The global farm tyre market
The growth in end user industries is expected to increase the consumption of farm tyres and the growth in agricultural industry is expected to boost demand for farm tyres. Source: AFDJ eNews In addition, rising demand for agricultural machinery from emerging economies of Asia Pacific is expected to further boost demand. However, availability of substitutes and fluctuating raw […]
A wrap up of 2016 in the US market
A lot of major new product introductions mean machinery manufacturers are optimistic in the US. They think farmers are in a buying mood, funds are available and innovations will be well received but what happened in 2016. Source: The Progressive Farmer Great Plains and Capstan Ag Systems, for example, introduced the AccuShot system for accurately placing liquids – […]
AGCO takes China market very seriously
One of the world’s largest farm equipment manufacturers is predicting a bright future in China, and it is putting its money behind that belief. Source: Country Guide AGCO, parent company of well known brands Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra, GSI, and Challenger, has opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Changzhou to serve both its international needs and what it […]
Ag struggles to find workers and visas don’t help
Agriculture is still struggling to find the staff it needs. Pay rates for top ag sector graduates jumped 26.2% last financial year, indicative of how agribusinesses – particularly corporates – have been forced to raise the stakes significantly to attract new talent. Sources: Queensland Country Life, Farm Online Even regions squeezed hard by recent drought […]
Polaris has outstanding year
Polaris is Australia’s number one off-road vehicle brand after yet another outstanding growth year in Australia for the US$5 billion turnover North American company. Source: AFDJ eNews Polaris’ 6037 retail sales in 2016 was also the biggest year by any brand in the Australian off-road vehicle market, making Polaris the first brand to ever exceed […]
Case IH turns 175
Case IH is beginning a year of celebrations to commemorate its 175th anniversary in 2017. Source: AFDJ eNews It was in Racine, Wisconsin in the US, that founder Jerome Increase Case established the Racine Threshing Machine Works to produce a machine to speed up the separation of grain after harvest. “I find it amazing to […]
STEYR sites a new start
For the last year, people have been hard at work on the new STEYR tractors website, in Austria and Italy as well as in the USA. Source: AFDJ eNews According to STEYR the result is a sight to behold and to click on. Since 29 November, the tractor manufacturer’s new website has been live. Now, visitors […]
John Deere’s electric dreams
John Deere has pulled the wraps off of its first fully electric tractor in a new video. Source: The Verge The tractor project is called Sustainable Energy Supply for Agricultural Machinery, or SESAM, and John Deere plans to officially unveil it at the Paris International Agribusiness Show in early 2017. Until then, we only know a few things about the SESAM tractor. […]
China’s CNH plant wins bronze certification
Class Manufacturing CNH Industrial’s joint venture manufacturing plant in Chongqing, China, was recognized for its manufacturing excellence with a Bronze Level certification in World Class Manufacturing. Source: AFDJ eNews The facility produces FPT Industrial powertrains for CNH Industrial’s agricultural equipment, construction equipment and commercial vehicles brands, serving global markets. The plant, located in the Huang Mao Ping economic development […]
Aussie farm production to top $60b
Good news continues for much of the Australian farming sector, following on from last week’s record winter crop forecast, with the gross value of farm production set to increase by 6%, topping $60 billion in 2016–17 for the first time, according to the latest Agricultural Commodities report. Source: AFDJ eNews Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]