Machinery - Pre-harvesting News
CLAAS launches 3 new agri equipment
CLAAS came out with three new agricultural equipment on September 24, 2020 that promise to help farmers in varied agricultural endeavors. The German leader in this space has launched ‘Max Cut’ cutter bar is now available from 2.2m working width. CLAAS has introduced two new ranges of rear mower...Read more
Kubota's best-selling 45 HP tractor to be manufactured in India
Kubota Corporation, a tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan has recently announced the manufacturing of MU4501 (45 HP tractor), the most popular tractor in India. The tractor with a 4-cylinder, 2434 cc engine, is extremely powerful, with outstanding performance, and is by far the most love...Read more
VST Tillers Tractors unveils power tiller ‘VST Kisan’
VST Tillers Tractors Limited, pioneers in manufacturing of tillers and compact tractors has launched “VST KISAN”, 12 HP Power tiller. This is complete indigenous product made by VST is 100% Make in India. The product is manufactured in Malur near Bangalore with a production...Read more
Ag Ministry launches ‘Centralized Farm Machinery Performance Testing Portal’
The ‘Centralized Farm Machinery Performance Testing Portal’ was launched by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on September 24, 2020. The portal was developed by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare to improve services of farm machinery tes...Read more
Plant & Equipment launches new category for Ag equipment
Dubai based Plant & Equipment announced the launching of a new industry category, Agricultural Equipment, on its online marketplace. This new section would help farmers find adequate farm equipment such as tractors, mowers, harvesters, and many more farm machinery at the right price. Off the company&r...Read more
Bank of Baroda introduces various initiatives to boost tractor financing
The Bank of Baroda has announced three new initiatives towards improving credit penetration in farm mechanisation. The initiatives are focused on providing better financial service to farmers and empowering them towards farm mechanisation, the bank said in a statement. Executive Director Vik...Read more
VST Tillers launches 30 HP compact tractor
VST Tillers Tractors, pioneers in manufacturing of tillers and compact tractors for over five decades, has launched “VST SHAKTI MT 932”, the First Company to launch the 30 HP tractor in the compact tractor segment. The product comes with a tagline “30 Hai to Smart Hai” which comes w...Read more
HIPP launches new 4-stroke backpack brush cutter in India
Honda India Power Products Limited (HIPP), a leading manufacturer of power products in India unveiled its new 1.3 hp 4 Stroke Backpack Brush Cutter, Model: UMR435T across different regions in India. HIPP has been the market leader in the brush cutter cate...Read more
Mahindra & Mahindra launches precision potato planting machinery
Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the USD 19.4 billion Mahindra Group, recently launched its new advanced precision potato planting machinery, the new ‘Planting Master Potato+’. Designed and developed in collaboration with Europe-based partner Dewulf, a globa...Read more
Sonalika Tractors reports 80% growth in sales in August'20
Sonalika Tractors has beaten its last month record and registered highest ever domestic growth of 80 percent in August 2020 with 8,205 tractors as compared to 4,560 sales same period last year. India’s one of the leading tractor manufacturers ,Sonalka Tractors, has&nb...Read more
Kharif crop sowing acreage up by 13.92%
The total Kharif crops has been sown on 882.18 lakh ha area against 774.38 lakh ha area during the corresponding period of last year, as on July 31, 2020 according to the Ministry of Agriculture. This is an increase in area coverage by 13.92 per cent compared to last year in the country. Rice accounte...Read more
Mahindra & John Deere leads in farm equipment rental space
There has been an increase in the adoption of renting farm equipment across the world because of crucial aspects of upsurge in global population and a simultaneous shortage of skilled labor. An increased reliance on technological advancements made in mechanization and massive increase in demand for food grain pro...Read more