AG Salons & Nouvelles de la mécanisation

It’s just over a year since free-range pig equipment specialist John Harvey acquired Kidd Farm Machinery and since its move to a new factory it’s fair to say the Wiltshire-based company sounds hungry to grow.Sales are apparently on the up, especially in the firm’s traditional export markets – 50-55% of machines b...

LAMMA provided the first UK outing for Krone’s latest trailed Vendro tedder. Tagged with a ‘C’ for carried, the 11.2m model employs a semi-mounted arrangement to create a degree of weight transfer onto the tractor.While standard T-designation trailed models have a two-point hitch and run as a dead pull behind the t...

CNH is supporting the scientific development of the first viable compostable net wrap for bales in agriculture. The investment in Canadian start-up Nature’s Net Wrap aims to accelerate their mission to eliminate waste from the process of collecting and storing crops.

Shifting to compostable net wraps has the pote...

With ever more schemes coming into play for environmental stewardship there’s increasing demand for kit designed to establish cover crops and wildlife strips.Straight off the boat from Denmark, the ATV-drawn Faunamaster box-drill is apparently capable of handling all sorts of size and shape seeds from pumpkins and bean...

Teagle had a new version of its Tomahawk tub-grinder on show at Lamma. Tagged the Calibrator C120, there have been a number of changes to broaden the machine’s working window and boost hourly work-rates.While there had previously been the option to handle grain as well as dry straw and miscanthus, the new design means ...

After an absence from the trailer market of some 14 years, Bunning is set to re-enter the arena.Probably best known for its range of rear-discharge muck-spreaders, the Norfolk manufacturer chose Lamma as the launchpad for its new range of 14t-20t tandem axle grain and silage trailers.On first appearances the new models m...

CNH Industrial, the parent company of New Holland, has earmarked €150 million to further develop its Belgian site in Zedelgem where the new CR11 combine will be made.The latest phase of a five-year investment plan at Zedelgem, it will result in a redesigned assembly line and logistics area. The production lines for the...

Deere & Company has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to provide satellite communications (SATCOM) service to farmers. Utilizing the Starlink network, this solution will allow farmers, facing rural connectivity challenges, to leverage precision agriculture technologies.

“The value of connectivity to farmers i...

Redesigned from the ground up, main features of the all-new McConnel Agribuggy V300 on display at Lamma today include the redesigned cab and 50km/hr transmission.The new variable transmission is said to ensure perfect speed control for optimal spraying output, and OMSI drive axles with locking differential provide improv...

The Rollomaster precision seedbed cultivator is one of several new machines on the Dalbo UK stand at Lamma. Others include the MultiRoll Twin, Trimax P and Maxiroll Greenline roller.Working widths of the Rollomaster, which is the bigger brother to the firm’s RolloMaximum, are 4.5 and 6.0m.The MultiRoll Twin heavy duty ...

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Kubota’s arrival in Europe with the opening of the first subsidiary in France in 1974. Since then, the company has been showcasing its “For Earth, For Life” philosophy. Throughout this year, Kubota Europe will celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Since its arrival in Europe, one ...

SlurryKat will use next week’s Lamma to launch wider 9.0m and 10.5m versions of its Farmline trailing shoes.The new models incorporate many of the features of the previous models, including the lightweight design, but also some new upgrades.The extra width for the new models was achieved by adding a novel flip-over end...

Trimble and Sabanto moved into a cooperation agreement. Trimble BX992 Dual Antenna GNSS receivers with Trimble CenterPoint RTX, are integrated into Sabanto’s autonomy solutions. Trimble acts as Sabanto’s autonomous technology provider, delivering high-accuracy positioning.

Farmers need a high level of uptime an...

The Ryetec Restorer ALD-E range has been developed in response to customer demand for a low disturbance Restorer subsoiler without the functionality of a toolbar system.Ryetec says that ALD-E versions offer a more competitively priced stand-alone unit which still features all the most important attributes of the Restorer...

The Shelbourne Reynolds range of Powerspread Pro side-discharge manure spreaders is now available with a new weigh scale system, increasing the accuracy of applications.Developed from the system established on the company’s Powermix diet feeders, the installation on the Powerspread machines consists of three 90mm load ...

Stocks Ag will launch a small seed and micro granule applicator for machinery up to 4.0m wide at Lamma next week.An evolution of the Cambridgeshire based company’s Rotor Meter; the new four-outlet Rotor Jet offers precise metering with air-assisted distribution. The four streams of material can then be split and spread...

Large beef and dairy farms are the target for the latest triple vertical auger Leader PF3 Plus mixer wagon from Faresin. With a capacity of 40m³, the 3.40 joins the 3.30 (30m³) and 3.36 (36m³) launched at the Italian EIMA show in 2022.Despite its size (height 3.3-3.7m/width 2.5-2.8m/length around 12m), the Italian man...

With the new Bogballe dynamic headland spreading system, the tractor driver can freely switch between normal and headland spreading during operation and at the same time choose whether the field border should be on the right or left side in the direction of travel. It provides high flexibility in connection with the driv...

The Faresin Leader PF3 self-propelled mixer wagon is equipped with 3 vertical augers. Flagship of the range, initially offered in 30 and 36 cubic meters capacity, is now also available with 40 cubic meters, meeting the needs of increasing large farms.

Equipped with three steerable axles, with the front and rear dri...

Rotary cultivators are a huge product for Indian manufacturer Shaktiman, which brought the newest model to Agritechnica – the 6.0m Jumbo.Joining the 3.0m and 4.0m models, the wider version weighs around 5.0t with a packer. Working to a maximum depth of 130mm, power requirement is from 250-300hp.Shaktiman branded machin...

Vredo launches the updated VT5536 self-propelled slurry injection trac. With 22 cubic meters tank volume, it fills the gap between the bigger VT7138 triple-axle and smaller VT4556 dual-axle trac. New technology enables quick loading and unloading.

A clear demand from current Vredo customers, was and is to maximize ...

The electrically powered eVerti-Feed 1251 (10-12m³) is a new machine for Strautmann with no diesel equivalent in the range.Drive comes from two 46kW electric motors. The first powers the hydraulics, the second the mixing auger. The 40kW battery in the 5.5t single vertical auger machine is said to comfortably mix and fee...

The Toppa 600, a new three-bed folding haulm topper from Grimme UK, is the first-ever folding haulm topper to be built in Germany with two, two-row toppers at the rear and a two-row topper at the front to span six rows in total.Designed for the UK’s 90cm rows, main features include hydraulic depth control, a floating f...

A tilt correction system that aligns the working angle of the plough to maximise the available tractor power and increase work rates is one of several updates on Kuhn Farm Machinery’s Multi-Leader XT plough range.Standard on the full range of semi-mounted Multi-Leader XT models, the patented system, which is said to re...

Kverneland is extending its range of mechanical weeding equipment with new models of high performance tine harrow weeders, called Arcadia. This complements the range of implements for mechanical weed control, which already consists of Helios rotary hoes, Onyx inter-row cultivators and Lynx guidance interfaces.

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