Farms and Farm Machinery

The SB 1290 iD baler will produce “rock-hard, perfectly shaped bales” using integral rotor and power density techniques, Kuhn Australia marketing manager and baler product specialist Michael Murer says. The SB series features a torque increase on the

New Hyundai Australia CEO John Kett has lit the fire under a long-awaited ute program, confirming that the company is working on a full range of one-tonne ute-based commercial vehicles for sale in Australia. “What’s clear to us is that if we’re going

The entire John Deere 6M range – from 110hp to 195hp (82kW to 145kW) – will reportedly receive new technology and upgrades to cabin comfort, visibility and manoeuvrability in 2020. Deere says the range will be available for delivery in the USA in 202

Case IH’s new disc mower-conditioner builds on existing technology to help make hay production more efficient amid growing demand, the company says. Company product manager for hay and harvest Tim Slater says the new DC103 model builds on Case IH’s c

The American manufacturer Case IH says the 400 horsepower (298kW) model will give producers the freedom to adjust, manage, monitor and transfer data the way they want. “We’re unlocking a level of connectivity and remote monitoring never before seen i

Mowers, hayrakes, balers and seed drills are among the new products that Kverneland Group will be launching at this year’s Agritechnica machinery show, to be held in November. The event, held every two years in Hannover, Germany, sees many machines l

Brookfield has launched a new ChainBar more than 2m narrower than the next model up, saying the new baby of the range is just as tillage capable as its older siblings. Launched at the Henty Machinery Field Days, the D40 ChainBar measures 4m across, f

Machines designed for work in the mining and construction industries are typically sturdy and hard-wearing; able to work long hours without spending days in a maintenance workshop. But when it comes to name-brand earthmoving equipment, the high cost

Agricultural giants Case IH and New Holland will lead a new “Off-Highway” entity of parent company CNH Industrial by 2021 – making up 75 per cent of the new company’s revenue. CNH’s agricultural brands, which also include European tractor marque Stey

A Danish farmer has set a global record for hayraking 188.9 hectares of his property in eight hours, using a Kuhn GA 15131 four rotor gyrorake towed by a John Deere 6250R tractor. Farmer Mikael Skeldal used the tractor’s AutoTrac guidance system, int

Often, testing the big gear takes you to settings as impressive as the machine itself. This was certainly the case when we turned up in North Otago to check out the Kuhn Euromix 3370, where the 33 cubic metre mixer wagon was flat stick feeding a mass

With 830 exhibitors and 55,000 visitors over three days, times were busy at the 2019 Henty Machinery Field Days, even despite the tough conditions in New South Wales. Aside from being a drawcard for farmers from all across the country, the event is a

Organisers of the 2019 Dowerin GWN7 Machinery Field Days say the event recorded its highest number of visitors in the past five years, with over 24,000 coming through the gates. Dowerin events management chairperson Nadine McMorran says the atmospher

WHAT Wandin Silvan Field Days’ focus is showcasing horticultural and agricultural producers and their products and services. This enables visitors direct contact with the local growers/producers of this region. WHEN 11-12 October 2019 MORE INFO www.w

After a bumper performance in 2019, organisers of the National Diesel Dirt & Turf Expo are preparing for a bigger and better event in May 2020. More than 61,000 decision-makers attended the three-day event last year, and many of the 217 exhibitors re

Nationwide tractor sales in August 2019 were 19 per cent below where they were in August 2018 – with the total amount sold for the year 12 per cent behind where they were this time last year. Dealers are reporting low levels of future confidence alon

Praised by the mining and civil construction industries for its screening buckets, FlipScreen Australia has taken its machines to the farm, screening fertilisers for lumps before application. The company’s WL 400 FertScreen can be used at any point i

It is no accident that the items in Valentini’s equipment range are built for harsh Australian conditions. Items in the Valentini range consists of rotary hoes from 2 to 12 metres, power harrows from 2 to 9 metres and an extensive range of rock crush

Australia’s native vegetation is notoriously tough and difficult to remove, no matter what part of the country it is growing in – and poses a major challenge to anyone wanting to clear it. Unfortunately, a conventional mower can’t always cope with th

As an Australian-owned, Australia-based farm machinery manufacturer, John Berends Implements is one of only a few keeping as much of its range as possible made in Australia. The family company, today run by general manager Derrick Berends, prides its

When Elton and Graeme Robinson established El-Gra Engineering in South Nowra, New South Wales, in 1990, the co-founders were focused on creating a range of tractor-mounted three point linkage machinery designed to make life easier for ‘the man on the

What do you get when you take that family ride-on lawn mower that hardly gets used and give it to an extremely bored yahoo with a bit of time on their hands? You get the outlandish sport of lawn mower racing! Yes, that is a thing and, naturally, our

Like its feline namesake, Scag’s Cheetah mower thrives in long grass and hunts its prey with steady, ruthless efficiency. But what sets the model apart from others in the Scag range is its operator suspension system, which isolates the mower’s operat

Allowing many different types of silage and other forms of livestock feed to be mixed and evenly distributed, Schuitemaker’s Feedo Wagon range has been a leading forage box-feeder for years. The uniquely-designed Feedo forage box beaters distribute f

Dealers are now able to list their stock for rent – as well as for sale – on a suite of dedicated new ‘for hire’ sites. The fully-responsive websites, Forhire.TradeTrucks. com.au, Forhire.TradeEarthmovers.com.au and Forhire. TradeFarmMachinery.com.au

To see the Househam Air Ride 4000 in action, we headed to Canterbury on New Zealand’s South Island to check out how it is fitting into the fleet of contractor Harrison Spraying Services. Like all good contractors, Gary Harrison likes to do his homewo

Kawasaki has been producing its legendary Mules since the late 1980s, so has plenty of experience in the New Zealand market. These machines have proved that it is built to stand the test of time in the sometimes-tough conditions here. A recent additi

Petrol engines have all but disappeared from utes today and what petrol engines do still exist are essentially limited to two-wheel-drive models. This petrol-engined Triton is typical of 2WD petrol utes in as much as it’s a basic, entry-level model.