Category: Implements

Continuous improvement. In the Japanese tradition, it’s called by the exotic term “Kaizen,” or more prosaically, in the Italian way, it’s framed by the old but still valid adage “Never rest on your laurels.” Even when those laurels are abundant and might justify a moment of rest. In any case, it’s a business mindset that Krone has always embraced by continually launching new solutions in all its fields of activity. These innovations range from new technologies to product line expansions, the latter recently pursued in the segment of “Vendro” tedders…

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Collecting and removing woody residues from cultivated fields is a problem that affects all those working in specialized agriculture. Over time, this issue has increasingly driven agricultural entrepreneurs toward equipment that can best support them in maintenance activities, processing the collected material to make it easily assimilable into the soil. This also applies to olive groves and citrus orchards The latter objective is specifically addressed by the renewed “Miniforst pick-up cl” mulcher from Seppi, a hydraulically operated forestry machine aimed at the mechanical processing of pruning residues in specialized environments.…

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In 1943, Luigi Castoldi, Camillo Bonetti, and Severino Speroni developed the first self-propelled sickle bar mower with oscillating blades in history, a machine labeled “242,” which revolutionized an agricultural sector that, until then, relied primarily on human labor. Over time, the machine was continuously refined and complemented by other motorized mowers. It also gave rise to a series of front-mounted oscillating blade mowers, later followed by front-mounted rotary disc mowers. Decades of Expertise In fact, it can be said that Bcs’s experience in the field of front-mounted mowers boasts more…

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At the end of summer, the season with unpredictable weather may lead to varying soil conditions in terms of moisture, shortening the available time for the final fieldwork and sowing. This creates the need or even just the convenience of combining the last fieldwork with sowing, thereby taking advantage of the right time window despite the unpredictable weather. In this regard, the ideal solution can be found in the range of Horsch seed drills for cereals, particularly in the “Pronto 6 Kr” model, where the number six refers to the…

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For Italian wheat, 2024 will not be a good year. For durum wheat, forecasts are limited to just three and a half million tons, a decrease of eight percent compared to 2023 and 15 percent compared to the long-term average. This is according to estimates from Crea, the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics. This decline is mainly due to unfavorable weather conditions, particularly in the southern regions of Italy, where decreases are estimated to range from thirty percent in Puglia to seventy percent in Sicily. Strategic for Profitability In…

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The first European Directive in favor of animal welfare dates back to 18 November 1974 and concerned the obligation to stun animals before slaughter. Today this may seem trivial, but 50 years ago the animal was not yet considered a sentient being and was therefore treated as a mere object. Since then, various other European initiatives have followed, such as the Amsterdam Protocol on the protection and welfare of animals in 1999. Especially in recent years, laws have come into force on the minimum spaces to be ensured for farmed…

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Although they are highly sustainable practices, no-till seeding and minimum tillage still cover a minority of agricultural land in Italy. Deep tillage can still make sense in many field situations, especially in livestock-intensive provinces where plowing is necessary to incorporate the generous availability of manure, slurry, and digestate. Horsch “Terrano” cultivators: Aaligned with CAP guidelines Even on these farms, however, conservation agriculture can be useful in specific situations, such as when proceeding with second sowings after the mowing of autumn-winter cereals. From mid-May onwards, practices of chopping barley and triticale…

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The fight against wild plants was once delegated to manual tools, like hoes. Later, chemicals made weeding easier, but this approach encountered issues that have progressively limited the use of herbicides. Environmental aspects, for instance, have led to the creation of “buffer zones,” minimum distances to be maintained from water bodies, roads, or houses that can reach up to thirty meters. Not to mention the increasing phenomena of weed resistance, which require different technical approaches for management. To mitigate both issues, mechanical cultivation with specific equipment, such as hoes, has…

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