Snapshot of returns from agriculture reveal cotton is king
There are plenty of cotton field songs and movie plots to capture your imagination, along with slaves tolling under a hot sun. And while it’s a crop that many wouldn’t bother to contemplate it does have in its favour the title of the most profitable crop per tonne produced and per hectare sown in our […]
Farmgard opens up an expanded network for Celli
Celli has been so impressed with the New Zealand distribution and sales of its quality tillage equipment it has now handed over the Australian distribution rights to Farmgard who has in turn set-up a full warehouse and parts centre to cater for the much larger local market. Since 1955 Celli Spa Italy has been manufacturing […]
Adapting to a volatile grain market sometimes requires help
Since the deregulation of the domestic wheat market in 1989, market volatility has become a challenge for grain farmers. Deregulation of the Australian Wheat Board export monopoly in March 2008 added to volatility in prices by exposing growers to both domestic and international market movements. There have been 27 crops since domestic market deregulation and […]
Reefinator Rocks Gone collects another award
The Rocks Gone Reefinator has been awarded the Growth Category winner at the WA Innovator of the Year awards 2017. Rocks Gone founder and inventor, Tim Pannell was thrilled to receive the award. Many of the soils farmed in Australia can be classed as just a thin layer of dirt that in many cases covers […]
Holden closes its Australian manufacturing arm forever
The final Holden built in Australia, a Commodore VFII Redline (manual) rolled off the Elizabeth line today at 10.45am (Adelaide time), 20 October 2017. It ended 69 years packed with a memorable home grown heritage. From the very first Holden 48-215 built at the Fishermans Bend Vic production line on 29 November 1948, to the […]
Deere claims Green and Yellow colours in a milestone court case
If you are contemplating painting your farm equipment green and yellow, BACK OFF. Well that’s the word from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. That federal district court ruled in favour of Deere & Company when it claimed in a lawsuit that it has the sole trademark use of a green […]
AGCO orchestrates Lely purchase to grab lions share of hay equipment sales
AGCO’s deal to purchase the forage division of the Dutch-based Lely Group back in March 2017 kicked into full operation here from October 1 2017. The Lely badge will be replaced by Massey Ferguson but essentially all current Lely product will be retained, as will the current dealer network. The combined Massey Ferguson and Lely […]
Canada’s Morris Industries taken over by private investors
Morris Industries Ltd. is one of Canada’s leading and long established farm equipment manufacturers has now been taken over by an investor group led by Ben Voss. Voss, an active Saskatchewan grain farmer and agricultural engineer, will replace former CEO and majority shareholder Casey Davis. Voss and Davis made a joint decision to transition majority […]
Dowerin tops the charts in the West
It was a little surprising that the 2017 Dowerin GWN7 Machinery Field Days didn’t break the all-time attendance record, but with over 24,000 it only fell shy by 5 per cent fewer than the 2015 record breaker. This was put down to many areas suffered months of dry weather before finally getting some reprieve in […]
Trimble adds two distribution partners to its Vantage network
Trimble has added two new Australian distribution partners to its Vantage distribution network. This global network established by Trimble consists of independent experts that provide growers, advisors, retailers, co-ops and local OEM dealers with precision agriculture expertise for the entire farm. The new Vantage distributors include Vantage NSW: established from NFS Agribusiness a Trimble authorized […]