MF show debut at SIMA
The new MF 6700 S Series, which includes the world’s first 200hp, four-cylinder agricultural tractor, made its SIMA Show debut in Paris, following its preview in France last year. Source: AFDJ eNews With its unrivalled four-cylinder power, manoeuvrability and agility the MF 6700 S was in a class of its own, with Massey Ferguson’s new ‘S […]
JD’s Joy
John Deere’s new CommandPRO joystick won the Farmers Guide Award for Excellence for 2016, the second year that these awards have been presented for innovations in the machinery and arable sectors. Source: AFDJ eNews The awards are intended to highlight excellence within the industry, as selected by Farmers Guide machinery editor David Williams and arable editor […]
Get Behind the Wheel with the CNH design team
The latest episode of the Behind the Wheel series follows CNH Industrial’s Design Analysis & Simulation team as they collaborate across continents with super computers to conceptualize future machines. Source: AFDJ eNews With the help of Engineering Simulation and Virtual Reality technology, they are able to reduce the number of physical prototypes that need to […]
Claas Machine of the Year 2017
At the “Machine of the Year 2017” awards ceremony held at SIMA, CLAAS won the Special Jury Prize for the JAGUAR fitted with SHREDLAGE crop processing technology. Source: AFDJ eNews A large audience watched the ceremony held on the stand of the French agricultural magazine “Terre-net”. The crop processing technology known under the brand name […]
Tractor sales for Australia
Following an outstanding 2016, sales of tractors experienced a considerable bump in January although much of this has been put down to an overhang from the pre-Christmas period according to Gary Northover, executive director of the Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia. Source: The Weekly Times The smaller under-40hp category dominated the month, up 52% on the corresponding month […]
Dana appoints PFG to distribute products
Dana Australia has appointed PFG Australia Pty Ltd as the lead agricultural distributor of its Dana/ Spicer/Victor Reinz drivetrain and sealing products range in Australia and New Zealand. Source: AFDJ eNews The appointment will be from 1 May 2017. “We are pleased to announce our formal agreement with PFG, such a respected company in the agricultural sector,” Brad […]
Case IH names its top performers
Case IH dealers Intersales and O’Connors have taken out Dealer of the Year titles at a ceremony held at Uluru. Source: AFDJ eNews O’Connors has won the Case IH Dealer of the Year Award in the category for dealers with three or more branches. Established in Birchip, Victoria in 1964, the family-owned business has since […]
ABARES Outlook a smash
Growth in Australia’s agriculture sector continues to smash records, with the gross value of Australian farm production is forecast to reach $63.8 billion in 2016–17, and farm cash income for Australian broadacre farms is projected to average $216,000 per farm in 2016–17. Source: AFDJ eNews Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce, said […]
Dr. Jens Foerst takes CLAAS’ global tractor division
From June 1, Dr Jens Foerst will be taking over responsibility for the tractor division in addition to CLAAS Industrietechnik GmbH, and will be joining the CLAAS Group Executive Board as of 1 April. Source: AFDJ eNews Since starting his career after completing his studies at RWTH Aachen, Jens Foerst has held numerous international management […]
European figures for farm machinery are high
The total volume of orders for farm machinery across Europe are as high as they were in 2013, latest figures show. Source: Agriland The farm machinery industry is upbeat about future sales in Europe, according to CEMA, the European agricultural machinery body. In February the general business climate continued to rise sharply, turning into the positive for the first […]