Media Monitor
CLAAS Global Mentions
Living out of a suitcaseedit
That’s because Tim Koep typically spends around 240 days each year away from home in Northern Germany, working for the Agri Expert company, who are contracted to Claas and its importers and dealers around the globe. A machine optimisation specialist for Claas grain and Forage harvesters, alongside the company’s extensive range of tractors, Tim’s task is to help new or existing operators to set up and get the best out of their machines, some of which arrive with seven figure price tags.
Arable equipment sale attracts bidders from UK & Europeedit
Buyers from across the United Kingdom and Europe produced significant bids for an exceptional range of arable equipment sold through the York Auction Centre online bidding platform. The sale followed the sad passing of Bobby Frankland, leaving a surplus of extremely well maintained modern arable equipment with low hours and included three outstanding Massey Ferguson tractors, a Claas combine, Bargam Grimac sprayer and a range of trailers and arable equipment.
‘Classy’ hybrid combine harvester boosts poweredit
Harvesting and tractor specialist Claas has developed and field tested a combine harvester fitted with a part electric drive system. In addition, working with fellow German company Liebherr, it has also developed a 100% electric telehandler. The semi-electric combine, concept allows self-propelled machines that would normally be powered by a 626hp (460kw) powerplant to run on a less powerful 536hp (400kW) engine.
Competition
Escorts Kubota tractors sales fall 17% in Feb’24edit
Escorts Kubota Limited Agri Machinery Business Division in February 2024 sold 6,481 tractors as against 7,811 tractors sold in February 2023, recording a decline of 17%. Domestic tractor sales in February 2024 declined 16.6% to 6,041 tractors as against 7,245 tractors sold in February 2023. Tractor sales dipped this month due to the continuing impact of uneven monsoon coupled with insufficient rainfall and diminished reservoir levels which impacted the Kharif output.
Farm Mechanization
Revolutionizing Agriculture: Capsber Agriscience’s Visionary Approach to Sustainable Farmingedit
Capsber Agriscience emerged on agritech landscape in 2022 in the heart of Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is one of the seven revenue-generating startups from the Krishi Mangal second edition cohort. Krishi Mangal is a scale-up accelerator program jointly launched by Cisco and Social Alpha aimed at providing support to startups in the agriculture and allied livelihood sectors.
Technology in Agriculture
Bill Gates meets PM Modi, discusses AI, innovation in agriculture and health: ‘Inspiring’edit
Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and revealed that he discussed aspects such as artificial intelligence, innovation in agriculture and health and climate adaptation with him. Writing on X (formerly Twitter), Gates said that it was inspiring to meet PM Modi and admitted that there was a lot to discuss with him.
Tractor industry
Tractor stocks may have bumpy ride in near-term; stay selective: Analystsedit
After a stellar run on the bourses that saw tractor stocks rise up to 52 per cent, analysts are turning cautious on the sector as muted demand trends may weigh in the near-term. Total volumes in the tractor segment for the last three quarters of the current financial year (9MFY24) have remained weak with VST Tillers, Escorts Kubota, and M&M seeing declines of 21 per cent, 5 per cent, and 3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), respectively, during the period, amid patchy rainfall, delayed crop harvest, and lower reservoir level.