Trade Shows & Global News

On April 21st, the buildings for the new paint shop and logistics center at the Fendt site in Hohenmölsen, Germany were inaugurated. The ceremony was marked by the placement of a metal crown, made by Fendt employees, on top of the building.

Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, attended the cer...

Väderstad, global specialist in tillage, seeding and planting, celebrated its 60th birthday on April 26th, 2022. For 60 years Väderstad has been an important player in agricultural development, serving farmers all over the world to simplify their work and improve their result.

It all started in 1962, when the far...

Deere & Company has formed a joint venture with GUSS Automation, LLC, in Kingsburg, California, USA. GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) is a pioneer in semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayers.

High-value crops (HVCs), such as orchards and vineyards, generate significantly higher value per acre than grains or...

Agricultural equipment must operate safely and effectively in a range of environments, which makes testing complex, expensive, and challenging. By introducing virtual testing, CNH Industrial is streamlining the whole process.

Test-driving agricultural equipment must be conducted according to the most stringent safe...

"Earth Day is more than just a time for companies to show up once a year to proclaim their sustainability initiatives", states Monarch Tractor. That's why ...

Amazone has extended its pneumatic harrow-mounted seed drill range with the new Centaya-C. The highlight of this new drill combination is the 2,000 liter twin-chamber hopper. This makes it possible to apply several materials in one pass. The new Centaya-C Super is available in working widths of 3, 3.5 and 4 meters.

As international travel restrictions to Thailand and the region ease further, the agricultural and horticultural machinery community for Asia will be meeting up 25-27 May 2022, in-person at the Agritechnica Asia trade fair in Bangkok, Thailand.

Joined by country partner Vietnam and guided by sustainability-led smar...

Massey Ferguson introduces its latest MF 3 Speciality Series. This new range includes six variants designed specifically to provide the dimensions, specifications and power that match the particular demands of each specialist sector.

MF 3 Speciality Series tractors deliver exactly the right features for straightfor...

Pöttinger has added the new Mergento VT 9220 belt-type rake to its grassland range.  With working widths of up to 9.20 metres for a central swath and 8.70 metres for a side swath, the machine is suitable for alfalfa, clover, and a wide variety of crops from permanent grassland to straw.

The Mergento collects the ...

Ag tractor and combine unit sales had their first decline since July 2021, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

U.S. total farm tractor sales fell 21.1 percent for the month of March compared to 2021, while U.S. self-propelled combine sales for the month dropped 10.2 p...

Kubota Holdings Europe B.V., the European Regional Headquarters of Kubota received the Deshima Netherlands Award 2021 from the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) and the Dutch & Japanese Trade Federation (DUJAT).

The Deshima Netherlands Awards are given to Japanese companies in the Netherlands that make a...

2022 is off to a good start for Robotti manufacturer Agrointelli from Denmark. The company has successfully broadened its distribution network around the world. Australia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Poland, Italy and Austria are the countries that have been added to the distributors' list as of late.

To ensure this ...

Kamal Hassan Mahmoud's new Axial Flow 4088 combine harvester was the star of the show at a Case IH demo day on 26 March. Sixty farmers from around the region attended the display on Mr Mahmoud's farm in New Halfa, in Kassala state in eastern Sudan.

The new combine performed in a wheat crop with a 2060 Series 20-foo...

Krone has given its ZX forage wagons a major update that optimises the pick-up and the passageway into the machine. The revision leads to an even greater cutting precision while ensuring gentle treatment of the crop and also reduces input power.

As tractors become ever more powerful and 400hp pto outputs nearly com...

Väderstad, specialist in tillage, seeding and planting technology, has a partnership with Emanuelssons Transport, who have painted and profiled their trucks in Väderstad colours. Emanuelssons accounts for about 65 percent of Väderstad's transports in Sweden.

Väderstad and Emanuelssons Transport have been partne...

Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), manufacturer of Massey Ferguson tractors in India, launches the Magnatrak series. The brand new MF 8055 Magnatrak in the 50 hp range, is operating at low cost and is suited for heavy haulage operations.

Launching the Magnatrak series, Mallika Srinivasan, CMD - TAFE, said,...

Kubota Corporation established the Kubota Research & Development North America Corporation (KRDNA) research and development base in the United States as part of its efforts to globalize its research and development organization. This new R&D base will strengthen the research and development of products in line with local...

Total tractor sales numbers of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.'s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) for March 2022 were at 29,763 units, as against 30,970 units for the same period last year. Exports for the month stood at 1,651 units, a strong increase of 43%. Export growth over the full year March 2021 - 2022 even reached 65%!

Apollo Tyres has appointed Guido Boerkamp as the new director of its Off-Highway Tyres (OHT) division. He succeeds Ruud Nijland who is retiring after over a decade at the company in this position.

Boerkamp brings 27 years of OHT experience, having first joined the company (then known as Vredestein) in 1995 as a Pro...

Green Tech, division of Groupe JLD Laguë, is now the exclusive sales partner of Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH in Quebec, Ontario and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

Canadian agricultural machinery dealer JLD-Laguë has been an active player in the agricultural machinery industry since 1951 and today, with around 400 e...

Aleix Espargaró, riding for the Aprilia Racing motorbike team at the Argentinian Grand Prix, hits key milestone with his first win in the competition.

Case IH is celebrating the victory of Aprilia Racing´s rider, Aleix Espargaró, at the Grand Prix of Argentina held at the Termas de Río Hondo International Circu...

CNH Industrial has launched a new online parts ecommerce, MyCNHIStore, which simplifies and speeds up the process of purchasing genuine parts for machine owners across its three agricultural equipment brands - Case IH, Steyr and New Holland Agriculture.

The new ecommerce platform is an additional option to visiting...

A strong growth in all business segments has led the Krone group to expand its executive board as of 1 April 2022. New member is CFO Ole Klose.

The decision was taken by the supervisory board and its chair Bernard Krone who says it will strengthen the viable group structures as the family business continues on its ...

The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has entered into a share purchase agreement with Swedish-based Trelleborg AB to acquire all outstanding shares of Trelleborg Wheel Systems Holding AB (hereafter, TWS), manufacturer of off-highway tires (OHT) for agricultural and industrial machinery.

The deal values EUR 2,100 Million on...

Lemken, specialist for professional arable farming, closed the past business year with a 22% jump in sales. The EUR446 million sales volume achieved represents a record for the family business, which has a 242-year history. The new year started equally well with a high number of orders on the books.

Incoming orders...