British based JCB recently celebrated the milestone of producing one million engines.
Cows ingesting metal objects in conserved feed is typically going to end in tears, quite often with a trip to the knacker’s yard.
While electric vehicles, despite subdued sales at present, seem to be finding converts in the car industry, one wonders if they have a place in agriculture.
Renowned as market leaders in the self-propelled forage harvester sector, Claas has used its experience of chopping a wide range of crops on farms worldwide to improve the heart of the machine – the chopping cylinder.
Cambridge based BA Pumps & Sprayers, specialists in New Zealand-made spraying equipment, has acquired Tokoroa Engineering’s product range, including the iconic Milk Bar mobile calf feeder products, alongside calf and feed trailers.
Fieldays and its renowned Innovation Awards are celebrating their 57th year, marking a longstanding tradition in the agricultural calendar, with the latter delivering a platform for problem-solvers to showcase their innovation to the primary industries.
StocksAg has introduced a mounting kit to fit its Turbo Jet 8 or 10 units to pneumatic trailed SKY EasyDrills, allowing separate metering and accurate application of products like Avadex through an additional set of outlets behind the drill’s press wheel.
Forage brassica crops provide an excellent source of energy and protein for grazing livestock at critical times of the year when the quantity and quality of pasture on offer is limiting livestock production.
Triple 'butterfly' or dual mower combinations have become increasingly popular, offering increased output and better utilisation of tractors that keep gaining horsepower.
The recently announced Milk Sustainability Centre – a collaboration between global giant John Deere and milking and feed specialists De Laval – is said to deliver dairy farmers a new tool to enhance efficiency and sustainability, while also rising to the challenges of changing regulations that affect their businesses.
A new digital platform by Claas, that went live in over 30 countries on October 1st, provides a direct link to all digital solutions in the Claas product world, while also connecting farm employees, managers, machines and dealerships.
New Holland and Case IH are introducing new advancements in their precision technology stack to make farming easier and more efficient for customers.
The new Lemken Solitair MR series mounted drills, available in three or four metre working widths, features a 1500-litre tank, which is suitable for fertiliser even in its basic configuration.
Good silage starts by cutting the crop at the correct growth stage, followed by reducing moisture content, chopping to a consistent length, then stacking in a clamp.
The Kverneland Group has announced several upgrades to its round baler ranges for 2025, much of it centred around automation, as well as the ability to wrap bales with film rather than net.
Agri-tech company Precision Farming is linking with John Deere’s Operations Centre guidance technology to automate nutrient and spray record-keeping and Nitrogen Cap compliance for farmers.
Farm races or laneways are central to moving animals, people and machinery around the farm.
Divorces can be messy events, particularly when the warring parties are arguing about current or potential assets.
With mastitis being a drain on production, resources and animal health any tools that help dairy farmers to quickly detect the problem, particularly that of subclinical cases, will help dairy farmers maintain a healthy bottom line.
Recently launched and likely to be an indent-only machine for New Zealand, Kverneland’s new 15.6 metre tedder is aimed at increased productivity and timeliness.
Grassland specialist Kuhn’s Gyrorake GA 8731+ and GA 9531+ models are described as “large width” semi-mounted rakes with central delivery.
Recently launched to complement the existing DM 8612 TL and DM 9614 TL machines, Massey Ferguson has added the heavy-duty 9614 TL and 10114 TL butterfly mowers to its DM range, with working widths of 9.6m and 10.1m respectively.
Over the last two decades, the days of combi machines for spreading and raking grass have disappeared, with manufacturers and end users realising that dedicated machines lead to far better results.
Adding to its extensive range of harvesting attachments for its Big X self-propelled harvesters, Krone has introduced a new whole-crop header, said to offer outputs of around 20% more than the existing XDisc 620 unit.
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