NewFarmMachinery magazine issue 12, on-sale August 11 features an exclusive first look at the Deutz-Fahr 5130 TTV tractor scheduled to reach Australian shores later this month.
We couldn’t wait to get our hands on the new Deutz-Fahr series 5 tractors, so we sent tractor expert Tom Dickson to the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, to test the 5130 TTV model before the new line-up reaches Australia in late August.
Don’t miss Tom’s comprehensive appraisal of the German construction to see how it stacks up against its predecessors and competitors. Watch the stunning video review.
With hay harvesting season just around the corner, we tested a couple of hay products alongside several other equipment including:
- McHale Fusion 3 Vario baler wrapper
- Kuhn VBP 2160 BalePack baler wrapper
- Arctic Cat Stockman 500 ATV (watch the video)
- Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (watch the video)
Innovation is a word to be embraced, not feared, as proven by the successful producers profiled in this issue.
South Australian grain farmer Mark Branson immediately saw the benefit of driving a tractor within 2cm accuracy using GPS, but at the time many of his peers said it couldn’t be done.
Now everyone’s using it and Branson’s only regret is that he didn’t wait a few years for the price of the technology to halve.
Also despite scepticism, Branson was one of the first in southern Australia to implement controlled traffic to prevent the compaction of his soils. And now he’s reaping the rewards for it. Read his success story in this issue.
Col Jackson speaks to another imaginative thinker, Gary Briggs; one of those blokes who, if he says he’s going to do something, consider it done.
Out of the adversity Briggs suffered as a result of floods in Queensland, the Dingo Tractor manufacturer invented a totally new, ingenious concept for fencing on the go. Don’t miss his inspirational story in NFM issue 12.
We took a little sneak peek into the future via the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA)’s Smart Farms Tour where augmented reality and automated systems take over.
Imagine irrigation systems smart enough to know when to switch on or off without any manual intervention. Imagine a spot sprayer that targets just the weed and discriminates the crop. It is all possible. Read all about the technologies currently in development by the NCEA in our exclusive feature.
Agriculture industry guru Dr Graeme Quick offers more invaluable hints; this time on the selection and set-up of tractor tyres. Your journey to tyre wisdom starts here.
Finally, don’t miss our comprehensive Balers and Bale Wrappers Buyers’ Guide featuring specifications for all the leading models on the market. You name it, we have it.
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