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Flying Farmers visit the Suolahti Factory
Members of the Flying Farmers Association from the UK flew to Finland recently in their own private planes to visit the Valtra factory in Suolahti. Altogether 14 planes carrying 33 people landed at Jyväskylä Airport in Tikkakoski. The tour of the Suolahti factory was one of the highlights of the Flying Farmers’ summer tour. Never before have so many private airplanes from ...
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Global business climate for agricultural machinery has weakened, says Agrievolution Alliance survey
Agrievolution Alliance says manufacturers of tractors and agricultural machines are less satisfied with their current business situation than they have been in the past four years, based on responses to its latest biannual survey of machine manufacturers and importers. Agrievolution Alliance, a global network of the leading agricultural machinery associations representing more than 6,000 ...
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New Manure Sidedress Method Lowers Fertilizer Costs, Increases Yields
With corn needing nitrogen, and pigs and cattle producing a lot of it, anything that offers a better way to use their waste to fortify crops should intrigue farmers. Two agriculture experts at The Ohio State University have redesigned a metal tractor attachment so that it allows farmers to put manure on a field while crops are emerging. Applying manure to growing crops, which is not widely done ...
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Commercial Forage Box added to hay/forage equipment lineup
Combining size with strength, Art’s Way’s new heavy-duty commercial forage box is designed with the commercial farmer and livestock producer in mind. “The new forage box has a rugged, robust design, the materials it’s made of are chosen for their durability,” said Guadalupe Diaz, design sales engineer at Art’s Way. “It will provide years of trouble free ...
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Combining Tradition and Innovation - A Mind for Change
Petra Skarja, author and entrepreneur, has visited the place where tradition is intertwined with the most advanced technology. Antique buildings and cutting-edge measuring instruments. Simplicity, homeliness, and at the same time high-level entrepreneurship. An industrial workshop with heavy machinery on the top of a mountain. Boštjan Petek is a farmer and workshop manager, who combines ...
By DEWESoft
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Dutch Farmer Has Lucky Escape
Risk of Explosions in Low-Emission Floors is Still a Reality! Fortunately, the Ter Weele family from Markelo, Netherlands survived… On Friday evening, 22 February, a huge explosion took place under the low-emission floor while mixing the manure in their main barn. Twenty cows did not survive. It was a huge bang. At the neighbours, more than 200 metres away, the cups were rattling in the ...
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Agrilevante, a resource for Mediterranean agriculture
The 2019 edition of the showcase of technologies and machines for agriculture, to be held in the Bari exhibition centre from 10 to 13 October next, was presented in Bari. Growing numbers and a new section dedicated to animal husbandry, with the exhibition of fine breeds of cattle, horses, sheep and goats, characterize the review, organized by FederUnacoma and Nuova Fiera del Levante with the ...
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Cogent and FarmWizard Team Up to Increase Farm Efficiency
Two of the UK’s leading providers of agricultural services are teaming up in an effort to boost farm efficiency across the UK. Farmwizard and Cogent Breeding have joined their services to help farmers deal with vast amounts of complex data and create a resourceful, whole herd management solution. Belfast-based Farmwizard was established in 2004. The company developed the world's ...
By FarmWizard
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