4000 (max. 350hp) and 6000...