John Deere expands Gator range

October 9th, 2017

Offering the company’s quietest ever cab, more room for both driver and passengers and an extremely efficient heating system, John Deere’s new full-size Gator utility vehicles are designed to maximise year-round productivity and comfort. Available from UK and Irish dealers in early 2018, the brand new petrol XUV 835M and diesel XUV 865M models are…

KUHN updates Gyrotedder range

September 27th, 2017

KUHN Farm Machinery has updated its range of hay and silage making equipment with the introduction of its next generation range of GF 1012 series Gyrotedders. The new range includes the 8.70 metre mounted GF 8712, and trailed GF 8712 T, as well as the 10.80 metre mounted GF 10812 and trailed GF 10812 T….

Agritechnica Silver Medal for EZ Ballast Wheel System

September 26th, 2017

John Deere’s new EZ Ballast Wheel System provides a versatile ballasting solution for tractors, without blocking the front and rear hitches. The system’s flexible weight distribution is designed to ensure higher traction and lower soil compaction in the field. Flexible ballasting for different applications often fails in terms of the time and effort required. The…

AutoTrac Implement Guidance awarded Agritechnica Silver Medal

September 26th, 2017

John Deere’s new tractor integrated AutoTrac Implement Guidance system steers both the tractor and row-crop cultivator by combining a camera with GPS steering for high speed, high output weed control. The time window for optimal mechanical weed control is very limited. John Deere and its subsidiary Monosem have therefore developed an active, integrated implement control…

New single rotor grass rakes from KUHN

September 26th, 2017

KUHN Farm Machinery has added three new mounted, single rotor grass rakes to its range of hay and silage making equipment, with all three models sharing features from the company’s larger twin and four-rotor rakes. The GA 4431, GA 4731 and GA 5031 have been developed to work across 4.40 m,   4.65 m and 5.00…

Precision-based RTK farming utilises IoT platform for ‘one-stop’ communications solution

August 1st, 2017

In the world of Precision Farming, landowners rely more on more on the technology that gives them optimisation tools to achieve the highest performance from their crop production.  Known as RTK – Real-time Kinetics, the last few years have seen a proliferation in geo-location infrastructures that enable operators to hone their production accuracy to levels…