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 […]
A Case for new Large Square Balers
Case IH has unveiled its new series of Large Square Balers for the Australian market, designed for the toughest crop types in the most challenging of conditions. Source: AFDJ eNews The Case IH LB434 XL series retain the features and adaptability of the current LB434 units, while introducing a range of new attributes to get […]
Tips to better haymaking
As the weather starts to cool down across the country, it is a timely reminder for haymakers to consider their haymaking essentials. Source: AFDJ eNews Over the years, haymaking has become a very accurate process combining art and science with the use of mechanical instruments and the right judgement particularly when it comes to timing. “Changes […]
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 […]
South Island Field Days
The South Island Field Days has moved to a new farm in the small town of Kirwee, west of Christchurch, but it’s bigger and better than ever. Source: TVNZ Thinkwater Managing Director Sam Broomhall says the A & P Show in Christchurch is “sort of more candy floss and hot dogs whereas here’s real sort of agriculture-based”. The South […]
Tractor accidents claim three farmers in eight days
Three Victorian farmers have died in workplace accidents involving tractors in just eight days. Source: The Age A 53-year-old man died after a tractor ran over him at a Yarra Valley winery as he was harvesting grapes on the Wandin East property. A second farmer, a man, 47, died in hospital on Thursday after suffering serious injuries in an […]
Pesticides more harmful than tractors
Airborne substances such as pesticides and exhaust fumes accounted for 97 deaths in the agriculture sector in 2010, WorkSafe New Zealand has found. Source: Radio New Zealand Its review of agricultural sector data also revealed 670 people were hospitalised due to toxins released into the air. WorkSafe agriculture programme manager Al McCone said the figures were surprising. “It reveals to us […]
China offer Nigeria $4.5m for machinery
China has offered Nigeria a US$4.5 billion loan for agricultural machinery and infrastructure, a Nigerian state governor said. Source: Reuters Zamfara state governer Abdulaziz Yari said the loan had a 20-year repayment period at an interest rate of 1%. “China is giving us a credit line of US$4.5 billion for the procurement of strategic machinery for rural development and […]
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 […]