Technews
Technews: The latest in agricultural technology from around the world
Case IH Advanced Feed-rate predicts crop density The Advanced Feed-rate Control system developed for Case IH AxialFlow combines has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Innovation Awards, presented by the organisers of the Agritechnica exhibition. It predicts crop density before the material enters the machine. In contrast to[...]
TECHNEWS: The latest in agricultural technology from around the world
Cows (and farmers) will love Exos, the Lely grass robot The Exos, a fully autonomous vehicle for harvesting and feeding fresh grass, will be commercially available to Dutch dairy farms from the middle of next year. It took around ten years to develop and was extensively tested on 13[...]
Technews: The latest in agricultural technology from around the world
The battle for bigger and more powerful tractors seems to be heating up, reports Profi, a leading agricultural technology magazine in Europe. They say there are multiple pictures circulating of what appear to be a new and more powerful Case IH Quadtrac and John Deere RX. “While there are[...]
Technews: Take farming to the future with drones
Derek Kruger walks around the hologram image of Orchard SA07/13 and frowns. The report from the drone swarm checking the sugar index of the oranges to determine the best harvesting time has also pointed out a calcium deficiency in the leaves of the north facing rows of trees. The[...]
Technews: The latest in agricultural technology from around the world
Every potato sprouts: New planter takes the risk out of potato planting Ropa from Germany has developed a machine for manually planting pre-sprouted potatoes. The planter, named Gecko, gently plants potatoes without breaking the sprouts. It offers high efficiency and good working conditions for the personnel. The Gecko was[...]