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Precision Planting steps into sprayer market
Precision Planting revealed projects focused on improving the operation and data collection of sprayers. As a player in planting technologies, this announcement marks the company's first move into sprayer technology.
"With the sprayer announcement, Precision Planting expands its focus of challenging the status qu...
Read moreVolker Claas passes away
Volker Claas, a long-standing member of the CLAAS Group Shareholders' Committee, has passed away following a serious illness at the age of 57.
Volker Claas, son of Reinhold Claas, is the grandson of the company founder August Claas. He served on the Supervisory Board from 2000 to 2005 and on the Shareholders' Commi...
Read moreJohn Deere to interact with promising startup companies
Deere & Company has added seven companies to its 2022 Startup Collaborator program. John Deere launched the program in 2019 to enhance and deepen its interaction with startup companies whose technology could add value for customers.
The Startup Collaborator is a year-long program providing flexibility for John Deer...
Read moreRostselmash setting up new production plant
Rostselmash increases production of agricultural machines and breaks new ground. Another facility will start operation in the city of Taganrog at the site of the former automotive factory.
Rostselmash is going to produce forage harvesting -, tillage - and other equipment in this new facility. Currently these machin...
Read more"Agricultural robots" today at Agritechnica digital
"Agricultural robots" is the first topic in new webinar series on startup technologies, presented in Agritechnica digital. Free-to-attend 'AgTech' events explore topics shaping startup innovation scene: robotics, digitalization, circular economy and soil health.
Today, 18 January 2022, Agritechnica digital - the di...
Read moreKrone sales revenues grow to EUR2.2 billion
Despite the corona pandemic, revenues of the Krone Group increased significantly in the past financial year (01/08/2020 - 31/07/2021). Overall turnover for both the Commercial Vehicle -, as well as the Agricultural Machinery division, grew up to EUR 2.2 billion.
Supporting the efforts in the fight of the Corona ...
Read moreBKT tires challenge muddy soil
Traction, grip, resistance and safety are just some of the many challenges that arise when driving on muddy and wet terrain. BKT has developed a range of tires that "bite" the mud.
A tire must suit to every situation, also muddy terrain. This is why BKT tires face the challenge of mud which have been specifically d...
Read moreVäderstad surpasses EUR 400 million in turnover
Väderstad, major global company in tillage, seeding and planting, reached a record turnover of EUR 420 million during the financial year of 2021. It was another record year in sales for Väderstad.
The increase in turnover was strong compared to the previous year, when Väderstad reached EUR 340 million.
"We...
Read moreSteyr Hybrid Drivetrain concept shortlisted for DLG award
Steyr is set to reveal the next step in the development of its concept tractor, the "Hybrid Drivetrain Konzept", following its shortlisting by the DLG in its "Agrifuture Concept" awards.
From this shortlist, five concepts will be selected in a second round by the DLG-appointed jury of independent international ex...
Read moreNorth American tractor, combine sales 2021 finish up double digits
Nearly 360,000 total tractors and combines left dealer lots in 2021 in North America. U.S. and Canadian sales of tractors and combines finished 2021 with gains of more than ten percent in nearly every segment in both countries according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
U.S. ...
Read moreThird expansion for TIZ testing centre in Austria
The Technology and Innovation Centre (TIZ) in Grieskirchen, Austria, is a state of art facility. On 11 January, 2022, Markus Achleitner, Regional Minister for Economy, together with the three stakeholders among which Pöttinger and the Managing Director of the centre, attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the third ex...
Read moreAg equipment market to reach USD 253.28 Billion by 2028
The global Agriculture Equipment Market size is anticipated to reach USD 253.28 billion by 2028 and exhibit a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.0% during the forecast period. This was analyzed and estimated by market research agency Fortune Business Insights from India.
Increasing favorable government initiat...
Read moreDeep depot fertilisation with Rauch DeePot
The Rauch DeePot 25.1 for deep depot fertilisation, opens up new solutions in environmentally relevant fertilisation for corn and vegetable farms. It is the world's first deep depot fertiliser applicator with single row metering for precise fertiliser placement in the soil, reducing ammonia, nitrous oxide emissions and n...
Read moreMahindra exports strongly on the uprise
Mahindra's Farm Equipment Sector (FES) sold 18,269 tractors (Domestic + Exports) during December 2021, against 22,417 units for the same period last year. Domestic sales dropped considerably, while exports strongly went up by 77 percent for the full year 2021.
Commenting on the performance, Hemant Sikka, Presi...
Read moreRostselmash produces 30,000th Acros combine harvester
A machine numbered 30,000 from the ?cros lineup of combine harvesters, recently rolled off the Rostselmash's main assembly line. It will undergo a series of tests and will then be shipped to a company's dealer centre.
The anniversary combine harvester came just in time for the 15th anniversary of the start of produ...
Read moreJohn Deere reveals fully autonomous tractor
John Deere reveals the 8R, a fully autonomous tractor that's ready for large-scale production. The machine combines Deere's 8R tractor, TruSet-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance system and new advanced technologies.
The autonomous tractor serves a specific purpose: feeding the world. Global population is expected to...
Read moreRespiro belt rake for tractors with reverse drive
It looks like a self-propelled rake with your own tractor. And indeed it is! The Reiter Respiro R6/R7 pick-up belt rake, attached to a tractor with reverse drive, guarantees forage quality at its best, the best overview, maximum manoeuvrability and safe and fast road transport.
This is how the new Respiro reverse...
Read moreSustainable wine production with New Holland
Take a virtual tour of the Fontanafredda organic vineyard in northern Italy, as it works to produce the world's first zero-emission Barolo wine. From the vine to the wine, with a little help from a New Holland prototype tractor, powered by a FPT Industrial engine running on biomethane, "Behind the Wheel" explores how thi...
Read moreRobotti goes Down Under
Agrointelli from Denmark announces that Corematic and Formatt Machinery are the official distributors to deliver Robotti to Australian farmers. The first unit, Robotti 150D, has been delivered.
"Automation is growing significantly in Australia and agriculture is an important sector in the country. Robotti can play ...
Read moreEinböck doubles production capacity
Thanks to the strong increase in demand for agricultural machinery for mechanical weed control, as well as for soil cultivation & seeding technology, Einböck from Austria is doubling production capacity with an investment of approximately EUR 30 million. In the fall of 2023, "Werk Dobl" is scheduled to go into operation...
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