Lemken announces it will end sprayer production this year
Based on the rise in demand for sustainable crop care and facing ever tighter regulations around use of agricultural chemicals, Lemken of Germany has announced it will cease production of conventional crop sprayers. Lemken has been building sprayers for 10 years but never achieved significant market penetration with its machines. Instead, the company intends to […]
Case IH LB4XL large square baler range debuts with significant updates
With extended drought conditions across much of Australia over recent years and the need for unprecedented amounts of supplementary feed, balers have been in high demand. With that demand forecast to continue, Case IH has announced some timely upgrades for its range of both square and round balers. “Many farmers invested in a new baler […]
Post-pandemic dairy prospects improve but it’s not the great recovery producers desire
Global COVID-19 restrictions are easing, food service sales have resumed and dairy prices look to be on the rebound but some industry analysts are warning it’s too soon to call it a global dairy market recovery. Dairy has performed better than expected throughout the pandemic’s disruption and the industry is forecasting an uptick for milk […]
Case IH 250 Series combines get AFS Harvest Command automation
Combine harvester automation is one of the most rapidly evolving sectors of precision farming technology and Case IH is at the forefront with the incorporation of AFS Harvest Command into its latest 250 Series machines. Combine automation allows for settings such as rotor speed, rotor cage vane angle, cleaning fan speed, and sieve positions to […]
Agrointelli Robotti autonomous tool carrier switches to Velodyne sensors
Agrointelli is a Danish-based developer of intelligent farming solutions. The company’s Robotti autonomous tool carrier is designed to accommodate a range of farm implements via a standard 3-point linkage hitch. A new agreement with Velodyne will see the Robotti fitted with Velodyne’s Puck lidar sensors for safe and efficient navigation. Robotti supports a wide range […]
John Deere C650 Air Cart a better fit for growers
Available in tow-behind or tow-between configurations, John Deere’s C650 Air Cart is designed to suit growers seeking a mid to large size capacity and smart seeding options. The C650 has a 22,900 litre (650bu) capacity, rides on high-flotation tyres and the tow-between model can be configured with Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) capabilities at 3m spacing […]
Farm land prices expected to defy economic downturn
Rabobank is reporting Australian agricultural land prices are expected to hold firm through 2020, defying the effects of a severe COVID-19-led global recession. In its report Rabobank is picking that while much of the global and local economy is being severely buffeted, Australian agricultural land is expected to remain “largely unscathed” – due primarily to […]
Envirostream micronutrient field trials begin
Envirostream Australia is trialling fertilisers blended with slow-release zinc and manganese micronutrients derived from spent alkaline batteries. Lithium Australia has committed to creating a circular battery economy and to that end its subsidiary Envirostream Australia is currently assessing the use of zinc and manganese derived from recycled alkaline batteries as micronutrients in blended fertilisers While […]
Confidence dips, but farmers stay positive in face of COVID uncertainty
Rabobank’s quarterly survey of farmers’ state of mind has revealed a dip in confidence due to uncertainty about the impacts of COVID-19, but good rains and solid commodity prices are keeping spirits up. Confidence has retreated from the historic highs recorded earlier this year when shoppers were stripping supermarket shelves of everything they could get […]
CSIRO and Goanna Ag combine to maximise irrigation water use
Irrigation water is a precious resource and ensuring the efficiency of its use is crucial to successful crop production. A partnership between Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and local agricultural technology company Goanna Ag will see sensors and analytics combined to guide the best use of irrigation water. An Australian first, ‘WaterWise’ is a water-use […]