List of trends in the agricultural sector

CELIKEL introduces the new model series of silage compactors, designed for the latest innovation in silage farming. The technology has been further enhanced to achieve maximum compression in the silo, while ensuring adaptability to farms of all sizes and compatibility with a wide range of tractors. Experience the revolution in silage compaction with the CELIKEL BLACK OUT...

BASF and PowerPollen announced an agreement to further develop and apply PowerPollen’s patented pollen preservation and application technology to improve cross-pollination and enhance BASF’s proprietary wheat program. BASF is developing new hybrid wheat varieties to improve yield, quality and stability to meet the agronomic and economic needs of growers and the value c...

Organisers of the annual AgQuip and FarmFest field days have announced the popular events will not go ahead this year after all. Toowoomba’s FarmFest field days, which was initially scheduled for June 2 to 4 this year was pushed to September 2020. AgQuip, originally scheduled to run in Gunnedah from August 18 to 20, was moved to November this year. However, ACM Rural E...

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading international agricultural trade fair, EIMA, has decided to postpone its event scheduled for later this year. EIMA, to be held in the Bologna exhibition complex in Bologna, Italy from November 11 to 15 this year will now run from Feb 3 to 7, 2021. However, organisers are not cancelling the November event altogether, instead mo...

For the first time since its inception in 1998, the Tractor of the Year (TOTY) awards will be conducted in a completely digital environment, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges it presents. Traditionally, its judging panel which consists of 26 machinery experts and journalists across 25 countries will travel around Europe to test drive tractors across differ...

In March 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, organisers of the Norco Primex field days in Casino, NSW, were forced to revise the dates of the show in line with federal and state gathering restrictions. It meant the show, scheduled to take place from May 21 to 23, had to be pushed back to September 10 to 12, 2020, subject to further advice from gov...

A postponement and a virtual event later, the Primex field days in Casino, NSW, has ultimately been cancelled for this year following mounting challenges in holding a safe and successful event. The field days was rescheduled from June to be held from September 10 to 12 in hopes that the coronavirus pandemic is under control by then, but organisers conceded that recent o...

“The idea for this technology came to me after working several years inspecting and cleaning fish pen nets the traditional way,” explained Mikkel Pedersen, CEO and founder of Probotic. “I knew there could be a more efficient way to get the job done, so I got to work on my vision of building a robot that would automate these processes, saving aquaculture companies hours o...

Centre stage will be its most recent major developments, including Deere’s HarvestLab 3000, which is now available on S-Series and T-Series combines. It has expanded the use of near-infrared sensor to allow combinable crop farmers to measure important quality parameters in wheat, barley and oilseed rape continuously, and in real time. The technology also gives farmers ...

The McDonald ‘EB’ oil tractor was produced by AH McDonald & Co of Richmond, Melbourne, over 110 years ago and is one of Australia’s earliest tractors that were made on local soil. Now, visitors to the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in Canberra will be able to see the machine in the flesh at the Gandel Atrium following the museum’s recent acquisition of the unit with...

New Holland’s ground-breaking T7 Methane Power LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) prototype tractor was unveiled at parent company, CNH Industrial’s Tech Day in December last year, and provides another sustainable machine option for operations looking to reduce their carbon footprint. The Good Design Awards are organised by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Des...

Designed to offer the highest productivity, durability, visibility and ease of maintenance for the operator, the BL4/SSL features the most powerful bite limiter system currently available in the market, complete with the new, ultra-high performing BL MAX blade. This head delivers high productivity and unmatched shredding capacity in vegetation management and is ideal wh...

Husqvarna announces the next level of tree care tools with the launch of the T540 XP® Mark III and new line of arborist gear. These innovations by Husqvarna Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative outdoor power equipment products, are part of a full ecosystem of tools enabling arborists to do their most demanding tasks with greater ease. Remastered ...

Whether or not you’re ready to make the leap to drone technology, AgriGold customers are ready to reap its benefits. The seed company is using this cutting-edge technology to vet fungicides and how they perform with its hybrids. “We’re trying to understand our hybrids as well as we can by using drones to spray fungicides and micronutrients to see which respond the bes...

For poultry production to be environmentally sound and save resources, manure produced by laying hens and heavier poultry must be treated in a manner that makes economic and ecological sense. Manure from poultry farms is a valuable organic fertiliser that should be used in a clever way, for example by creating a sustainable circular economy. Moreover, prices for mineral ...

The company has just announced that it will be the star exhibit at this year’s Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) show to be held at Punchestown Racecourse on July 5-6. Solid growth Alongside the novel telehandler at this year’s FTMTA event will be the new 728 Gen 7 tractor and Tigo forage wagon, as well as several other tractors from the manufacturer....

Yet, this is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the company is concerned for it is developing plans to fully exploit the methane content of slurry which it believes has a great future as an alternative energy source. Investing in expertise In March of this year, New Holland took a controlling interest in Bennamann, a Cornish based company that has established itself ...

Guardian Agriculture, the leading developer of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate its aircraft nationwide. FAA approval makes Guardian Agriculture the first commercially authorized eVTOL in the U.S., al...

The world’s first electric and driver-optional tractor, Monarch MK-V, has rolled off the floor of the Foxconn facility in Ohio, with the first five tractors ready to deliver to customers. In June 2022, Taiwanese electronics and tech solutions manufacturer, Foxconn, signed a contract manufacturing agreement with Monarch Tractor to build the latter’s equipment and battery...

Caterpillar has unveiled its upgraded small wheel loader range with improved productivity, safety and comfort features. Making its debut at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction expo in Las Vegas in March this year, the three new models now come with a range of new features including innovative drivetrain technology, auto wheel torque control, multi-view camera, new machine ...

Some lawmakers are warming to the idea of a vaccination campaign, long considered a fringe idea due to the cost and potential consequences. Trade groups warn that vaccinated poultry would not be accepted in many overseas markets, disrupting exports. While bird flu likely poses little health danger to humans, it’s contributed to spikes in U.S. egg prices and decimated po...

New Holland was recently awarded the 2023 Green Good Design Award for its prototype T7 Methane Power liquified natural gas (LNG) tractor. The first tractor in the world to run on LNG -- as opposed to compressed natural gas -- its 270-horsepower engine delivers as much power output and torque as a similarly sized diesel tractor, the manufacturer says. The award was given...

The mid-range MSA160 C-B has seen the biggest change, benefiting from a more powerful motor and compatibility with the firm’s new-generation 7.8Ah AP300S battery pack. Together, these updates give it a higher electrical output of 1.5kW, meaning the 1/4in bar with narrow Picco chain will deliver faster cuts and longer run times of up to 62min. Other alterations to the M...

Splitting the Seed Ramp frame and Sola Aura tank delivers better weight distribution than the conventional piggyback setup traditionally offered by KRM and, in doing so, potentially reduces the size of tractor required and resulting soil compaction. It also comes with various metering options, allowing more experimental growers to sow companion crops or lay grain and fe...

“Our dedication to the tree service professional continues to fuel our drive for innovation in this market, revolutionizing the user experience,” says Tony Buxton, group product manager for Milwaukee Tool. “By conducting hundreds of hours of research to understand the efficiencies and inefficiencies of professionals in the field, we saw the significant safety and product...

The first trials of Bosch BASF Smart Farming’s Smart Spraying Solution were held in May 2021. The product offers optimal herbicide savings without compromising weed control through sophisticated sensoring, automated sensitivity thresholds, access to Bosch BASF Smart Farming’s weed identification technology, and the use of Fendt Rogator’s robust application platform. The ...

By Tony Hawkins, AI gives producers access to high-powered genetics for their operation’s goals. Let’s look at the supplies you’ll need and best practices for the most success. Getting Started If you’re interested in beginning an AI program in your herd, I suggest to first speak with your veterinarian to help identify a Bovine Artificial Insemination Training Course...

The new CS-4920 and CS-4010 are replacing the CS-4910 and CS-400, respectively, and will offer more power, with lower emissions. The other two saws, the CS-2511TN and CS-2511PN, have been upgraded to include the new SpeedCut Nano 80TXL cutting system. NEW CHAINSAWS The Echo CS-4920 50.2 cc rear handle chainsaw sells for $379.99. The saw is designed to be a lightweight, ...

When Carbon Robotics started up four years ago, the focus was on development of vision systems and weed identification, with an eye toward precise control. The differentiator for this startup, however, wasn’t a more precise spraying system, it was the use of lasers. In effect, the company has designed an implement — the LaserWeeder — that identifies weeds on the go and k...

Poultry can be affected by many types of diseases, including highly pathogenic avian influenza. HPAI is a disease that is highly contagious to domestic birds and can have devastating effects on poultry flocks of all sizes, in commercial farms and backyard farms alike. So far in 2023, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has detected two c...

Following on from the launch of the TL25.60 Construction telehandler at the end of last year, Bobcat has now introduced its TL25.60 Agri compact telehandler. It extends the company’s telehandler range for the agricultural market to eight models, encompassing rated capacities up to 4,300kg and lift heights up to 7.5m. The new compact model is powered by a 75hp Bobcat Sta...

Last week, Pöttinger officially opened the second hall of its new rake and baler plant in St Georgen in Austria, following one and a half years of construction. The modern cathodic dip priming (CDP) and powder coating line is part of second expansion phase. At a cost of €25m, the first phase was completed and is in production since June 2021. The second phase is said t...

In response to the dribble bar omission from TAMS III, well-known Cavan slurry equipment manufacturer Mastek has unveiled a new FlexiShoe trailing shoe applicator. The firm says it has been designed to address the concerns of farmers who have been struggling with the limitations of traditional trailing shoe designs. Mastek managing director Paul Quinn said: “Farmers ar...

Steketee narrows the gap Inter-row cultivations are often associated with organic farming and indeed that is where the methods originated, but with the pressure being put on farming to use less chemicals the chasm between conventional and organic farmers is not quite so vast as it once was. With this convergence in mind, the mainstream tillage equipment manufactures hav...

Hitting the ground running The strong demand for tractors was mirrored by that for machinery. With access to the full line-up of New Holland products, Casy Agri has also seen its initial stock of grassland equipment sell out – with mowers in particular enjoying a strong demand. Agriland first visited the company last autumn, soon after the news of its appointment by New...

Straight pull with the Karat 10 The company has just launched the Karat 10 which it describes as three-beam cultivator available in mounted and semi-mounted versions. The process of design is a far more focused on efficiency nowadays with analysis of the machine’s function enabling the production of an implement with a draught requirement that is not only reduced, but r...