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Thank you for reading October 2015 edi on of AGRIMECH, the monthly magazine dedicated to forwardlooking farm equipment from tractors to harvesters, handlers to implements.

As the world gets smaller due to the development of transporta on and communica on tools; if we leave this widening disparity on the globe, world peace will never come true.

Agriculture brings original environment and culture to every region and this has made our human lives rich and prosperous. Agriculture is harmoniza on between human beings and other life systems. With this harmoniza on, it has not only changed the life systems but also given dis nc ve “so ware” or heart inside human beings and developed spiritual and social culture. In other words, agriculture is interac on between human beings and the life systems. We must not allow others to destroy agriculture for the sake of short-term profits to exploit nature as an industry to produce food as commodi es. To achieve be er interac on and harmoniza on, we will need be er equipment and knowledge. The most vital item of all inputs is agricultural machinery. As the popula on grows whilst the farming land in the world is limited, the most fundamental undertaking would be an increase of the land produc vity. The necessary condi ons for this are mely and accurate opera ons. It is the most important mission of agricultural mechaniza on.

Importance of mechaniza on has already been felt while small farmers believe that using a tractor with a few basic implements is farm mechaniza on. Small, medium and large manufacturers exist in nearly all the developing countries. Generally, large manufacturers give prac cal importance to research and adapta on of new inven ons, while they face compe on of product cost with small manufacturers.

When agriculture and farmers become affluent in this world, there will be true peace. We should endeavor to harmonize and sustain with the other life systems beau fully by using agricultural machinery for world peace.

The reason behind the publica on of AGRIMECH, is to narrow the gap between the mechaniza on and it’s end-users and discuss ways for especially farmers in developing countries to become sufficient by themselves with the introduc on of a chain of appropriate technologies.

Because of the most discussed and interes ng ar cles and pictures AGRIMECH, creates a complete reach to farm machinery professionals. If you are into Agriculture Mechaniza on business, you should definitely be displayed in AGRIMECH.

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Agriculture mechanization: Its role in the development of civilization

Improving your agriculture efficiency through farming machinery

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Is Indian agriculture ready for “Gedgetizaion�

The Importance of servicing your farm machinery

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Farm Machinery: Helping farmers feed the world

Teagle adds bluetooth tech to latest feeder-bedder

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Why does the farm machinery ma er?

Defra satellite imagery to help assess crop damage

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Checkweighers: The key to optimized OEE

Trimble automates implement turns at row-ends

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An Introductory guide to buying a tractor

New app says whether to spray crops or not

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How farm planting machinery guarantees success in the agriculture industry

Mahindra to Acquire a 33% Share in Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery Company

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Editorial Committee Dr Gyanendra Singh M.Tech , Ph.D Member Task Force Committee (Agriculture), Government of Madhya Pradesh Member Academic Council, JNKVV, Jabalpur

Dr. Said Elshahat Abdallah Associate Professor Agricultural Process Engineering Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh Univ.

Kafr Elsheikh 33516, Egypt

Dr Shimon Horovitz Roberto B.Sc. Agronomy Consultant - Open fields and greenhouses Jerusalem, Israel

DOUGLAS AYIREBIDE ALEKIBA Production Supervisor Mim Cashew and Agricultural Products Ltd., Mim – Brong Ahafo, Ghana

Dr. Joginder Singh Malik Professor of Extension Education CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar-125 004 (Haryana) INDIA

Yash Agrawal Business Development Associate BIS Research

Dr. Ghanshyam T. Patle Assistant Professor College of Agricultural Engineering & Post Harvest Technology Central Agricultural University, Imphal Manipur (INDIA)

A. S. SUBBARAO Sr.Manager - Agronomy SBU - South Agronomy Department NETAFIM, India

Raghavan Sampathkumar Founder & Principal SMARTAgBiz

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Agricultural mechanization:

its role in the

development

of civilization Road to mechanization

Agricultural tools: driving force of human civilization it is common knowledge that the first spark that ignited the long process of human evolution went off around 12,000 years ago with the transition of early humans from hunter-gatherers to agricultural societies.

The discovery of how to cultivate the land and to breed animals has

The

food surplus allowed humans to establish food stocks, reduce mortality, raise more children concurrently, whereas this was not possible previously, and support a denser population, which in turn e n c o u r a g e d t h e development of larger sedentary communities. transformed the earlier groups of hunter-gatherers into sedentary societies based on small villages.

The food surplus allowed humans to establish food stocks, reduce mortality, raise more children concurrently, whereas this was not possible previously, and support a denser population, which in turn encouraged the development of larger sedentary

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communities.

The result is that world population significantly increased by about one million in 10,000 BC to an estimated value of 200 million at the Roman time, as the result of what historians call the “Neolithic Revolution”, that is a virtuous circle of progressive increase of food supplies and a consequent population growth.

Considering that survival and well-being were strictly connected to agriculture, the first pioneering efforts of the human mind have been totally dedicated to the creation of tools and implements such hoes, sickle etc. able to facilitate the farming operations that therefore can be considered as the forerunners of modern agricultural implements.

We can therefore assert that agricultural engineering – in its

earliest a n d simplest forms – was the f i r s t technolog i c a l innovatio n that has

radically changed the life and the structure of the human community and it may be properly considered to be the mother of all subsequent innovations that have led to the technological level in today's society.

Agricultural production and related technologies remained

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substantially unchanged for many thousands of years with a slow but steady increase in population and we must wait until the Middle Ages in order to attend to a new, important evolutionary leap.

Between the XI and XIV century Europe saw significant improvements in the agricultural techniques and technologies.

In this period of time a considerable development of handcraft and iron working led to the dissemination of several technological innovations. The production of agricultural hand tools grew greatly and the plough was significantly improved developing from the ancient symmetrical wooden plough into the mouldboard plough capable of turning over the heavy, wet soils of northern Europe.

The use of animal traction was significantly improved by the development on yoking of animals from the ancient strap system to front yoke for oxen and to horses collar which allowed the animals to download the weight of the whole body, greatly increasing the efficiency of coupling. To protect the hooves of horses at work also the practice of shoeing began to spread.

Among the major innovations of that period must be taken into consideration also the spread of watermills and windmills, initially developed in Roman times, which in Middle Age were greatly improved and disseminated for grinding grain and wood cutting 08 AGRI MECH October' 15

allowing increasing by 40 times the productivity of human labor.

In this same time period,

The use of animal traction was significantly improved by the development on yoking of animals from the ancient strap system to front yoke for oxen and to horses collar which allowed the animals to download the weight of the whole body, greatly increasing the efficiency of coupling. monasteries spread through Europe and became important centers for the collection and the diffusion of knowledge related to agriculture and forestry while large landowners introduced a

better control of both their land and their laborers through the manorial system.

So farming technique developed as well, the concept of summer irrigation was introduced and there was a significant expansion of arable land through land reclamation and remediation.

European farmers moved from two field crop rotation to a three field crop rotation in which one field of three was left fallow every year and new crop were planted.

Thanks to the combined effect of all these factors the efficiency of seeding (wheat) doubled from 1:2 to 1:4 and there was a significant increase in the quantity and quality of agricultural production, which in turn led to the development of commerce and an increase in

Agriculture Revolution population making a further step forward in the path of evolution of human society.

In 1700 the advent of the Enlightenment produced a sea change in human thought which led to the birth of modern science; reason and experience became the driving forces in the process of advancement of knowledge laying the foundation of modern scientific thought.

ARTICLE Many factors have contributed to this deep change: Introduction of four-field crop rotation with fodder crops, particularly turnips and c l o v e r, w h i c h g r e a t l y increased crop and livestock yields by improving soil fertility and reducing fallow.  Selective breeding  Use of fertilizers with dung pits to hold and preserve animal manure.  Use of deep trenches for land drainage  New crops from trade with Americas, including corn and potatoes.

But absolutely crucial was the contribution of agricultural engineering that with the great improvement of existing tools and the invention of the first farm machinery began the long process of development toward the agricultural mechanization in modern sense.

A major contribution to provide the basis for modern mechanization comes from the 

Even for agriculture began a period of radical change, the first texts of agronomy appeared and a series of innovations, improvements and techniques in Great Britain, the Netherlands, and others neighboring countries gave rise to the so called Agricultural Revolution that represents the major turning point in farming systems.

Under the pressure of two important social factors: Growing population but mostly the increase in number of urban dwellers creating an increase in demand for food.  Better organization of land management replacing the open field system with compact farms through the Enclosure Acts.

adopted by many great landowners.

In 1730 in Rotherham, England, the plough design was steadily improved with new shapes and covering the mouldboard with iron. The Rotherham plough was much lighter than conventional design and it began to be manufactured industrially. At the same time spread the use of horses for traction in substitution of oxen with an increase of 50% in the working speed.

Nel 1753 in Florence the “Accademie dei Georgofili” was founded, books of agronomy began to spread, and agriculture became a science.

Renewed agricultural practices and technical innovations produced an important increase in yield per land unit (seed efficiency raised to 1:7) and in food supplies that enabled an unprecedented population growth, freeing up a significant percentage of the workforce, and thereby Agricultural Revolution can be considered one of the catalyst of the following Industrial

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The agriculture saw a radical transformation process moving beyond the use of primitive techniques of subsistence to generate the kind of surpluses needed to feed thousands of people working in factories instead of in agriculture.

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English agricultural pioneer Jethro Thull. After some early attempts by Giuseppe Locatelli and Giovanni Cavallina in Italy, in 1701 he perfected a horse-drawn seed drill able to sow seed in uniform rows and cover up the seed in the rows. Later he also developed a horse drawn hoe and Thull's methods were

Evolution.

Mechanization after the Industrial Revolution The extraordinary development of the last three centuries is well known: the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s and the Green Revolution of the second half of

ARTICLE the last century has completely transformed society and the agricultural production system.

The world's population that until the 18th century had grown very slowly up to approximately 600 million, thanks to the growing availability of food resources and the improvement of economic conditions, begins to grow more and faster to get to nearly 7 billion today.

The transition from subsistence to market-oriented agriculture, which started three centuries earlier in industrialized countries, comes to complete fulfillment and today only 1-2% of the population produces enough food for the

Until the end of 19th century agriculture was labourintensive, and it took place on a large number of small farms occupying more than half the population and a huge number of working animals. entire community. The remaining question of famine is not that we need more food, but how we distribute it within the world.

This unprecedented growth of the agricultural productivity at a global scale has been enabled by the joint action, by one hand, of scientific discoveries in the field of agronomy which led to the introduction of newer higheryield seeds and to the expanded use of fertilizers and pesticides, and, on the other hand, by development of agricultural engineering technology that has made available machines and equipment more and more powerful and efficient.

In Europe theoretical studies on the improvement of the plough continued and the prototype designed by Cosimo Ridolfi, a member of Accademia dei Georgofili, and Raffaello

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Lambruschini, was awarded at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1855. A few years earlier, in 1835, an American blacksmith John Deere introduced the first steel plough and Cyrus McCormick invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper.

A t t h e beginning of t h e 2 0 t h century, the mechanical power finally comes into agriculture and starts the s e a s o n o f m o d e r n mechanization. In the US, Henry Ford introduced the first widely popular mass-produced tractor in 1917 and soon after the first tractors powered by diesel engine were born in Germany (Benz Sendling DS-6, in 1922) and in Italy (Cassani, in 1927).

Thus the tremendous transformation of the agricultural system of the 20th century began. Until the end of 19th century agriculture was labourintensive, and it took place on a large number of small farms occupying more than half the population and a huge number of working animals. Nowadays agriculture is concentrated on a small number of highly productive and mechanized farms employing a thin share of active population and freeing major human resources for economic growth and development.

During its long pathway agriculture has increased by 25 times the land output that has grown from a seeding efficiency of 1:2 in primitive agriculture to 1:50 but the use of the machine was boosted 100 times the

productivity of human labor by reducing the manpower needs from 1000 to 10 man-hours/ ha.

The 2014 Combine Harvesting World Record of an average

throughput of 99.7 t/h over an eight hours period with a fuel consumption of 1.12 liters per ton and an average yield of 9.95 t/ha give full evidence of both the extremely high agricultural production values and the tremendous level of efficiency achieved by the modern mechanization.

Challenges for the mechanization of the next millennium Agricultural machinery production is today a very efficient system in which both an intense and highly qualified research activity and a large and dynamic industrial sector in all the industrialized counties contribute with synergic effects.

In recent decades a crucial contribution to the exponential growth of the disciplines related to agricultural engineering comes from a broad international network of scientific societies and academies that have actively coordinated and promoted research activity in the field driving it towards highly innovative issues.

The International Commission of

ARTICLE UPCOMING EVENTS AGRITECHNICA 10-14 Nov 2015 Hannover,Germany KRISHI 26-30 Nov 2015 Nashik,India CHINA AGRICULTURAL TRADE FAIR 07-11 Nov 2015 Fuzhou, China KRUSHIK 6-8 Nov 2015 Pune,India AGRO PROTECH 19-21 Nov 2015 Kolkata,India KISAN 16-20 Dec Pune,India EIMA AGRIMACH INDIA 3-5 Dec New Delhi,India AGRI ASIA 3-5 Mar-2016 Mumbai, India AGRITEK ASTANA 09 - 11 March 2016 Astana, Kazakhstan AGRITEX 11-13 Apr Hyderabad,India

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ARTICLE Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR) worldwide, the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng) in Europe, and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) in the United States are very active in stimulating the development of science and technology in the field of Agricultural Engineering through Conferences, Publications, Networking and International lobbying.

In Italy, the “Accademia dei Georgofili” after 261 years still plays with unchanged prestige and authoritativeness an important role of guidance of development strategies for the agriculture with great attention to mechanization.

The Club of Bologna, founded in 1989 by FederUnacoma as a free association of leading personalities on mechanization from research, manufacturers, and international Organizations, meets once a year in order to discuss the development of the agricultural mechanization worldwide. During the meetings the emerging issues and development needs for mechanization are discussed in o r d e r t o p r e p a r e recommendations to be submitted to the policy makers for future actions.

Following this uninterrupted process of growth and modernization, mechanization has reached the goal of maximizing productivity and it is now preparing to face the

challenge of the third millennium: sustainability.

The tremendous development of

I n f o r m a t i o n Te c h n o l o g y i s gradually turning machine from tools for increasing the “power” of human action to "smart" devices more and more autonomous and able to fit automatically local conditions.

Three are the mainstays of new smart mechanization: Global Positioning System (GPS), a satellite constellation system able to provide positioning data on the field with accuracy from 20 to 2 centimeter.  El e ctro n i c se n so r s a n d automation allowing automatic control systems for operating machinery and implements.  Computer science for information processing. 

Those all together have led to the development of so called Precision Agriculture (PA).

Precision Agriculture is a farming management concept based on optimization of machine

operations according to the local needs and the characteristics of the crops The capacity to locate the precise position in a field allows the creation of maps of the spatial variability of crops so that further operation can be locally optimized.

Crop yield monitors and different type of vehicle mountable sensors can provide precise information on the crops status (chlorophyll, moisture, diseases, weeds etc.) in order to optimize distribution of inputs.

The possibility to tailor chemical and fertilizer application using prescription maps together with advanced systems of automatic machine guidance and operative control is a major step towards sustainability of agricultural production in industrialized countries. Computerized management systems allow operations and inputs in order to achieve the traceability of production at the farm gate.

In parallel in less industrialized countries the paradigm of feeding the world should be declined promoting the development of appropriate forms of mechanization, thus enabling those countries to advance towards food self-sufficiency and economic growth.

Therefore, the aim of meeting the growing food needs of the future years may be prosecuted only if the development of the necessary technical means will be considered a strategic priority issue.

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Is Indian agriculture ready

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for “Gadgetization”

In a recent speech to the graduating students of Indian Institute of Science, NR Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys - the poster child of India's Information Technology (IT) sector – pointed out that in the last 60 years, there is no ground-breaking scientific invention that can change the world has come from India.

Perhaps, his statement is debatable in the context of India's recent achievements and impeccable growth in few areas such as astrophysics, telecommunications and IT. But his analysis is absolutely true, unfortunately, for the country's biggest and oldest sector agriculture.

The country seems to continue to bask in the glory of 'Green Revolution' being oblivious of the imminent need to make progress as succinctly narrated in the column in The Economist titled

“Farming in India: In a time warp”.

One of the main reasons for such lackluster attitude could possibly be entrenched “politicization” of policies and the firm grip of the Government that primarily limit the ability and prospects of involvement of the private sector.

However, relentless optimism among its growing class of passionate and young entrepreneurs holds promise for a better future.

Technological interventions in agriculture globally have become one of the hottest and most debated topics recently. The sector, particularly in the West is witnessing a huge influx of new entrants and innovative technologies attempting to take agribusiness to the next level in leveraging big data.

Understandably, much of the buzz is occurring in developed Western countries, which have industrial-scale agribusiness with l a r g e r average landholding than their Asian counterparts.

In this context, this column is an attempt to look at the scenarios – currently and in future whether India is ready for an “ A g Te c h ”

(Part-01 of 02)

revolutio n, how c a n technolo g y improve the ailing s e c t o r, s o m e example s o f

Technological interventions in agriculture globally have become one of the hottest and most debated topics recently. The sector, particularly in the West is witnessing a huge influx of new entrants and innovative technologies attempting to take agribusiness to the next level in leveraging big data. technological interventions, opportunities and roadblocks for the techpreneurs, critical factors for success, macroeconomic trends and key industry drivers, and also importantly policy implications for nurturing innovations. Though this is primarily related to India, the implications and conclusions may well be applied to many Originally published in AgfunderNews www.agfundernews.com

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ARTICLE demographic profile in the region.

India's agri-food sector : A brief overview Agriculture still supports nearly two-thirds of the population directly or indirectly but contributes just a little over a sixth of the nation's GDP. Its share is expected to go down as the country develops further. Barring few spurts in growth due to some

targeted interventions in the last 63 years since its independence, the sector still has not arrived where it needs to. Average yields for most of the key crops like rice are at least half of the global average, food losses, mainly preharvest, still amount to as high as 40% in some crops like vegetables, more than half of its cultivable area remains unirrigated with growth in c o v e r a g e l a g g i n g b a d l y, competition from non-agricultural uses is exacerbating the shrinkage of cultivable area.

Smaller and fragmented land holdings and primitive agricultural techniques are still prevalent. The sector is still laborintensive in most parts of the country with islands of success in farm mechanization. Low levels of literacy and lack of access to

c r i t i c a l information and knowledge are quite common.

I n t e r n e t penetration is limited in rural areas although mobiles have b e c o m e a l m o s t ubiquitous.

The industry is still struggling to achieve financial inclusiveness particularly for the resource-poor farmers; Policy & regulatory environment is rather skewed in favor of few â&#x20AC;&#x153;votebankâ&#x20AC;? crops and is mostly archaic and outdated.

Involvement of private players in the food chain is limited to certain activities such as trading since the sector is highly politicallysensitive and hence always kept under the tight grip of the Governments. Lack of differences in adopting policies by the individual States; lack of a conducive eco-system to promote and nurture entrepreneurship; a deeply entrenched and cumbersome bureaucracy and red-tapism and the list of problems grows lengthy.

In contrast, from a macroeconomist's perspective, the country is going to be the most populous one with more than 1.3 billion people by the turn of the next decade and will probably be the youngest with a median age of less than 30 years.

It's a lucrative market for anything and everything. More than twothirds of the country's population is going to be living in urban areas with their food consumption habits converging and matching with that of their counterparts from the developed world. Not to forget the rise in per capita average income from the current USD 1,274, this has grown at an enviable rate of 10.4% since

2007. The trend is likely to continue as the country is set to become the third largest economy that will have nearly tripled from its current value of US$2.3 trillion.

The implications of this enormous demographic and socio-economic transformation are absolutely mind-blowing.

Particularly, for the food industry, it is going to be very interesting yet challenging to cater to the diverse and complex needs of the new generation. These are the people who are ruthlessly

This has grown at an enviable rate of 10.4% since 2007. The trend is likely to continue as the country is set to become the third largest economy that will have nearly tripled from its current value of US$2.3 trillion. demanding more and better in everything they consume and importantly faster as they would be the most time-starved.

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ARTICLE agriculture sector has undergone progressive growth including over many decades of reforms, land consolidation, achieving economies of scale, adoption of hybrids with specific designer traits, enhanced market orientation, efficient supply chains, conducive policies to enable creation of demand and open up market opportunities, investments in infrastructure and social or income security for the farmers, better insurance coverage and business-like treatment by the Governments.

All these eventually led to a

To put simply, from a techpreneur's point of view, Indian agriculture is still probably in the “Paleolithic period”, falling way behind its Western counterparts in terms of achieving efficiency through use of technological interventions. farmer being in control of his productivity and profitability and be able to plough back a portion of the profit to invest to improve his business.

In contrast, the current situation in India needs to be improved quite significantly where farmers face all possible risks from production, availability of water, quality inputs and technologies to finally marketing their produce since the primary production sector still remains largely disconnected from the markets.

Price signals usually do not reach the growers in time to respond appropriately. Ironically, they are claimed to be “risk-averse” and unwilling to invest in technologies or machines to improve efficiency of their farming operations.

To p u t s i m p l y, f r o m a techpreneur's point of view, Indian agriculture is still probably

in the “Paleolithic period”, falling way behind its Western counterparts in terms of achieving efficiency through use of technological interventions.

However, each of the above issues that currently affect agriculture in India are providing opportunities for the passionate and skilled entrepreneurs to innovate and create solutions. These can be as simple as mobile-based social networking platforms that can open up direct marketing options for the farmers to highly tech-driven precision agriculture.

Examples of technological innovations in Indian agriculture India' agriculture has just woken up to the idea of leveraging technological interventions to maximize efficiency and the following broad categories emerge from a stock take of the existing interventions. ĞŎŃÞŒ Sourcing / Supply Chain

Technology Internet kiosk at villages

Marketing

Online platform

Trading platform

Mobile based (Whatsapp)

Agronomy / Cultivation

Mobile app

Commodity Price alerts

Mobile app

Extension / Mobile app Knowledge Transfer

Examples ITC e-choupal eFarmdirect allfresh Progressive Farmers Gujarat group Young Innovative Farmers myRML mKisan EM3AgriServices myRML Mandi Prices Digital Mandi India myRML mKisan mExtension

Crop insurance

Mobile app

CCE by World Bank

Financial services

Mobile payment

M-Pesa

Weather advisory/ GPS Insurance Mobile and cloud Integrated Farm based decision Management support Retail Predictive Analysis

Comments / Source One of the earliest technology interventions

Skymet Eruvaka Technologies for aquaculture Stellapps for Dairy farms Retigence

A detailed report on mobile applications in India by Saravanan Raj Crop Cutting Experiment supported by World Bank Supported by VodaFone Foundation under its Connected Farming Supported by Omnivore Partners Supported by Omnivore Partners

These are some of the examples and there are many more at different stages such as concept development, piloting, field testing and commercialization. Many of these initiatives are supported by several venture capital firms, technology and business incubators and accelerators such as Omnivore Partners, ABI-ICRISAT, CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad, Infuse Ventures, Aspada Ventures and Rural Agri Ventures; companies such as VodaFone; financial institutions such as World Bank and industry associations like GSMA (mAgri initiative).

The second and concluding part will feature various challenges for making Indian agriculture a truly tech-driven and highly-efficient sector along with some insights on what would make an innovation successful given the enormous diversity in farming in India. Part 2 of 2 to be continued….

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Farm Machinery: Helping Farmers Feed the World

B efore mechanization, it took 300 hours to harvest 100 bushels of wheat. After reapers, threshers, and binders, it took 50 hours to harvest 100 bushels of wheat. After combine harvesters, it takes less than 3 minutes to harvest 100 bushels of wheat.

CORN HARVESTING: 1890 – 05 bushels of corn an hour by hand

Farm Machinery to Feed the World leaders need to help farmers worldwide W orld gain higher yields using fixed land and water

resources. The solution? Mechanization paired with biological innovation. History demonstrates the huge leaps in productivity attributed to the introduction of tractors, mechanized planters and harvesters. On Dawn Drake 1949 — 200 bushels of another level, precision planting combined with Executive Director Alt Del Systems corn an hour by combine variable rate application and irrigation University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI 2012 — 2500 bushels of increases yields exponentially while saving on corn an hour by combine chemical and water inputs. Biological advancements have also greatly increased yields. In order to realize that full potential, Early 1870's: One acre per day mechanization must manage those increased with a one horse walking plow yields and do so within a shorter window of Late 1870's: Five to seven time. acres per day with two-bottom At the beginning of the 20th century, one sulky or riding plow with farmer fed 2.5 people. In 1960, one farmer in four-five horses. mechanized countries fed 25 people. Today, one farmer in mechanized countries can feed 145 people.

Late 1930's: One acre in Farm machinery is part of the mature manufacturing economy of many 30 minutes using a tractor. developed nations around the world and is an increasing part of the manufacturing economy of developing nations as well. It is an industry that today experiences few major technological shifts.

Patents are more likely to be filed for minor adjustments to existing designs than for rad-ical new designs.

In many cases, product differentiation between brands is minimal and companies compete with one another based on measures like efficiency and customer service.

1922 – 25 bushels of corn an hour with one-row drawn picker

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2 0 11 : 0.5 acres arable land per person in the world cs. 1.0 in 1961

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How will world leaders meet escalating food demands with static or dwindling resources?

100% More Food Production Needed by 2050

Experts agree that surging populations combined with increased wealth will double world food demands by the year 2050. Nearly all of the population explosion will occur in developing countries, most of which are currently unable to meet their food demands. Some of those same countries are experiencing huge growth in their middle classes, resulting in more people demanding higher value foods including proteins. This multiplies the amount of grain required to meet demands. At the same time, limited additional arable land and intensifed water scarcity are impeding increased food production.

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Farm Machinery: Fueling Economies ncreasing productivity for food production has been fundamental to the remarkable Idevelopment of the economies of North America, Europe, and Japan over the last century. Few economies have developed successfully without rapid and sustained agricultural productivity powerin overall growth. Agricultural productivity growth is key to overall economic growth, because it releases labor and land resources to support growth in other sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, and housing.

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Why Does the Farm Machinery Industry Matter

The simple answer to why the farm machinery industry matters is that most humans like to eat. As the world population continues to grow and the proportion of the workforce engaged in agriculture continues to decline, there is going to be an increasing need to use mechanized agricultural practices, specifically using the equipment built by the firms in this sector, to produce and manage higher yields on the same, or even less, farmland. Not only is the population increasing, but so is the demand for crops. Changes in income levels in parts of the world, such as China and India, led to more demand for agricultural commodities to feed both people and livestock. As the worldwide demand for animal protein increases, so does the need to grow crops used as feedstock. Currently the world agricultural community is able to meet that demand, but the demand is still growing. Te 2012 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, published by the Global Harvest Initiative, clearly states that in order to meet the food demand of Earth in the near future, all regions must increase agricultural productivity through science- and information-based tech-nologies.

Te use of these new technologies will have impacts on the farm machinery industry. In fact, many new technologies cannot be implemented without the use of mechanized agriculture.

Among science-based technologies are new hybrid seeds that generate thicker stalks and stems. This increased biomass has to be cut and plowed under, which requires more engine torque and horsepower

from harvesting and tillage equipment. Increases in vertical tillage of tough crop residues demands tractors that can maintain high speeds even under heavy loads. Te trend for farms in the developed world to increase in acreage, but decrease in labor inputs means that farmers must streamline field preparations pulling multiple implements in tandem across the field in order to limit individual trips.

Pulling more and larger implements demands high-horsepower farm machinery. New information based technologies in the form of computers and global positioning systems (GPS) installed on mechanized farm machinery, help farmers better apply inputs to reduce wastes and increase yields. Additionally, specialized tools built by the farm machinery industry help farmers around the world manage crops such as grapes, groundnuts, and fruits and vegetables more quickly and efficiently. All of these technological advances allow fewer farmers to manage more acres and feed a growing world population.

Te trend to increase productivity in agriculture through the use of new farm machinery is apparent to the industry. Farm machinery manufacturers, such as Case New Holland, have made it a key part of their marketing strategies with slogans like, “Be Ready.” In their advertising, companies tar-get farmers facing workforce shortages, desiring to carve out a larger place in the global economy through commodity sales, or both.

Without new technology and products, produced by the farm machinery industry, used in combination with new strains of hybrid seeds, a variety of synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, and the most up-to-date information technology, Earth would be at serious risk of not being able to feed itself given the current land area and climate restrictions.

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Checkweighers: The Key to Optimized OEE A

gricultural manufacturers throughout the world face the challenges of managing costs without compromising their products' quality and safety in order to remain competitive in a global market. In addition, across the world, stringent food safety measures are being put in place to uphold the quality and integrity of the food we consume, placing an added burden on agricultural manufacturers to comply in order to export in new markets. It is therefore imperative for agricultural manufacturers to optimise their resources to adapt to the ever changing market requirements and get a much clearer understanding of where to make improvements to their operation.

sizes and configurations, they can be easily integrated on production lines, even in high-speed layouts, to inspect packaged products to determine if they are the correct weight, minimising the risk of underor overweight packs.

Checkweighers with a connectivity software function can allow for automatic communication with other product inspection machines on the line, providing a more accurate and extensive holistic view of the manufacturing process. They are also able to incorporate additional devices to enable multiple forms of product inspection to be carried out at the same time.

For example, combination checkweighing and x-ray systems

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compliance with the European Union (EU) Regulation No 1169/2011 on Food Labelling.

Checkweighers can go a long way in maximising line efficiency and reducing manufacturing costs.

However, they can be even more effective at this role if used in conjunction with an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) programme.

What is OEE? Developed by inventor Seiichi Nakajima, as a central component of his Total Productive Maintenance ( T P M ) m e th o d o l o g y to b o o s t manufacturing efficiency, OEE is a measure to track and assess production performance. The concept has gained wide acceptance across a number of sectors as a quantitative tool to measure equipment performance to help manufacturers bring a product to market at minimum cost and to provide greater visibility into operations.

How can checkweighers help?

Checkweighers can help agricultural manufacturers optimise their production processes to meet these many demands. Highly versatile, multi-functional available in different 28 AGRI MECH October' 15

can enable manufacturers to detect missing items. Checkweighers incorporating barcode scanners and vision inspection equipment can check labelling to protect manufacturers against costly rework or even call-backs by ensuring

To determine OEE, an OEE metric is obtained by calculating the number of products produced compared to the allocated production quantity, based on the scheduled time and specific time rate. The performance of the manufacturing unit is then broken into three separate but measurable components: availability, performance efficiency

ARTICLE and quality. By way of improving those three metrics, O E E is enhanced.

OEE measuring tools document reasons for downtime, both scheduled maintenance and unscheduled repairs, as well as product changeovers. In addition to losses attributed to downtime, monitoring OEE will identify other areas such as reduced line speeds and minor stoppages due to equipment sensitivities.

Why is OEE important?

The main benefit of implementing an OEE protocol on the production line is that it gives valuable insight into the extent that resources are not

used to their capacity, and can help eliminate fault sources accurately without interfering with the production cycle. However, OEE is just a measurement method that indicates where faults occur, what potential reasons for these faults might be and what action needs to be taken to improve the OEE. It is not a solution in itself but an important tool which manufacturing industries can utilise to drive efficiency, achieve higher quality and reduce costs.

What areas of the production can benefit from OEE? There are four aspects of the production line that can directly benefit from utilising OEE: equipment, personnel, process, and quality.

Reducing equipment downtime is crucial particularly because even the shortest period of machinery inactivity can bring downstream operations to a standstill. This in turn, can impact on delivery

commitments, directly affecting cash flow and potentially losing manufacturers' valuable customers.

Regular monitoring and documenting of line stoppages and equipment performance, as part of an OEE programme, can also help reduce maintenance costs and provide valuable insight into why stoppages occur, plus how they can be avoided in the future.

Managers and other key personnel can benefit from an OEE system through the use of software tools that capture manufacturing performance data and display performance results in real time. This can give companies improved visibility into operations, enabling them to

optimise the productivity of their workforce. As such, less time is spent documenting and reporting as this is done automatically, leaving more time to focus on other responsibilities.

Process efficiency can be seriously impacted through the instance of bottlenecks i.e. areas on the production line where flow is restricted, slowing down operations.

An OEE system can help manufacturers identify the reasons behind the occurrence of any bottlenecks, such as equipment capacity limitations or changeovers, so that they can be removed and corrected to boost productivity.

OEE can also have a tangible, positive impact on production quality, due to the information it records into the likely causes of product rejects, particularly if a pattern emerges. Corrective action can then be taken to reduce the losses and defects by better

planning optimisation of equipment through servicing, for example.

What role do checkweighers play in boosting OEE? Because checkweighers are usually placed at the end of a production line, they are ideal for collecting valuable data for the calculation of OEE. The statistical information provided by this technology can be used to optimise OEE to provide greater efficiency, particularly in the quality control process.

Checkweighing technology not only provides valuable support in accurately measuring each of the OEE components, it also helps manufacturers achieve regulatory compliance, particularly in the agricultural industries where minimum weight requirements are critical in many production operations. By optimising filling quantities and minimising overfill, it increases general efficiency.

In addition, checkweighers calculate and display statistical information about production processes and highlight variations which could lead to unexpected downtime and reduced line capacity. Advanced systems with more user-friendly interfaces make product setup and changeovers much quicker, thereby increasing the OEE availability score and maximising uptime. There are even Preventative Maintenance Programme service contracts

available, designed to maintain the checkweigher's ability to run at the designed line rate to uphold optimum performance.

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ARTICLE the quality of products being produced. This is particularly useful in the pharmaceutical industry where automated fill-control combined with product monitoring feedback and adjustment technology guarantees product consistency, ensuring compliance with industry regulatory requirements and legislation.

Is OEE an absolute measure?

While OEE, through the use of advanced checkweighing technology, can encompass the machinery, the production lines or even the entire plant, giving manufacturers greater insight into operational performance, it is not an absolute measure, and is best used to identify areas for improvement. It quantifies the performance of the equipment relative to its designed capacity for the periods during which it is scheduled to run, but cannot take into account frequent changeovers caused by high-value products, limited edition runs, or product diversity to meet customer demand, or the fact that the cost of running a facility at certain times might vary.

So using OEE as a standalone metric to compare plant performance within an enterprise can give misleading results if the various business environments are not taken into consideration. As an example, the OEE rating of a manufacturing facility, which only produces one type of product aimed at a single market, may be higher than the rating of another business that produces a variety of products for an entire region, and as a result may have more downtime d u e t o numerous changeovers.

This does not necessarily mean that the latter is the weaker performer.

While problem areas identified by OEE may require large financial investments to correct, others may only involve minimal adjustments.

Availability, efficiency and quality of operations can add up to significant improvements and ultimately bring financial benefits to the manufacturing process.

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An integral part of quality control

Performance represents the actual rate of production as a percentage of the design rate. It shows to which extent resources are wasted due to the capacity of a machine/plant being under-exploited. Examples of an under-exploited machine include minor stops during the production process, delayed set-up after downtime, machine wear or a misfeed.

Checkweighers not only play a key role in the quality control process, but they can also help boost OEE by increasing the efficiency of manufacturing processes by ensuring consistency in the delivery of product quality, and boost the bottom line through the reduction of waste. In addition, they can help manufacturers compete in the global economy by staying compliant with local and international safety regulations.

In the above example, the number of items produced in the available time is 18,000. The OEE calculation for Performance would be:

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Availability % x Performance % x Quality = OEE Uptime / scheduled time Units produced / (Design Rate x uptime) (Units produced - defective units) / (Units produced) Availability represents the percentage of time the equipment is available to produce an item/unit.

This highlights the amount of unscheduled downtime which, for example, could be the result of equipment failure, or changeover time which occurs when the production line needs to be converted to adapt to another type of product.

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illustrate the above, here is an example of how the calculation is made. A machine, capable of producing 1,200 units per hour, is monitored. With a hypothetical scheduled production time of 15 hours per day divided into two shifts of 7.5 hours respectively, the machine is capable of producing 18,000 units. If the machine was to record a downtime of 2 hours during a 15 hours shift, the OEE calculation for Availability would be as follows: o

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OEE %: Uptime/scheduled time: 13hrs/15hrs = 87%

Quality represents the percentage of units which is goods shippable. It determines how many units do not meet the required quality standard and are rejected, or require rework.

In the above example, out of the 14,000 units produced, only 12,500 met the required quality standard.

The OEE calculation for Quality would be: o

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The OEE percentage of quality for this particular machine would be 89%.

The overall O E E percentage calculation would be as follows: Availability 87% x Performance 89% x Quality 89% = Overall percentage 69% It is widely considered that an 85% O E E score will be quoted as excellent. However, to achieve a meaningful OEE goal the three components need to be assessed s e p a r a t e l y. T h e a v a i l a b i l i t y component in particular is highly dependent on maintenance regimes and changeover frequencies, and on the type of product/unit being

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An Introductory Guide to Buying

A Tractor International tractor manufacturers are seeing an increase in sales, which is being replicated locally in Queensland as a result of a prosperous year for the dairy industry. If you are looking to buy a tractor in Queensland then they are various things you need to consider before you begin the process. If you own a property with substantial land you will need a tractor to keep the land in order.

What do you need the tractor for?

First ask for what you need a tractor, this will determine whether it is a worthy investment and what type of tractor you need. Tractors can range from small 16horsepower machines that are supposed to cover gardens to up to 500-horsepower giants in the case of significant commercial operations. If your property is relatively small, you aren’t going to want something high powered or large.

What type of features and extras do you want?

Tractors aren’t like cars in the sense that the year, luxuries and model are less significant. The predominant factors you consider when buying a tractor are related to the job y o u

have to do, so draw up a plan of exactly what you intend to do with the tractor and use this in the decision making process. There are also dozens of features and extras to consider when making the purchase; power steering, loaders, dual rear wheels and wide fronts ends can all come into consideration.

Do you want to buy a new or used tractor?

The majority of companies that manufacture the tractors are located off shore in countries such as India or South Korea. Used tractor sales puts money back into the local economy and specifically the farming industry.

Will you fix and maintain the tractor yourself?

If you decide to buy a used tractor you may also save time a money by paying a mechanic to inspect it either before purchase or prior you beginning work. Thing such as the tire wear and tread d e p t h , abnormal transmissi on sounds and any oil leaks sho

uld all be considered.

Ultimately buying a tractor in Queensland is a good investment and with a little thought you can get something that lasts a long time. Make sure you’re clear on what you will use the tractor for, understand that a used tractor can be a good investment and don’t hesitate to get a mechanics opinion.

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How Farm Planting Machinery Guarantees Success in the Agricultural Industry F

arm planting machinery is very important in the agricultural industry in Roma Queensland. It has allowed farmers to save hundreds of hours and lots of money on manpower alone. Where once people had to plow a crop field by hand or with a hoe, they can now use advanced machinery that allows the work to get done faster.

Agricultural equipment has become essential in helping farmers meet the demands of their clients, such as major supermarkets. The machinery itself allows farmers to plant a larger crop field to increase product and also to perform the necessary maintenance to ensure the harvest remains in good condition.

process a harvester is used to extract the plant for later processing. In most cases, the harvester will act as a cutting tool in order to remove crop that is ready for extraction.

Before the harvesting begins, farmers have to make sure that their crops are healthy. This means checking for any kind of insects that tend to eat away at the roots, the branches, leaves or even the crop itself, which could

Vast planting machinery such as tractors, cultivators and harvesters are a life saver for farmers. Tractors are useful to carry huge bulks of supplies like bags of seeds, soil, and even other farming equipment. Depending on the type of tractor, they can even be used to perform other functions as well.

Take the cultivator for example. This tractor has huge metal teeth that claw and stir the ground, pulverizing any contaminants like rocks, hard roots, or even trash that might be in the way. A tractor can also be modified to equip a broadcast seeder. True to its name it sprinkles seeds throughout a cultivated area. For heavier types of planting such as planting carrots, potatoes, tomatoes and other veggies, a tractor can have a seed drill installed.

What the s e e d drill

will do is make a hole on the soil, inject the plant or grainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seed and then cover it up. Other than manning the tractor, it makes the concept of using a human to farm obsolete.

Then comes the time of the harvest, which is just as much fun in a farm as planting. To begin the harvesting

leave things like corn looking like a piece of wood after termites have gotten to it. Pests, be it insect or animal like a gopher which could attack from underneath.

Ensuring that crops remain relatively pest free is easy.

There is equipment designed to do this called a sprayer.

It can be mounted on a truck and is a low pressure sprayer. You can also include a high pressure sprayer to cover a larger field, especially in areas where there are trees involved. The sprayer releases pesticides throughout the crop field. This means you might not be able to call the things you harvest organic but at least theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be safe from insects and other annoying pests.

Farm planting equipment isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limited to tractors that plow or seed the ground. Irrigation systems are also part of farming equipment and it is essential to ensuring that your crops get the right amount of water to grow.

In combination with all of these types of farming machinery, farmers can ensure that their Roma Queensland acres continue to thrive and remain productive for years to come.

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Improving your Agricultural Efficiency Through Farming Machinery

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arming has changed a great deal over the last century, and as time has passed, so has the technology farmers use to process their land and cultivate their fields. With the ever growing increase in population, farmers have had to expand their crops to meet the needs of the agricultural industry. However, manpower alone can’t handle these demands, which is where farm machinery comes in.

gets mounted on a tractor. Unfortunately, this type of sprayer isn’t quite as effective as others in areas where there are a great deal of obstacles like trees. On the other hand, a high-clearance or high pressure sprayer has a stronger force and dispersion ratio which allows it to spray in dense areas like corn fields or areas where there are a lot of bushes. Plants require water to thrive, but again, a large cultivated field would be too much for one person alone to water. Therefore, an irrigation

Farm machinery and agricultural equipment allows farmers to work a larger perimeter of land in order to increase the amount of produce grown and maintain its health.

Tractors are the first thing we think about when we hear the word farm. These large and bulky machines are great to have because they allow farmers to pull heavy supplies and other equipment around. There are other uses as well, such as cultivating.

Cultivators are in fact tractors with large metallic claws or teeth that stir and pulverize the soil to prepare it for planting of crops. Another type of tractor is known as a broadcast seeder. Basically this comes with a machine mounted on it that disperses seedlings in different patterns throughout the recently cultivated land using rotating disks. Tractors can also be equipped with a seed drill which basically digs the hole and plants the food grains or seeds and then covers them up in soil.

Once the plants have matured, harvesting begins. In this instance, a harvester may be used to cut down the plant and extract it for processing. This is an excellent tool to have when you have acres of cultivated land to go through.

The biggest nightmare a farm can face is to lose their crop. This can be crippling to a farmer’s economy and could result in them going out of business and having to sell it. Crop losses can result from a number of things, but the most common is pest infestation. For farmers, keeping their crops healthy is critical to their success.

Unfortunately, crops like wheat fields are vulnerable to natural born critters. The attack may come from the air or from the soil itself. The only way to protect your crop is to use a sprayer to disperse pesticides throughout the field. This not only ensures the safety of the plants you’ve cultivated but also the quality of the product you are producing.

There are different types of sprayers to choose from.

The cheapest is known as a low pressure sprayer, which

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system with sprinkler pumps can be put in place to ensure that your crops get the right amount of water they need. These array of farming equipment and technology are the key components to the success of agriculture in Queensland.

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The Importance of Servicing your Farm Machinery If you are a farm owner in Queensland, quality farm machinery is an essential part of your business. It allows farmers to cultivate and harvest the land in half the time that it would take with manpower alone. However, farm machinery and equipment requires proper maintenance like any other substantial commercial utilities. Without maintenance, these tools will begin to wear down until they eventually break. This can result in costly repairs and added downtime in which nothing can be done until the machinery is fixed.

Farm machinery must be checked for wearing and tearing in its inner workings while screws and bolts may need tightening. Bolts that continue to come loose should be refitted. The same goes for any parts that continue to break down in which case you will need to replace that piece with a complete new part. Once maintenance is complete, the commercial vehicle repair technician can inspect it. It will be necessary for the farmer to do this regularly to detect minor problems while they are still minor.

Repair vs. Preventative Maintenance There are two forms of maintenance. The first being repair maintenance, which is conducted once the machinery has started to malfunction or has completely broken down. Preventative maintenance is a program designed to prevent valuable farming equipment from failure. Of course, there’s absolutely no way to avoid damage in the long term. No matter how much care you give your machinery, it will ultimately breakdown.

Preventative maintenance can not only slowdown functional decline but also keep machines in reasonably good shape so that you can trade them in if need be.

The cost of replacement parts as well as the labour costs may vary by the age of the farming machinery and the type of breakdown. In addition, you have to consider downtime which could affect production. The issue with farming is that the right time to cultivate and harvest is largely affected by the constantly changing seasons.

The longer the farm machinery remains out of commission, the more money the farm will lose.

Keep in mind that maintenance must be done properly to be cost-effective. If you decide to do it yourself and it’s not done correctly, you are not only wasting time, but also diminishing the quality of work needed to keep a farm running.

Modern technology provides us with sophisticated farming machinery that can do the work ten times faster and better than any human ever could, but the complexity of these colossal machines requires tools and expertise that only a professional can provide.

It’s easy to assume that paying a mechanic might be a huge cost, but think about all the money that you’ll save by fixing it once instead of over and over. A successful farming machinery management plan can save you money and time because a maintenance schedule can actually be conducted during the periods where field ploughing and other farm work isn’t needed, such as during in winter. Remember that it’s better to be cautious than careless with your equipment; doing so guarantees that you won’t need to spend money that you don’t have to buy new farming machinery.

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NEWS Teagle adds Bluetooth tech to latest feeder-bedder

Defra satellite imagery to help assess crop damage

Cornish company Teagle is the latest maker to use Bluetooth to allow operator and machine to communicate with each other with its Tomahawk 9500 feederbedder.

Open access to satellite imagery to help farmers assess crops and pinpoint places with the best soils is being made available

by Defra.

T h e model, available for the 2015-16 season, also has a wider body that, s a y s Teagle, increases capacity and eases loading.

At the same time, performance is said to be improved thanks to a large-diameter fan and twin cross-beaters which deliver an increased output of straw, baled chopped silage and clamped materials.

Capacity has also been increased from 6cu m to 8cu m, says the company, however, an overall length of only 5.2m is said to ensure that the compact machine has good manoeuvrability around farm buildings.

The 9500 sits near the top end of the British-built Tomahawk range, next to its big brother the T1010. Both models are available in side- and swivel-chute formats, with braked axle and weighcell options also available.

The wide body design (the feed chamber measures 1.68m) was originally introduced by Teagle in 2011 in its T8500 series.

It uses a large-diameter fan for greater airflow and blow distance, with a Hardox coating within the fan housing said to give longevity for the high work rates expected from this new machine.

For operators looking to feed a simple mixed diet to stock, the machine can be supplied with optional weigh cells and a recirculation system.

Large 305/55 R22 tyres, mudguards and road lights are fitted as many existing 9090 operators use their machines on more than one site. Braked axles can be supplied. Prices start at £22,400.

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G i v i n g farmers access to satellite imagery is part of the government department’ s new open data strategy to help farmers boost efficiency and productivity.

Under the plans, announced on Thursday (25 June), Defra will release more than 8,000 datasets containing detailed information about food and farming to the public.

The data goldmine will allow farmers to apply cutting-edge techniques to boost efficiency and productivity, and allow better monitoring and management of environmental risks.

New data releases will include imagery from the Copernicus satellite system to help farmers pinpoint which places have the best soil or assess the health of crops and chart their performance under different conditions from space.

The satellite data will enable farmers to see which crops are growing in fields rather than requiring them to report on every piece of land. This will cut red tape and save money for businesses and the taxpayer.

Defra secretary Liz Truss will outline her department’s vision for open data to transform food and farming when she addresses an audience of tech experts, entrepreneurs and investors in Tech City, London, on Thursday (25 June).

She said: “We will be able to survey the country’s crops without tramping the fields, meaning farmers get far less bother from government inspectors.

“That all means we cut down on red tape and save money for both businesses and the taxpayer.

By releasing the information, the department believes it could be worth billions of pounds to British people, businesses and our rural economy.

Defra has described it as “the single biggest government data giveaway the UK has ever seen”.

NEWS Trimble automates implement turns at row-ends US precision farming giant Trimble has announced that its NextSwath end-of-row turn technology is now on sale. s you approach the headland, NextSwath Aautomatically calculates the best possible path to turn the tractor, combine or sprayer around and line up with the next crop row or swath with the implement precisely aligned to begin working.

This saves time and increases productivity, says the company, enabling the tractor driver to approach the next run with a turn that is best suited for the vehicle and implement configuration.

The technology also potentially saves fuel costs

and reduces crop damage and compaction at field boundaries, thereby increasing yield. On top of that, since Trimble products work on a variety of different machinery, growers are able to use NextSwath technology on a broad range of vehicle brands and implement types.

By automating the end-of-row process, the technology can also improve the operator’s performance, eliminate towed implement undershooting or overshooting, and minimise skips and overlaps when lining up for the next row.

As a result, it is well suited for field tasks that use a trailed implement or require multiple applications during the crop season such as liquid fertiliser spraying. The ability to make tighter end-of-row turns with towed implements can also reduce the headland space needed at the end of the field for turning machines.

NextSwath can be accessed from the FmX Plus application on the Trimble TMX-2050 display—an Android-based display designed for precision farming applications. No word on cost yet.

New app says whether to spray crops or not A new smartphone app aims to help farmers and advisers reduce the risk of key pesticides entering water this autumn, such as metaldehyde slug pellets and oilseed rape herbicide metazachlor.

The app was developed by agchem firm Adama, as part of its commitment to promote the responsible use of current chemistry, which is under increasing pressure, being found in raw drinking water supplies, plus the need for the UK to comply with EU directives.

“UK agriculture has lost more than 70% of the active substances at its disposal since the early 1990s,” says the firm’s marketing manager, Ali Bosher.

“This, combined with the increasing technical challenges posed by resistance, increased EU legislation and the lack of new modes of action, means that we need to do all that we can to protect the remaining actives at our disposal.”

The WaterAware app offers a field-based risk assessment, integrating soil type, weather and soil moisture deficit information to provide farmers with a simple yes-or-no guide to whether they should apply pellets or spray crops in terms of the potential risk to surface water.

“The app helps farmers to identify the potential risk from applying a product on a particular day, given their on-farm conditions,” explains Paul Fogg, senior crop team leader at Adama.

“This is to minimise the risk of pesticides entering surface water supplies.”

It uses GPS to allow specific field reviews, soil classification data from the British Geological Survey and Met Office weather data allowing a view of spraying potential today and in 72 hours.

It is calibrated for use in oilseed rape, winter wheat and grassland.

The app is now available to download from Apple’s App Store and the android version was available since 1 August 2015.

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NEWS

Mahindra to Acquire a 33% Share in Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery Company Pawan Goenka, executive director, M&M, said, India is not the primary driver of this acquisition. We bought stake in this company to explore global opportunities. It would be difficult for me to say which markets we would be targeting but we will look at the ASEAN markets.” he Business Standard of India is reporting tractor maker Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it had signed an agreement to buy 33% stake in agricultural machinery making company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $25 million. M&M would get new common shares in addition to Class A (non-voting) shares of Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery Co. (MAM) and four board positions. The deal is expected to close by October 1. The two companies have committed on joint development of products, sharing of engines and transmissions, common sourcing of parts and reciprocal product access for respective strong markets. The two are open to cross-badging too, said a senior executive of M&M.

said, "India is not the primary driver of this acquisition. We bought stake in this company to explore global opportunities. It would be difficult for me to say which markets we would be targeting but we will look at the ASEAN markets.”

The two companies Anand Mahindra have a decade-long partnership in the U.S. CMD where products of Mahindra Group Mitsubishi have played a significant role in Mahindra's success. With this alliance, the companies will focus on making investments in marketing ad product development, said a statement.

The acquisition, though, will not change the global pecking order of tractor manufacturers. John Deere will continue to be the world's biggest (in revenue terms) followed by CNH while M&M will remain at number five.

M&M, however, will extend its lead over John Deere and hold the title of being the world's largest producer of tractors.

M&M is Japan’s fourth largest farm machinery manufacturer with revenues of $408 million in the last financial year and 1,700 employees. It sells tractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters and other agrimachinery. Pawan Goenka, executive director, M&M,

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Goenka however said that there are no immediate plans to launch MAM tractors in India or hike its stake further in the company. M&M along with its partners is developing new 100-110 horsepower tractors for international markets. The company already sells 120 horsepower tractors in China, 100 horsepower in U.S., 90 horsepower in Africa and 57 horsepower in India.

PRESS RELEASE

Press Release: AGRITECHNICA 2015

(DLG). The Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs of the German Agricultural Society (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, DLG) will release a new quality mark at the beginning of next year.

The new label links the tradition of the DLG-approval of the past years and the advantages of the

“In addition to the new name 'DLG APPROVED' and the new design, we simplified our structure of quality marks and raised information density within the test label in one go. Thus, DLG-confirmed quality will be easier to spot for the farmer,” Hubertus Paetow, chair of DLG's Test Center, said, summarizing the reasons for the change.

A recent survey of users reinforced that the quality marks awarded by the DLG Test Center stand for the highest, as well as independently and impartially proven, product quality.

“We'll extend the practitioner-confirmed best practice to have test criteria of practical relevance selected and test results evaluated by independent testers,” Paetow added.

“Needless to say, previously published test reports and awarded quality labels remain valid, but manufacturers can switch labels immediately, if desired.”

Key information already in the test label The quality mark's new and modern design relies on the same basis for all label variants. It merges the former labels DLG Signum Test, DLG Fokus Test, DLG ISOBUSconform and DLG ISOagriNETconform, and integrates the DLG-PowerMix sign for tractors.

Furthermore, the key information for the farmer can be understood at a glance, because within the gold medal and in the lateral flag, supplementary information on the product, scope of the test and, in particular, the number of the correspondent test report, are specified. Thus, it is easily recognizable if the test conducted was either a full test, and therefore DLG APPROVED for the whole product, or DLG APPROVED in single criteria.

Shortcut from quality mark to test report By using the number of the corresponding test report from the lateral flag of the test label and the address of DLG's website from the gold medal, the detailed results of the DLG test can be found and downloaded in a few mouse clicks, in a very simple way.

Topicality at a glance Any DLG approval in the field of agricultural engineering products or machinery runtime carries a time limitation of five years, therefore the awarding year is also imprinted in the gold medal. If product manufacturing is

continued without changes, the manufacturer can apply for a run-time limit extension of another five years at a time.

In the case of farm input tests, the obligations for independent long-term product quality monitoring remain as is. To achieve this, trained samplers annually collect unannounced specimens at the plant, at supplier's premises or on farms to be further analyzed

by DLG experts.

The DLG Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs The DLG Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs at Groß-Umstadt sets the benchmark for tested agricultural technology and farm inputs, and is the leading provider of testing and certification services for independent technology tests. With the latest measurement technology and practical testing methods, the DLG's test engineers carry out testing of both product developments and innovations.

As an EU-notified test laboratory with multiple accreditations, the DLG Test Center Technology and Farm Inputs provides farmers and practitioners with important information and decision-making aids, in the form of its recognized technology tests and DLG tests, to assist in the planning of investments in agricultural technologies and farm inputs.

Media contact: Dr. Frank Volz Tel.: +49(0)69 24 788-224 Fax: +49(0)69 24 788-112 Email: f.volz@DLG.org

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