Queensland farm debt bill
The Farm Business Debt Mediation Bill 2016 (Qld) (FBDM Bill) was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 21 March 2017, with the legislation coming into effect on 1 July 2017. Source: Mondaq More than 95% or farms in the broadacre sector are family owned and as such, debt is an important source of funds for […]
greenPRO makes every drop count
Chemicals and fertilisers account for more than 60% of a total spraying budget. So naturally, you want to make every drop count and greenPRO can help with reliable, durable sprayers that use advanced spray technology to boost your productivity. Source: AFDJ eNews Protection lies in performing the entire spray process as accurately and efficiently as possible. […]
Brown Brothers Layne Bowler
As Brown Brothers Engineers is the exclusive nationwide distributor for Layne Bowler vertical turbine pumps in Australia and New Zealand it carries a comprehensive range of pump components including column and shafting. Source: AFDJ eNews The company’s engineering facilities allow the prompt build of Layne Bowler products and Brown Brothers’ Melbourne facility has full testing […]
Goldacres Crop Cruisers
Mechanical drive is more suited to broadacre agricultural sprayers which is why Goldacres fits mechanical drives because they are a simple, low maintenance, flexible drive system that have been proven over hundreds of thousands of operational hours across Australia. Source: AFDJ eNews Goldacres’ mechanical drive has an extremely narrow leg profile and can provide an […]
Bay of Plenty flood assistance
Bay of Plenty farmers are worried it will be months before their farms are back to normal. Many have been forced to move their stock off their farms because of flooding that has hit the region following a low which flooded Edgecumbe, and Cyclone Cook. An estimated 5000 animals were moved. Federated Farmers regional president Darryl Jensen said farmers from as far away as Palmerston […]
Joint venture starts new brand for China
A joint venture by Japan’s Iseki & Co. and a unit of Dongfeng Motor is creating a new brand of agricultural machinery in China, with plans for launching a locally built tractor and two other products by the end of the year. Source: Nikkei Asian Review Dongfeng Iseki Agricultural Machinery (Hubei) now makes products for the Chinese market and other […]
John Deere acquires Ratten & Slater
John Deere dealership group AFGRI Equipment expanded its operations with the acquisition of Ratten & Slater, Esperance. Source: Farm Weekly The deal also includes Ratten & Slater branches at Gnowangerup and Albany, effectively giving Afgri 15 branches in WA and the largest network in Australia. The John Deere dealer network in this State has now been reduced to […]
Fendt flat faced
In 2013, Fendt was awarded a silver medal by the Deutsche Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft (DLG) [German Agricultural Society] for its energy-efficient, comfortable Flat Face Coupling (FFC), a product with sound environmental credentials. Until now, the FFC was only available for the Fendt 1000 Vario. Now the system is being extended to the Fendt 800 and 900 Vario product ranges. The […]
UK tractor sales highest for three years
March 2017 saw the highest number of new tractor sales for three years, according to figures from the Agricultural Engineers Association in the UK. Registrations of agricultural tractors over 50hp reached 1770 units, which is 43.2% higher than in March 2016. The number of units sold over the first quarter of the year is now 3024 units, which is […]
Rudolf Diesel Medal to Helmut Claas
Helmut Claas, one of the world’s most influential agricultural engineers, has been awarded the Rudolf Diesel Medal for his lifetime of achievement in innovation. Source: AFDJ eNews Dubbed the ‘Oscars for Inventors’, the medal recognises both scientific achievement and entrepreneurship. As managing partner of the CLAAS Group for many years, Helmut helped to build the company […]