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Independent farm machinery information for farmers and contractors
New Holland is entering the growing side-by-side utility vehicle market with the Rustler 120.
This was first shown at Agritechnica last year on the Case IH stand as the Scout and again in January at LAMMA.
Prices have yet to be announced but the spec includes a 20hp Kubota diesel engine coupled to a continuously variable speed transmission with automatic four-wheel drive and locking front diff.
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UK Insurance firm NFU Mutual says it paid out a total of £67m for tractor and combine accidents and fires in 2009 and is asking farmers and contractors to take extra care.
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The BL700 specialist root and vegetable crop trailer is the result of a joint venture between Dutch firm Greve and Stronga.
The BulkLoada body shape used in other Stronga trailers has been retained but made lower and longer to reduce crop damage when loading from a harvester.
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A 9870 was the 500,000th self-propelled combine to roll off the line at John Deere’s Harvest Works in East Moline, Illinois.
"Reaching 500,000 self-propelled combines is a significant milestone for us and our dedicated employees.” said Dennis Muszalski, factory manager, John Deere Harvester Works.
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A strong turnout resulted in good prices at the latest Brown and Co sale at Cobgate, near Weston where JW Gibson and Sons were auctioning their machinery.
The 2001 New Holland TS115 made £18,800 while a fully remote control 2003 Swift Left Extendo elevator fell under the hammer for £13,300.
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Topcon has purchased distributor InlandGEO giving it a new headquarters in Europe.
Madrid based InlandGeo will continue to market Topcon and Sokkia construction and surveying positioning products in Spain as well as Portugal and the Canary Islands where it has offices.
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A better quality of cut and more output are claimed for the Weaving-imported Agrimaster range of linkage-mounted flail mowers.
The two stand-out design features, according to Weaving, are the close positioning of the rear roller to the cutting flails for reduced scalping on uneven ground, and the way in which the cowl throws the cut material over the top of the roller rather than on or in front of it.
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The big JCB news from Cereals is that the long-lever Eaton gearbox has finally been ditched from what most users would regard as being the traditional Fastrac – the two-model 3000-series.
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First-year sales success with the original 3m rigid Discaerator one-pass disc/soil loosener has prompted McConnel to launch a 4m wide 4000 folding version.
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Willow Farm Machinery is now importing the Carre range of machines from France including robotic controlled and mechanical hoes for weeding as well as this grassland harrow.
Up front are a row of knives to slice through the soil.
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Seed, slug pellets and a liquid nitrogen feed in the one pass is the principle behind the pictured Techneat package on top of a 3.25m wide Cousins V-Form subsoiler.
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KRM was also showing a new direct drill, the Sola SM1909 which uses four rows of tines which also allow it to work into ploughed or min-tilled seedbeds.
The heavy duty sprung tine coulters are fitted with a narrow tungsten carbide tipped point.
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First shown at LAMMA in black prototype livery, the 3m mounted Grégoire Besson Combimix has since been radically revised and is now on sale in the firm’s more familiar red.
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Quivogne’s Push/Pull chisel-tine cultivator is currently only available in 3m format, but the firm reckons it should have 3.5m rigid, 4m folding and 6m folding variants on sale by LAMMA 2011.
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The plough is far from ‘dead’, according to Kongskilde UK, which was exhibiting a couple of recently launched Overum models at Cereals – the manual vari-width Xcelsior EX and Vari Flex EVL.
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The Teagle Multidisc Vario disc/leg cultivator can be operated with its leg set deep, set shallow or folded back completely clear of the ground.
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Yorkshire-based Sumo gives users the choice of minimal surface disturbance or mixing disturbance on its new LDS subsoiler, depending on the type of leg specified.
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It may carry a price tag of £100,000 plus but Energreen distributor CTM Harpley Engineering believes there is a place for the Energreen self-propelled hedge cutter.
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Väderstad has been busy tweaking its Seedhawk drill with the firm’s Michael Alsop saying that no-till together with controlled traffic farming is starting to get some momentum in the UK.
It currently produces two working widths, 6m and 8m with the latter now proving more popular.
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Tractor sales may be down 20% nationally, but machinery dealers at today’s Royal Cornwall Show are reporting a very different picture for the South West.
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Back in 2008 Manitou bought articulated and skidsteer loader manufacturer Gehl outright and now plans to handle UK sales through its subsidiary.
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With such a wide and varied demand in the 100hp sector, Deutz-Fahr has been strengthening its bow with the addition of a CVT for its Agrofarm range.
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The humble harrow and drill combination has remained a cornerstone for many arable farming operations and this year Amazone is celebrating selling its 100,000th unit.
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With grain and fert still a popular drilling option Väderstad decided to launch the Spirit System Disc Combi at the Royal Highland.
Available in 4.0m and 6.0m working widths the drill uses a number of proven components such as the 3,900 litre split hopper similar to the Seedhawk.
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ATV manufacturer Yamaha says that since it was introduced in 2008, their Grizzly 550 has proved particularly popular with farmers wanting plenty of features but not the extra power of the larger 700.
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