If approved, it will be the world’s first government scheme that taxes farmers on the amount of methane produced by their livestock
The New Zealand government has launched proposals to tax farmers on their cattle and sheep burps in a bid to tackle rising greenhouse gas levels. If adopted, New Zealand would be the first country in the world start a scheme that taxes farmers on the amount of methane produced by their livestock. The plans have […] Read moreStories by Chris McCullough
Irish farmer honours Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
People celebrate all things royal in different ways, in different places and Northern Ireland no exception
Raking grass into rows for the silage harvest is a skilled job but one Northern Ireland dairy farmer raised the bar when he paid tribute to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Finding going around the field in circles a bit tedious, David Dunlop decided to row up the number 70 in the grass on the farm […] Read more
U.K. speeds crop gene editing approval
Move is intended to help producers boost food production while enhancing disease resistance and water efficiency
In a bid to produce more food, the United Kingdom government is fast tracking legislation that will allow the use of gene editing in crops. The move comes amid fears the war in Ukraine could lead to mass food shortages across the world, causing hunger in vulnerable nations. Ukraine is described as the breadbasket of […] Read more
Merlo offers electric plug-in version of Roto rotating telehandlers
Merlo recently made its entire range of Roto rotating telehandlers available in electric plug-in versions. With the main goals of reducing emissions, noise and fuel, Merlo has added an electric motor to the Roto range that can control all its movements, except for forward and reverse. Following on from the introduction of the eWorker all-electric […] Read more
Green growth: Merlo expands its production operations
Italian agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer Merlo wants to produce 10,000 telehandlers and 25,000 attachments per year by 2025. With this goal, Merlo is undergoing significant expansion through its plant in Cuneo, where the company story first began. Merlo enjoys a 15 percent market share in Europe and a 10.5 percent market share worldwide while […] Read more
Ukrainian farmer sends his tractors into the field
A producer in western Ukraine starts land preparation and planting, armed with whatever farm inputs he has available
Even with a war going on around him, Ukrainian farmer Serhiy Ivaschuk has despatched his tractors and machinery to work in the fields to get this year’s crops planted. Ivaschuk operates a mixed dairy and arable farm with about 17,000 acres in the west of Ukraine in the Khmelnytskyi region, 350 kilometres southwest of Kyiv. […] Read more
War forces Dutch dairy farmer to flee Ukraine
Kees Huizinga, a large dairy farmer in Ukraine, never envisaged this day would come. When Vladimir Putin’s Russian army started a war with Ukraine, the entire world felt the aftershocks. For the past 20 years, Huizinga and his two business partners have run their 37,000-acre farm, called TOV Kischenzi, in the middle of Ukraine in […] Read more
JCB puts extra lift on its ag handler line
After a few years of building telehandlers focused on the farm market, the company has boosted its mid-sized line-up
JCB has added a new 538-70 agri telehandler to its Loadall range. The 538-70 model is a seven-metre machine that slots into the Loadall Series III line-up with 3,800-kilogram maximum lift capacity and slightly more than seven metres of lift height, placing it between the current 532-70 and 542-70 models. At 3,000 to 3,800 kg, […] Read more
Scientists reveal key to growing pod-shatter resistant variety
A group of Chinese researchers has identified the candidate gene that lends shatter resistant variety OR88 that trait
Rapeseed harvesting losses caused by pod-shatter may be eliminated after scientists said they have unlocked the secrets to a resistant variety’s strength. Chinese scientists have studied a highly rpod-shatter resistant rapeseed variety called OR88, and identified the reasons behind its mysterious durability. The scientists say the research promises to provide breakthroughs in the development of […] Read more
Agritechnica becomes latest casualty
After being postponed, the world’s largest farm technology show has been cancelled for February 2022
Organizers of the world’s biggest farm machinery show, Agritechnica, have cancelled the already postponed event for 2022 due to increased COVID-19 regulations and cases. The DLG, German Agricultural Society, has officially cancelled the event that had already been postponed from its traditional November 2021 date to Feb. 27, 2022. Agritechnica normally attracts 2,800 exhibitors and […] Read more
