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.
AMONG the Russian built tractors at Agritechnica 2009 was the Kirovets 9400 from Kirovsky Zavod that features a new CVT transmission from Mali International.
THE new
PneumaticStar Pro levels molehills, provides napping of the turf,
stimulates tillering of the grass, while the mounted pneumatic seeder
fills in holes in the turf with energising grasses, all in one pass.
FOR seriously
damaged grassland, where maintenance and underseeding are not
sufficient to achieve grassland of proper quality, Einböck has invented
the PTO-driven Grass-Star direct seeder.
AT AGRITECHNICA 2009,
Lemken presented its DLG Silver-medal winning automatic top link
coupling system with two essential advantages from coupling systems
seen in the past.
NEW Holland has updated
and expanded its T6000 Range and Power Command tractor line-up with the
new 165hp rated T6090 top model which can boost its power up to 201hp
with Engine Power Management (EPM).
DEUTZ-Fahr
has entered the big league following the show-stopping launch of its
AgroXXL tractor at this year’s Agritechnica. Still a prototype, the
600hp, eight-wheeled tractor has been developed in co-operation with
German research company Deutsche Traktor Union.
AGRIFAC revealed its latest Quatro sugar beet harvester at Agritechnica 2009. The revised machine features a new operator cab and completely new styling.
NEW Holland's T7070 Auto
Command tractor has been awarded the prestigious title of Tractor of
the Year for 2010 at Agritechnica. This new tractor, with its
continuously variable transmission, was also bestowed with the Golden
Tractor for Design award which recognises design excellence focusing on
ease of use and operator comfort.
THE latest addition to the
JCB Agriculture telescopic handler range will be welcomed by farmers
and others who must access buildings through relatively small doorways,
and by operators whose preference is for hydrostatic drive.
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