25 Sep 02 | THE 2002 model Case-IH SPX Patriot self-propelled boomsprayer caught plenty of framer attention at the Purcher International stand at last week's Mingenew Expo. With increasing interest in liquid fertiliser applications applied in-crop and guidan
25 Sep 02 | THERE was plenty of interest in the impressive MT 800 Cat Challenger at Mingenew Midwest Lions Expo last week. Farmers crawled all over Westrac's latest tractor model, which was also the feature at the Westrac display at Mingenew Expo - the MT855,
25 Sep 02 | MCINTOSH and Son Geraldton manager Bob Symington breathed a sigh of relief at 5pm last Wednesday when a low loader came through the Mingenew Expo exhibitor gates carrying a New Holland CR970 combine harvester. In a classic race against time scenar
25 Sep 02 | THEY'RE big, bold and, some would say, beautiful as well. New Holland's new three-model CR combine range and their now up-rated twin rotor threshing system almost certainly will turn heads when they start chomping their way through this year's
25 Sep 02 | THERE were some surprises at the Perth Royal Show wool judging competition this week when a fleece from the Denmark Agricultural College won the supreme fleece award, creating a first for agricultural colleges in the wool event. The college's
25 Sep 02 | GETTING the job done easier is a prerequisite on the farm these days and a focal point in product development by machinery manufacturers. And one area of advancement is grain augers, with significant design features for safety and increased produc
25 Sep 02 | THERE will continue to be an exponential growth in sales of liquid fertiliser storage tanks over the next three to five years according to Freedom Tanks Flexi-N coordinator Dean Horner. Speaking at last week's Mingenew Expo, Mr Horner said that hi
25 Sep 02 | GASON sales representative Rob Turley found plenty of interest in the company's airseeding range and was pleasantly surprised to be answering questions about the new hydraulic Hydratill seeding bar. Designed from the company's successful spring ti
25 Sep 02 | THE lead-up to the Perth Royal Show for renowned superfine wool producers Russell and Heather Meaton of Misty Hills fame has more than one punter backing their chances of supreme honours. The Kojonup-based stud snatched top acclaim in the superfin
25 Sep 02 | JOHN Deere has introduced a stepless transmission option to its 6020 and 7020 series models. According to Walton's Geraldton salesman Trent King, the infinitely variable transmission (IVT) is the transmission of the future and will eventually be s
25 Sep 02 | ONE of WA's smallest rural towns is gearing up for its biggest annual celebration yet. In its milestone 80th year, the Kukerin Vintage Trachmach Fair will run over two days on September 28 and 29, to showcase attractions and events, which mark the
25 Sep 02 | RECORD-BREAKING numbers of livestock have been entered into this year's Perth Royal Show, to be held from September 28 - October 5. Sheep entry numbers have jumped from 1062 last year to 1198 competing in this year's contest - making it the bigges
25 Sep 02 | AGCO WA manager Renay van der Meulen was urging farmers to "just look under the panel" at last week's Mingenew Expo. The subject, of course, was the new Massey Ferguson 8780XP combine harvester. And a look under the panel revealed one of the be
25 Sep 02 | The new three model Hardi Navigator boomsprayer looks set to become the company's top-selling unit judging by farmer response at the recent Mingenew Expo. Similar positive responses also were received at Dowerin and Newdegate field days for the ne
25 Sep 02 | THE disc story can be very compelling if you take the time to listen to Grizzly national marketing manager Scott Williams. Scott was in WA recently to display the company's Sandgroper offset disc at the Mingenew Expo and found no shortage of inter
25 Sep 02 | DRY seasonal conditions has not only taken its toll on WA farmers this year, machinery manufacturer Nufab says it has also been hit hard. Nufab says it has significantly cut production in WA and by 50pc in the eastern state where drought has also
25 Sep 02 | Machinery Matters with KEN WILSON DUAL tracks, triples and Quadtracs - Dion Candeloro, Goomalling has tried them all and has come to the conclusion that the Case-IH STX450 Quadtrac he bought in April this year, is the pick. "It's an unreal
25 Sep 02 | BOURGAULT salesman Tom Borstmayer is very confident about the sales prospects of the company's new 8810 single fold cultivator bar due in WA in the next few weeks. He already has sold two units off brochures and at the recent Mingenew Expo he
25 Sep 02 | THE time-honoured tradition of sheep shearing will once again take centre stage in the 2002 Perth Royal Show agricultural competitions. And among those battling for a blue ribbon will be Kojonup-based superfine shearing expert Jason Morrison, who
25 Sep 02 | TRACTORS with "attitude" have surfaced with the arrival of New Holland's critical Genesis line replacement - the four wheel drive TG series. In a fanfare of publicity, the company has thrown down the gauntlet as far as trying to maximise the i
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