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While Güttler’s SuperMaxx might primarily have been designed as a spring-tine cultivator, importer Wox Agri has adapted it to work as a stand-alone seed-drill. With up to seven rows of tines, seed spacings of 12.5cm are possible without compromising trash flow even in damp stubbles blanketed by chopped straw, accordi...

Developed by Yorkshire farmer Philip Bramley, the Zone seed drill has been designed as a modular build to allow purchasers to configure their seeding set-up in a number of different ‘zones’.Effectively based around five box-section toolbars, users can go for a bank of straight cutting discs up front or dive straight ...

Best known for its bale unrollers and feed-out wagons, Hustler also builds a small line-up of mounted sprayers. Equipped with either 900- or 1,150litre tanks and 8.0m or 12m booms, they’re firmly targeted at the grassland market.The New Zealand manufacturer keeps things simple with a choice of only three- or five secti...

In its first ever foray down the crop establishment path, Grange Machinery unveiled its new Tine-Drill Toolbar at Cereals. Slightly more than the toolbar that the name suggests, it’s a complete drilling rig all bar the inclusion of a seed hopper – the Yorkshire-based company leaves customers to select their preferred...

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At Cereals this week, Chafer gave an update on the One Smart Spray project, in which it is a partner with Bosch, BASF Digital Farming and Rothamsted Research. The consortium is halfway through a three-year project that will develop the use of precision farming technology and artificial intelligence to help target blackgr...

Berthoud Sprayers offered one of the showstoppers with its Collection Spectre S self-propelled machines – but don’t expect to see this exact model in a UK field.Featuring the hydraulic lifting front cab that the company says is best suited to this market, the 5200 litre sprayer (the range starts at 4000 litres) is av...

Cereals visitors are getting the first look at John Deere’s revamped and expanded 6M series tractors, due for their global launch at the end of this month (25th June). Some of the highlights have already been shared by UK and Irish dealers who were on sales training last week at Langar. Once done at Cereals the new 6M1...

New Holland has announced the CR10 a slightly less powerful version of the CR11. The newcomer has the same twin 60cm diameter rotors but is powered by a smaller Cursor 13, six-cylinder, 12.9-litre motor producing 635hp fed from a 1,300-litre fuel tank.Compared to the CR Revelation models, the CR10 and CR11 are different ...

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The Överum name is returning to the Swedish made ploughs now that the CNH Industrial deal is finalised. Överum Industries has been established and will continue to supply New Holland during a soft transition and it also plans to bring back not just its own name but also Agrolux.Purchased by a Munich based investment co...

The EasyCut R450 is the new big mower from Krone in the R series. Measuring 4.47m wide it has a neat side-shifting counterweight to keep things balanced on the tractor’s linkage when in work.The weight transfer systems can be loaded with up to 10 wafer plates, each weighing 50kg. When fully extended, the weight is offs...

John Deere’s T500 and T600 walker combines are being replaced by the four model T5 five walker and four model T6 six walker combines for next season. While there are tweaks to the engine, such as a reduced engine speed function for travelling on the road, the biggest change is the adoption of the cab from the X9 flagsh...

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Having literally disappeared from the British market in 2021, Grégoire Besson is to make a return, however, it will be doing so under the wing of Maschio Gaspardo UK who will do the distribution and backup.The official unveil of the new partnership will take place at Cereals next week, but the agreement has been in plac...

Four tracks, 650hp+, rigid chassis … meet the new, high-horsepower Xerion. In this Claas Xerion 12.650 TerraTrac: Big and not so bendy tractor test video, we drive a pre-production 12.650.Watch it here…Top model — 653hpThere are two models in the new range, the Xerion 12.590, which maxes at 585hp, and the 12.650 wi...

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Visitors to the Royal Welsh Grassland Event yesterday in Aberystwyth were treated to an early look at Malone’s new rake. Not much is being said publicly about the pre-series machine which if Malone continues its usual trend will be given its official launch at the Irish Ploughing Championships in September.Badged the P...

Teagle is replacing its loader-mounted Telehawk straw processor with the new Tomahawk 6200H which has the added bonus of being able to attach to a tractor’s linkage. Available for the upcoming season and to be launched at the Royal Cornwall Show next week, the Tomahawk 6200H retains the entirely hydraulic drive system....

Redrock Machinery and Agquip have entered a partnership which will allow the two Northern Ireland firms to prosper. Under the agreement, which was announced last week at the Balmoral Show, Redrock will take over manufacturing to a recently refurbished production area at its factory in Armagh.Established by Noel O’Kane ...

Claas is one of the relatively young tractor manufacturers. With the Atles 936 RZ, we compare the first seed green standard large tractor with its current counterpart, the Axion 960 Terra Trac.Watch our Profi Video Tractor Test of the Atles 936 RZ and the Axion 960 Terra Trac to find out more (and don’t forget to click...

Kverneland’s latest news is about the updates to the Siloking diet feeder range include a stepless gearbox for the augers on the trailed models, a revamped version of the battery powered Etruck while the diesel-fuelled machines can now run on HVO.The Variospeed stepless gearbox on the TrailedLine two and three auger mi...