Rural Life
Appeal to find £200,000 of farm machinery stolen in East Lothian
Police in East Lothian are appealing for information after over £200,000 worth of farm machinery was stolen overnight from a...
Machinery
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John Deere ‘scales’ new heights with its latest model
Manufacturers are always looking to come up with new ideas to help them stand out from the crowd at shows,...
Machinery
Reseeding by over-seeding is the vision of Vredo
The new year will see LAMMA 2019 take place at the NEC in Birmingham. With just a couple of months...
Machinery
Claas takes its tractors out to the front line
This year Claas decided to give the National Ploughing Championships a miss and concentrate instead on taking its tractors on...
Machinery
Kubota swells the ranks of the middle class
Kubota long ago put to rest the idea that the Japanese can’t make ‘proper’ tractors and its assault on the...
Machinery
Clever machinery ideas abound at recent EIMA 2018 show
Italy, and Europe in general, continues to be a fruitful region when it comes to innovation in the agricultural machinery...
Machinery
Latest tanker boasts variable-rate application and section-control
Stapel is a German company that produces a variety of slurry tankers and associated equipment. Recently, it unveiled a new...
Machinery
Fancy a Chinese ‘interpretation’ of a John Deere?
This tractor (pictured above) was photographed at a recent trade fair in Wuhan, China. It’s the JotoDeer JT2104A; the brand-name sounds...
Machinery
Fendt asserts its ‘commitment’ to major shows
Massey Ferguson recently announced that it is to reduce its physical presence at major shows in future. Instead, it will...
Machinery
New app allows you to adjust your Deere from your desk
John Deere, as ever, is pressing ahead with the application of digital technology to daily farm operations. Its latest endeavour...
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Steyr steps ahead with engine updates
Steyr is something of a ‘Cinderella’ within the CNH group; everybody knows the name but it doesn’t register as a...
Machinery
An alternative to the spinning disc…from Chafer Machinery
When it comes to spreading granular fertiliser the spinning disc type applicator would seem to hold a near monopoly of...
Machinery
New-look Turkish tractors poised to enter EU market
Turkey has only recently appeared on the west’s radar as a serious tractor manufacturing entity. In Ireland, we are familiar...
Machinery
Let’s ‘torque’ about Schaffer’s new compact loader
At the recent EuroTier show in Hanover (Germany), Schaffer presented its latest compact loader. Known as the 2630 (pictured above),...
Machinery
Kramer adds 2 mid-sized telehandlers to its line-up
Kramer has recently announced two new additions to its array of telehandlers, which slot neatly into the middle of the...
Machinery
Russian machinery market is all ‘bull’ and no ‘bear’
Agrievolution Alliance is a global umbrella organisation for the world’s agricultural machinery manufacturing and dealer associations. As such, it is...
Machinery
Valtra’s top design winner goes ‘Vertical’
The winners of the 2018 Valtra Design Challenge were announced at the EIMA 2018 show in Bologna, Italy. The competition, which kicked...
Machinery
Horsch embarks on 2-year, €23 million factory investment
German farm machinery manufacturer Horsch has embarked on a €23 million investment, which will be spent between now and 2020...
