Chouette offers a precision vineyard management solution. Chouette has developed unique AI and algorithms to analyze images taken from drones and sensors on tractors to detect diseases and tree vigor maps.
According to multiple reports, AGCO manufacturing facilities in Marktoberdorf and Asbach-Bäumenheim, Germany, as well as the company's plant in Beauvais, France, have either restarted production or plan to next week following last week's ransomware attack.
French farm machinery manufacturer Burel Group is investing in additional production and parts warehouse capacity following a 2021 market described as ‘dynamic’ by managing director David Guy.
Sales of regular farm tractors in France last year held steady, according to provisional registration statistics and re-stated figures for 2020 issued by trade body Axema.
Farm machinery dealers in France saw a firmer market for telescopic handlers in 2021 as agricultural enterprises continued to invest in these versatile farm loading and materials handling machines.
Tillage farmers in France renewing tractor fleets to maintain cultivations and crop sowing performance invested in greater productivity in 2020 as sales of less powerful machines declined.
On July 1, 2021, the Burel Group acquired a majority stake in Frandent Group, a company based in Osasco, Italy that designs and produces agricultural machinery.
On Fen. 26, 2021, the Paris Court of Justice (Tribunal Judiciaire) found that Manitou was guilty of infringement of certain JCB patent claims. It awarded JCB damages of €150,000 ($177,000) plus €50,000 ($59,000) in attorney fees.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.