Tractor accidents claim three farmers in eight days
Three Victorian farmers have died in workplace accidents involving tractors in just eight days. Source: The Age A 53-year-old man died after a tractor ran over him at a Yarra Valley winery as he was harvesting grapes on the Wandin East property. A second farmer, a man, 47, died in hospital on Thursday after suffering serious injuries in an […]
China offer Nigeria $4.5m for machinery
China has offered Nigeria a US$4.5 billion loan for agricultural machinery and infrastructure, a Nigerian state governor said. Source: Reuters Zamfara state governer Abdulaziz Yari said the loan had a 20-year repayment period at an interest rate of 1%. “China is giving us a credit line of US$4.5 billion for the procurement of strategic machinery for rural development and […]
Greenlight for Muddy Boots’ weather forecasting
Users of Greenlight Grower Management from Muddy Boots have always been able to manage their farm at the tap of a screen or the click of a mouse; but now, that up-to-the-minute decision making takes a leap forward thanks to the inclusion of highly accurate, advanced weather data. Source: AFDJ eNews Iteris, a leader in applied […]
Kubota Spring winners
Winners of the Kubota spring catalogue competition were announced with Ben Fahy from Ballarat taking home the Kubota RTV500. Source: AFDJ eNews The 20 runners up will also receive a gift voucher from RB sellars. Rowena Negrosa CMF Excavations PTY LTD Bianco Loris LG Vineyard Services Ralph Nicholson Grewal Farms Woorabinda Past CO Countryman Contracting […]
Kuhn shows off in Cowra
Over the two days in February in Cowra more than 300 dealers and customers attended the KUHN Farm Machinery Expo held at locals’ Tom and Ben Johnstone’s property. Source: Western Magazine Both Tom and Ben said the expo was great. “It’s a good thing for Cowra, it’s a good opportunity for us to see the equipment […]
Power Farming opens new facility in NZ
Tractor sales in New Zealand in 2016 mirrored 2015, the slack in dairy areas having been compensated by greater fortunes in Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay. Source: Rural News NZ Power Farming, the importer of Deutz Fahr, Kioti, Kverneland and McHale, was setting looking to the future with the opening of a new NZ$7.5 million facility at Rolleston on SH1 just […]
NZ Soil Management Fielday demos 4AG equipment
The NZ Soil Management Fielday is being held this week at Pukekawa, near Pukekohe in the heart of one of NZ’s largest produce growing regions. Source: AFDJ eNews As a specialist supplier of tillage and seeding equipment, 4AG Ltd will be displaying and demonstrating a number of cultivation tools aimed at the larger growing operations. […]
Sale of the century gains traction
It’s the sale of the century for vintage tractor fans. A vast private collection of over 100 classic and historic tractors plus associated equipment has just been put up for auction. Source: Belfast Telegraph The collection, amassed over decades by collector John Flynn, goes under the hammer on April 15 at Euro Auctions in Dromore, and is expected to […]
Kesko sells 45% of Baltic farm machinery business
The listed Kesko group of Finland announced that it has sold a minority interest in its Baltic machinery trade subsidiaries to Danish Agro group. Source: The Baltic Course A Kesko Corporation subsidiary, Konekesko Ltd, sold 45% of its Baltic subsidiaries to DAVA Agravis Machinery Holding A/S, a company of the Danish Agro a.m.b.a. group. In the same context, an agreement […]
Millat Tractors to make cars
Millat Tractors Limited announced that the company had decided to explore the option of joining the upcoming joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Nishat Mills Limited for the production of passenger cars and light trucks. Source: The Express Tribune Company CEO and Director Sohail Bashir Rana has been authorised by the board of directors to initiate discussions […]