Category: Machines

Launched in 1977, Case IH’s “Axial Flow” combine harvester series quickly established themselves in the market as machines capable of operating on a variety of crops at speeds impossible for direct competitors, thus setting higher productivity standards. In addition to this advantage, they also exhibited a strong respect for grain and straw, which more recently extended to soil conservation through the option of replacing front wheels with hydraulic suspended track systems, optionally coupled with a hydraulic propulsion system acting on the rear wheels. Equipped with these features, the machines not…

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Italian beef and dairy cattle farms are undergoing a transformation. While the absolute number of farms isdecreasing, the average number of animals per farm is increasing. This trend is leading to a gradual declinein less structured farms, often those with lower levels of technology, in favor of larger organizationscapable of optimizing the cost-to-revenue ratio through investments in both mechanization and per-capitaproduction efficiency. This assertion, particularly concerning dairy cattle, is supported by data published bythe European Commission. In Italy, the number of dairy cows decreased from 1,822,000 in 2015 to1,639,000 in…

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