Machinery
Fancy a Chinese ‘Valtra’ look-alike?
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so they say. Looking at the front-end of this Chinese-built tractor (pictured...
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Smaller 6R Series tractors get ‘one push’ controller
In continental Europe, John Deere has announced that the CommandPro joystick (pictured above) will become available on other (smaller) 6R...
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New breed of combine: Case IH’s latest harvesters break cover
This week Case IH is launching its Axial-Flow 250 Series combine harvesters at an event in Dresden, Germany. One such machine –...
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Meet the man who will head up SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) here
SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) has appointed Graham Barnwell as its new UK and Ireland country manager. Graham has spent most of...
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Trump’s tariffs: What are US machinery manufacturers saying?
The Trump administration has placed “harmful tariffs on imports that are having a considerable impact on the machinery manufacturing industry”....
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Auction report: 'Best of the rest' from July sale at Cambridge
Monday, July 9, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...
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US machinery firm back in action after ‘major tornado’
Vermeer – a US company best known in farming circles for its hay and forage machinery – was hit by...
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‘Mass production’ of newest Zetor design kicks off
During recent days, the first Zetor Major tractors to feature a “new design” came off the production line at Brno (Czech...
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Problems afoot for UK tractor ‘type-approvals’ after Brexit?
CEMA – the umbrella body representing the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry across Europe – has warned of the consequences of a ‘hard Brexit‘...
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60 years on: Ifor Williams rolls out 750,000th trailer
Welsh trailer manufacturer Ifor Williams recently celebrated two important milestones – its 60th anniversary and the 750,000th trailer rolling off...
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New loader bends in the middle and ‘steers’ at the rear
Claas has just unveiled – albeit in continental Europe rather than the UK as yet – additional, new loading shovels....
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Auction report: Ford / New Holland highlights from July Cambridge sale
Monday, July 9, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...
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Quad drivers: Take note before you take off
When people think of farm vehicles, the first ones that come to mind are tractors and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). These...
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New world record for mowing: But who, where and how fast?
With a Disco 1100 RC mower-conditioner, Claas claims to have set a new world record for the amount mowed in...
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Who tops the league in one of Europe's biggest tractor markets?
22,549 new tractors were registered in France last year (2017). That’s according to a market report by media outlet Materiel Agricole....
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Coming soon: Is this the tub feeder of the future?
Spanish manufacturer Tatoma will shortly unveil its latest (hydraulically-driven) vertical-auger diet feeder (mixer wagon). According to media outlet Materiel Agricole,...
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How can a 5G mobile phone signal improve your ‘driving’?
Volvo CE (Construction Equipment) says that it will be among the first in the world to trial 5G mobile technology in...
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The ultimate ‘one-pass’ system: Could it work here?
“You’re already harvesting the grain from your fields; why not bale in the same pass?” That’s the question Hillco Technologies...
