Media Monitor
CLAAS Global Mentions
AGRITECHNICA VIDEO: How does the Claas autonomous tractor work?edit
International Industrial Vehicle Technology
Claas’s vice president for advanced development of tractors and implements Dr Jan Wieckhorst, tells iVT editor Tom Stone more about the autonomous system installed on its new 12.590 TerraTrack machine, which won an Agritechnica Silver Innovation Award in collaboration with with implement manufacturer Amazone and agricultural robot OEM AgXeed, at the Agritechnica expo in Hanover.
Claas bring hybrid engineering to a new combine conceptedit
Using a smaller engine with a generator linked to a battery module, the design fixes the engine at a constant operating speed, with the option to power aspects of the vehicle electrically, or provide a short-term power boost for particular functions, such as operating the unloading auger.
Competition
TAFE rolls out electric, hydrogen-powered concept tractors for European marketedit
Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd. (TAFE) unveiled E30, an electric tractor, and a hydrogen-powered concept tractor for the European market at the recently concluded Agritechnica trade fair in Hannover, Germany.
Agritechnica 2023: Ex-Claas forage wagons reborn under Fliegl banneredit
Fliegl has revived the Cargos forage wagon range deemed surplus to requirements by Claas. There was little time for major design changes, with just six months separating the completion of the deal (September 2022) and the reopening of the production line (March 2023).
Stubble Burning
Hry reports 39% fall in paddy stubble burningedit
Haryana’s agriculture department has reported a 39.7% decline in the burning of paddy stubble this year till Sunday, with close to 2,100 incidents as opposed to 3,400-odd between September 15 last year and November 19. Monday’s figure of 38 takes the total past 2,100, still on the lower side.
Why Punjab farmers are not using stubble management machinesedit
Several farm union leaders from Punjab alleged “technology mismatch” between tractors and the crop residue management (CRM) machines, saying that the stubble management machines were “inadequate”. They said that although most of the farmers in Punjab own small tractors of around 25 to 30 BHP, the CRM machines which are available or suggested to them require a heavy-duty tractor of up to 50 BHP as the machines are bulky and weigh up to 13 quintals.