Treking with your tractor
It might not be everyone’s idea of a dream holiday, but for members of a WA tractor club, driving their Chamberlain 9Gs through Western Australia’s Mid West region is the perfect adventure. Source: ABC News Hugh Campbell, from Dongara in WA, is in the midst of an adventure that will take him from the coastal community of Cervantes north […]
Flexi-Coil Best at Dowerin
Flexi-Coil Australia returned to the Dowerin GWN7 Machinery Field Days this year to showcase its growing range of big capacity machines, including the new 60 series air carts and the 5500 air drills and has taken out the award for Best New Release – Allied Equipment for the innovative new 60 series air cart. Source: AFDJ […]
Precision and comfort make the case for Patriot sprayer
Southern Mallee farmer Garry Summerhayes bought another Case IH Patriot 4430 sprayer, this one has AIM Command PRO. Source: AFDJ eNews “The advantage with this is that instead of the machine being operated by spray jets grouped into seven sections, this has 72 sections. So every time you go across a diagonal on a headland […]
Gross value of farm production to reach $58.4 billion
The gross value of Australian farm production is forecast to increase to $58.4 billion in 2016/17 – due in part to a forecast rise in the gross value of crop production –according to the latest analysis released in the ABARES Agricultural Commodities report. Source: AFDJ eNews Acting ABARES Executive Director, Peter Gooday, said that if […]
Telstra sees its future in agriculture
Telstra is planning a move into the booming Australian agricultural arena as part of its transformation from a pure telecommunications company into broader technology player. Source: The Australian Telstra chief scientist Hugh Bradlow said the new ven ture would include hi-tech on-farm ideas and practical solutions for improving the efficiency and productivity of modern farming, rather than just focus […]