Agtract on track for app launch
Taranaki, New Zealand, rural job management software Agtract has closed a funding round with high-growth investor Punakaiki Fund. Source: AFDJ eNews The Agtract software drastically reduces the time it takes for rural contractors to do management tasks and create invoices, saving them up to a week’s work each month. The cloud-based software is integrated to […]
HARDI collaboration
A clever French collaboration that is expected to reap substantial results in future for HARDI Australia. Source: The Adelaide Advertiser HARDI is a crop spraying machinery manufacturer, based on a 10ha site at Cavan, and produces hundreds of specialised products annually with close to 25% of the national market. Chief executive Bill Franklin said a new sprayer, the […]
Right to repair your own John Deere
Tractors are marvels of modern machinery, they have air conditioning, guidance systems, satellite radio and more sensors than you can shake a corn cob at, all kept running by computer systems and software. Source: Agweb But there’s one thing a farmer doesn’t have: the right to fix his John Deere 8235 R if it goes on the […]
NZ MPs urged to promote no tillage farming
An international soil scientist is urging the New Zealand government to reduce carbon by promoting “no-tillage” farming to the primary sector. Source: Radio New Zealand The method is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage, which results in carbon being captured in the soil instead of released through ploughing. […]
NZ Contractors conference success
A record turnout of 153 contractors, from all around New Zealand, descended on the Bay of Islands in late June for this year’s Rural Contractors of New Zealand (RCNZ) annual conference. Source: AFDJ eNews RCNZ national president Steve Levet was delighted with the record conference turnout. The event was held at the Copthorne Hotel and […]
Manheim moves to new location
Manheim is one of Australia’s largest automotive and industrial auctioneers and has been operating out of its Moorebank, New South Wales property since 1994 but it will be moving soon. Source: AFDJ eNews The company has been leasing the premises however, as a sign of their continued investment in the Australian marketplace, the company has just completed the […]
Slow getaway for telehandler
Thieves in the UK stole a farm telehandler to try to tear a cash machine out from a supermarket wall. Source: Farmers Weekly Kent Police is investigating the attempted theft using a Claas Scorpion 6030cp. Thieves had smashed over a concrete bollard to get better access to the cashpoint. However, despite their best efforts to […]
Agco shares drop post Brexit
Shares of Agco haved dropped after JPMorgan slashed its rating from neutral to underweight citing weakening fundamentals in European agriculture. Source: The Street According to JPMorgan Agco has the greatest exposure to Europe in its machinery coverage. The company also downgraded PACAR stock. About 1.15 million Agco shares changed hands after the Brexit announcement.
Australian Claas act tours Europe
Taking in the brightest and best at this year’s Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire, England, was a group of Australian contractors touring Europe courtesy of Claas. Source: Farm Weekly Claas Australia product manager Jono Hams, Nathan Ebbett of Moree and Luke Burton of Dubbo took the trip, with Mr Burton saying it had been a great learning curve. […]
Brexit throws agriculture into turmoil
The UK’s decision to walk away from the European Union may throw billions of pounds worth of agriculture trade into question as politicians prepare for a lengthy wrangle over future policy. Source: Farm Futures The EU is the biggest customer for UK food and drink exports, with last year’s sales, excluding alcohol, valued at 8.9 billion pounds (US$12.2 […]