Organisation: Agritechnica

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<p>The Steyr Hybrid CVT tractor has been awarded the Silver Medal in the Agritechnica Innovation Awards. Picture: Steyr</p>

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Steyr's hybrid tractor to debut at November's Agritechnica

Judges were impressed by features such as the electric steering and the electric boost function for quick acceleration during transport.

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Irish driverless smart tractor attracts global attention at Agritechnica show

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This week’s Agritechnica trade fair is a good place to check out the changing shape of tractors

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Russian company helps night work farmers

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for precision slurry tankers

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Fendt ready to sell robot swarms to customers

Fendt brand and colours for Challenger tractors in Europe

By November, the yellow and black colours of the large Challenger tracked tractors will be consigned to history in Europe.

Thu, 03 Aug, 2017

2016: a great year for machinery innovation

It has been an exciting year of machinery launches and events. This week I look back at the highlights of the first six months in the machinery and equipment world as reported on these pages.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2016

Machinery and Equipment: 21 years on, Claas delivers the 50,000th Lexion combine

The 50,000th Lexion has rolled off the Claas assembly line in Harsewinkel, Germany.

Thu, 07 Jul, 2016

30,000 tillage farmers expected at Cereals 2016 in England

Next week, many Irish tillage farmers will make a pilgrimage to Cereals 2016 in Cambridgeshire in England.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2016

McHale Orbital Bale Wrapper wins award at Techagro show

The innovation and design of the Irish-made McHale Orbital High Speed Round Bale Wrapper was recognised at the Techagro show in Czechoslovakia with a prize, from the Farmár agricultural magazine, for its high output.

Thu, 21 Apr, 2016

Massey Ferguson launches 5700 global series

Massey Ferguson has launched two new tractors in the MF 5700 Global Series — the 100hp, MF 5710 and 110hp, MF 5711.

Thu, 25 Feb, 2016

Impressive display of machines from ATVs to ZGs at AJS Promotions’ Q8 Oil Spring Farm Machinery Show

AJS Promotions’ Q8 Oil Spring Farm Machinery Show at Millstreet, Co Cork.

Thu, 28 Jan, 2016

New McCormick range one of the attractions at LAMMA 2016 in the UK

One of the main showcases, LAMMA attracts a large Irish contingent.

Thu, 07 Jan, 2016

Acres of work await Roscommon manufacturer Acres Machinery

In November, column inches are filled with Agritechnica launches from the world’s top manufacturers. Meanwhile, closer to home, establishing Irish manufacturers, not yet at the Agritechnica level, are fast making their mark in the industry.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2015

New Holland wins Machine of the Year at Agritechnica

Exhibition brings all the top ‘Machines of the Year’ together under one roof

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

Fendt 1050 Vario is Tractor of the Year that drives like a car at Agritechnica in Germany

Agritechnica award ceremonies that would give the Oscars a run for its money

Thu, 19 Nov, 2015

The intelligent plough and the manoeuvrable big tractor

Next year will bring the technological advances promised in the recently announced Kverneland i-Plough, and in this week’s Agritechnica launch of the Case IH Optum CVX range to the forecourts of Munster farm machinery and construction dealer Lynch & McCarthy.

Thu, 12 Nov, 2015

There's more to smart farming than steering tractors

There is now so much more to Smart Farming than simply using satellites to steer tractors or combines, according to organisers of the Agritechnica 2015 machinery trade fair in Hanover, Germany, this week.

Thu, 12 Nov, 2015

Four machinery manufacturers deserve special mentions for reliability

Components that keep agricultural machines going day after day are under the spotlight at Agritechnica 2015 in Hanover, Germany. Four manufacturers come in for special mention in the Systems & Components section. 

Thu, 12 Nov, 2015

Auto-steering extended to headlands

Manually steering a tractor and implement through a headland turn, while watching for obstacles, raising the implement, and down-shifting the tractor, makes for tiring work — and headland inconsistencies, for example in seed drilling.

Thu, 22 Oct, 2015

Helping harvesters not to spill a drop

A John Deere innovation is designed to help drivers of self-propelled forage harvesters achieve the near- “impossible” task of directing all the forage into the accompanying trailers — while coping with hilly terrain, wet soil and soft ground, lodged crop, obstacles, etc.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2015

Technology: John Deere sharpness reaps Agritechnica awards

John Deere and partner companies starred in the 2015 innovations section at Agritechnica, the world’s leading trade fair for farm machinery.

Thu, 24 Sep, 2015

Deere integrates bale and wrap

John Deere’s variable chamber wrapping baler can be seen for the first time at a UK event on the company’s stand at Grassland UK in May.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2015

Same Deutz Fahr’s top awards coup

Same Deutz–Fahr received a silver medal for innovation at Agritechnica for their automatic PTO speed change.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013

Innovative device for grinding

The Aqua Non-stop Comfort from CLASS, which is the first automatic wet grinding device for self loading trailer and baler knives.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013

Axles given advanced hydraulic steering

The optimising electronic hydraulic positive steering for trailer axles, another award winner for CLASS.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013

Crop flow loader takes blockages out of picture

The automatic elimination of blockages in the crop flow loader and combination wagons from CLASS, for which it won awarded a silver medal for innovation at Agritechnica.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013

EasyFlow guarantees user safety

Most of the plant protection products on sale today are sold in small containers all over the world.

Thu, 12 Dec, 2013

Managing cultivators’ depth guidance

The depth guidance of semi-mounted cultivators has so far generally been managed with guidance wheels mounted on the vehicle frame and the following roller.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2013

Pottinger collects two silver medals for innovation

Pottinger secured two silver medals for innovation at the Agritechnica machinery show for their pneumatic seed drills.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2013

Lemken system gets into the swing of things

Irregular spreading of plant protection agents can happen when a sprayer boom swings backwards and forwards in an uncontrolled manner — which can happen due to acceleration when starting, or when lifting and lowering the sprayer, or due to ground unevenness, or wind.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2013

Silver medal for grain cleaning machinery

Better grain cleaning has won a silver medal for innovation at the Agritechnica machinery in Germany for German manufacturer Ambros Schmelzer and Son.

Thu, 21 Nov, 2013

Firm goes with the flow to pick up award

Introducing slurry directly into the ground is beneficial, but does not come without some machinery challenges, regardless of the implement used for spreading.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2013

Soil nutrient sensor nets top award

The Optifert soil nutrient sensor from Pessl Instruments of Austria has been awarded the silver medal at the prestigious Agritechnica show.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2013

No more missing the target for forage harvester drivers

Pictured is how Krone’s award-winning LaserLoad system works.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2013

Rauch strikes gold with new spreading pattern

Rauch has won an Agritechnica gold medal for its Axmat automatic spreading pattern adjustment of a twin disc fertiliser spreader.

Thu, 10 Oct, 2013

Latest farm machinery innovations set for show

For the first time, an electro-hybrid telehandler is being offered for agricultural use.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2013

New ideas for high-tech farming at EU's biggest show

A DRIVERLESS tractor automatically following another tractor is one of the first time farming technology breakthroughs at this year’s Agritechnica, Europe’s biggest farm machinery show.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2011

A different kind of energy saving idea for farms

DIESEL will be 100% dearer in 2020, says the head of product management at a top EU farm machinery company, which is winning major awards for fuel-saving innovations.

Thu, 20 Jan, 2011

Potential life saver one of seven winning farm machinery ideas

TRAGIC farm accidents can be prevented by fitting a new radio alarm system to tractors and similar heavy machinery.

Thu, 08 Nov, 2007

AutoTrac cuts tractor costs

JOHN DEERE claim 10 to 15% lower operating costs for their tractors when fitted with their AutoTrac automatic guidance system.

Thu, 26 Apr, 2007