A New Holland concept combine tested in Canada has won the top Agritechnica award ahead of this year’s event in November. Taking the sole Gold Medal in the Innovation Awards, the combine is expected to be revealed at the Nov. 12-18 event, dubbed as the world’s biggest machinery show. Geert Nerinckx, New Holland combine global […] Read more
Stories by Chris McCullough
Compact telehandlers launched by JCB
The Loadall 530-60 Agri Super has an overall height of two metres and is designed for barns with narrow passages
JCB has launched a compact telescopic handler with a three-tonne lift capacity and six-metre lift height. The British company has just introduced the JCB Loadall 530-60 Agri Super, and says it offers significant performance and productivity advantages. The machine was designed to meet the needs of livestock farms that have narrow aisles and passages. It […] Read more
European farmer launches novel dribble bar innovation
Today, the preferred method of applying slurry to the ground is via low emission spreading equipment, such as dribble bars, slurry injection or trailing shoe.
Machines that run on hydrogen
Agricultural and construction equipment maker JCB has developed the industry’s first mobile hydrogen refueller to refuel hydrogen-powered vehicles onsite. About 97 percent of construction machines have fuel delivered to the site while working. JCB chair Lord Bamford, who is leading JCB’s hydrogen project, said the company has fielded refuelling questions since it became the first […] Read more
Farm loaders on display at EuroTier
Germany’s EuroTier livestock event has held its first face-to-face event following COVID-19 restrictions. At the end of the four-day event, which ran from Nov. 15-18 in Hanover, Germany, about 106,000 visitors from 141 countries had been through the turnstiles. More than 1,800 exhibitors from 57 countries showed their goods, some from war-torn Ukraine, who were […] Read more
World’s largest livestock technology show is back
The world’s leading livestock trade fair has returned to Hannover, Germany, after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Typically held every two years, EuroTier attracts more than 150,000 visitors to see the latest innovations in livestock husbandry and welfare. The 2020 event was cancelled but organizers say it has prepared a comeback event to ensure livestock producers can […] Read more
Tedder rake combination created
An Irish agricultural machinery engineer designed a tedder rake combination that can spread grass out or rake it into rows. Michael Clarke, 27, of Ballindine in County Mayo, has made a prototype of his Dualstar 6000E 20-foot tedder rake combo that he said will save farmers money. He hopes to make it commercially available by […] Read more
A deadly farm harvest of a very different kind
A former United States Army special forces green beret with eight combat deployments to Afghanistan has just completed a personal mission to clear farmland of landmines in war-torn Ukraine. Ryan Hendrickson has spent the last month searching for and diffusing hundreds of landmines left by the retreating Russian soldiers. On top of that, he has […] Read more
Dutch trucker runs the gauntlet in Ukraine
Humanitarian supplies are hauled in, with grain as the backhaul, but there are obstacles to be overcome
A Dutch trucker has started hauling grain out of Ukraine that was sold to a customer in the European Union but said customs checks at the Polish border are slow and difficult. Gerjan Wielink runs an agriculture trading and transport company at Dronten in The Netherlands. Just after the Russians invaded Ukraine, he decided to […] Read more
Massey Ferguson reaches millionth tractor milestone at Beauvais
As Massey Ferguson celebrates its 175th anniversary, the AGCO brand has reached another milestone by producing its one millionth tractor at its Beauvais plant in France. Massey Ferguson tractors have been produced at Beauvais since November 20, 1960. Speaking at a special event to mark the occasion Thierry Lhotte, president of AGCO in France, said […] Read more
