Machinery & Products

Allflex wins two World Expo awards

Allflex received two Dairy Herd Management Innovation Awards at the recent World Dairy Expo for its SenseTime cow monitoring system and the eSense Flex ear tag. The awards recognise the top 10 dairy industry innovations introduced over the previous...

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16 Nov 2017

Polaris extends side-by-side range

POLARIS HAS added a new flagship model (XP1000) to its Ranger series of utility side-by-sides. A ProStar 1000 engine developing 82 hp is mated with a new clutch and redesigned driveline; the clutch is a large-ratio unit for low-speed drivability...

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Polaris extends side-by-side range

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Replacing contractors with pure grunt

Recently, I have had cause to review my policy on ‘DIY vs hiring contractors’. Several times. A Council-ordained requirement to move around 300 cubic metres of fill for a construction project looked well in excess of what my venerable...

John Droppert

16 Nov 2017

DeLaval launches new robot milker

DELAVAL HAS unveiled its new VMS milking system, the V300, across all key global markets including Australia. The company said the VMS V300 has a 99 per cent teat spray hit rate, 10 per cent higher capacity meaning more milkings per station, up to...

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Blue light help fills the vat

OUR MOODS can be influenced by the season: think about long summer evenings or short winter days and see which makes you smile. Our in-built adjustment to the changing seasons — the Circadian Cycle — is controlled by melatonin, a pineal hormone...

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Another diamond in the rough

AS REGULAR readers may know, there’s something of a restructure happening in both my thinking around machinery, and actual ownership. I don’t want to over-sell this: I’m a hobby farmer. But with a few projects nearing completion, a few...

John Droppert

New ‘super’ sprayer released

THE AMAZONE UX01 Super series of trailed sprayers boasts a new operating concept and innovative boom guidance systems for greater precision, capacity and comfort. Initially offered with tank volumes of 6200, 5200 or 4200L and Super-L2 booms from 27...

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15 Jun 2018

Drip irrigation cuts water use by half

THE ABILITY to produce more tonnes with less water was the major focus for dairy farmer Anthony Wood, of Byrneside, in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria. Mr Wood runs the family business, Deloraine Holdings and milks 500 cows as well as producing...

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15 Jun 2018

Semi-trash pumps ideal for dairy

AUSTRALIAN PUMP Industries has launched a range of 3” high pressure semi-trash pumps that can provide both high pressure and the ability to handle large volumes of contaminated water. Their G3TMK model delivers flows of up to 1100 litres per...

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17 Jun 2018

A new era of grunt

SOME MONTHS ago, I wrote a column on these pages musing about the potential merits, or perhaps potential for merits, of Chinese tractors. Subsequent to that column, I had an unexpected need to do some extra earthmoving work to fill in for the...

John Droppert

15 Jun 2018

Isuzu SBR tipper keeps on truckin’

I don’t know much about trucks. Never have. In my orbit, they’re good for shifting tractors and machinery around. More generally, while trains are pretty awesome we don’t all live and work next to a railway siding, so it’s trucks that get it...

John Droppert

12 Apr 2018

Lely unveils Astronaut A5 milking robot

The latest version of the Lely Astronaut milking robot was launched at the company’s home base in the Netherlands yesterday and is now available to order in Australia. The Lely Astronaut A5 was revealed in front of 750 people at the Lely Future...

Stephen Cooke

11 Apr 2018

Room with a great view

THE DICTIONARY defines ‘panoramic’ as “an unbroken view of the surrounding region”, so the new Claas Arion 400 series tractors should be worth a closer look. The six-model series has machines from 90 to 140 hp. Built at the company’s Le...

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Considering the 2WD lifestyle

TWO WHEEL drive is a lifestyle I never really understood. Calling it a lifestyle (rather than simply a drivetrain configuration) may seem a little far-fetched, but bear with me. I grew up in a family that did earthmoving contracting with large equal...

John Droppert

Local thumbs up for A5

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY technicians and Lely distributors, Rob Ciavatta, Mount Gambier, and Damian Loomans, Warrnambool, attended the Astronaut A5 launch at Lely’s HQ in the Netherlands. Both men were given a thorough overview of the new machine and were...

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Lely launches its latest Astronaut

THE LATEST version of the Lely Astronaut milking robot was launched at the company’s home base in the Netherlands last month and is now available to order in Australia. The Lely Astronaut A5 was revealed in front of 750 people at the Lely Future...

Stephen Cooke

Farmer front of mind

DIRK AND Els Keijzer and their son, Hans, noticed an immediate improvement in terms of cow comfort and usability with the Lely A5 Astronaut compared to the A4. The Keijzers milk 120 dairy cows and run an extra 60 young stock in a barn on their 70 h...

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