Irish grassland heavyweight McHale has given visitors to the recent Irish Ploughing Match a preview of new products.

With the biennial Agritechnica show in Germany just finished, a number of manufacturers launched new products.

Back in the 1970s Meatloaf sang "two out of three aint bad", but AGCO has gone one further at the recent Agritechnica exhibition in Germany.

Firstly there was GPS and all of a sudden you knew what paddock you were in on the farm, then auto-steering kept you on the straight and narrow cleverly matching up bouts so there were no embarrassing misses.

2016 upgrades to New Holland FR self-propelled foragers include all models having ECO mode.

What's new in machinery and products.

In the early days of self-propelled forage harvesters, power seemed to be 350-400hp and they chopped a lot of grass or maize.

It's taken Argo a while, considering the re-birth of McCormick took place in 2001, but the company has recognised the need for a 'vario' type tractor and launched the X and-VT range.

Fendt has long pushed the boundaries of new tractor technology.

With developments in forage maize growing over the last decade – genetics to improve yields, pest resistance and reducing days to maturity – the arrival of a new planting concept looks to give maize growers another option.