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From September 2011, the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences offers the course of studies „Agribusiness”, which will be tailored to the green industry. Since autumn 2010 the course of studies “Sustainable Agriculture “ is offered. Visit www.agrobusiness-niederrhein.de for further information.

Read more in on track 1/2011.

The state of technology and current developments, but also limitations, are discussed in the contributions of eilbote writer Christian Wick.

Read more in eilbote No. 17/2011.

Last Thursday the French agricultural exhibition SIMA ended. eilbote was in the city on the Seine and presents some interesting innovations.

Read more in eilbote No. 9 / 2011.

First uses in the Netherlands and Belgium. In recent years, Krone has converted several Big X to crawlers. This was for instance due to very wet soil conditions in different operational regions of the forage harvester. ?

Read more in eilbote 8/2011.

The DLG speaks with four modern-day producers in Germany, Austria, the United States and Russia for their views on the farming technologies that really matter and their expectations for Agritechnica 2011.

Read more in Agritechnica Trader 01/2011. Content also available online: agritechnica-trader.com.

From the beginning of the year the Italian Fiat Group has separated its truck and tractor division from the traditional automotive business.

Read more in eilbote No. 3/2011.

Case IH is expanding its Advanced Farming System (AFS) by a new automatic vehicle-to-vehicle synchronization solution (V2V), which is in this form first offered for use in agriculture.

Read more in eilbote No. 49/2010.

With Pantera 4001 Amazone is launching a new self-propelled sprayer on the market, where not only the crop protection technology, but also the carrier vehicle comes from its own production. ?

Read more in eilbote No. 48/2010.

eilbote will help in preparing for visit and presents the most important innovations.

Read more in eilbote No. 45/2010.

The Italian farm equipment industry looks forward to the next EIMA, taking place from November 10th to 14th at the Bologna Exhibition Center. Host of the show is the UNACOMA, the Italian association of manufacturers of agricultural machinery.

Read more in eilbote No. 44/2010.

We present the results of the Trend Monitor Europe, carried out by the German Agricultural Society (DLG), in cooperation with the Agricultural Market Research Institute Kleffmann Group. A total of 3,500 farmers in Germany, France, Great Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary were interviewed.

Read more in eilbote No. 40/2010.

Share in Italian joint venture to be increased – Factories in India and China have important key role – Group considers itself well positioned globally

Read more in eilbote No. 37/2010.

The atmosphere in the German agricultural sector has continued to improve. As the recent economic barometer of the German Agricultural Farmers Association (DBV) shows, the trend indicator reached its highest level for two years in June 2010.

Read more in eilbote No. 31/2010.

The “Big Six” are the three global market leaders John Deere, CNH and AGCO, listed in the U. S., and the three family-run Long Liner Claas, Same Deutz-Fahr (SDF) and the Argo Group, mainly active in Europe.

Read more in eilbote No. 28/2010.

Motor units can not only be fueled with conventional gasoline, but also with alkylate or equipment gasoline. In addition some power tool manufacturers offer specialized fabrications for biofuels such as ethanol or biodiesel. How do these differ from conventional fuels? Do they also offer new sales opportunities for the agricultural machinery trade??

Read more in eilbote No. 28/2010.

The market for agricultural machinery in the European Union fell by 19 percent in 2009 to 20.9 billion euros. For this year a slowdown of the downturn is expected to minus eight percent and 19.3 billion euros in sales in the EU. // Read more in eilbote No. 24/2010

Dr. Gregor Gysi is not only leader of the Left Party in the Bundestag, but also a skilled farmer. In on track, he tells how he came to his training in the former GDR involuntarily and which positive memories are left to him. // Read more in on track 1 / 2010

Decrease of 24,000 units – Partial dramatic drops – The German-speaking countries are still relatively stable ?// Read more in eilbote No. 18/2010

Farmers want to improve production efficiency in order to save profitability – Rising willingness to invest – DLG provides updated results of its Trend Monitor Europe? // Read more in eilbote No. 16 / 2010

With electrical drive engineering vehicles require less power than traditional drives. Tractor construction obtains new opportunities for power transmission to the wheels and auxiliary drives. But the main question is how to produce the necessary electricity with the tractor. // Read more in eilbote No. 11/2010

The federal government has extended its liquidity assistance for agriculture. For 2010 and 2011 the Federation provides 25 million euro for interest subsidy. // Read more in eilbote No. 09/2010

AGCO Corporation has now confirmed plans of closing its factory in Randers, Denmark. As part of the joint-venture in Italy, it will increase output at the local production site for harvest technology. According to planning, 400 AGCO-combines to be built in 2010. // Read more in eilbote No. 02/2010

Crisis? What crisis? – Much had been feared before Agritechnica 2009: Visitors would be missing, mood would be poor, farmers would be unlikely to invest… Nothing occurred except for the fact that visitors from Eastern Europe would be less present: the atmosphere was best, with 350.000 visitors there was even an increase of 3 per cent compared to the last show – including 77.000 international visitors. Having 2300 exhibitors from 46 countries, Agritechnica 2009 was the biggest one ever and withstood the crisis. In addition, a visitor survey revealed that 70 per cent of farmers and contractors are likely to invest within the next two years. eilbote visited exhibitors and questioned them about their impressions of the fair and expectations for the future. // Read more in eilbote No. 47/2009

Visiting Agritechnica is a must for the line of business. This is what most German dealers think as well – no matter if they are located in the North, South, West or East in Germany. „Agritechnica is a stunning exhibition“, finds Holger Wüstenberg, Managing Director of the Wüstenberg-Group located in Börm, Schleswig-Holstein. „Manufacturers provide enormous activities that attract the crowd.“ // Read more in eilbote No. 45-46/2009

Eilbote presents new machinery on more than 30 pages. Innovations in tillage, forage harvesting and logistics. // Read more in eilbote No. 44/2009.

From October 1st, 2009 on Andreas Vorig (39) has entered the executive board of Max Holder GmbH, located in Metzingen, and took over its chairmanship. Managing Director Andreas Frisch leaves the enterprise at his own wish after 11 years and a transition period of 6 months on March 31st, 2010. Until then he will continue to be in charge of the business areas Finance and Production, while Andreas Vorig will give priority to Sales, Development as well as IT and Organization.

Read more in eilbote No. 41 / 2009.

Dr. Matthias Schreiber, head of Fendt´s product marketing, characterizes the new 800 production series being introduced at Agritechnica as „the entry-level model in the large tractor category“. It is positioned in the growing segment from 200 to 280 hp.

Fendt also considers the newly introduced 200 Vario a compact standard tractor, offering the technology and convenience of large tractors in this segment. The new model of the manufacturer from Marktoberdorf is classed between its predecessing class 200 S and today´s 300 Vario. // Read more in eilbote No. 41 / 2009.

Market crisis reaches agricultural machinery sector in 2009. Decrease in turnover to level around 25 %. Tension expected to relieve from next year on.

The german agricultural machinery industry may be confident about next year. „After distinct breaksin nearly all segments we are expecting a stabilization at low level“, as Dr. Bernd Scherer, Managing Director of VDMA Landtechnik points out during a pre-press conference to Agritechnica 2009. Demand will admittedly continue to decline in importing markets in Western Europe – however a slight stimulation is expected in particular countries in Eastern Europe. // Read more in on track 2 / 2009

Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR) sets new focus in its work. As Managing Director Dr. Andreas Schütte announced to Agra-Europe, FNR enforces its consumer information and begins with extensive consulting on bioenergy for farmers. // Read more in eilbote No. 40 / 2009.

2150 exhibitors from 45 countries in Hanover. // Read more in Agritechnica Trader 2 / 2009 or visit www.agritechnica-trader.com

Not only manufacturers of tractors and attachments offer interesting jobs for mechanical engineers and agricultural technicians. Also the supplying industry has interesting jobs to offer. Young employees of GKN Walterscheid presented some at a Young Talents Meeting VDI-MEG in Lohmar.

Anyone who is studying mechanical engineering or agricultural engineering is at some point dreaming of an exciting job in the development department of a large tractor or harvester manufacturer. But also large-sized advertisements of manufacturers of harvesting or tillage machinery attract job starters.

Not as promoted, but nevertheless exciting is also the supplying industry that constructs fundamental components for tractors, attachments and other machinery. // Read more in track 2 / 2009.

JCB and Iseki-Maschinen GmbH, Meerbusch have agreed on a collaboration in sales and service intended for JCB´s off-road vehicles Groundhog 4×4 and 6×4. With immediate effect both products will be distributed either in JCB-yellow or Iseki-blue. // Read more in eilbote No. 40 / 2009.