Police are warning farmers to remain vigilant to scams relating to purchasing farm machinery and vehicles, following recent reports of fake online stores…Read More
Grain Central, July 17, 2020
A study into the future of electric vehicles and robotics in agriculture has found that the move is on to develop electric farm vehicles…Read More
Neil Lyon, July 10, 2020
The Tasmanian Government’s quad bike safety rebate, which was due to end on 30 June 2020, has been extended to 10 October 2021.
Grain Central, July 7, 2020
The return to favourable seasonal conditions in eastern states, coupled with the Federal Government’s instant asset write-off tax incentive, has driven a surge in farm machinery sales…Read More
Neil Lyon, June 29, 2020
What’s the latest in the farm machinery world?..Read More
Grain Central, June 26, 2020
Farmer representative bodies are urging farmers to ignore rumours quad bikes will soon become unavailable following announcements by some manufacturers they are withdrawing from the market as new safety regulations take effect…Read More
Grain Central, June 23, 2020
GrainGrowers makes recommendations to better protect growers who purchase new farm equipment and machinery…Read More
Grain Central, June 5, 2020
The VFF has welcomed the announcement from a number of South West Victorian councils and shires allowing increased agricultural machinery and heavy vehicle access across the regions…Read More
Grain Central, June 2, 2020
Honda has become the latest manufacturer to announce it will withdraw from the Australian quad bike market on October 10 next year, claiming it can’t meet the new standards applied by the Australian Government…Read More
Russian machinery designers are set to begin the large-scale introduction of an autonomous driving system for agricultural machinery, including harvesters, tractors and sprayers…Read More
Grain Central, May 26, 2020
Scientists are using nonlinear mathematical modelling to understand the bouncing and sliding instabilities that can lead to tractor accidents…Read More
Grain Central, May 26, 2020
The Weed Chipper, a site-specific mechanical weeder for large-scale grain production systems, has proven to be an effective non-herbicide tactic to tackle herbicide resistant weeds of any size…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, May 20, 2020