There's plenty of Canadian content at Agritechnica, the world’s largest agricultural tradeshow for machinery and innovation. For Canadian manufacturers, the show provides an opportunity to explore markets and identify where their products could find success across the global agricultural landscape. In this report, RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney catches up with Redekop Manufacturing president Trevor Thiessen. The... Read More
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Smart tractors need smart implements. That's one of the challenges start-up autonomous tractor maker AgXeed is tackling as its AgBots move on to European farms. In this interview from Agritechnica '23, AgXeed product specialist Nadine Bietenduvel shares how over the past five years the company has developed three AgBot models — three-wheel, four-wheel and tracked... Read More
One of the keys to the evolution and adoption of agricultural robots is to ensure the machines can meet safety standards while working autonomously. At Agritechnica '23 in Germany, French robot manufacturer Naïo Technologies announced that its robots will now be available with augmented autonomy — what the company describes as revolutionary technology that allows... Read More
Kubota expects to make fruit harvesting drones available to North American fruit farmers as early as 2025. The autonomous flying harvesters captured lots of attention at Agritechnica '23 as the equipment manufacturer showed off the potential of its collaboration with technology developer Tevel. In this video interview with RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin, Kubota representative Sumit Joshi... Read More
It becomes clear, after seeing and hearing from farmers from all over the world gathered in one place, that change is a constant, but the rate of change can happen in leaps and bounds. At Agritechnica this week, Shaun Haney caught up with the host of AgDay, Clinton Griffiths, to talk about what they saw... Read More
It's not just interest rates and the cost of things that's changed significantly in the four years since Agritechnica was last held in Hannover, Germany, in 2019. Then, the show was packed with all-electric every thing, or so it seemed. Agritechnica is often the home of prototype or concept machines, but as Nic Dubuc, farmer... Read More
Agritechnica can be like Christmas for someone who closely follows new developments in agriculture technology, as the relevant companies from around the world show off their latest innovations at the show. The RealAgriculture team caught up with our friend and spraying expert Tom Wolf of Sprayers101 to discuss his observations on the ground in Germany.... Read More
It's a piece of equipment that turned heads at the Farm Progress Show earlier this year, and the huge NEXAT machine is doing the same this week in Germany at Agritechnica. NEXAT is a different concept— where one large power unit runs all the major passes on the farm, from seeding and tillage through to... Read More
Big equipment covering big acres can mean small changes add up quickly, but without proper monitoring and measuring, it's difficult to know how much downtime could be avoided or how to save on fuel, for example. The CLAAS Connect system is an on-board and off-board solution to do just that, explains Thijs Verploegen with CLAAS.... Read More
This year marks my fourth visit to Agritechnica, the premier global agricultural event, and it once again has not disappointed. Agritechnica is buzzing with activity as farmers and industry enthusiasts are here in droves, eagerly anticipating the latest in agricultural innovation and technology. Comparing Agritechnica 2023 to the 2019 edition, there's a sense of pragmatism... Read More