Machinery
The first operation of the harvest is mowing, a task that is often under pressure from the weather, so speed and efficiency are key.
Sadly, Leyland Tractors was one of the marques that passed into history in the latter part of the last century, as consumer demands changed.
Wacker Neuson, the German manufacturing concern, has admitted to being in talks with Doosan Bobcat over its sale to the Korean company.
If there is one innovator that that stands out above all others in this period of development, it is Cyrus Hall McCormick
Fendt is considered the leader when it comes to tractor digital technology, yet it has kept its intentions on autonomous tractors low key.
The telehandler has been around now for almost 50 years and its utility is well established with...
Agri-Business
As the end of the year approaches, a clearer picture of how the machinery trade has fared becomes apparent.
The Austrian company Bauer will exhibit one of its signature poly-tankers, a 21,000L tandem axle unit at LAMMA.
LAMMA, which will be held on January 15 and 16, comes at the end of the annual award cycle, especially so in a post-Agritechnica year.
One of the big news items from Agritechnica was the presence on Zoomlion’s stand of not just a hybrid tractor, but also a hybrid combine.
JCB unveiled its all-new 6000 Series tractors at Agritechnica, making it the third high-performance Fastrac series in its tractor range.
At this year’s Agritechnica machinery trade show in Germany, New Holland had on its stand a...
The internal combustion engine will be with us for a good while yet, according to Heikki Hihnala of AGCO Power
Deutz Fahr was the dark horse of Agritechnica, only indicating that it had something up its sleeve days before the show kicked off
Compact is a word applied to many farm machines nowadays as manufacturers attempt to apply more power, performance into ever smaller packages
TAFE, the third largest manufacturer of tractors in the world by volume, hit the headlines through its well-publicised fall-out with AGCO
The search to replace the compression ignition, or diesel engine, has been going on for many years now, but so far with little success...
Next month’s Agritechnica is looming ever larger on the horizon, and one of the last pre-show events was recently held by Claas
