Timetable announced for NRSIEE regs
After a decade in planning, the government has released the details and a timetable for the implementation of NRSIEE regulations. Source: AFDJ eNews Gary Fooks from the Blue Sky Alliance spoke on the proposed Non-Road Spark Ignition Engines and Equipment Regulations (NRSIEE). “Emissions standards for everything from mowers to outboards and petrol blowers to generators […]
AGCO founder Robert J Ratliff mourned
AGCO Corporation mourns the passing of founder and former President, Chairman and CEO Robert J. Ratliff. With a vision to provide solutions for the needs of the farm industry worldwide, Mr Ratliff guided the growth of AGCO from a small North American company into one of the world’s largest manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Source: AFDJ eNews Through his entrepreneurial […]
Engineer your new career
Since launching its industry leading ‘Engineer your Career’ campaign at LAMMA, the team at CLAAS UK have been busy attending careers events and shows throughout the UK and Ireland. Source: AFDJ eNews The latest initiative in the campaign to raise awareness of the careers options available within the high-tech agricultural machinery service industry has been […]
SA trade mission to Israel
South Australian agriculture, water and wine businesses are embarking on a trade mission to Israel determined to uncover new ways to grow the state’s AgTech industry. Source: Adelaide Nos Elders managing director Mark Allison would lead the mission to explore opportunities and capitalise on the country’s $400 billon dollar economy and in being one of […]
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 […]
Euro Drivers’ Championship
John Deere and Michelin are again hosting the European Drivers’ Championship in June 2017. Source: AFDJ eNews Sixteen drivers from all over Europe will prove their skills driving the new 6250R tractor at the Michelin test site in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The competition is not only about speed, but also about the best and most efficient driving […]
NZ tractor sales ‘horrible’ but improving
New car sales – once a barometer of the rural economy – have been through the roof in the past three years. Before the removal of farm subsidies in the 1980s, this would have suggested that farmers were enjoying a great year, but that is no longer the case. Source: New Zealand Herald, The Country, Wanganui […]
TMA ramps up advocacy
The Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia is ramping up its efforts to advocate for the industry and sees itself working with related farming organisations. Source: AFDJ eNews One of the great things about the tractor and machinery sector is that we are uniquely positioned in the centre of the industry supply chain – a […]
New Holland at global forum in UAE
New Holland Agriculture, together with local distributor Saeed Mohammed Al Ghandi & Sons, took its place at the Global Forum for Innovations (GFIA) in Agriculture in March 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Source: AFDJ eNews GFIA, as an exhibition and conference showcasing innovations in sustainable agriculture, aims to meet the needs of both large and smallholder […]
Valtra Red Dot winner
Valtra’s SmartTouch armrest that was unveiled in Paris in February has won the Red Dot 2017 Design Award, while the fourth generation Valtra N Series received an honourable mention in the same competition. Source: AFDJ eNews Last year the Valtra T4 Series won the Red Dot 2016 Design Award. “The Red Dot 2017 Design Awards […]