AG Salons & Nouvelles de la mécanisation

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...

Kuhn’s Tineliner and Rowliner mechanical weeders will debut at next month’s Cereals 2024.Previewed at Agritechnica, the Tineliner and Rowliner offer another option to reduce chemical usage while controlling weeds. The Tineliner range has three models – 6.0m, 9.0m and 12m – and is constructed from 1.5m sections wi...

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G T Bunning and Sons recently launched trailer range will make its Scottish debut at this year’s Royal Highland Show.Following its LAMMA launch earlier this year, the new four-model range (14t-20t) is built at Bunning’s factory at Gressenhall in Norfolk. Bunning built its first trailer in 1963 but paused production i...

The Kuhn Group blames economic and political uncertainties for the 19% drop in net sales in the first three months of this year to approx. £312 million (CHF357m). In the same January to March 2023 the figure was closer to £385 million (CHF440m).Demand for agricultural machinery continued to decline in the first three m...

Dutch mixer wagon and silage block cutter manufacturer Trioliet has installed a new powder coating installation at its production site in Oldenzaal.Swapping the previous gas oven for an infra-red version, the nifty bit is that a specially developed coating allows the second layer to be applied immediately after the first...

Pöttinger has added three new functions to its Harvest Assist app to further optimise the grass silage process and boost performance.The first allows the baler operator to enter the number of bales made in each field. This allows drivers of the collection vehicles to see how many need to be collected. If there are sever...

42,824 new tractors were registered in North America from January to March this year. This number is down 13% on the same three months in 2022.Data compiled by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) confirms that all power categories were affected, including the important compact tractor market: down 17% in the...

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Designed for road going trailers and slurry tankers, BKT reckons that the Powertrailer SR 331 all steel radial is the tyre novelty the agricultural world has been waiting for.Exceeding the firm’s expectations in terms of its road performance, the Powertrailer is claimed to provide good flotation properties. The all-ste...

Kubota (UK) has appointed Gary Walsh as agricultural and groundcare dealer manager for Ireland.Gary has considerable experience working in the sector, both at manufacturer and dealer level. After leaving school, he embarked on a career as a technician following completion of a four-year apprenticeship in Ireland.He has b...

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Evers is the latest company to develop a bespoke machine for the Nexat self-propelled gantry. The Dutch slurry specialist has fitted the CTF vehicle with a specially-made Agro Toric NX 1400 injector.With a working width of 14m, this is the widest Toric so far from Evers. Described as a high-output CTF system for large fi...

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Kverneland Group UK has added the 5387MT and 5395MT to its butterfly mower conditioner range. Fitting between the existing 5087MT and 53100MT Vario, the two newcomers can both be fitted with BX swath groupers.Based on the 3300-series mower platform, the fixed cutting widths of the new models is 8.75m and 9.5m respectivel...