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Ploeger s 400hp, 25-tonne capacity AT5105 dry manure spreader has mechanical drive to all four rear wheels through a CVT transmission, four-wheel rear axle steering and variable hydraulic drive to the single front wheel.

13-08-2018 | Article

Ploeger AT5105 spreader

The new Harrier is an upper mid-range self-propelled sprayer with an extensive technology options list from UK manufacturer Househam.

10-08-2018 | Article

Househam Harrier SP sprayer

Photo: Andrew Swallow

02-08-2018 | Expert opinion

Kiwi “Can Do” or bravado?

Clean Seed Capitol Group, a Canadian company focused on innovation in planter and seed drill technology, has added Harvest International Inc. - an American manufacturer of precision planting equipment - to its portfolio.

01-08-2018 | Article

Clean Seed Capitol Group enters world of planting equipment

Photo: Smart Yields

31-07-2018 | Article

Smart Yields selects The Hague as European HQ

Raven has added new job handling services to the Slingshot and Viper 4 platforms: Job Generator and Job Sync.

30-07-2018 | Article

Job data transfer with Raven Slingshot

Proagrica acquires software provider SST Software. Photo: SST Software

30-07-2018 | Article

Proagrica unites to unlock agriculture market potential

The company Noordzee drones bought a DJI Agras MG1 to try it under Belgium and European circumstances. ILVO drone pilots and researchers participate in multiple international research projects concerning precision farming and Inagro adds spraying expertise to the team.

27-07-2018 | Article

Belgium explores use of spraying drones

At a field demonstration day, local farmers wondered if a new-to-Canada automated transplanting machine could provide a cost-effective solution to their own labour issues.

26-07-2018 | Article

Canadian field vegetable growers assess automated planting solution

Canadian farmer Johannes Heupel has solved a problem that has been bugging farm businesses ever since farm GPS and yield monitors were invented - compatibility.

25-07-2018 | Article

Canadian farmer solves GPS compatibility problem

Spanish cloud-based farm management software scale-up Agroptima has raised ¬ 1.2 million funding to internationalisation focussed on France.

24-07-2018 | Article

Spanish FMS scale-up raises € 1.2 million funding

Photo: Mologic

23-07-2018 | Article

Mologic BRED blackgrass diagnostic

The Connect app is run on an iPad tablet computer to transfer prescription maps data wirelessly to implement controllers for spraying, spreading and sowing.

20-07-2018 | Article

Hutchinsons Omnia Connect app

Photo: Arthur Gray

19-07-2018 | Expert opinion

New technology, new gear

Photo: Horsch

17-07-2018 | Article

Horsch Serto SC air seeder

The AutoCart application provides a solution to one of the biggest challenges facing every farmer critical labour shortages during harvest. Photo: Peter Roek

16-07-2018 | Article

Smart Ag secures $ 5m for driverless tractor