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Year 2015 Number 3-4

March - April

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Narrow track tractors report: on the wrong track

A technical study conducted by the firm TRL for the European Commission is challenged by Italian manufacturers for the method applies as well as for the merit of the findings. The anti-pollution devices prescribed for Phase IV engines are not compatible with the bodywork of the machines and, especially, staying in step with the norm would require design changes every three years
Current

Fab Food, the factory of taste

Confindustria, the Italian Manufacturers Confederation, is coming to the EXPO 2015 Universal Exposition to present a food display and taste experiences in partnership with the leading associations in the confederation under the management of the National Museum of Science and Technology. One of the partners is FederUnacoma, the Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, to testify to the role agricultural mechanization plays for improving the quality of food and the sustainability of production processes
Current

Cibus is Italy: food masterpieces

The Federalimentare area in the Italian Pavilion will bring together a large number of prestigious Made in Italy food enterprises in a sensational artistic setting. There will also be room for agricultural machinery as essential components in the agro-food supply chain with the institutional participation of FederUnacoma and a dozen members of the federation
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EU Agriculture: equipment markers urge new guidelines

The EU's farm equipment makers urge a switch to precision farming as one path to ensure improved farm incomes and environmental sustainability
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EIMA Agrimach: agriculture in progress

The fourth edition of Eima Agrimach, the exposition of machinery and equipment for Indian agriculture, will be held in especially favorable economic conditions. The event is planned as a platform for providing solutions to the many questions open which are hindering the full development of agriculture in the country
Markets

Agricultural machinery: Italian initiative in Congo

With an economy heavily dependent on oil and therefore exposed to fluctuations in the price of this raw material, the Republic of Congo has today the need to diversify its economic activities focusing on agriculture and industry. In order to be competitive, the Congolese primary sector requires mechanization and specific training activities
Gardening

Gardening: Italian market picking up

The Italian market for garden and grounds maintenance machinery and equipment closed 2914 by finally signaling a reversal of the downward trend recorded since 2009 due to the financial and economic crisis when investments in hobbyist gardening and municipal greens...
Gardening

Aerators keeping the lawns breathing

Aeration is vital for keeping air and water circulating in the root systems of lawns and other grassy surfaces, encouraging the activity of microbes in the soil. Vertical or rotary aerators are flanked by top dressers
Gardening

Emaks for weekend, part-time, professional farmers

Simplicity of use coupled with high performance is always a striking combination in machines, and none more so than the new range of Emak rotary tillers unveiled at the last edition of the EIMA industrial fair. Two of the four...
Technology

Maize seeding, a technological challenge

Planting is a key step for obtaining an optimum yield when cultivating maize. The mechanization industry creates increasingly advanced system for carrying out this operation in a scientific and economic way and with a planting layout in keeping with the need of the plants to be exposed to sunlight
Technology

Braking systems: work safely

The requirement for mobility in modern agriculture is more and more pressing with the involvement of loads and speed steadily increasing. What is important in these conditions is maintaining the best possible level of safety
Exhibitions

Technologies and training: the success of Agriumbria

Back again the appointment with Agriumbria, the most important agricultural fair-market which annually hosts an increasing number of exhibitors in central Italy to illustrate, to an increasingly aware professional and generalist audience, the tradition and last trends of the Italian agriculture with a focus on agricultural machinery, animal husbandry and food products
Exhibitions

Machines and agriculture: date in Tarquinia

The town streets of the Tarquinia lido, in the province of Viterbo, are once again transformed into a fair area to host the sixty sixth year of the traditional Agricultural Machinery Market Exhibition (Mostra Mercato Macchine Agricole) to be held...
Exhibitions

Agrishow in Brazil, winning agricolture

Agro-food activities in Brazil, expected to be one of the leading countries attending EXPO 2015, has been confirmed as one of the world's majors in the sector. Agrishow combines traditional trade fair exhibition and practical processing trials an interesting showcase for learning about the event
Exhibitions

Business and culture at the Madonnino Fair

A date in the Maremma region for the  thirty-seventh Fiera del Madonnino, the fair with roots in folk tradition with a focus on the agriculture, craft, commercial earth moving machinery and equipment sectors. 80% of the exhibitors at the event,...
Exhibitions

Life in the country: the event of the "small agriculture"

Whatever your reason for spending your leisure time outdoors in the garden or countryside – a little extra income, produce for your family, healthy life activity in the open or just a hobby – the Life in the Country Fair in Montichiari (Fiera Vita in Campagna di Montichiari) in the province of Brescia, has a host of ideas and information on how to realise them
Technology

Chestnut cultivation, a challenge for mechanization

Among productive activities in mountainous areas, chestnut cultivation is one which can, in perspective, provide the most interesting returns. The role of mechanization is fundamental and there are now top-level technologies for various phases of work. In the near future, new machines will help to make chestnut cultivations increasingly more efficient and profitable
News

Faza anniversary: a passion for mechanics

The Umbrian manufacturer is celebrating 125 years of work. A wide range of products and presence on markets has led to the success of this enterprise which thrives on the flexibility of their products and adapting them to the specific requirements of farmers
News

New John Deere square balers

New John Deere arrivals in the giant baler category are the L1533 and L1534 square balers to replace the 1433 and 1435 with improved performance, longevity and economical operation. Thanks to the smaller number of components the transmission of power...
News

World premiere at SIMA for the new REX Series

The Argo Tractors stand at the SIMA Show in Paris in February was the showcase for the presentation of the new Landini RES Series. The new design features of these specialized tractors begin with the restyling of the cab with...
News

Maschio Gaspardo Completes Hay Making Buy

Italy’s Maschio Group has completed purchase of 100% of Cremona-based Feraboli top complete its plan to offer a full line of hay making equipment. The group’s president, Egidio Maschio, announced at the SIMA fair in Paris that the group’s stake...
News

Boomer™ 54D by New Holland named "Machine of the Year"

New Holland’s Boomer™ Tier4B compliant Boomer™ 54D was awarded the title of “Machine of the Year 2015” Award in the Compact and Specialized category at the SIMA 2015 show in Paris. Luca Mainardi, Head of Tractor and Precision Land Management...
Bioenergy

Biomethane, an emerging sector

All the premises are in place in Italy for substantially reducing imports of natural gas of fossil origin. The production of bio-methane from organic solid wastes of agricultural and integrated crop origins is promising opportunities for curbing climate changing emissions, creating new jobs and fostering growth and innovation in agriculture and industry
Technology

Trailed loaders/excavators in agricolture

Trailed loaders are in widespread use on farms for a variety of operation, from digging and loading bulk materials to cleaning ditches. These machines are made up of three fundamental structures, the frame, the arm and an hydraulic plant, can be equipped with a wide range of implements for various requirements and provide for accessories to ensure that all operations are performed in safe conditions
Notes

Exploratorium, a garden for children in Basildon

An important New Holland Agriculture venture in the social field. On Tuesday, February 24th the tractor multinational donated the new  “Exploratorium” garden to the  Pioneer School in Basildon (England), where a plant of the New Holland Agricultural has been situated...
Notes

Serigrafia 76: new plant in India

The Decal industrial plant, an Indian company set up by Serigrafia 76 with the aim of strengthening the presence of Italian industry in the great market of the Subcontinent,  will come on line in March 2015. The plant, situated in...

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