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PRODUCT NEWS<br />
Above/left: New Holland’s front and rear<br />
mowers and mower conditioners offer<br />
something for everyone, the company says<br />
back and forth<br />
Additions to New<br />
Holland’s range of front<br />
and rear-mounted disc<br />
mowers offer new options<br />
for conditioning in hay<br />
and forage operations<br />
new disc mower and mower conditioner has joined the<br />
A range of hay tools distributed by New Holland – which it<br />
says can cater for almost everyone.<br />
The front-mounted DiscCutter mower conditioner is available<br />
in 3.11m and 3.52m versions and comes with what New Holland<br />
says is advanced contour floation technolog , allowing it to<br />
follow the ground for even mowing performance.<br />
“This technology can compensate for side inclinations of up<br />
to 12 degrees and vertical inclinations of up to 55cm,” New<br />
Holland says.<br />
“And with the cutting unit suspended in a trapeze-system, the<br />
cutting unit leans back once it is moved backwards – making it<br />
ideal when working in hilly or mountainous pastures, ensuring<br />
an even cut and a minimum of soil contamination.”<br />
The front-mounted versions of both the DiscCutter and the<br />
DuraDisc mower have been designed to position the cut crop<br />
between the tractor’s wheel to prevent contamination of the<br />
crop due to the wheels running over it. The mower discs all<br />
rotate in the same direction, to deliver crop to the centre of<br />
the mower.<br />
The rear-mounted DiscCutter mower conditioner comes in<br />
five widths – anging from 2.37m to 3.86m – with an option for<br />
polyurethane finger conditioners on the th ee narrowest models.<br />
Both the rear-mounted DiscCutter and the rear-mounted<br />
mower DuraDisc come with the Vari-Float hydraulic suspension<br />
system that follows ground contours, while its hydraulic obstacle<br />
release feature is pressurised during operation and makes for<br />
non-stop mowing.<br />
The rear-mounted DuraDiscs range in width from 2.02m<br />
to 2.77m, while the front-mounted mower is available as a<br />
2.96m model.<br />
Both rear-mounted models also come with an auto transport<br />
device featre which locks the mower into transport position as<br />
soon as it is lifted – with the ability to be quickly lowered when<br />
entering a new paddock.<br />
Left: <strong>Farm</strong>ers could potentially see up to 80<br />
per cent savings in chemicals, says Goldacres<br />
weed spotter<br />
Goldacres has announced<br />
a partnership with techcompany<br />
Bilberry, which will<br />
see weed-sensing cameras<br />
on Goldacres sprayers<br />
Goldacres has announced a partnership with tech-company<br />
Bilberry, which will see its products fitted with weed<br />
sensing camera systems.<br />
Bilberry, a French startup founded in 2015, will supply the<br />
weed-sensing camera system and Goldacres will work with<br />
them to develop the necessary architecture to integrate it with<br />
their sprayer rate controller.<br />
The partnership comes just weeks after the Aussie<br />
manufacturer unveiled its very own tractor, the Atrac.<br />
A factory-fitted option this new weed-sensing camera system<br />
will propel Goldacres to the next frontier of spraying technology.<br />
Goldacres says the Bilberry’s artificial intelligence (AI) came a<br />
platform is “fundamentally different” to other sensors available.<br />
“It uses high-speed, high-definition came as and deep learning<br />
AI logic to determine what is a weed and what is not,” Goldacres<br />
says in its media release.<br />
The Bilberry system will initially be restricted to green-onbrown<br />
conditions, with the hope that local testing will progress<br />
to green-on-green in-crop weed recognition capabilities.<br />
“With this technology the possibilities are endless,” Goldacres<br />
says. “Basically, if you can see the weed in the crop, for example,<br />
ryegrass in canola, then the camera can detect it.”<br />
According to Goldacres, farmers could potentially see up to<br />
80 per cent savings in chemicals. The new technology will be<br />
available on booms up to 48m wide.<br />
It is also possible to also blanket spray a normal mix rate with<br />
sprayers equipped with the Bilberry system.<br />
Bilberry, which has an Australian offic , also helped develop<br />
camera systems for Dutch manufacturer Agrifac.<br />
Goldacres’ range of sprayers is manufactured here in<br />
Australia.<br />
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