Surplus and vintage equipment to be auctioned by Cheffins January 16, 2022 Machinery Cheffins will make a welcome return to holding live auctions with two sales, one of surplus equipment and the other of vintage machinery.…
Tobroco-Giant to build Doosan’s new loader range January 12, 2022 Agri-Business Tobroco-Giant is a Dutch engineering company that was started by Toine Brock 26 years ago in his parents’ stables at Haaren in the…
Machinery Focus: New chapter for gantry farming from Nexat January 8, 2022 Agri-Business The only gold medal awarded in the 2021 DLG Innovation Awards went to a relatively obscure German company by the name of Nexat…
Extra muscle for the Unimog January 7, 2022 Agri-Business At the end of the 75th anniversary year of the Unimog, Mercedes-Benz Trucks blessed its range of off-road 4X4 vehicles with an extra…
Autonomous farming made real by John Deere January 5, 2022 Agri-Business In a press conference that was as replete with symbolism and cliches as it was hard facts, John Deere made the long-awaited announcement…
International Harvester’s Neuss factory – an untold tale January 3, 2022 Agri-Business The bright red and cream colours of Neuss built International Harvester tractors were once a common sight on fields across the whole of…
Machinery Focus: Keeping the MF flag flying in Donegal January 2, 2022 Agri-Business Machinery sales have experienced a good year, of that there is no doubt, and the sales keep coming according to Roy Mortimer, proprietor…
Machinery: Georges Latil and the constant velocity joint January 1, 2022 Agri-Business Latil, an obscure French tractor maker that, apart from selling a few machines to the ESB in the distant past, would seem to…
Agri contractor’s retirement sale raises £3.1m December 30, 2021 Machinery The decision by Charles Baker, a well-known UK farming contractor, to step back from the business saw the machines and equipment he had…
Machinery Focus: An extensive Lanz collection in Co. Kerry December 30, 2021 Machinery Quite what spurs somebody to gather together a collection of any one particular type or genre of tractor is often a matter of…
Machinery Focus photo review: The past, people and places December 28, 2021 Agri-Business The end of the the year brings a certain wistfulness to the mind as reflections upon the past 12 months come to the…
Machinery Focus: How Valmet became Valtra – a Nordic tale December 27, 2021 Machinery Valmet is a name that sounds vaguely familiar to many, most are aware of it as the precursor to Valtra, but quite how…
Amazone gives details of medal-winning Directinject system December 23, 2021 Agri-Business Despite Agritechnica not going ahead the business of the DLG (German Agricultural Society) continues apace and it recently awarded a silver medal for…
Grassland equipment manufacturer Einbock doubles production capacity December 14, 2021 Machinery Einbock, manufacturers of grass rakes and hoes, is to make a €30 million investment in new manufacturing facilities which it claims will double…
New Holland withdraws from LAMMA December 13, 2021 Machinery Hot on the heels of the postponement of Agritechnica next spring, New Holland has announced its withdrawal from LAMMA, due to be held…
Further postponement of Agritechnica due to Covid-19 restrictions December 13, 2021 Agri-Business DLG (German agricultural society) has today (Monday December 13) announced that Agritechnica 2022 will not take place next spring as planned. In a…
Agriculture 4.0 breaks the surface at LAMMA December 10, 2021 Machinery Agriculture 4.0 is the term now being given to the wave of digital technology which, we are informed, is going to revolutionise the…
Lemken moves into slurry incorporation market December 8, 2021 Agri-Business Slurry application has moved forward tremendously over the past few years with the emphasis very much switching to using it as a resource…
