The hoe manufacturer, which was acquired by Lemken in 2018, is installing a new assembly line for small implements at its factory in Stad aan’t Haringvliet.
CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of a minority stake in Zasso Group AG, a global specialist in non-chemical weed and invasive plant management solutions using electrical power.
Deere & Co.’s stated goal is to set itself apart from its competitors while stimulating significant growth. Specifically, it’s aiming to improve its current 12.5% operating margin to 15% by its fiscal year 2022.
Amazone, the German manufacturer whose ag products include tillage equipment, grain seeders, fertilizer spreaders and crop sprayers, is adding hoeing (weed removal) technology with the transfer of the Maschinenfabrik Schmotzer GmbH’s product line to its other ag machinery, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Increased scrutiny and regulation of crop protection chemicals, as well as the growing use of vision-controlled implements for weed control, has prompted German tillage equipment maker Lemken to buy up the Dutch field hoeing specialist Steketee and its Rumpstad cultivation equipment division.
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