Machinery & Products

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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US manager learns the ropes

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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

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

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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22 Mar 2019

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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22 Mar 2019

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

20 Mar 2019

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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19 Mar 2019

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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19 Mar 2019

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

19 Mar 2019

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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15 Feb 2019

I don’t need a compact tracked loader, do you?

With the new year well and truly upon us, the festivities and possible excess of the Christmas period are a fast-receding memory. So too, are the bold ambitions associated with new year’s resolutions. Paying down debt, simplifying the operation...

John Droppert

15 Feb 2019

Drivers urged to be careful

LOOK OUT. Slow down. Take care. These are the three messages farmers are asking all motorists to observe when travelling country roads as part of the ‘Common Roads, Common Sense’ campaign. This new road safety initiative was developed by the...

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15 Feb 2019

Wrapping up a hypothetical silage venture

I’D BE willing to wager that every machinery enthusiast has their share of ‘aspirational’ purchases. The machines that you don’t strictly need, but with whose hypothetical selection and applications you preoccupy your spare time. I have...

John Droppert

Digital toolbox gets an upgrade

CASE IH Australia and New Zealand’s parent company, CNH Industrial, has partnered with Canadian-based Farmers Edge for a new strategic digital agriculture agreement, reflecting Case IH’s global focus to give customers more access to the tools...

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Planting the seeds of success

IT’S THE planter that has put precision, performance and profitability to the fore for producers across the globe, and now Australian farmers can see what the Early Riser 2000 Series from Case IH can do for their bottom line. The Early Riser 2130...

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Tough workhorses get new stablemates

OVER THE past 10 years, the heavy hitters in Mahindra’s range have forged an ironclad reputation for bulletproof toughness and durability, all thanks to the design of the tractors. The Mahindra 8000 series 80 hp tractor has been the bedrock of the...

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