Agri-Business
No apologies for the late arrival of four-wheel drive
Strange as it may now seem, four-wheel drive in the Ireland and the UK was often considered an unnecessary gimmick...
Machinery
Machinery
Massey Ferguson's MF 8S gets special Jubilee makeover
Massey Ferguson has given one of its MF 8S tractors a Royal makeover in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee,...
Rural Life
Royal Bath and West show to host over 100 vintage tractors
Over 100 meticulously restored vintage vehicles are making their way to the Royal Bath & West Showground for the much-loved...
Agri-Business
Video: Pottinger 4-rotor rake in Co. Cork keeps the harvester happy
Should you happen to have 1,000hp or so burbling away in your forage harvester, then you would naturally wish for...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Switching to liquid fertiliser with self-propelled SAM sprayer
With the dramatic increase in fertiliser costs, the spotlight has been turned on its efficient use like never before, and...
Agri-Business
Two-engine option for latest Kramer Loader
First seen at the Balmoral show, Kramer has released further details of its most recent model, the KT 144, which...
Machinery
Claas celebrates 25 years of the Terra Trac
This year marks 35 years of Claas fitting rubber tracks to its premium range of combine harvesters, and 25 years...
Agri-Business
Case New Holland buys lightweight boom business
There are mixed messages coming from the machinery industry over the future role of sprayers as manufacturers wonder which horse...
Agri-Business
Is this goodbye to the hydraulic ram?
Electrification of tractors has mainly centred around the displacement of the engine with battery packs, a bid which has so...
Agri-Business
Combined Powers’ first demonstration trials of autonomous tractor
It was back in March that Krone and Lemken announced to the world that they had been working together on...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Belt rakes, tractors and UTVs at Balmoral Show
With shows now thankfully being held again, Balmoral has once more taken its place as the main event at which...
Agri-Business
Toyota Hilux to return to production after devastating floods
The devastating floods in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa in early April went largely unreported in the west despite...
Agri-Business
Kramer eliminates attachment woes for hydraulic hoses
When changing the bucket or other implement on a loader, one of the chores is climbing from the cab to...
Agri-Business
Machinery Focus: Goodyear finds alternative to oil-based rubber
Tyres are made of rubber and rubber comes from trees, and so it might be thought that they are one...
Agri-Business
AGCO ransomware attack casts shadow over cybersecurity
Last week AGCO released a rather short statement noting that it had suffered a ransomware attack on May 5, 2022...
Agri-Business
Michelin’s self-propelled sprayer tyres work down to 10psi
Self-propelled sprayers are still an important segment of the machinery market and they will require tyres specifically designed for their...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: Bi Som Trac - the top tandem tractor from France
The Bi Som Trac is hardly as well known as the Doe Triple-D from Essex, but this French built machine...
Agri-Business
Happy thoughts from John Deere in first-quarter round up
All the major machinery manufacturers, including John Deere, have presented their results for the first quarter of 2022 and given...
