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    EU project aims to make tractors smarter

    A total of around 60 European companies have developed a virtual terminal as part of an EU project, with the help of which existing tractors can be upgraded to become smart machines. The innovation aims to make agriculture more sustainable and counteract the shortage of skilled workers. The “Aggregate Farming…

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    California farmers began to use unmanned tractors

    Monarch Tractor began supplying California farmers with driverless, electric tractors. Such machines bring work to a whole new level of environmental friendliness and comfort, writes Fox Business. The autonomous tractor is equipped with a full set of sensors that allow it to navigate in space. It recognizes animals, people, as…

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    A miller forced to use a generator to save his mill

    The electricity bills of the Moulins du Val-Dieu, in Aubel, have exploded. Between last spring and October, they went from 8,000 euros to 35,000 euros per month. A staggering sum that convinced millers Christian Hick and Benoit Brouwers to buy a generator. According to the administrator of the mills, it…

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    John Deere HarvestLab 3000 sensor available on combines

    John Deere now offers the HarvestLabTM 3000 near-infrared sensor on S and T-Series combines, while increasing the number of applications to four – component analysis is now also possible for cereals and oilseed rape. The HarvestLabTM 3000 solution is well known for applications in self-propelled forage harvesters, stationary use and…

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    A 35-year-old harvester still in operation!

    The M 2385 harvester was marketed by Deutz Fahr between 1979 and 1988. One of its examples, acquired new in 1987, is still in operation with its owners, the brothers Michel and Rolland Boirin. Special equipment This combine harvester has the particularity of being equipped with an air-cooled engine. It…

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    BigBaler 1270 Plus Density: a new baler New Holland

    New Holland continues to develop its BigBaler Plus range. The manufacturer is indeed marketing a new model called BigBaler 1270 Plus Density. Improve ball production The New Holland BigBaler 1270 Plus Density has been developed to produce even denser bales. This will have a positive impact on profitability thanks to…

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    Agriculture must also take care of cybersecurity

    Agriculture must take care of cybersecurity, especially in the face of threats to food security, Canadian scientists warn. For hackers, even data on feeding times are interesting. – The level of cyber security in agriculture is minimal or even non-existent. From a cybersecurity point of view, the agricultural sector is…