Fendt “Slicer”, returning to the roots

The days of the “Dieselross F9,” German for “diesel horse,” the name of Fendt’s first tractor launched in 1930, are long gone. It was the precursor to a series of machines that over time established the brand as a leader in the field. While Fendt’s image is primarily associated with tractors today, it actually began its journey in agricultural mechanization as a manufacturer of equipment. Specifically, it started with a motorized sickle bar launched in 1928, catering to haymaking and cereal harvesting practices. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that…

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European tractor registrations 2023

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European tractor registrations closed 2023 with a decline of six and a half percentage points. However, manufacturers are apprehensively looking towards the future due to an economic situation plagued by too many uncertainties.According to the monthly surveys conducted by CEMA, the European Association of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers, by the end of January 2024, “The economic climate for the agricultural machinery industry in Europe is in a deep recession… deteriorating once again after significant declines in previous months… The indices for tractor and harvesting machinery manufacturers have reached historic lows. More…

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Case IH Combine Harvester Range 2024: Maximum Efficiency Always

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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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Perkins “904J” Series Engine: Surpassing the Hundred Thousand Mark

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Designed and developed with OEM integration and end-user utilization in mind, the four-cylinder Perkins “904J” series engines have seen their installations exceed one hundred thousand units since the production of the first engine in 2019. This volume of applications has materialized across a wide range of fields, from self-propelled machinery used in agriculture and earthmoving sectors to stationary applications in the realm of water pumps and power generation systems. This success has been achieved through a design approach that prioritizes space reduction and ease of integration into machinery, culminating in…

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“Pudama” sistem by Kverneland

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Precise and efficient, the Kverneland “Pudama” system is combined with the “Optima” series pneumatic seeders and allows 25 percent reductions in fertilizers used in localized fertilization at sowingAccording to the goals set by Europe, fertilizer applications will need to be reduced by twenty percent by 2030. However, a fifth less of nutrient inputs could have significant impacts on final crop yields, so ideas are needed to produce more while using fewer fertilizers, as demanded by food demand. The only way to meet this challenge is to use what remains available…

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Gowan “Sprinfer New”: positive complexes

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There are individuals who constantly find themselves in a psychological state that leads them to consider themselves inferior to their peers. They suffer from the so-called “inferiority complex,” a genuine pathology that in severe cases can lead to withdrawal, the opposite of what happens to those who instead suffer from the “superiority complex,” becoming intrusive and unpleasant individuals. In both cases, the term “complex” thus carries a negative connotation, a connotation that does not emerge when discussing plant nutrition, an area where it is easy to find “complexes” with particularly…

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Interfit, value added assistance

It is well known that tire efficiency directly affects performance and fuel consumption in any application, thus influencing overall productivity. For this reason, machine manufacturers, especially tractor manufacturers, always conduct extensive homologation tests before offering their customers a specific set of tires, ensuring that the tires in question best match the characteristics of the machines they will be mounted on. However, it is true that in agricultural settings, certainties are rare commodities, and there is no agricultural or livestock farm that does not have to deal with specific operational situations.…

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McCormick “X6 Xtrashift” series: guaranteed efficiencies

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In the current historical context, where national tractor registrations have sharply declined after two years of growth, there’s a real risk that by year-end, numbers may fall below 17,000 units as for the Italian market. It’s only the vehicles with innovative technical features that can generate the most promising returns for manufacturers and dealers. Market data for 2023 confirms that agricultural companies think twice before investing in new tractors, but when they do, they’re looking to the future, aiming to enrich their machinery fleets with vehicles offering the best balance…

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Kuhn Mixer Mulchers, Large Capacities for Large Farms

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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Eima Races Forward, Sima and Paris Out

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While Eima is heading towards the 2024 edition, Sima had to cancel the edition scheduled for November 24th to 27th. Here are the reasons The transalpine event, which in 2022 departed from its traditional February slot in odd years to take place in November of even years, almost overlapping with Eima International, has indeed had to cancel its 2024 edition, scheduled for November 24th to 27th. Despite the brief announcement attributing the cancellation to a generic downturn in the equipment market and a crisis in French and European agriculture, the…

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