Stihl Launches BT140, Its First Battery-Powered Auger
With battery tools becoming more widespread and more importantly, productive and reliable, it was only time before we saw augers or post-hole borers.
Part of the global Iveco Group, FPT Industrial, has hit a historical milestone with the production of the two millionth NEF engine rolling off its Turin, Italy production line.
Launched in 2000 and designed for the most demanding industrial applications, the NEF series is available in four or six-cylinder configurations, with structural or non-structural design, available in diesel and natural gas versions.
Offered with displacements ranging from 3.9 to 6.7 litres, with mechanical and electronic injection systems, the range extends to 1800 different variations with power outputs from 62 to 570hp (46 to 419kW).
Well known in the agricultural sector with OEM customers including Case IH, New Holland, Claas, McCormick, Landini and Steyr, they also supply the construction industry, powering names like Komatsu.
Said to offer the ability to customise its products to customer needs, NEF series engines are also manufactured at plants in Brazil, and Argentina, allowing the brand to fully meet the ever-increasing demand for reliable power, performance and sustainability.
In addition to the NEF series, the FPT Industrial plant in Turin also produces light engines for on and off-road applications, as well as transmissions and front and rear axles for light, medium and heavy vehicles, alongside the ePowertrain plant, inaugurated in earlier this month.
Farmgate lamb prices are down by 8%, beef cattle by 4.5% and farm expenditure up by 4.2%.
Kiwifruit growers are watchful but remain optimistic as concerns around the potential effects of the El Niño weather pattern this season.
Almond hulls sourced from Australian orchards may have the potential to help New Zealand cows reduce emissions, boost milk yield and lower input costs.
Striking a balance between meeting the needs of industry to speed up approval time for products but on the other hand ensuring that risks are properly assessed.
Surprised, humbled and quite thrilled. That’s the reaction of James Allen, one of the founding partners and now chief executive of AgFirst, on being made a life member of the Institute of Rural Professionals.
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