The Italian sector of components for agricultural and earthmoving machinery closed 2011 with a two-sided result: the OEM market rose 8% and the After Market declined by 5%. The outcome for the current year is expected to confirm these trends. The sector’s vocation for exports, which account for 80% of sales, is backed by promotional activities and trade fairs handled by the association representing the category, Comacomp.

Frankfurt am Main, 7th February 2012 – In recent months production in German agricultural machinery companies has been in high gear. Demand continues uninterrupted, as shown by current incoming orders. The VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association reports that manufacturers of agricultural machinery and tractors in Germany increased their turnover in the year 2011 by 27 percent to €6.98 billion.

The new 75hp, MF 5410, which is being introduced at the Polagri-Premiery Fair, Poznań, Poland on 16th February, is the perfect loader tractor that brings all the features and benefits of the larger MF 5400 Series to a new power sector.

This unique event offering the opportunity to see hundreds of avant-garde machines and equipment for the vineyard in an actual vineyard will be held on 21 and 22 June at the winery Azienda Vitivinicola Condè at Fiumana di Predappio, in the province of Forlì-Cesena.

Harsewinkel, 17.01.2012. „Wir kommen aus einer Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft, leben in einer Industriegesellschaft und entwickeln uns zu einer Wissensgesellschaft“ – so sieht es zumindest Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz-Josef Radermacher vom Forschungsinstitut für anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung/n (FAW/n), einer der Referenten auf dem 2. Internationalen CLAAS Symposium Biogas, das am 16. und 17. Januar im TECHNOPARC in Harsewinkel stattfand. Und Wissen und Erfahrungen zu transportieren und auszutauschen ist auch genau das Ziel, das CLAAS mit diesem Internationalen Symposium verfolgt.

Endurance test
"HARDI sprayers with air assistance have been available for more than twenty years.
With this extra feature, drift and application rates can be reduced, reason enough to test the HARDI COMMANDER trailer sprayer with 4400 l and 27 m TWIN FORCE boom with air assistance for an entire season."

The 11th International Growtech Eurasia Horticulture, Agriculture, Floriculture and Agriculture Equipment and Technologies Fair broke a record with 66,324 visitors at the Antalya Expo Center. Organised by NTSR Fair, Growtech Eurasia hosted representatives from more than 20 countries and 630 local and international producers.

On Saturday 26 November the 24th year of SIMEI, the International Exhibition of Machinery for Wine making and Bottling and the 8th year of ENOVITIS, the International Exhibition for the Techniques of Wine Growing and Olive Growing, organised by the Unione Italiana Vini in the Fiera-Milano exhibition centre in Rho, came to a close.

The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project was nominated for the Times Higher Education Award for International Collaboration of the Year. This was the 7th year of the award that celebrates excellence and amazing achievements in teaching and research. The project has received €5.8million from EU in funding, through the seventh framework programme (FP7)

Agricultural Technology Company Delivers Top Performance
Landtechnik-Unternehmen präsentiert Bestleistungen
L’entreprise de machinisme agricole enregistre des résultats exceptionnels

JCB - the world’s third largest manufacturer of construction equipment - today announced plans for a new £31 million engine development project in the UK that will create around 350 jobs across its Midlands and Wales’ plants.

The agricultural mechanization exhibition in New Delhi running from December 8 to 10 is scheduling conferences and meetings for gaining an understanding of the trend of agricultural development in India and the technological and mechanical requirements in the various regions of the country.

HARDI has released a 2011 Christmas game.The person with the highest score at the end of the year will win a Fjord Dock speaker by Jacob Jensen.

In this issue we present two innovations for the 2012 season: the new power harrow and the load cover system for loader wagons. 

100,000 international visitors - Importance of agriculture and agricultural machinery and equipment continues to increase worldwide.

The second edition of the international agricultural mechanization review organized by Unacoma Service and FICCI is set for December 8 to 10 in New Delhi. Some than 250 exhibitors on hand for the event with offers of the most varied types of machinery and equipment in the country experiencing a boom in demand for agricultural mechanization and ranked at the top globally for the number of tractors sold.