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With the sale of over two million units around the world in 2013 the tractor market displayed growth of 10% over 2012 up to a total value of 93 billion euro. India took up 620,000 units to confirm the country as the world's leading market while France and Germany put in good showings and Italy reported a further decline

An Italian-African bilateral convention was sealed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome for the launch of a Segment Agriculture initiative committing FederUnacoma and the CIHEAM of Bari as principal partners of Sub-Saharan governments. For African countries Italy prefigures as a model of qualitative agriculture on the prototype of family farming but a model equipped with basic mechanical technologies

Africa and especially the Sub-Saharan region are looking extraordinarily dynamic and promising on the world economic scene. Agriculture is the driver of African economic development but the sector is in need of infrastructure and technologies. The development process is speeding up thanks to the growth of foreign direct investments which are, however, no longer the prerogative of the traditional European and United States partners but coming in from the emerging Asian and Latin American countries

A farm equipment fair is to be organised in mid-June at the Albanian capital of Tirana to help Italy's Balkan neighbour start bridging a technological gap in the agricultural sector. The event is expected to produce significant developments, as FederUnacoma President Massimo Goldoni underscored the role of Italian manufacturers and the importance of the institutions involved

This new year marked the opening of operations for new rural development financing program committing the European Union up to 2020. The new RDP, which includes specific measures for the purchase of machinery and equipment, must come through the consultations of the EU Member States responsible for setting priorities and criteria for assigning funds to become operative

Telescopic lifts once simply moved packaged and loose material around the farm, but now they have evolved in response to new needs and, according to some, could become a future rival for the tractor

The four telehandlers by the U.S. manufacturer are arriving to the Italian market in their updated versions which include power provided by new Deutz Stage 3B/Tier 4 Interim engines

The restyled line of telescopic handlers by the German manufacturer now brings together three compacts and three high performance models. Debuting across the entire Scorpion range are a redesigned heavy-duty chassis, a protection system which checks overloading and new low emissions engines

Mondo Macchina/Machinery World met Roberto Zanetti, the head of marketing for the Vicenza manufacturer, for an update on the market for materials movement machinery to gain an understanding of how product innovations are created by Faresin Industries

Cabs without a control panel, an intelligent stabilizing system and the quick and safe fit of accessories to the boom head are only a few of the technologies Magni Telescopic Handlers is bringing out with the debut of the RTH handlers range

Two prizewinning machines at Agritechnica underscoring the level reached by the technological department of Merlo which this year celebrates its fifties anniversary

The Modena manufacturer has updated its telehandler range and has flanked the three basic models with two more in a higher category, the Elite, ensuring greater performance and higher lifting capacity and boom extension

Genie has come up with a restyled GTH-2506 telescopic handler to bring out an even more productive version thanks to the new three-liter Deutz Turbo Diesel engine and an improved turning radius

This year EIMA International reaches its 41st edition, which will take place on the same dates of the first 1969 edition: 12-16 November. Machinery World traces the most important stages of the 40th anniversary of the event, through a series of articles illustrating the history of EIMA from the beginning to the present day

In logging and in areas where clearcutting is carried out it is now necessary to leave a clean area behind after this work has been performed. The most convenient method is to chip or reduce the logs felled. The chips produced can be used as fuel, for the production of chipboard panels or compost. Manufacturing industries now market a wide range of wood chippers suitable for the requirements of various work operations

Vineyards, orchards and other trees need dry, winter pruning if they are to produce the desired yield. While maintaining the desired shape of the tree, pruning also decides how many buds should be left for the following year, a key factor in the quality and quantity of production

The exhibition activity in the agricultural sector continues to represent, in Italy and in the world, an important meeting point between demand and supply of products, services and technologies. The event Agriumbria continues to contribute to this comparison, through its market-exhibition dedicated to agriculture, food and livestock

The biodiversity of highway greenery must be preserved through sound crop practices and this means reasonable maintenance. Mowing, brushcutting and pruning are the main operations involved for which ranges of specific and efficient machinery and equipment are available

New for the self-powered Mustang ride-on mower by Peruzzi is that this model, presented originally at the 2012 EIMA International, has come through the European standards approval with flying colors thanks to the Mustang's anti-rollover frame and certification for transport...

The Argentinian exhibition Expoagro allows thousands of visitors to experience the most recent technological innovations for agricultural production and to evaluate their efficiency and performance thanks to many dynamic demonstrations, with the machines as main characters

Alpego, the leading maker of farm equipment from Gambellara near Vicenza, added further confirmation of its attachment to innovation with a new series of fixed and folding power harrows that can be combined with seed broadcasters. The five, strikingly styled...

A new edition of McCormick's X6 and X7 tractors were on view on the Argo Group stand at the Fieragricola 2014 industrial fair, including the X7's Premier Cab which brings auto level comfort to the farm, including ample space and...

The Kverneland Group is introducing to the market the Kultistrip, a machine designed for strip-till soil management known to prevent erosion of the soil and ensure high yields while reducing production costs. The Kultistrip, arriving in Italy following on the...

Powercap Active IP is an innovative positive pressure filtered air respirator put on the market by Spring Protezione, a company in Vignola, near Modena, specializing in the design and production of individual protection devises for the protection of operators...

New and used agricultural machinery and equipment, biotechnologies, awards for new techniques and practices for sustainable agriculture and meetings on specific issues all coming together at the Fiera di Savigliano to continue the trade fair's narrative of farming from tradition to innovation

The Independent Consortium Ente Fiera di Lanciano hosts from 11 to 13 April 2014 the National Agriculture Fair, a showcase of products and services for the primary sector, arrived this year at its 53th edition. There are 250 companies...

The appointment for hobby farmers in Montichiari, in the Province of Brescia, is set for 21 to 23 March for the 4th edition of the Life in the Countryside Fair. The outing is sponsored by the magazine Vita in Campagna...

Presented on Frebruary 21 in Bologna, at the headquarters of Numisma, a book that locates in the Italian communities and restaurants abroad two excellent communicators of the Italian Way of Life, agri-food sector included