Farms & Farm Machinery #401
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Contents<br />
Issue 401<br />
50<br />
Check out Agco’s updates to Fendt’s 2022<br />
line-up of Ideal combine harvesters<br />
14<br />
28 64<br />
On the cover<br />
14 With new designs developed specifically<br />
for poultry, piggeries, cotton and hay, Dieci’s<br />
range of specialty telehandlers is built tough<br />
for Australian requirements<br />
News<br />
In this issue’s news coverage seeding equipment<br />
is proving popular, with Horsch incorporating<br />
customer feedback into upgrades to its Sprinter<br />
NT tine seed drill and Lemken releasing its Solitair<br />
23+ front hopper and OptiDisc 25 coulter bar, while<br />
John Deere looks to double planting speeds with<br />
trials of its ExactEmerge row units and Väderstäd<br />
celebrates the 30th anniversary of its Seed Hawk<br />
precision seeding system.<br />
6 Krone releases EasyWrap 150 bale wrapper<br />
John Deere explores faster seeding tech<br />
7 Horsch upgrades Sprinter NT after feedback<br />
Kubota expands diesel generator range<br />
Lemken releases new seeding equipment<br />
8 CF Moto expands UTV range<br />
Case IH’s AFS Connect Magnum impresses<br />
10 Hardi launches selective spraying tech<br />
12 Stockyard’s new CBA deal targets emissions<br />
16 John Deere ends JD Link subscription fee<br />
Agco launches Precision Ag Line pilot<br />
17 Väderstäd celebrates 30 years of Seed Hawk<br />
18 TMA on the right to repair and modify<br />
20 UQ project will find perfect barley root shape<br />
22 Chinese tariffs to impact Oz wine market<br />
Event news<br />
The bad news is that AgQuip has been postponed<br />
due to COVID restrictions, however there is hope<br />
for the future with 13 agricultural shows and related<br />
youth groups across Australia granted funding<br />
for young farmer competitions. We also have the<br />
highlights from June’s New Zealand Fieldays event<br />
24 November AgQuip<br />
Grants announced for young farmer comps<br />
26 Calendar of upcoming events<br />
28 NZ Fieldays roundup<br />
Market news and opinion<br />
34 Market news with TMA’s Gary Northover<br />
reports on an end-of financial year sales<br />
boost for agricultural tractors<br />
36 WA <strong>Farm</strong>ers CEO Trevor Whittington<br />
explores the link between the cost of<br />
labour and expanding machinery size<br />
50<br />
Features and reviews<br />
42 The Wild family’s history in moving<br />
livestock and its trusty Kenworth<br />
nicknamed ‘Grunter Hunter’<br />
60 Hustler’s new Combi RX218 feed wagon is big,<br />
bold, and very capable at what it does<br />
64 The Vigolo Eagle-DT heavy-duty mulcher<br />
makes short work of gorse, kikuyu grass and<br />
trees to quickly clear land<br />
Regular items<br />
84 Hot Deals: Hand-picked items for sale<br />
104 Plant & Equipment<br />
Cranes, compressors and more<br />
121 Private advertising<br />
Use this coupon to list your item for sale<br />
122 Index<br />
Special feature: Harvesting<br />
This issue’s special features looksat recent releases<br />
and updates in the harvesting space<br />
50 Agco to update Fendt Ideal combines<br />
52 Case IH’s AFS Harvest Command<br />
Improved compliance with mass limits<br />
54 Grain trucks meeting mass limits<br />
56 John Deere premium oils<br />
58 New Holland adds NutriSense nutrient<br />
analysis system to its precision ag portal<br />
Editorial & Design<br />
Editor Andrew Hobbs<br />
andrew.hobbs@primecreative.com.au<br />
Journalists<br />
Lincoln Bertelli, Anthony Wingard<br />
Contributors Warren Aitken, Justin<br />
Bennett, Jaiden Drought, Gary Northover,<br />
Trevor Whittington<br />
Production Co-ordinator Cat Fitzpatrick<br />
Art Director Daz Woolley<br />
Advertising<br />
Business Development Manager<br />
Carl Rakusin 0409 838 984<br />
carl.rakusin@primecreative.com.au<br />
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CEO John Murphy<br />
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