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77pc favour biodiesel: US survey
6:28 PM AEST | A new US Farm Progress Show survey shows 77pc of consumers favour biodiesel as a source of energy, while 70pc of consumers find it more favorable because it's a new green industry that creates jobs.  | Farm machinery buyers prominent ...
Headers pass ‘shakedown’ scrutiny
26/08/2008 | OUT of a swirl of near-choking dust emerged a brand new 7088 Case IH Axial-Flow header in the final throes of its Australian ‘shakedown’ prior to going on sale later this year – in time for the 09 harvesting season.  | Nat Foods pays $910m for Dairy ...Raw sugar outlook improves at last | VIDEO: Headers pass ‘shakedown’ scrutiny
Farm machinery buyers prominent at AgQuip '08
24/08/2008 | This week's AgQuip continued in the spirit of the upwards trend in farm machinery sales of the past financial year, in a good sales year for most companies selling farm machinery and equipment.
MF65 auction excites vintage tractor enthusiasts
19/08/2008 | The hammer will fall in September on this beautifully restored icon MF65 tractor with proceeds of the auction going to CanTeen, the Australian charity for young people living with cancer.  | CommentsComments (1) | Autumn tractor sales highest in ...Bitter-sweet edge to buoyant ...
Fuel talk dominates
19/08/2008 | Fuel consumption issues were top of mind when Lamborghini tractor distributors from around the world, (pictured), gathered at Erfurt – a picturesque but otherwise obscure town in East Germany.  | MF65 auction excites vintage ...Autumn tractor sales highest in ...
Extra warranty makes  an impact
19/08/2008 | There’s plenty of logic behind Kubota Australia’s decision to offer an additional warranty policy, according to company spokesman Patrick Loiacono (pictured).  | MF65 auction excites vintage ...Fuel talk dominates
New Case IH front-end loaders to be launched this month
19/08/2008 | Entry level Prime-Lift and premium Vision-Lift loaders with a self-levelling system that significantly increases visibility will be launched by Case IH later this month.  | MF65 auction excites vintage ...Fuel talk dominates
Autumn tractor sales highest in 30 years
18/08/2008 | Tractor sales for the June quarter were the highest in 30 years. This strong finish to the 2007-08 financial year has seen farmers purchase 11,850 units for the year, maintaining the healthy upwards purchasing trend of recent years.  | CommentsComments (1) | Bitter-sweet edge to buoyant ...Focus now on high output grain ...
Bitter-sweet edge to buoyant machinery sales stats
18/08/2008 | There's a bitter-sweet edge to the very positive just-released Australian farm machinery sales figures.  | Autumn tractor sales highest in ...Focus now on high output grain ...
Focus now on high output grain handling
13/08/2008 | It has been the year of big tractors, headers, even big planters, but now the focus is on high-output grain handling.  | Brumby property targeted by GM ...US now projecting higher crop ...
Farmers flock to Massey-on-the Move roadshow
8/08/2008 | About 5000 farmers have had the opportunity to ‘ride and drive’ the latest Massey Ferguson tractors, courtesy of a nationwide “Massey-on-the-Move” road show.  | Italian design input aids New ...Australian debut for world's ... | VIDEO: Farmers flock to ...
Italian design input aids New Holland T4000 series  debut
8/08/2008 | The wraps are off the heir to New Holland’s TND-A tractors, revealing the new T4000 series.  | Australian debut for world's ...Sprayers 'spot-on' in ...
Australian debut for world's biggest tractor
6/08/2008 | The world's most powerful production tractor currently available – the Challenger MT975B – has made its Australian debut.  | CommentsComments (4) | Sprayers 'spot-on' in ...AgQuip unveiling for push-me ...
Sprayers 'spot-on' in technology stakes
5/08/2008 | A state-of-the-art wheel tracking system, plus an equally sophisticated joystick controller prove that Australian sprayer manufacturers can more than match the technology on offer in Europe.  | AgQuip unveiling for push-me ...Controlled traffic has low-cost ... | VIDEO: Sprayers 'spot-on' in ...
AgQuip unveiling for push-me pull-you tractor
30/07/2008 | A head-turning four-wheel-drive 'concept tractor' with a unique rotating cab is poised to grab the limelight when it makes its big Australian debut at the AgQuip and Henty Field Days.  | Controlled traffic has low-cost ...Big rig has 50ha/hour sowing ...
Controlled traffic has low-cost entry appeal
29/07/2008 | Adopting zero-till technology with controlled traffic farming need not be an overly expensive exercise.  | Rain in the west, cold in the eastIncitec reactivates fertiliser ... | VIDEO: CT has low-cost entry appeal
Big rig has 50ha/hour sowing potential
27/07/2008 | What an astonishing sight – a whopping 48 metre (160ft) wide planting rig has begun to earn its keep on a southern Queensland property.  | CommentsComments (2) | Mixed rainfall odds for late ...First cellulosic biofuels ... | VIDEO: Big rig has 50ha/hour sowing ...
Artist eyes driverless future for farm machines
21/07/2008 | Are these pictures merely an artist's impressions or do they herald the shape of things to come as far as the future of farm mechanisaton is concerned?  | CommentsComments (2) | Rain prompts ascochyta blight ...Time for Doha to deliver for ...
Case IH's new JXUs 100pc bio-fuelled for the future
18/07/2008 | The wraps are off Case IH's new generation 100pc biofuel compatible JXU tractors.  | Back emissions scheme, Rudd ...World economy facing a long, ...
Aust machinery dealers awed by UK grassland field day
16/07/2008 | Australian farm machinery dealers have been awed by the scale of what is believed to be one of the world's largest field days.  | Patchy rain brings good falls ...Petrol tax cut to cushion ...
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27/08/2008 | IF farmers are wondering what the new look Senate will mean for them, they should just take a look at politics in NSW and the behind-closed-doors relationship between Labor and the Greens for a taste of what might be in store Federally.
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