Case IH's Maxxum tractors have been revised for 2010.
TWO redesigned and
redefined Maxxum ranges from Case IH offer two distinct feature sets
for 2010: the economical Maxxum aimed at livestock farmers market and
the advanced Maxxum Multicontroller delivering more sophisticated
features to mixed farming operations or contractors.
The newly introduced Optitrac DT800 sizes cover 34-54 inch rim dimensions.
IN ORDER to meet the increasing sophistication of agricultural work
across Europe, Goodyear has announced a significant increase to the
number of sizes in the Goodyear Optitrac DT800 range of narrow row crop
tyres.
The flagship Güstrower chaser bin has three axles and a capcity of 25t.
THE Güstrower range of East German-built transfer vehicles, more commonly known here as chaser bins, are now available from Ryetec Industrial
Equipment Ltd, of Malton, North Yorkshire.
Güstrower's high-accuracy trailed fertiliser spreaders are now available in the UK.
RYETEC Industrial
Equipment Ltd, of Malton, North Yorkshire, has been appointed UK
importer for the Güstrower range of high-accuracy fertiliser spreaders.
The new JXU115 has been introduced at the top of Case IH's JXU Series.
CASE IH showed UK farmers
the new 113hp model that has been introduced
at the top of the company's JXU tractor series at the 2010 Lamma Show.
The tractor sits at the top of a five-model range that starts at 76hp.
THE Haybob twin-rotor
tedder/rake combination that remains the mainstay of many smaller hay
and silage making operations is now available from Kuhn Farm Machinery.
The Agrisem Maximulch is available in both mounted and trailed versions.
WEARING parts
supplier MDT has been appointed sole UK importer for Agrisem International's
French-made cultivation machinery range. The company produces a wide
range of specialist soil-engaging equipment that includes soil
looseners, disc harrows and drills in working widths from 3-12m.
A new four-post cab for the popular McCormick MC four-cylinder tractor brings improved visibility, a roof window and a new air conditioning system.
A NEW cab giving drivers better
all-round visibility, improved ventilation and air conditioning and a
more modern instrument layout is being fitted to 2010 editions of the
McCormick MC range of four-cylinder tractors.
The T6000 Series Range Command and Power Command tractors have had their bonnets raised to house the revised cooling pack needed to wring extra power from their engines.
NEW Holland will use the Lamma Show to reveal the
UK line-up of T6000 Series models for 2010. Changes to be announced
include higher maximum power outputs for Range Command and Power
Command tractors and three new LS models.
TOPCON Precision
Agriculture has released a new electric steering product, the AES25,
that doesn't intrude into the operator's working area or alter the
steering wheel position.
THE Scarecrow
Compact bird dispersal system distributed by Martin Lishman emits
distress calls recorded from pest species such as woodpigeons, carrion
crows and rooks to create an environment that appears hostile to birds,
but natural and inoffensive to humans.
THE Combimix from
Grégoire Besson is aimed at small- to medium-sized farms with
medium-horse-power tractors and combines tines, discs and a packer in
an all-in-one mounted package.
STANDEN-Pearson
Potato Systems has launched its new Powavator rotary bed tiller that
has been developed in response to chemical companies revised
recommendations for nematicide application.
PATCHWORK Technology Limited’s new
BlackBox 510 has a large seven-inch high -definition screen that provides
accurate operator guidance with clear directional indicators
and controls.
A NEW skid unit
model of the Nitro-Jet liquid fertiliser applicator, designed to be
fitted onto any make or model of cultivator, was launched by Opico at
Lamma 2010. Using the Nitro-Jet system when till-seeding oilseed rape,
saves time, money, fertiliser and boosts crop establishment.
HORSTINE Farmery,
part of Chafer Machinery, has launched a new Microband kit for single
rotary bedtillers in response to revised recommendations for nematicide
application.
THE new 113hp New
Holland
T5070 is now available in the UK with retail prices starting at about
£41,000. The tractor sits at the top of the T5000 series and has a class-leading low
37.6kg/hp power-to-weight ratio that is ideal to perform mixed farming
applications in a more productive way and reduce soil compaction.
NEW Holland is
taking the technological initiative with its revolutionary new approach
to Precision Land Management. Not only is it fitting its IntelliSteer
Integrated Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) guidance to
many more of its machines as factory fit, but CNH - working with its
world-renowned partner Trimble - is now the only tractor manufacturer
able to supply after-market integrated DGPS kits for competitive brands
of tractor.
A NEW four-model
tractor range that combines the best features of two top-selling
Landini models will be unveiled at Lamma 2010 by distributor
AgriArgo UK. The 5-H Series
- the first range from the Italian marque to be identified by numbers
rather than a name in recent years - comprises four models powered by
four-cylinder Perkins engines with outputs from 74hp to 102hp.
JEFF and Oliver
Claydon have been working hard with their team during the past year to
develop a new 6m drill that is lighter by design, with a tine that can
be used in an auto-reset or shear-bolt configuration giving the machine
its name, The Claydon Hybrid.
COUSINS' new Patriot
combination cultivator give up to 6.4m of working width with loosening
legs at 600mm centres, two rows of discs, the company's new patented
810mm diameter Razor Rings and a pair of low-ground-pressure transport
wheels.
FRENCH manufacturer Pichon is now offering a new range of muckspreaders created jointly with
Dangreville. The two family-run companies have decided to combine their
renowned know-how and have revealed their first fully-galvanised
solid-manure spreader.
JOSKIN has clearly
asserted its ambition in the sector of low-tonnage muckspreaders with
the creation of two new ranges with vertical beaters, the Ferti-Cap and
Siroko.
AH ENGINEERING, which has
been manufacturing spreaders and trailers at its Bramford site, in
Suffolk, since 1996 will be exhibiting its latest spreaders at Lamma
2010.
RESPONDING to demand
from the composting sector, Rolland has introduced the new Rollmax
range which has three models available, the Rollmax 6325, 7130 and
8735, with volumes from 20-37 cubic metres.
LEMKEN'S successful
Albatros sprayer range has been updated to gain even more convenience
and operator safety. The range offers farmers a professional and
well-equipped trailed field sprayer with five different tank sizes from
2,200-6,200 litres and boom widths from 15-39m.
THE Kristall is the name
of a new generation of cultivators that Lemken launched at Agritechnica
2009. It combines the proven advantages of a twin-beam cultivator with
those of a cultivator with three or more beams.
THE Kuhn range of
equipment for landscape management has grown with the launch of a new
roadside mower. Particularly for use with low power tractors, the RSM
completes the present Spring-Longer range. At 1.80m or 2.10m wide, the
RSM has been developed for jobs such as management of roadside verges,
field edges or grassy areas.
KUHN has expanded
its hay-making range with the all-new fixed and variable chamber round
baler BalePack models that offer a bale-and-wrap
combination for one-man-operation with massive capacity.
A NEW tailor-made front linkage for Kubota's M8540
and M9540 series tractors, with a lift capacity of 1.5t and with or
without front PTO, is now available from Opico.
WHO better
understands the maintenance, repairs and parts service needs of farmers
and other tractor owners than someone who operates a fleet of them
across the country? That's
the logic behind a new enterprise - DLC Equipment - started by David
Lloyd Jones at Colwyn Bay in Conwy; a new dealership supplying and
servicing Landini farm tractors across north Wales.
BUILDING a business
fit for a new generation is the aim of a new venture in South Wales
that sees an agricultural engineering business return to the new
tractor market. Lanes
Agricultural is the farm machinery business of Lanes Garage, based at
Llanvetherine, near Abergavenny, Gwent, and the newly-appointed sales
and service dealer for Landini farm tractors.
MAINTAINING its
policy of continuous product development, Massey Ferguson has
introduced two important new options to enhance the operating
efficiency and performance of its MF3600 tractors for working in
vineyards, orchards and many other specialist applications.
HORSTINE's AirStream
granular fertiliser applicator is now available with a 6m folding,
front-mounted boom that allows fertiliser to be applied to crops grown
in beds at the pre- and post-planting stage or to salad and brassica
grown in rows.
KUHN has expanded its hay
making range with the all-new SW4004 self-loading large-square-bale
wrapper which is capable of wrapping square bales up to 120cm x 140cm x
200cm, including double bales.
KUHN's range of feed mixer-distributors has been completed with the launch of the new Euromix 1 Profile model. This
new generation of mixer, with two vertical screws, has been developed
to enable farmers with buildings that are difficult to access, to work
with mixed rations.
ZETOR'S long-awaited
Maxterra tractor appeared in prototype form at Agritechnica 2009. A 165hp example, from near the top of the new range that will
offer models from 135-175hp, was exhibited.
THE Kuhn Group has introduced new triple mowing combination, the
GMD8830, into its range of mowing machines aimed at contractors and
larger farms alike. This new mowing combination with a working width of
8.20-8.74m (depending on the overlap chosen with the frontal mowing
unit), achieves a high level of working output while requiring only
limited tractor power from 120hp.
LEMKEN has launched the
new Zirkon 8 power harrow range for tractors from 60-175hp. The new
machines can be used with more powerful tractors than their successful
predecessor, the Zirkon 7, while additional equipment can be selected
on the machine to bring its specification to a level similar to that of
the Zirkon 10 power harrow range.
LEMKEN exhibited its new
Juwel mounted plough at Agritechnica 2009. Successor to the successful
Opal series, it offers the high-quality work of its predecessor together with new options and enhanced user-friendliness.
THE Kverneland Group has
entered into an agreement with Veenhuis Machines to acquire the loader
and transport wagon division of the company. Kverneland Group takes
over all rights of the products with immediate effect, with the
machines to be distributed by the Vicon and Kverneland Taarup brands.
THE
futuristic-looking iXter sprayer range from Vicon is the industry's
first tractor mounted sprayer series to be offered with full Isobus
compatibility.
