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Patriot owners offered flexibility of technology upgrade

Machines4UJune 27, 2018

Spraying has become one of the most important parts of the crop production equation and producers now have an opportunity to take advantage of new tec...

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Farmers Feeling the Heat, and Making the Most Of It

Machines4UJuly 5, 2017

While the increasing heat and year-round sunshine in farming communities can cause its fair share of issues, some farmers are making the most of Australia’s uni...

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Multispectral Sensors: How Drones are Helping Farmers

Machines4UJuly 4, 2017

Farming is quickly becoming an arms race in technological terms, with advances in automation and equipment sorting the wheat from the chaff, you might say. Incr...

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Top 5 Reasons Why Claas Keeps Winning Tractor of the Year

Krystle RichardsonJuly 3, 2017

Claas has been making agricultural equipment for as long as Canberra has been Australia's capital city. If you're a bit hazy on history, Canberra was officially...

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Thorvald: A Sneak Peek into the Future of Farming Robots

Machines4UJune 27, 2017

Robotics is an exciting field of innovation for many industries—none more so than farming. Automating previously tedious tasks, working alongside farm workers a...

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The Unusual Things You Can Do With Farmbots

Krystle RichardsonJune 20, 2017

As it turns out, there's more than one Farmbot in the world. One is an Australian company, featured in the video above, which offers a high tech water managemen...

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The Australian Farming Innovation That Took Over the World

Krystle RichardsonJune 16, 2017

Humans have come a long way in our seed planting endeavours; from hunching over, labouriously digging seeds into the earth with our bare hands to cruising throu...

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Australian First: Dual Receive UHF CB Radio

Machines4UJune 14, 2017

Whether you’re bashing about in the bush in an epic 4WD convoy with your mates, or tackling great desert highways between jobs, the UHF CB radio can be your gre...

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Vertical Farming: What’s Stopping Farming from Going 100% Urban?

Machines4UJune 13, 2017

The world has lost one third of its arable land in the last 40 years to soil degradation. It takes around 500 years for just 2.5 centimetres of topsoil to be ge...

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Eco Growth: the Natural Way to Perfect Your Soil

Krystle RichardsonJune 12, 2017

There are so many products on the market making all sorts of bold promises about what they'll do for your soil. In the face of such choice, it can be hard to fi...

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Clipex Sheep Handler: For Those Who Don’t Want to be Bent Over Fighting Sheep All Day

Krystle RichardsonJune 8, 2017

Anyone who deals with sheep for a living will know they can be the most frustrating animals to keep under control (if you've never lost your cool, you are a sai...

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What’s the Strangest Thing a Farmer’s Ever Done with a Sheep?

Krystle RichardsonJune 2, 2017

Historically, people have done some pretty weird things with sheep. The latest oddity to arise from our relationship with the woolly creatures is fitness tracke...

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Construction

Tracked vs Wheeled Excavators: Which is Right for You?

Tips for Buying a Used Excavator

How to Get Your Excavator Ready for Sale

Farming

Tractors: The Ultimate Guide

How Satellites & New IoT Technology are Changing the Future of Agriculture

4WD Tractor vs 2WD Tractor: Which is Better for You?

Metal

Top 4 Metalworking Machines Every Workshop Needs

Global Metalworking Fluids Market Worth Expected to Rise to $15.49B

What is Plasma Cutting?

Mining

Cat Parts Now More Obtainable Than Ever

Caterpillar Launch New Innovative Wheel Loaders At Perth Event

Autonomous Trucking Revs Up With Rio Tinto’s Mine of the Future Program

Wood

Stirling Machinery & CLTP Tasmania Support Sustainable Timber Industry

Everything You Need To Know About Woodworking Routers

Biesse 50th Anniversary ‘Future in Tour’ Celebration Arrives in Sydney

Farming Innovation

Patriot owners offered flexibility of technology upgrade

Farmers Feeling the Heat, and Making the Most Of It

Multispectral Sensors: How Drones are Helping Farmers

Top 5 Reasons Why Claas Keeps Winning Tractor of the Year

Thorvald: A Sneak Peek into the Future of Farming Robots

The Unusual Things You Can Do With Farmbots

The Australian Farming Innovation That Took Over the World

Australian First: Dual Receive UHF CB Radio

Vertical Farming: What’s Stopping Farming from Going 100% Urban?

Eco Growth: the Natural Way to Perfect Your Soil

Clipex Sheep Handler: For Those Who Don’t Want to be Bent Over Fighting Sheep All Day

What’s the Strangest Thing a Farmer’s Ever Done with a Sheep?