Hardi Hellios is an affordable and agile addition
HARDI has released the HELLIOS lightweight self-propelled sprayer for growers and contractors and it is especially designed for use on soft soils, tight headlands and difficult slopes, the 3,000-litre HELLIOS has already proven popular with European growers. Hardi Hellios is an affordable and agile addition A distinctive feature of HELLIOS is its front-mounted aluminium boom, […]
Househam Harrier designed from operator wish lists
British maker Househam has released its most appealing self-propelled sprayer to date, the Harrier, and it comes standard with Househam’s Total Machine Control (TMC) V3 and the FieldMaster GPS advanced on-board operating system and terminal. Weighing in at 8,500kg unladen, the Harrier is designed on a single-piece chassis with oscillating A-frame axles on the front […]
Goldacres G4V sprayer adds higher level of efficiency
One of the most recent additions to the Goldacres range is the all-new G4V Horticultural sprayer. And while from a distance this sprayer may look like its dry land broadacre and cotton sprayer cousins, a closer look will show it’s much different. Goldacres had to allow for the fact horticultural operators have specialist requirements such […]
Case IH Patriot 2230 is a compact package
Case IH’s Patriot 2230 sprayer has compact dimensions but in fact offers the highest clearance of all the Patriot models with 1.58m (5.2ft) of clearance between the ground and chassis. Its small physical size makes it an ideal selection for vegetable producers and specialist growers looking for the most precise application. Able to package 2498-litres […]
Stara moves from bit player to starring role
This Brazilian-built self-propelled multitasking machine is the result of combining a granular spreader and a liquid sprayer — with a pneumatic seed function for cover crops thrown in for good measure. In this hybrid version, the polyethylene liquid tank holds 2400-litres. While the stainless steel granular tank holds 3000kg armed with double-slide gates and a […]
Automated irrigation at its best with WiSA
WiSA has developed specific solutions for flood irrigators with proven success. The solutions available now allows growers to manage an entire irrigation system from a PC. Using real-time weather, soil and environmental data from the farm, the WiSA irrigation software is easy to operate and gives total control to any size irrigation structure. The WiSA […]
Fieldquip Slashers work out to 12.2m 40ft
Fieldquip started out as a home-grown farm equipment manufacturer back in 2004, and quickly grew into one of the most prolific suppliers of slashers and rotary mowers. The company was so successful it was incorporated into the giant Alamo Group in 2014. Alamo is a multi-national corporation with a unique focus on manufacturing Agricultural machinery […]
High speed precision planter also lays film in one pass
The Techni-Plant FL was simply on a wish-list in October 2014 when OneCrop, a start-up film technology company, approached local manufacturer Norseman to develop a precision planter that could also lay film on a commercially viable broadacre scale. The brief was to build a high-speed planter that could also cover the seed row with a […]
Cyclone Silos are generation backed
Cyclone grain silos are designed in Australia for local growers and have achieved the status of being a well-known and trusted brand. Cyclone Silos has at its very base the fact that all the units are manufactured at Jindera NSW with a proven reputation that spans many generations of farmers. Recognised as a major player […]
100 Years of John Deere Tractors
Part 1: The first 80 years – 1918 to 1998 In 1918 Deere & Co, the John Deere equipment manufacturer, entered the tractor market by paying US$2.25 million to buy the company that made the Waterloo Boy tractor. The Waterloo Boy was popular in America during World War I. It was based on a traditional […]