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The JD self-propelled unit comes with a 4000L capacity.
John Deere's Horst factory in the Netherlands has a history of plant protection, designing and manufacturing crop sprayers for at least 70 years.
Purchased by JD in 1997 from the Dutch maker Douven, the global powerhouse has just hit a milestone by producing the 1000th self-propelled unit, in the shape of a 4000L capacity R4040i machine.
Having taken nine years to achieve this, they knocked a year off when they celebrated in 2016 the production of 10,000 trailed sprayers.
The 1000th self-propelled unit, complete with symbolic gold key, will be delivered to a 1800ha family farm in the Czech Republic owned by the Lukas brothers.
Meanwhile, a little further west in Europe, John Deere’s exclusive partner for the production of carbon-fibre spray booms, King Agro, has opened a new factory in Valencia, Spain.
Dedicated to the production of booms for the JD 4000 series machines, the Euro 8 million investment covers 5500 sq. m, employs 100 people and will produce up to 1800 booms each year.
The company aims to change the paradigm of steel in agricultural machinery manufacturing, by using instead carbon fibre, which lowers costs, increases productivity and reduces soil compaction.
Grape and orchard growers will soon be able to take a closer look at John Deere’s new 5EN specialty narrow tractors, which offer more power and comfort in narrow vineyards or tree rows.
Recently released in Australia and New Zealand by John Deere, a unique new software platform offers near real time profitability monitoring across crops and individual paddocks.
John Deere has released details of its next generation of fixed and variable chamber round balers, offering advanced automation for increased productivity, along with user-friendly features, including new endless belts that ensure reliable net feeding, particularly in sticky conditions, and an optional integral bale weighing system.
Fancy trading your old toy for something new next month?
Whangarei field service technician, Bryce Dickson has cemented his place in John Deere’s history, becoming the first ever person to win an award for the third time at the annual Australian and New Zealand Technician of the Year Awards, announced at a gala dinner in Brisbane last night.
The Government is set to announce two new acts to replace the contentious Resource Management Act (RMA) with the Prime Minister hinting that consents required by farmers could reduce by 46%.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change would be “a really dumb move”.
The University of Waikato has broken ground on its new medical school building.
Undoubtedly the doyen of rural culture, always with a wry smile, our favourite ginger ninja, Te Radar, in conjunction with his wife Ruth Spencer, has recently released an enchanting, yet educational read centred around rural New Zealand in one hundred objects.
Farmers are being urged to keep on top of measures to control Cysticerus ovis - or sheep measles - following a spike in infection rates.
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