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Machinery & Products

Air drills integrate seeding technology

BUILDING ON the best features of the 1990CCS Air Seeder that has been the standard for small grains seeding for the last decade, John Deere has introduced the redesigned N500C Series Air Drills for 2019. These new air drills integrate the latest in...

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New JD site

MACHINERY DEALERSHIP Haeusler’s reached a milestone on April 2 as the business held the opening of its new Shepparton location. Having moved further north of Shepparton at the end of last year, director Martin Haeusler said it was evident that...

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Upgrades to Patriot sprayer range for 2019

A BIGGER tank and upgraded components are among the latest updates to the Case IH Patriot self-propelled sprayer range. The 4542 litre fuel tank on the Patriot 4430 has been replaced with a larger 6000 litre tank. Customers still have the option of...

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Office to cab software

Farmers Edge has released an app-based in-field intelligence tool that provides a seamless digital experience from the office to the cab. Digitally linking growers, dealers, retailers, trusted advisers and other key stakeholders, the In-Cab Tool...

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East Gippsland field days

Pictures from the East Gippsland Field Days

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Aerator opens up pastures

A NSW farmer is using an Alstrong aerator to develop better ways to manage pasture for long-term productivity. The Alstrong aerator is available in Australia and New Zealand through the Duncan division of Giltrap Engineering. It features a unique...

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For sale: wear and tear on patience

Buying things is easy, most of the time. Not as easy as it should be, of course. I for one have had far too many experiences along the lines of “Sorry mate, is me coming here to spend my money at your establishment an inconvenience to you?” In...

John Droppert
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Steiger wins Paris award

Case IH’s Quadtrac CVXDrive, known in Australia as the Steiger Quadtrac CVT, won the 2019 Machine of the Year title in the XL category at the recent biennial SIMA exhibition in Paris. The accolade was given in recognition of the benefits of the...

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US manager learns the ropes

American-born Alyx Selsmeyer was working for Case IH at the brand’s headquarters in Wisconsin, in the United States, two-and-a-half years ago when a job opportunity on the other side of the world was too good to refuse. The University of...

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NZ Westland Co-operative to be sold

The New Zealand Westland Co-operative will be sold to a Chinese dairy company, Yilli. The company is offering shareholders $3.41 a share, representing an enterprise valuation of about $588 million. Yilli is the largest dairy producer in China and...

Simone Dunne
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Try-outs at Elmore

A chance for farmers to see machinery in action was the point of a cropping and tillage day held at the Elmore Field Days site on March 13. Elmore Field Days committee member Andrew Holmberg said the day was beneficial for manufacturers and buyers...

Simone Dunne
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Scientist on mission to save dairy waste

A scientist with a plan to save dairy waste has won the top cash prize in a competition held as part of the inaugural evokeAG event in February. About 1200 international delegates heard the presentation, where 13 finalists competed for total cash...

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Conduct code stuck in go-slow mode

A mandatory code of conduct for the dairy industry is not expected to be in place before July 2020, Senate Estimates has heard. Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources deputy secretary Cindy Briscoe told Senate Estimates last month...

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John Deere unveils new rotary cutters

John Deere has introduced a new family of rotary cutters, which include an all-new deck and cutting chamber design. The new John Deere Rotary Cutter line-up includes the E-, M- and R-Series that replace the existing John Deere MX, HX and CX...

Simone Dunne
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John Deere powers auger

An enormous new tube conveyor for shifting grain, designed and built by Queensland industrial engineers Oztec, easily gets all the power it needs from a John Deere 6068T1 industrial engine. The Oztec range of grain augers and tube conveyors come in...

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Anniversary for New Holland

New Holland has celebrated the 100th anniversary since the first Fiat tractor rolled off the assembly line. Model 702 was developed to address the labour shortage in agriculture as World War I was reaching its final stages. Increasing the sector’s...

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New era opens in combine harvesting

A new era in combine harvesting technology and productivity in Australia has arrived with the release of the Case IH 50 series Axial-Flow combines. “The upgrades in this latest 250 series focus on improving the productivity of the combine as well...

Simone Dunne
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Technology and simple solutions hit the mark

TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES to answer the increasingly complex questions posed by agriculture today, but for Tim Slater, who has been around the industry his whole life, it’s the simple solutions, often devised with the least resources, that still...

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End of an era for Campbells

It was the end of 43 years of milking for Rochester’s Trevor and Julie Campbell when 27 spring calving heifers went under the hammer at Echuca Selling Centre last week.

Sophie Baldwin
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Stanhope Fonterra factory not working to capacity, but still making money

Fonterra’s recently upgraded Stanhope cheesemaking facility is not working to capacity but is still generating income for the company, Fonterra managing director Rene Dedoncker says.

Geoff Adams
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Milk price competition heats up

COMPETITION FOR milk is hotting up with Bega Cheese lifting its opening price only a month after announcing its initial opening. Saputo has opened at $6.80/kg MS and the company says it won’t be reviewing its prices more than once in three months...

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‘Bold new measures necessary’

More than 130 delegates representing all Australian states and elements of the supply chain in the dairy industry met in Melbourne on July 30 and 31 to frame the key elements of the Australian Dairy Plan.

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