Trade Shows & Global News

Great Plains expands program

Great Plains is expanding its global soil management solutions, including two new 3m narrow transport implements. Both the HT1110 Terra-Max, for versatility in the hybrid tillage space, and the VT1110 Turbo-Max, built upon the vertical tillage legacy of the original Turbo-Max. Both machines utilize a lengthened frame, 6....

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Monday, 27 November 2023

More power and 90cm option for Dewulf Enduro

The wrapped edition of the second generation Enduro was the main attraction on Dewulf’s Agritechnica stand. New options on the Gen 2 machine include a more powerful engine and the possibility to lift 4 x 90cm rows.Set to succeed the first version of the four-row self-propelled harvester launched at the end of 2020, the...

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Monday, 27 November 2023

Dieci shows latest Agri Pivot, electric handler and more……

The Italian manufacturer’s first electric telehandler was a highlight on Dieci’s Agritechnica stand. There were a couple of new diesel machines and a 50km/hr transmission.New diesel-powered handlers included the Stage V version of the revamped T80 Agri Pivot articulated handler. On show for the first time, main updat...

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Friday, 24 November 2023

MF shifting up to 9S Series

Massey Ferguson launches the new MF 9S Series, including six models with powers from 285hp to 425hp. All feature the Protec-U design and bring more power, comfort, control and automation. The new large frame MF 9S are all equipped with Dyna-VT transmission as standard and come with host of new features.

The flagshi...

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Thursday, 23 November 2023

Wider Kverneland Qualidisc and first hoes

The 12.25m semi-mounted model is a new width in the Qualidisc Pro compact disc harrow range. Another big surprise on the Kverneland stand at last week’s Agritechnica was the 12m Acardia 20120F tined finger weeder.The Qualidisc is currently available in mounted and semi-mounted widths from 2.0m to 7.0m. Designed to oper...

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Thursday, 23 November 2023

New Holland’s new flagship

New Holland Agriculture previews the new CR11 combine harvester. It incorporates new technologies that will help drive down the total cost of harvesting for large grain farmers, and increase their bottom-line profitability. The CR11 won a gold medal at the recently held Agritechnica international trade fair.

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Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Dual wheels to take pressure off

Dutch firm Gruva was showing its new front dual wheel design that is said to put less strain on the front axle when carrying heavy loads.Sales manager, Toni Dierings points out that on tractors with a castor angle for the steered front wheels can cause extra pressure on the dual wheels so Gruva has developed a system tha...

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Monday, 20 November 2023

Smarter loaders from Hydrac

Kitting its implements out with the option of ISObus controls is the big news from Hydrac at Agritechnica 2023. This includes the firm’s snow ploughs, gritters and the product we were most interested in, its new Smartline front loader.The benefit of utilising ISObus is that the loader controls can be better integrated ...

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Monday, 20 November 2023

John Deere launches compact sprayers

The compact dimensions of the two-model John Deere 300M series launched at Agritechnica are said to be perfect for farms with narrow access roads.Deere acquired Italian sprayer manufacturer Mazzotti summer 2017, and the new green and yellow sprayers, which are made in Ravenna, share some of their technology, including th...

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Monday, 20 November 2023

KARL cultivates autonomously

The KUHN KARL carries out work without human intervention. Once the plot has been delimited, the operator creates a work mission, places KARL in the plot, adjusts the work parameters and starts the mission which then runs automatically.

Ultimately, the result is a successful cultivation operation within an optimal ...

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Saturday, 18 November 2023

Massey woos Agritechnica crowd with 9S

The 425hp flagship in the new six-model range of 9S tractors is on the Massey Ferguson stand at Agritechnica. The 9S.425 is the most powerful tractor ever made at the French plant in Beauvais.We were not far off the mark with our report earlier in October (see link at bottom), because the new range shares much of its mec...

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Friday, 17 November 2023

Stoll shows telescopic tractor loader boom

Stoll is overwhelmed by the interest in its X-Tra Lift telescopic tractor loader on display at Agritechnica. The concept extends the lift height by 1.45m.The project to develop the new boom started two years ago and with good reason too. Tractors in the 120-150hp bracket are the most popular for adding a loader and this ...

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Thursday, 16 November 2023

Merlo returns with compact TurboFarmer

Merlo is using this week’s Agritechnica to announce its return to the compact telehandler market with a 2.0m-wide and high machine that packs a powerful punch lifting 3.0t to 7.0m.The long-awaited successor to the P32.6, which disappeared from the radar nearly eight years ago, the new TF30.7 will be welcomed on mixed/l...

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Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Elho updates Cobra chopper

Elho has drafted a new pick-up to its Cobra trailed forager for the coming season which is said to require less power and provide a more balanced crop flow. The initial machine used a tine conditioner/wuffler type rotor to pass the forage onto an auger and then on to the feed rollers.The new version has a camless pick-up...

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Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Biggest ever Case IH combine

The New Holland CR11 is the star combine attraction at Agritechnica this week. Not wanting to be forgotten, Case IH has just revealed that it is also close to launching its biggest ever Axial-Flow.Described as a completely different animal, and a new range to sit above the latest AF260 series, the details are scarce but ...

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Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Agri Robo KVT goes autonomous

Kubota introduces the MR 1000A Agri Robo KVT. Hence, the Japanese manufacturer is meeting the demand for greater efficiency and safety on increasingly large farms that are facing greater labour shortages and striving for profitability in the domestic market. The Agri Robo KVT model can be controlled manually or remotely ...

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Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Karl, Kuhn’s autonomous concept

Other than the name, Kuhn saved all the technical details of the rubber tracked Karl concept until Agritechnica opened its doors yesterday.One of several new autonomous machines at the German show, and one of the most expensive R&D projects ever for Kuhn, the 175hp Volvo hybrid four-pot engine in Karl provides all the el...

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Monday, 13 November 2023

First autonomous Claas tractor

Autonomous tractors are a big talking point at Agritechnica 2023 and the mainstream makers are not leaving it all up to the new start-ups. Claas has kitted out its new Xerion 12 with a full self-driving kit which it is calling Auto Pilot. Still at the prototype stage, this is part of a three level ‘Autonomy Connect’ ...

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Monday, 13 November 2023

CLAAS connect eases farm management

CLAAS has combined digital machine management, service planning and license management with yield mapping, application maps and documentation on a single, cloud-based platform, the new CLAAS connect. The ‘Next step in farming’ focuses on greater connectivity and user-friendliness and a closer relationship between cus...

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Saturday, 11 November 2023

Double operation in one single pass

For high output sowing during stubble cultivation or seedbed preparation, Pöttinger has now equipped not only its Terria stubble cultivators, but also the trailed Terradisc 8001 T / 10001 T disc harrows with a distribution system, coupled to the Amico F front hopper. As a result, soil cultivation and sowing or fertiliza...

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Friday, 10 November 2023

New Holland CR11: new flagship combine

New Holland has finally released the model number of the new twin rotor flagship combine it will unveil at Agritechnica this weekend. It’s called the CR11, a brute powered by a 775hp C16.Flagged up as a zero-loss machine, we will have to wait until the show gets underway for the full spec, but what we can reveal is tha...

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Friday, 10 November 2023

Weaving Lynx drill and trailed ED at Agritechnica

The new Lynx mounted tine drill is described as a lighter more compact alternative to the Sabre. The latest version of the trailed GD will also be on the Weaving stand.The Lynx still uses four-rows of tine coulters with auto-reset and tungsten tips. The 2,000-litre plastic hopper sits above an RDS controlled metering sys...

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Friday, 10 November 2023

Lightweight Fliegl slurry tanker

The 9.0m³ Fliegl PFW 9,000 PolyLine slurry tanker weighs just 4,500kg, and that includes the 9.0m Skate 90 trailing shoe applicator.When fully loaded the fibreglass-reinforced tank tips the scales at 13t which is carried on the 850/50 R30.5 tyres and hitch. A Vogelsang rotary lobe pump does the muck shifting.This is jus...

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Friday, 10 November 2023

20,000-litre Dammann trailed sprayer

A 20,000-litre tri-axle trailed sprayer is the latest addition to the Dammann Tridem range. This has the same spraying hardware as the firm’s previous largest trailed offering, the tandem axle, 14,000-litre model.The track width on the new trailed sprayer is adjustable from 2.15m to 2.25m and rated to travel at 50km/hr...

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Thursday, 9 November 2023

New boom for Hardi Mega

The latest mounted Hardi Mega sprayer is getting a new boom to replace the VHZ and the VPZ. Called the Pro Force, this is a 15 to 28m vertical fold boom which is mounted on a revamped pendulum-suspended central frame.There will be the option of hydraulic anti-yaw dampers for swifter headland turns. There is also a single...

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Wednesday, 8 November 2023