Trade Shows & Global News

Kioti Europe and French company Naïo Technologies have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a new robotic platform.The two partners will cooperate on several strategic areas, including the industrialisation of robotic agricultural solutions, cost optimisation, and commercial development across European and in...

Higher milk prices were behind the 18% increase in Lely revenue last year, which topped one billion Euros (2024: €857 million).Favourable global milk prices led to a financially healthy year for dairy farmers in general, giving them the confidence to invest in robotics and data. “The 2025 result is better than expec...

The Duraflo discs and vanes from British company Simcox are designed to improve spreading efficiency and lower maintenance costs when spreading lime.Developed over seven years, and initially tested on a Gustrower machine, the first set was sold in August 2022. Unlike most spreaders where the vane is mounted on a base pla...

Swedish front loader manufacturer Quicke has expanded its portfolio with tractor bumpers and front and wheel weights.The result of a strategic partnership with French manufacturer Easymass, the Quicke-branded range includes So Easy wheel weights and Q-Bloq front weights for rear and front linkages. There is also a 450kg ...

With an estimate of £50,000-£60,000, a 1970s County 1254 will be one of the highlights of a Cheffins vintage and classic tractor auction in Northern Ireland next month.Others include a 1990s Ford 7610 Series II which is set to sell for £14,000-£16,000, and a 1990s New Holland 8670 is estimated to command £20,000-£2...

The North American tractor market declined by nearly 10% last year to 195,857 units.21,422 units lower than in 2024, figures published by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reveal that the sharpest decline was in the 100hp+ category. The 17,648 units sold were 5,161 (22.6%) fewer than the 22,809 in the prev...

Claas has commissioned two new assembly lines at its French plant in Metz-Woippy to build the new Cerex round and Cubix square balers.Following the opening of a new prototype workshop at the beginning of last year, the company has now spent €3.3 million to modernise and expand final assembly at the 65-year-old plant to...

Krone Group generated sales revenues of nearly €2.3 billion in 2024/2025 (previous year €2.4 billion). Earnings before tax fell from €107 million to €40.1 million.The commercial vehicle division accounted for around €1.4 billion of total sales, with farm machinery approx. €846 million. While farm incomes impr...

Dutch company Speelman Machines is reviving the Agrifac LightTraxx and OptiTraxx self-propelled sugar beet harvesters.A strategic licencing agreement between Agrifac Machinery and Speelman Machines gives Speelman the rights to produce the Agrifac harvesters under its own name for sale in the Benelux and northern Germany....

Veenhuis and Schuitemaker distributor AIS was showing this Scania mounted forage trailers. The Schuitemaker Siwa 660 body has a capacity of 38m3 and comes with a top sheet to prevent forage loss in transport.Truck wise, the £135,000 pictures outfit was based on a 2020 Scania P410 XT with 395/85 R20 front and 560/60 R22....

McConnel’s new 62 Series Power Arm, a refined mid-range reach arm mower, is said to offer an unrivalled combination of reach and power.Manufactured at the Ludlow facility, the range is available in 5.1m, 5.5m and 5.7m configurations, plus, a 5.5m Variable Forward Reach (VFR) model provides significantly improved visibi...

Develon has appointed newly formed GOS Plant Services as its authorised dealer across key regions of Wales.Operating from a modern 30,000m² site at Blaenavon, South Wales, GOS will represent Develon across East and South Wales, as well as Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Powys and Ceredigion. In addition t...

Kuhn Farm Machinery has added a 6.1m model to its Multi-Longer range of hedge and verge cutters.Requiring a tractor weighing 5.5t, and a minimum of 100hp, the 6157 e-TPAL joins the 7457 e-TPAL as telescopic, left-handed machines, designed specifically for UK and Irish users. Expected to be a popular model,...

The Fortis Silage Compactor has been proving a hit for Bristol-based Taylor Attachments in Scandinavia. There are two working widths, 3.0m and 3.5m but other bespoke sizes are possible. While the drum measures 914mm in diameter, the outer rings are 1,258mm. Three baffles prevent the water ballast from sloshing left to ri...

Having previously imported the Rolmako range of disc harrows, Engineering business Denis Doyle is now making its own cultivator onto which it can mount its range of seeders. The Tornado is initially being offered in working widths of 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0m.One of the key features is the cast leg design for the 560mm diameter,...

The Agri-Press can be tooled up with discs or tines ahead of the two rows of interlocking rings. The latest machine from AgriWeld, its comes in working widths from 3.0m up to 8.0m.Starting at the front, there is a choice of two-rows of heavy-duty pigtail tines or you can have three-rows of shearbolt protected tines. Alte...

AH Engineering has added some simple electronics all to its rear discharge spreader, all aimed at making life easier on the operator and their machines even more dependable.Firstly, the horizontal beater/spreading disc machines now have hydraulic adjustment of the lower hood section. This allows users to alter the drop p...

John Deere topped the UK tractor chart in 2024 with 3,304 units and a 28.1% share of the 11,761-strong market.In second place was New Holland with 2,270 (19.3%) units, and third-placed Massey was the best performing AGCO brand with 1,295 tractors and an 11% share of the total market. The other top 10 spots...

The Elete is a new top of the range tanker range from SlurryKat, ahead of its Premium Plus. The range includes single- (15m3), tandem- (22.7m3) and tri-axle (31.8m3) tanks.The spec sheet includes hydraulic drawbar suspension as well as height control. The pump has a new silencer, oil trap which is said to reduce noise le...

Slurryquip was launching this Stage V engine pumping rig at LAMMA last week. A four-cylinder, 188hp Caterpillar supplies the grunt to the Veneroni or Bauer pump. To ensure a reliable connection with the operator on the spreading tractor it has a full belt and braces approach – radio, GSM and satellite. There is a scree...

Linde, the well-known forklift and materials handling manufacturer, has expanded its portfolio with two Sennebogen-made telehandlers.The Linde branded models, the YH40 (4.0t/7.7m) and YH60 (6.0t/8.5m), are the Sennebogen equivalents of the 340 G and 360 G, both of which have a high-lift cab. The Stage V Cummins engine in...

Devon-based self-propelled sprayer specialist Bateman has given its entire line-up a revamp. From an operator’s point of view the most obvious upgrade is a completely new control layout with a customisable joystick surrounded by a rash of brightly back-lit buttons. Switching between road model and three field modes wit...

Spud kit specialist Standen had a new tunnel-type cup planter on display at the show. What apparently sets the new machine apart is its dual function cups that both singulate and cradle seed tubers as they are delivered to the ground. This in turn makes it possible to run the chains significantly faster so that forward s...

Best-known for its mini tracked dumpers and digger-mounted hedge-trimmers, Slanetrac is set to introduce a compact pivot-steer loader to its line-up.Fitted with a 20kW/27hp, three-cylinder Kubota engine and a 20km/hr two-range hydrostatic transmission, the H160 is built in China to the Irish firm’s particular specifica...

Czech company Rozmital had an array of grassland kit on its stand at LAMMA this week. Perhaps the most striking was this unusual-looking trailed single rotor rake. With a working width of 4.9m, it has apparently been designed for smaller tractors that might not have the lift capacity to handle a machine such size or the ...