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Kubota (U.K) Ltd has announced that Dorset based dealership, Highwood, will be expanding its groundcare territory into the Bournemouth area.
With the region having previously operated under Longham’s, Highwood, which has been a respected dealer with Kubota for over 15 years, will be increasing their staff and service support to cover this new area.
The exciting expansion between Highwood and Kubota strengthens the existing partnership, displaying the Kubota groundcare range of equipment across the south of England from Southampton to Bere Regis.
OPICO Ltd has announced the appointment of R C Dalgliesh Limited to their Strautmann dealer network.
R C Dalgliesh Limited is a family run agricultural engineering business that specialises in the sale, service and repair of new and used agricultural and horticultural machinery. Based in Lockerbie, the dealership has gained a wealth of experience over the past thirty five years and enjoys an excellent reputation in the area. They are ideally located to grow the Strautmann franchise in South West Scotland.
Fliegl has taken over the business of BROCHARD Constructeur who produce a wide range of spreaders, trailers and transfer systems in Beaulieu Sous La Roche (France).
“Brochard expands our product range in Germany and on international markets. This fusion will help to expand our entire range of services and to establish us even more in France, “says Josef Fliegl, CEO of Fliegl Agrartechnik.
Abrey Agricultural Ltd is appointing Frank Jenkinson Limited as its distributor for the Ziegler brand of cultivation equipment for Ireland.
Jenkinsons, established in 1975, is based at Bagenalstown, County Carlow, and works with a range of brands, especially New Holland combines and Bateman sprayers. It also has a thriving second-hand machinery business.
It is already enjoying significant success with Ziegler Harvesting’s range of header trailers, and proprietor Frank Jenkinson believes the company’s cultivation range will prove equally popular:
Essex’s original farm park has celebrated 35 years in business sharing the food and farming story. Barleylands, near Billericay, first opened to the public with a small farm museum in 1984 and has grown to encompass an extensive farm park, award-winning education programme and artisan retail village welcoming over 800,000 visitors and 17,000 school children through its gates every year.
The business, owned by the Philpot family, has expanded over the years to include venue and showground hire, horse livery and camping, while retaining its core values of bridging the gap between farming and the public. One of the sons in the family, Chris Philpot, said:
John Deere has approved 30 different sizes of Continental agricultural tyres to be fitted to its 6MC, 6RC, 6M and 6R mid-sized tractors.
This decision follows a comprehensive audit of the Continental plant in the Portuguese town of Lousado, where the tyres are manufactured. The partnership agreement between the two machinery and technology giants reinforces Continental’s recent re-entry into the agricultural sector.
Being appointed to the sales, service and parts dealer network for McCormick tractors is the icing on the cake for business partners Nigel Gardiner and Jim Pearson – and they have local farmers to thank for the opportunity.
“We weren’t looking for a tractor franchise at this time in our company’s development,” says Nigel Gardiner of Venture Farm Machinery, Pytchley near Kettering.
LH Agro, Topcon Agriculture’s preferred dealer for its precision farming systems in the UK, has appointed Jack Harris to the newly created role of agricultural electronics specialist.
Based from his home in the Cambridgeshire Fens, Jack will provide UK-wide technical and software support and training to ensure LH Agro’s customers are getting the maximum benefit from their precision farming systems.
Sales and service support for specialist slurry application systems for Claas Xerion tractors are now being handled by the Bauer team in the UK and Ireland.
Bauer Group acquired German manufacturer SGT in 2015 to expand its already comprehensive portfolio of waste handling and field application solutions.
Pöttinger’s supervisory board has given the green light for the start of construction of a new assembly plant in St. Georgen near Grieskirchen in Austria.
The first construction stage will start in spring 2020. Assembly of the first round balers and large rakes will start in the new plant in 2021.
These expansion plans further underline Pöttinger’s long-standing commitment to Austria as a business location.
LQG Agri has been appointed as a McCormick tractor dealer for Warwickshire and north Oxfordshire, in the latest appointment of key new dealerships in a recruitment drive that began at LAMMA 2019.
Based in Upper Quinton near Stratford-upon-Avon, the dealership jointly owned by the Lockwood family, co-founders of Lower Quinton Garages, and former JCB sales manager Malcolm Davies, chose McCormick to expand its product portfolio for the area.
Farm equipment specialist RW Crawford has extended its territory across the south east of England with a new depot at Billingshurst to serve farmers and contractors in Sussex and Hampshire.
Originally from Essex, Crawfords look after the neighboring county of Kent and so when the opportunity arose in the dealer network across the Sussex/Hampshire area the business took the decision to expand its territory and service offering.
Harper Adams University won the 2019 Cereals Challenge by growing the best virtual crop of spring barley to manage problematic black-grass. Newcastle University took second place and also won the separate Environmental Challenge.
The winning team from Harper Adams University made up of Dan Hawes, George Atkey, Danny Richardson and Tom Kirby were presented with the prestigious Cereals Challenge trophy and £1000 prize money to share, plus an additional £500 for the College, by David Hutchinson, Hutchinsons chairman and Matt Cobbald of Velcourt, at an awards ceremony on the first day of the Cereals Event.
A young and enthusiastic team of agricultural engineers is relaunching the McCormick tractor range in Essex.
Tim Adcock of Adcock Agri Ltd has assembled a team of experienced agricultural technicians at his base in Rayleigh to develop a business that he started on his own as a ‘man in a van’ repairing tractors and farm machinery of all makes.
Today, he employs technicians Mitch Hallett, who joined the business in 2014, and Greg Sears, who has been with the company a year. Phil Gronland has recently joined them to handle the parts side of the business and develop new machine sales.
A team from Komatsu Forest distributor, McHale Plant Sales – accompanied by a number of Irish forestry customers – attended a recent Komatsu Days event held in the wooded surroundings of the company’s global headquarters and manufacturing base in Umeå, Northern Sweden.
Highlight of their programme was the unveiling of the upgraded Komatsu Forest 2020 harvester range, from the thinning harvester model through to the eight-wheel 931XC and Komatsu 951 with features that include improved off-road manoeuvrability, higher ground clearance, refined tractive force and new fingertip-controlled steering function. Also shown were upgrades of their three largest forwarders – the 855, 875 and 895 models, as well as their new Stage V engine with latest AdBlue system, new exhaust and hydraulic tappets.
Househam has appointed a product support engineer to boost new product development and enhance the company’s strong customer support offering.
Cristi Sava joins Househam from a leading Romanian dealership, bringing with him practical and technical expertise as well as specific knowledge of Househam machines.
“Househam is a highly respected brand in the Romanian agricultural community and I’ve worked closely with the UK team for the last few years,” says Cristi.
Tong Engineering, a leading manufacturers of vegetable grading and handling equipment, is looking forward to a new era as it starts work on a brand-new production facility in Lincolnshire.
The new factory is being built as a two-phase project on a seven-acre site in the company’s hometown of Spilsby, with the £3.6 million first phase building expected for completion by spring 2020.
CLAAS is changing its management structure at the start of the new business year on 1 October 2019 and introducing the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
“This important change serves to achieve even better and faster decision-making processes at CLAAS and increase our flexibility in a time of rapid change”, explains Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser, Chairwoman of the CLAAS Supervisory Board.
The AF Group, the largest agricultural buying group in the UK and independent provider of advice, insight, and services to the farming community, have published their new report outlining the attitude and actions needed for successful and fruitful supply chain partnerships for British farmers.
“Whilst it’s true that UK agriculture faces a huge amount of uncertainty there are actions farmers can take to increase productivity and efficiency,” comments Jon Duffy, AF Chief Executive. “What’s needed is a change of perspective. By investing in robust supply chain relationships and partnerships, British farmers can still – despite turbulent times – position themselves to grow their businesses.”
The AMI Group has been awarded a Technology Innovator award for the fourth year running for its battery operated AT5 tracking solution.
In previous years, the company has been recognised as ‘Best for After-Theft Recovery Technology and Recognised Leaders in Plant Security Systems – UK’ (2016), ‘Best Asset Tracking and Fleet Management Solutions Provider – UK’ (2017) and ‘Best Lone Worker Tracking Solutions Provider – UK’ (2018).
Maschinenfabrik Kemper announced today it has established a strategic agreement with Scherer Inc.of the United States to better serve existing and future Kemper customers by offering kernel processors and rolls for various brands.
John Deere has been installing Scherer processors in their forage harvesters for the past year and Kemper is taking over the distribution rights for Scherer kernel processors and replacement rolls for other forage harvester brands in Europe, the Far and the Middle East as well as the CIS states, Asia and South America, effective immediately.
JCB has set a new British speed record for tractors with its high-speed Fastrac tractor.
The tractor notched up 103.6mph at Elvington Airfield, near York, with TV presenter and engineering guru Guy Martin behind the wheel. It smashed the previous 87.27mph record set in March 2018 by Top Gear’s Track-Tor.
Guy Martin said: “It had been a great day with the JCB at Elvington, proper job with some right proper engineers. She felt rock steady on the runway, job’s a peach.”
JCB engineers has been working on the secret project to develop the tractor over the past few months and JCB Chairman Lord Bamford praised their “amazing achievement.”
A Cheshire dairy farmer has hailed the incredible longevity of a JCB Loadall telescopic handler after it recently clocked up 20 years and 21,000 hours of trouble-free service.
Alan and Caroline Oakes took on the tenancy of Stublach Farm, between Middlewich and Holmes Chapel, as a 100-acre unit in 1979. They have since expanded to approximately 500 acres rented and 60 acres owned, and run the business with their eldest son Anthony, and with occasional help from his brothers Matt and Dan.
A team from Komatsu Forest distributor, McHale Plant Sales – accompanied by a number of Irish forestry customers – attended a recent Komatsu Days event held in the wooded surroundings of the company’s global headquarters and manufacturing base in Umeå, Northern Sweden.
Highlight of their programme was the unveiling of the upgraded Komatsu Forest 2020 harvester range, from the thinning harvester model through to the eight-wheel 931XC and Komatsu 951 with features that include improved off-road manoeuvrability, higher ground clearance, refined tractive force and new fingertip-controlled steering function. Also shown were upgrades of their three largest forwarders – the 855, 875 and 895 models, as well as their new Stage V engine with latest AdBlue system, new exhaust and hydraulic tappets.
National organisers Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) have reported that over 230,000 people visited a working farm in England, Wales or Scotland on Sunday 9th June as part of farming’s annual open day. The feedback from both farmers and visitors indicates a growing interest in British agriculture, food production, and in particular sustainable farming practices for land management, soil and water health as well as the role of technology.
Commenting on 2019’s event, LOFS manager, Annabel Shackleton, said:
David Evans Agricultural Ltd have been appointed by New Holland to cover the vacant territory around Bridgend in south Wales.
Located in the heart of The Vale of Glamorgan in Llancarfan near Cardiff, the company covers the M4 corridor from Chepstow to The Gower. Founded by David Evans in 1993, the company has been established for over 25 years and has built its reputation on service and quality brands which offer a good resale and part-ex value.
Farm equipment specialist RW Crawford has extended its territory across the south east of England with a new depot at Billingshurst to serve farmers and contractors in Sussex and Hampshire.
Originally from Essex, Crawfords look after the neighboring county of Kent and so when the opportunity arose in the dealer network across the Sussex/Hampshire area the business took the decision to expand its territory and service offering.
Horsch will be partnering with Hamblys dealer network to provide its range of cultivators, drills and sprayers to customers in Cornwall and Devon.
“I am very pleased to announce that from 1st June 2019, Hamblys have become official dealers and from 1st October we will have a trading area mirroring the current Claas trading boundaries,” said Steve Perryman, Sales Director at Hamblys.
For 2020, Can-Am is redesigning and refining the tough, capable and clever Can-Am Traxter line-up with a complete frame-up and front-end upgrade.
This ride enhancing upgrade will provide users with an improved ride, durability, and protection, which combined with the Traxter’s industry leading performance and torque output will ensure users will complete any job or conquer any terrain with ease.
British spraying manufacturer, Househam, launched a new customised product support package at Cereals 2019.
Designed to reassure customers that there will be long-term care in an uncertain agricultural climate, with continuity of parts and maintenance, the five-year product support package will result in increased productivity and reduced costs.
“We’re positive that we will have continuity of supply and services going forward, whatever the political outcome, and launching a personalised support package for our 100% British-manufactured sprayers will help farmers to get even better value and longevity from the machines,” says Robert Willey, Househam managing director.
“The initiative will give new customers access to expert advice from trained technicians, replacement of wear parts and competitive prices for original parts as well as routine maintenance guidance,” says Robert.
As well as launching the package, the Lincolnshire-based machinery supplier will be demonstrating its full range of UK-engineered and operator-inspired machines on stand 800 at the show, including working demonstrations in the sprayer’s arena.
Robert Willey, managing director of Househam, said: “Cereals is a highlight in our calendar every year, and it’s a must for any agricultural business. We’ll have our full range of self-propelled sprayers on display, demonstrating our industry leading technology in the arena so farmers can see first-hand the efficiency of our future-proofed machinery.”
Househam has introduced a number of advanced machines in the last two years, including the operator-inspired HARRIER, launched at Cereals 2018. The ‘next generation’ machine comes fitted with Househam’s trademark Total Machine Control (TMC) V3 and FieldMaster GPS advanced on-board operating system, delivering what its makers believe to be the most efficient and precise sprayer application in its class.
Featured at Cereals 2019 was the popular SPIRIT which was updated last year to fill a significant gap in the market for high technology, low weight, entry-level self-propelled machines. The company is also showcasing some of its best-selling, highly versatile Air Ride models, which promise to boost on-farm productivity.
Also appearing at the show was the PREDATOR, weighing 10,440 kg unladen, it’s the biggest machine in the Househam range. Launched in 2017, it’s lighter than other sprayers in its class while still using the latest large wheel and tyre technology to reduce ground pressure.
Househam’s latest innovations include level 4 filtration system in the cab, Individual Nozzle Control (INC), Auto Nozzle Select (ANS) and Househam’s Total Machine Control (TMC) V5 Controller with FieldMaster GPS mapping and guidance, available subject to model specifications.
