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Smart Assistance Systems Take Center Stage at Systems & Components 2025

Brenna ShumbamhiniAugust 26, 2025August 26, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniAugust 26, 2025August 26, 202501691

From 9–15 November 2025, the Systems & Components trade fair at Agritechnica—the world’s largest agricultural machinery exhibition—will spotlight the latest generation of smart assistance systems...

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Chain Reaction – 5 Common Chainsaw Chain Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making

Brenna ShumbamhiniAugust 11, 2025August 11, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniAugust 11, 2025August 11, 202501460

A chainsaw is only as effective as its chain, yet many users unknowingly make mistakes that compromise performance, safety, and efficiency. “Oversights in how a...

Featured Machinery and Equipment SMART AGRICULTURE technology

Horizon Agricultural Machinery Launches New 7.5–9m MDSX No-Till Drill for High-Output Regenerative Farming

Brenna ShumbamhiniAugust 5, 2025August 5, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniAugust 5, 2025August 5, 202502293

Sutton St James, United Kingdom – July 10, 2025 – Horizon Agricultural Machinery Ltd. is proud to announce the latest innovation in its MDSX product...

Agriculture Featured Machinery and Equipment SMART AGRICULTURE technology

FAE upgrades the SSM forestry tiller for tractors up to 300 hp.

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 28, 2025July 28, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 28, 2025July 28, 202501608

FAE is updating its SSM line of forestry tillers for 170-300 hp tractors. The HP models now boast a side gearbox cooling system, while all versions...

Agriculture Featured SMART AGRICULTURE technology

Reaching new heights of safety and ensuring shorter downtimes: operators can now use the FAE App to reposition RCU vehicles if remote-control signal is lost.

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 14, 2025July 14, 202501879

The FAE App now boasts a function of particular importance to owners of RCU55, RCU75 or RCU120 remote-controlled tracked carriers. If the remote control cannot...

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The PT300 becomes even more versatile with the new SFM/PT head.

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 3, 2025July 3, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 3, 2025July 3, 202502878

FAE is broadening the fields of application for the PT300 tracked carrier with the introduction of the new SFM/PT multitask attachment, which can shred wood,...

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Snail and Slug Infestation Forces Overberg Farmers to Replant Crops

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 2, 2025July 2, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 2, 2025July 2, 20250191

Grain producers in South Africa’s Overberg region are battling a severe outbreak of snails and slugs, with many forced to replant their crops due to...

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Leecon Poultry Sets New Standards in Sierra Leone’s Poultry Industry with State-of-the-Art Hatchery

Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 1, 2025July 1, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJuly 1, 2025July 1, 202502899

Sierra Leone’s poultry sector has marked a major milestone with the unveiling of the Leecon Poultry Company/APMI parent stock farm and hatchery, a pioneering facility...

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Smart Irrigation: How Automation Is Transforming Water Use in Agriculture

Brenna ShumbamhiniJune 11, 2025June 11, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniJune 11, 2025June 11, 202502242

As water scarcity and climate variability intensify, efficient irrigation is becoming more critical than ever in modern agriculture. Where farmers once relied on intuition or...

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Bobcat T76 Compact Track Loader: An Irreplaceable Ally for Harvesting in the Euroverde Fields

Brenna ShumbamhiniMay 29, 2025May 29, 2025

by Brenna ShumbamhiniMay 29, 2025May 29, 202502087

The Bobcat T76 compact track loader has been chosen as the ideal solution for harvesting operations in the vast fields of Euroverde Società Agricola Srl,...