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tractors
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Machinery, United KingdomRight to repair revolution bypasses UK: how British farmers are being left behind as EU and US secure tractor accessEU farmers have repair-information rights under Regulation 167/2013 and Colorado passed an agricultural right to repair law in 2023, but the UK has no equivalent for farm machinery.
- Machinery, GlobalAgricultural machinery and equipment advancementsSurveys advances in farm machinery, from GPS, auto-steering and sensors on tractors to faster harvesters, drones, robotics and precision agriculture.
- Machinery, IndiaModern agricultural machinery: essential farming equipment in IndiaTractors, combine harvesters, power tillers, drip irrigation and residue machines such as the Happy Seeder are changing Indian farming alongside traditional ploughs, sickles and winnowing fans.
- Machinery, IndiaSwaraj Tractors to launch new lines of tractorsMahindra's Swaraj division plans new high and low horsepower tractors for paddy puddling, as it starts a paddy mechanisation push in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- Machinery, IndiaEscorts agri-machinery sells 24,441 tractors in second quarter of the present fiscal yearEscorts sold 24,441 tractors in the quarter to 30 September 2020, up 23.8 per cent, as agri-machinery revenue rose 32.8 per cent to Rs 1,322.2 crore.
- Machinery, IndiaForty-six percent jump in the sale of Sonalika tractorsSonalika Tractors sold 17,704 units in September 2020, up 46 per cent including exports, with domestic sales up 51.4 per cent to 16,000 units.
- Policy & trade, IndiaBKU leader Tikait calls for ‘tractor revolution’; rejects NGT ban on diesel vehiclesBKU leader Rakesh Tikait urged tractor-owning farmers to join the protest against the farm laws, rejecting a 2014 NGT order barring diesel vehicles over 10 years old from Delhi-NCR roads.
- Machinery, GlobalTractors: the backbone of modern agricultureTractors have moved from steam-powered ploughs to GPS-guided machines that handle ploughing, planting, spraying and harvesting, though soil compaction and fuel use remain concerns.
- Machinery, IndiaFarmer’s safety should be an agricultural priorityIndia sees an estimated 7.6 lakh farm accidents and about 45,000 worker deaths a year, with tractors, hand tools, threshers and pump sets among the main causes.