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Founded at Breganze, Italy in 1973, Faresin Industries is a well-known manufacturer of telehandlers and mixer wagons, in the case of the latter, including four series with capacities from 11 to 36 cubic metres.

Anyone with a hint of grey hair will remember names like Acrobat and Haybob – both machines of the sixties and seventies, designed to gather swathes ahead of small square balers.

Having acquired the distribution rights for the German Horsch brand earlier in the year, Carrfields took the opportunity to showcase the products at a Feilding farmers day late last year.

French handling specialists Manitou has developed its first all-electric telehandler concept aimed at the agricultural market.

Mostly associated with conventional tractor tyres, Indian tyre manufacturer Ceat is reported to have bought the Camso off-highway tyre and track business from Michelin for about US$225 million (NZ$400 million).

New Zealand-based agritech startup Cropsy Technologies has raised $1.7 million in an extended and oversubscribed capital raise, including support from United States investor Seraph Group.

Claas has marked the 20th anniversary of entering the global tractor market with the production of its 200,000th tractor at its French Le Mans facility.

Dear Santa, with just a week to go to Christmas Day, I’d thought I’d drop you a note.

While many industry watchers have been singing the praises of the latest and greatest innovations at the recent Agritechnica Event, held recently in Germany, agricultural journalists have been deliberating the winners of the Farm Machine of the Year 2024.

The farm machinery business has been extremely buoyant following the original onset of Covid-19 in mid- 2020.