Agri-Business
John Deere first out of the gate with electric PTO
Manufacturers of implements have long wanted to replace belts and shafts with electric motors powered from a socket on the...
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Machinery
JCB unveils 4 new fully electric machines
JCB has unveiled its new range of fully-electric products in a virtual launch at its headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire. Four zero-emission...
Machinery
Milestone: Where have precision drills and electric metering come from?
Kverneland is celebrating 25 years of involvement with electric seed metering this year. The company claims that it’s “an achievement...
Machinery
Watch: Volvo's 100% electric mini-digger in action
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), best known among the farming fraternity for its wheeled loading shovels, has unveiled a 100%...
Machinery
Don't forget to charge your phone...and your diet feeder
Supertino, a manufacturer based in northern Italy, is testing its newly-developed 100% electric-powered, self-propelled diet feeder. Fitted with a 100kW electric...
Machinery
SIMA 2017: Electric hedgecutter sparks plenty of interest
New at the SIMA agricultural show this week was an electric-drive hedgecutter from Rousseau. Alas, it has arrived too late for Irish contractors...
