In 1966, founder and present Chairman, Harry West, started a fabrication unit to meet the needs of the local agricultural community. “In its formative years the company specialised in light fabrication and repair work of machinery for the local community. Through my experience as an agricultural engineer, the company began turning its attention to the development of n...
Farm engineeering business Dunstan has come up with the solution to this problem with it's new 60 tonne chaser bin, fitted with a catching hopper to allow farmers on wide controlled traffic systems to continue to harvest efficiently. The Jordan family, which farms in the the Wimmera region, came to Dunstans looking for a solution to the problem they had when upgrading...
Fans of native-warm season grasses like to use big bluestem, switch grass, Indian grass and eastern gama grass for hay and pastures. The grasses also serve as a wildlife habitat. "These grasses are superior at minimizing fertilizer and lime expense, are highly palatable, and provide a large quantity of forage at needed times," says Schnakenberg. Some producers say t...
With a shrewd marketing plan, Peter Alderslade, the current British Ploughing champion was drafted in alongside the Continental marketing team at the recent LAMMA 2019 event to promote the benefits of the new TractorMaster tyre range. Peter operates an A95 Valtra tractor as the prime mover for turning his winning furrows with Continental fitting their advanced tractor ty...
Speaking at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days earlier in the month Agrifac sales manager Mark Bastian said the company looked to the 4 Es - efficiency, economy, ergonomics and ecology when making design advances on its machinery. Mr Bastian said there had been good enquiry at the field days, spurred by Agrifac's reputation for innovation and use of new technologies. ...
The onion industry, through the Vidalia Onion Advisory Panel, work with state agricultural scientists and the state department of agriculture each year to determine the season’s official pack date. There are 9,356 acres of the onions in this year’s harvest, Troy Bland, chairman of the Vidalia Onion Committee, said in a release from the state agriculture department. Al...
The company tripled sales of tropical fruit in 2018, according to a news release, leading to the new division. When the company opened the Colombian office in January, Ana Milena Pereira Gallego, who heads the office, reported that Terra Exports saw tropical fruit sales jumped 200%, according to the release. The company plans to source from other countries, inclu...
According to the survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers, bananas are purchased by 69% of shoppers, tied with apples and only 2% behind potatoes. Fresh Trends reports bananas are popular among both lower and higher income shoppers, with 64% of shippers under $25,000 reporting purchases in the past 12 months, compared with 71% of shoppers making over $100,000 per year...
The rates of clinical mastitis are also low in these herds so they’re not just good at separating the mastitis cows out of the bulk tank. Based on my experiences, outstanding milk quality herds have several factors that do not vary with the herd sizes or type of operations. Some of these dairies are small, some are organic and some are large, but they all have management...
The selection was made by 24 journalists representing nearly thirty agricultural magazines and on-line publications from across Europe. ´Machine of the Year´ is one of the most prestigious awards in the agricultural machinery industry, recognising the major innovations in technology and performance. “The on-going recognition and number of awards won by our 4th generat...
The 1.7 tonne JCB 18Z-1 is a new addition to the comprehensive range of mini excavators manufactured by JCB. Like its counterparts, the machine is small enough to work in and around traditional as well as modern farm buildings and light enough to be transported on a trailer by a pick-up truck or any 4×4 vehicle with at least 3.5 tonne towing capability. As such, it pr...
The federal Agriculture Department says in its monthly crop report that 80 percent of subsoil moisture supplies and 89 percent of topsoil moistures supplies are rated adequate to surplus. Stock water supplies in the state are rated 83 percent adequate to surplus. About two-thirds of North Dakota’s winter wheat crop is rated in good condition. Cattle and calf condit...
The manufacturer of brands such as Seed Hawk air seeders and Tempo seed drills, distributes in Australia through a number of independent dealers and the Claas Harvest Centre. Speaking during a trip to Australia, Väderstad, president CEO, Mats Båverud, said more then 90 per cent of the companies profits were derived from exports, and he was particularly pleased with t...
Virtual reality had farmers talking, because they could see how it could solve problems for the farming business and their rural communities. Farmers, their family and their staff travel a lot, for training, for education, for health and even for conversation. To create stronger regions, cutting through the tyranny of distance through digital technologies will be key...
While big data is often seen as boring and not of immediate value on-farm, Birchip Cropping Group, CEO, Chris Souness warns if farmers don't get involved, their data will be driven by business and industry, costing growers in the long run. "We want farmers to know more about the value of the data they collect," he said. "How do we get a value proposition that if ...
If recent news that Aussie Farms had collated and made accessible farm information underlined anything, it was the importance of understanding how compiled farm data could be used by non-farmers. On show at AgriFutures EvokeAg, last week in Melbourne, was the latest upgrade to the Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) Rural Intelligence Platform, supported by the CSIR...
I often heard my mother express concerns about the lack of ways to protect our crops from drought, pests and diseases. I wanted to help my mother but was too young to understand what the solution might be. In my undergraduate genetics class, I completed a term paper on the domestication of maize. I was surprised to discover that ancestral maize did not produce the ty...
Each greenhouse will be 280,000 square feet, sit on 20 acres and should create about 55 full-time jobs with competitive wages and benefits, according to a news release. The new greenhouses are part of BrightFarm’s expansion across the Mid-Atlantic and into the South. The company operates greenhouses in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, supplying major retaile...
The global network of fresh produce growers, distributors and marketers includes the Wenatchee company, a wholesaler, shipper and broker of deciduous and tropical fruit. “As the exotic category continues to be of high interest to consumers, we are pleased to offer flavorful, fun-to-eat kiwiberries in convenient clamshell packaging,” Jason Bushong, Giumarra Wenatchee d...
Annuals are any plant that grows from seed to flow in one growing season and then dies. Typically, gardeners will purchase annuals in the spring with the expectation they will die in the fall. While they might not be as much work as perennials due to their brief lifespans, gardeners still want to enjoy their brilliant blooms without a ton of extra work. Accomplishing thi...
However, they predict it will be difficult to persuade farmers to change practices. In a four-year study, overland and subsurface flows from 12 hydrologically isolated research plots at Penn State’s Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center were measured and sampled for all phosphorus constituents and total solids during and after precipitation events. During t...
He bought the tractor slightly used in 1958. He operated a small dairy and crop farm and for about a decade this was his big tractor. In 1968, my dad and uncle took over the farm for my grandpa who had developed some health issues. They traded several tractors in the years that followed, but never traded this particular tractor because it was their dad's tractor, acco...
That's why during the past five years, Wilkerson has been installing variable-frequency drives (VFDs) on his Valley-based irrigation systems, particularly on farms with one well and more than one pivot. Wilkerson said the technology not only saves water but also has saved him at least $8 per acre in operating costs to run the sprinklers. "We installed our first VFD fi...
To address the need to increase efficiency and reduce labor costs of tree fruit production, we are developing autonomous orchard vehicles to augment and automate tasks such as pruning, thinning, tree training, harvesting, mowing, and spraying. To date, industry has focused on implements that can be attached to tractors, most of which have been designed for tasks that req...
Advanced path-generating algorithms in Mobius calculate the most efficient area coverage pattern for a field taking into account the type of task, size of implements, number of vehicles in the field, vehicle and implement turn radius, and more. How it works Each unmanned farm vehicle is equipped with a series of hardware and software components that permit a user to...
There are fears the reported action by Chinese customs officials at the northern port of Dalian could be part of retaliation by the Asian giant over the coalition's stance on telecoms group Huawei. But Scott Morrison says he has not seen any evidence to suggest it relates to that or other tensions between the countries. "I think people should be careful about leapi...
Agco, Fendt product manager Australia and New Zealand, Donny Cloney said the Fendt Vario 1000, with up to 380 kilowatts (517 horsepower), has performed well in Australia since its release in 2017 due to its ability to deliver horsepower while maintaining fuel efficiency. “Recently we caught up with some customers who purchased the first machines who have now put some...
Projects are underway at the main campus in Columbus, at the Wooster campus and at locations across the state — in an effort to modernize facilities and keep them relevant for today’s students and faculty. More than $100 million is earmarked for new buildings and renovations, the largest construction effort within the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sci...
In a report called “Price signals at work in the strawberry market,” authors David Magana and Roland Fumasi said a supply glut during the spring and summer last year created below-break-even prices for several weeks, contributing to reduced fall-planted acreage in California. The report said industry projections show total fall-planted strawberry acreage in California...
New restrictions apply to all current and future dicamba products includes Engenia, Fexapan and Xtendimax. Changes include: No in-crop applications of dicamba from May 26 to Oct. 31 A ½ mile buffer required around non-dicamba crops One-mile buffers near university and USDA research stations, certified organic crops and commercially grown specialty crops between A...
The report, which documents industry stewardship and sustainability quantifies fertilizer manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers’ performance record on environmental, economic and social indicators. The report also documents the fertilizer industry’s contribution to meeting the following United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: zero hunger; clean water and sanita...
There it sat, a massive green S770 John Deere combine at a trade show. It’s not the first time a farmer might see such a machine housed indoors and surrounded by bright lights and television screens. But this was no farm show: The combine — 20 tons of high-tech steel —sat square in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2019. Formerly known as ...
Two further agricultural innovations pioneered by Case IH, not yet available in the Europe, were also named, further solidifying Case IH as an industry-leader in agronomic design. The innovations were: Case IH AFS Soil Command™ seedbed sensing technology and agronomic control technology Precision Disk™ 500 double shoot (DS) air drill with simultaneous single-pass s...
The shell of the 350,000 sq ft plant next to JCB Heavy Products and the World Parts Centre at Uttoxeter is on course to be completed slightly ahead of schedule ready for high-tech production line facilities to be installed from March onwards. The investment, one of the biggest in the company’s history, will create the most advanced and productive cab facility in the w...
Established in 2005 by Rob Stevenson and his uncle Richard Winter, and based in the Stokesley Business Park in North Yorkshire, Agriplus has grown from a small agricultural engineering business into a major dealership. Commenting Charles Bedforth, OPICO Sales Manager said, “With a strong engineering background, Rob and his team are ideally placed to grow the Strautman...
The phrase artificial intelligence is again in the news with the Executive Order from President Trump calling on companies to focus their attention on this increasingly important tool. With artificial intelligence, or machine learning, machines and computers become more adept at helping users do their jobs. This is not the first sign of the computer takeover, or for t...
