Agritechnica

John Deere Power Systems, Cummins, probably Yanmar. The list of illustrious lacks at Agritechnica is getting longer, as is the hand of Covid. It is too early to draw hasty conclusions, so for now we will rely on Deere’s words. John Deere won’t be at Agritechnica “John Deere is extending ...

The European tractor market makes a small but significant step forward, with an estimated growth of around 5 percent in sales for 2019. According to data provided by CEMA, the European Agricultural Machinery Association, the ‘vehicles’ registered in Europe are 191,587. Of these, tractors...

Cummins new structural 4-cylinder engine was on display at World Ag Expo 2020, the exhibition concerning agriculture held last week in Tulare, California. The new engine, available with 3.8 liter (F3.8) and 4.5 liter (F4.5) displacements, was on display also at the last Agritechnica, complementing t...

In addition to the dual nature (diesel and gas) F28, Fpt N67 NG, standing of course for ‘natural gas’, was also on display at Agritechnica 2019. The latter is an engine capable of delivering 180 kilowatts of power at 1,800 rpm and 1,035 Nm at 1,500 rpm, with multipoint injection, three-w...

The interview with Steven Nendick, Cummins, at Agritechnica 2019. Last week we published the first part of the interview we recorded with Cummins’ Marketing and Communications Director in Hannover at the end of last year. The second part starts talking about markets. Then, there will be also room fo...

More than once we have turned to Steven Nendick, Marketing Communications Director at Cummins, asking him about the state-of-the-art of the company’s strategies and developments. This time, we focus our attention on Cummins approach to agriculture, of course talking about engines, market requirement...

Perkins My Engine App and Perkins SmartCap, we mentioned them three years ago. Has anything changed in the meantime? Before moving on to the words of Siobhan Scott, Perkins’ marketing manager, we’d like to remind you of the introductory steps directly from Apple’s App Store: ‘Valid...

As we promised last week, here’s the second part of our interview with MTU specialists and managers about microgrids in agriculture. The last question of the first part, which you can read here, dealt with the customers’ approach when choosing between diesel or gas engines. Now, it’s time to talk ab...

Microgrids. At Agritechnica, we have interviewed Armin Fürderer, Director Customer Solutions, Rolls-Royce, Business Unit Power Systems, about the hot issue of microgrids, with a particular focus on the agricultural sector. Here we publish the first part of the interview. A little more patience is ne...

Here’s the third and last part of our long and articulated interview with Ajay Prasher, Perkins Product Marketing Manager. Here’s the first part of the article and here’s the second part. Mr Ajay Prasher, what are the benefits of the kinetic storage system? The kinetic hybrid system stores the recov...