Continental moves back into agri tyres
Continental Commercial Specialty Tires (CST) is strengthening its international team with a strong focus on building their Agricultural tyre business. Matthias Engelhardt (55) and Harm-Hendrik Lange (35) have taken up the newly created positions as field engineers. Before joining Continental, both field engineers have gained long-term expertise in the respective businesses. Engelhardt has been working […]
Farm performance all about right place at right time
The most recent survey of farm cash income for broadacre farms nationally has shown an average of $216,000 per farm, the highest recorded in the past 20 years. Much of this has been due to record winter grain production in most regions, but add to these high prices for beef cattle and good sheep, lamb […]
Megafresh.co online farmer’s market will change the way farmers get paid
The way consumers buy their food has been changed forever by an online retail grocer who links farmers and growers direct to consumers. This all part of a push that is expected to reduce sales volume of big supermarkets, by 50 per cent or more by 2025. Stepping into the void is local firm MegaFresh.co […]
Deere and Kramer chalk up a deal for telehandlers
John Deere has announced an investment in Kramer-Werke GmbH in order access material handling equipment for distribution through the John Deere dealer network under the Kramer badge. This strategic partnership will enable John Deere to provide its dealers with an extensive range of agricultural material handling solutions with a specific focus on hay, forage and broadacre production systems, […]
Reliability sweetens the deal for far north sugarcane farmers
Proserpine sugarcane farmer and contractor Peter Miotto is preparing for another busy harvest, and one that even a fierce tropical cyclone only two months ago couldn’t prevent. Cyclone Debbie roared across the Queensland coast on March 28, just north of Proserpine at Airlie Beach, and while her ferocity exacted a devastating toll on the state’s […]
Henty takes on ANZ as banking partner
ANZ’s investment and expertise in Australia’s agricultural sector has resulted in its appointment as the Henty Machinery Field Days strategic banking partner. Henty Machinery Field Days chairman Ross Edwards said the bank’s industry expertise, professionalism, demonstrated understanding and commitment to HMFD’s strategy made it a perfect fit. HMFD’s annual event is southern Australia’s largest agricultural […]
Hermann Lohbeck speaks for Claas
Hermann Lohbeck has been named as speaker for CLAAS Group Executive Board. He will take over from Lothar Kriszun on 1 October 2017, who is retiring at that point. Source: AFDJ eNews “Lothar Kriszun has achieved a lot for our company. He has held management posts in a wide variety of areas over the course of […]
Graduate apprentices of the year
A total of 33 young service technicians graduated from the latest John Deere Ag Tech, Parts Tech and Turf Tech advanced apprenticeship programs, run in partnership with national training provider ProVQ. Source: AFDJ eNews John Deere has also been listed for the first time as one of the best 100 employers for school leavers in the UK, the only agricultural and turf machinery company to […]
No Agrimac buy out by O’Connors
O’Connors Farm Machinery has confirmed the deal to buy out machinery dealer Agrimac has fallen over. Source: The Weekly Times The takeover bid would have increased the number of O’Connors dealerships to nine, making it the largest dealer network in Australia. O’Connors has six dealerships with branches in Birchip, Horsham, Warracknabeal, Shepparton, Corowa and Bordertown and would have picked […]
NZ farmer confidence is high
New Zealand farmer confidence and investment intentions jumped to record levels in the second quarter of this year, buoyed by improved commodity prices. Source: The New Zealand Herald Rabobank said net farmer confidence rose to 54% from 27% in the March quarter, hitting the highest level since its survey began in 2003. Investment intentions lifted across all agricultural […]