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Free Blackbox with Sulky spreaders May 4, 2010
Free Blackbox with Sulky spreaders
Huntingdon-based importer RECO is offering a free Patchwork Blackbox 510 in-cab controller with all Sulky X36 weigh-cell fertiliser spreaders bought in May.  read more
Plough for all seasons May 5, 2010
Plough for all seasons
Versatility, ease of use and a first-class work finish are claimed for Grégoire Besson’s new RW8 fully mounted plough, which is due to be launched at the Cereals Event in June.

Available in five- or six-furrow formats, the RW8 comes with hydraulic vari-width, boasts a 160 x 160mm frame and is said to be suitable for tractors from 160hp to 340hp.  read more
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Separator goes on the road May 5, 2010
Separator goes on the road
Slurry separators are hardly breaking news, but the ability to move such a machine easily between sites is rather more unusual.  read more
Great Plains buys Simba International May 6, 2010
Great Plains buys Simba International
UK cultivations equipment manufacturer and Horsch importer Simba International has been bought by US drill maker Great Plains Mfg Inc.  read more
Knight debuts new ‘mountie’ May 6, 2010
Knight debuts new ‘mountie’
There’s no sign of any deviation from the ‘size counts’ theory when it comes to crop sprayers.  read more
V6 diesel for Nissan Navara May 9, 2010
V6 diesel for Nissan Navara
“Get your order in quick” is the best advice for anyone contemplating a V6-powered Navara doublecab.  read more
Scotgrass: Kub is still growing May 10, 2010
Scotgrass: Kub is still growing
Among the debutants at tomorrow’s Scotgrass demo will be Kubota’s most powerful tractor to date – the 132hp M130X.

Like its smaller sibs, the M130X is built entirely in-house.  read more

Scotgrass: High-horse Deere forager makes debut May 11, 2010
Scotgrass: High-horse Deere forager makes debut
Making its first outing at today’s Scotgrass demo is John Deere’s 7950i forage harvester.  read more
Scotgrass: Big M takes a 9.7m bite May 11, 2010
Scotgrass: Big M takes a 9.7m bite
Big machines impress, and Krone’s latest version of the Big M self-propelled mower conditioner, the Big M 400 with its 15ha/hour output, did just that at Scotgrass.  read more
Scotgrass: There’s still room for the little guy May 11, 2010
Scotgrass: There’s still room for the little guy
In an event that’s largely dominated by huge grass kit, the diminutive Claas Elios 200 tractor range put in a first appearance at Scotgrass.  read more
Scotgrass: Yield and moisture recording – on a forager May 11, 2010
Scotgrass: Yield and moisture recording – on a forager
For the 2010 season, Claas is trialling a yield and moisture recording system on its self-propelled forage harvesters.  read more
Scotgrass: Repair silage trailer damage May 13, 2010
Scotgrass: Repair silage trailer damage
Worcs-based Weaving Machinery has debuted a grassland subsoiler specifically designed to rectify the damage caused by heavy silage trailers, muckspreaders and slurry tankers.

Claimed to loosen the root zone while leaving the field surface relatively undisturbed, the Grassland Sublift has an adjustable tine angle that’s said to give the optimum balance between soil lift and power requirement.  read more

Pick-up market bottoms out May 14, 2010
Pick-up market bottoms out
The UK pick-up market in 2010 is expected to at least maintain its 18,000-unit sales level of 2009 and may even creep up to the 20,000 mark.

Of course, that’s a long way off the annual 45,000 pick-ups sold at the sector’s peak back in 2006/07, yet it will still come as welcome relief to the main manufacturers, who have seen a dramatic slide in their commercial vehicle business over the past four years.  read more

Merlo in miniature May 14, 2010
Merlo in miniature
All the features of a full-sized telehandler in a more compact package is what Merlo is claiming for its new P 25.6 model.

Measuring just 1.8m wide and less than 2.0m tall, the P 25.6 is capable of hoisting 2.5t to 5.9m and has a maximum forward reach of 3.3m.  read more

Three destoner options from Standen May 18, 2010
Three destoner options from Standen
Ely-based Standen-Pearson has announced details of a new soil separator.  read more
Deere takes Great Plains to court May 18, 2010
Deere takes Great Plains to court
Machinery giant Deere & Co is suing Kansas-based drill maker Great Plains Manufacturing for a patent infringement, according to US farm machinery magazine Farm Equipment.

Great Plains is accused of infringing Deere's patent 7,472,660, which is for a seed tube for an agricultural seeding machine.  read more

Plenty of Gripker May 19, 2010
Plenty of Gripker
The new 65-series tyre from Kleber is designed for 80 to 180hp tractors, and is said to be particularly suited to mixed and livestock farming operations.  read more

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