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John Deere’s new 6140B 6Cylinder CAB tractor hit Africa, Middle East Market

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Complementing the current 6B model lineup, the new 6140B CAB Tractor comes with the John Deere 6 Cylinder Turbo Charged Tier III engine, incorporating the latest John Deere engine technology to deliver optimized fuel efficiency, immediate torque response and supreme engine reliability.

This well-balanced 6140B CAB Tractor with heavy duty frame and long wheelbase is available in a Standard and Premium version, offering specification and performance features that fully compliment customer needs in grain, hay and forage, sugar cane, timber, dedicated contract work as well as high value crop production systems.

The 12F/4R TSS 40 km/h transmission with wet clutch for the Standard CAB and the 24F/12R TSS 40 km/h transmission with Hi-Lo, Power Reverser and wet clutch for the Premium CAB, allows the customer to choose the tractor that best suits his specific application requirements.

Added to the versatility that comes with the transmissions, optimized performance and efficiency is further enhanced by the heavy duty Cat II 3 point hitch with 5400 kg hitch lift capacity, 200 bar open center constant flow hydraulics with three SCV’s and the 540/1000 rpm. reversable PTO.

This high quality, reliable and heavy duty 6140B CAB Tractor is no doubt the right choice that will provide peace of mind in any application ranging from heavy tillage, planting, spraying, spreading, mowing, baling, material handling and transport work.

The John Deere 6.8 l Turbocharged Tier III PowerTech E engine is equipped with precision engineered combustion components, high pressure common rail fuel injection system, heavy duty efficient PowerCore venturi type air filter, fuel pre-cooling and a dual stage heavy duty water separator.

These high quality components are designed to optimize engine performance including supreme power delivery, fuel efficiency and durability in any extreme heavy duty application ranging from heavy tillage, planting, spraying, spreading, hay making and transport operations.

The 255 l Fuel tank allows you to stay in the field throughout the day, optimizing daily field productivity. Extended service hours with John Deere Plus 50 engine oil further enhances operational efficiency while fully protecting the engine for long hours of operation. Easy access to service and maintenance points on John Deere engines makes servicing of the engine quick and efficient.

The Air Conditioned CAB with flat operators platform, comfortable Seat, Gear shift, Throttle, SCV and PTO controls all conveniently located on the RH console, offers ample space and convenience for great comfort during long working hours. Adding to your comfort, the CAB is standard equipped with both LH and RH doors.

The 24F/12R TSS 40 km/h transmission equipped with the Hi-Lo power shiftable gears, allows an increase in productivity of up to 15% and improvement in fuel efficiency of up to 13%. Also included with this transmission is the PowerReverser feature allowing comfortable travel direction changes, adding to the convenience, efficiency and speed of operations.

Important to highlight is the heavy duty rear axle and 3 planetary final drives, adding to the heavy robust overall frame design allowing heavy loads and trouble free operation in any heavy duty application. Ideally suitable for dedicated haulage application, the heavy duty mechanically actuated brake discs ensure safe and reliable handling of the towed load over hilly terrain.

The heavy duty CAT II three point hitch with lift capacity of 5400 kg is equipped with hook type hitch arms allowing safe and easy hookup with the implement. Mechanical lower link sensing enhances hitch response, ensuring effective and optimized performance of both tractor and implement in the field.

As uptime remains crucial to the effectiveness and productivity of your operations, response to technical breakdowns and availability of parts is a key consideration when planning your new tractor purchase.

Your John Deere Dealer is well structured with professional personnel and services from sales and financing solutions through parts availability and technical support to keep your critical operations on schedule during the important seasonal production periods. It is important to note that your dealer is fully equipped with the latest in technology such as JD-Link to help monitor your equipment remotely for early fault detection and response.

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JCB showcases hydrogen engine technology at Conexpo

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JCB’S £100 million project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines has been given its international debut at one of the world’s biggest construction equipment fairs.

A team of 150 engineers is working on the pioneering initiative to develop hydrogen combustion engines – and more than 50 prototypes have already been manufactured at JCB’s UK engine plant.

The wraps came off the brand new JCB hydrogen combustion engine – the company’s zero-carbon emissions solution for construction and agricultural equipment – at the Conexpo 2023 show yesterday in Las Vegas as part of the International Fluid Power Exposition (IFPE).

JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford is leading the project to develop JCB’s hydrogen technology. Lord Bamford said: “The JCB engineering team has made enormous strides in a short space of time to develop a hydrogen internal combustion engine. As the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen, I’m delighted we are now able to present this technology on the international stage.”

Prototype JCB hydrogen engines are already powering backhoe loader and Loadall telescopic handler machines. JCB has also made a major breakthrough in proving the wider appeal of hydrogen combustion technology by installing one of the super-efficient hydrogen engines into a 7.5 tonne Mercedes truck – a retrofit which was completed in just days.

JCB has also unveiled its very own designed and built mobile refuelling bowser to take the fuel to the machines. The bowser has enough hydrogen gas to fill 16 hydrogen backhoe loaders and is able to be transported either on the back of a modified JCB Fastrac tractor or on a trailer.

The JCB engineering team has gone back to first principles to completely re-design the combustion process to work for hydrogen. In doing so they have achieved two major things: secured JCB’s place in history as the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and steered us towards the production of a landmark 50 hydrogen combustion engines.

Lord Bamford | JCB Chairman

JCB’s commitment to reducing emissions goes back almost 25 years and the latest diesel engines designed to comply with European Stage V regulations have already delivered a 97% reduction in NOx emissions since 1999 and a 98% reduction in particulates. In addition, JCB’s drive to reduce fuel consumption means today’s JCB machines use 50% less fuel on average than those manufactured more than a decade ago. This has saved 16 billion litres of fuel – equivalent to 53 million tonnes of CO2.

JCB has also been at the forefront of electric technology development to meet customers’ demands for zero-carbon products. While battery electric is suitable for smaller machines which do less hours and typically use less fuel, larger machines have a higher energy requirement. This would result in larger batteries, which would take longer to charge, making them less suitable for machines which work multiple daily shifts and do not have the available downtime to recharge.

As a result, JCB has concentrated its development of electric machines on its compact range, including the 525-60E Loadall telehandler and the 19C-1E mini excavator – the world’s first electric mini excavator. As the company examines future fuels which deliver zero emissions, it has left no stone unturned. In its search for a mobile fuel which can be taken to the machine, ensuring maximum uptime and fast refuelling, HVO, biogas, E-fuels, ammonia, and hydrogen have all come under the microscope. Interestingly, JCB engines have been approved for use with HVO since Stage IIIB / Tier 4i engine legislation came into force.

Lord Bamford said: “The majority of these alternative fuels require the production of hydrogen to make, so it makes perfect sense to use hydrogen in the first place because it is a clean zero carbon fuel which can be produced from renewable energy. Hydrogen also offers a potential solution to the challenge of batteries on larger machines; it allows for fast refuelling and is a mobile fuel solution, allowing fuel to be taken to the machine.”

As part of its hydrogen development, JCB also investigated its use in fuel cells and in July 2020 unveiled the construction industry’s first ever hydrogen powered excavator – a 20-tonne 220X.

For the time being, JCB has come to the conclusion that fuel cells are too expensive, too complicated and not robust enough for construction and agricultural equipment.  In challenging the JCB engineering team to think differently using technology that is around us in a zero-carbon way, the JCB hydrogen engine was born.

Lord Bamford said: “The unique combustion properties of hydrogen enable the hydrogen engine to deliver the same power, the same torque, and the same efficiency that powers JCB machines today, but in a zero-carbon way. Hydrogen combustion engines also offer other significant benefits. By leveraging diesel engine technology and components, they do not require rare earth elements and critically, combustion technology is already well proven on construction and agricultural equipment. It is a technology which is cost effective, robust, reliable and well known throughout not just the construction and agricultural industry, but the whole world.”

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Titan Debuts new tread design on world’s largest farm tire

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Titan International, Inc.  is introducing the first-ever R-2 deep-tread tire in the world’s largest farm tire size — the LSW1400/30R46.

This latest addition to the radial Goodyear Custom Flo Grip line is being brought to market to meet the growing demand for greater combine flotation and traction from growers in regions and applications that face incredibly wet field conditions.

Titan is debuting the new tire at National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS) 2023 on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023.

“Back in 2016, we introduced the world’s largest ag tire in our Goodyear OPTITRAC line, which has an R-1W tread. The demand for that tire has since skyrocketed, but there are some applications that really should be running a deeper R-2 tread,” said Scott Sloan, Global Ag/LSW Product Manager, at Titan.

“We’ve been hearing from a lot of growers in the Southeast, the Dakotas, southern Minnesota and elsewhere that they wanted an LSW1400 option in an R-2. We’re excited to now offer that. We think it’ll be a game changer for them.”

Custom Flo Grip versus alternatives
The LSW1400 serves as a better-performing replacement to smaller singles (such as a 900/60R32), as well as to standard factory duals (such as 520/85R42) in the front combine position. The LSW1400 will provide:

  • 40% reduced inflation pressures which means significantly less soil compaction and field rutting, which inhibit yield.
  • Footprint improvement which spreads the already lower inflation pressures over a wider area to further reduce soil compaction and improve yield.
  • Improved traction by offering significantly more power to the ground with the larger — but easier-on-the-soil — footprint.
  • Maximum road speeds thanks to the Low Sidewall Technology® (LSW®) design, which dampens road lope. LSW allows for roading at full speeds, which can have a significant impact on productivity and profitability for custom harvesting operations, in particular.

Industry-leading warranty
The Goodyear Custom Flo Grip — as with all radials in the Goodyear Farm Tire family — comes with an industry-leading 10-year warranty that includes 2-year no-cost replacement, 2-year field hazard protection and 3-year stubble damage protection.

Full size range 
With the addition of the world’s largest farm tire size, the Custom Flo Grip line now includes nine sizes, ranging from VF580/85R42CFO up to the LSW1400/30R46. Browse the full size range at https://www.titan-intl.com/tires/CUSTOM-FLO-GRIP.

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Siemens to equip Continental tire factories with automation technology

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Continental’s tire division and Siemens have signed a strategic supplier agreement.

As Siemens announces on the sidelines of the Tire Expo trade fair in Hannover (Germany), the company will supply automation and drive technology for Continental’s tire factories worldwide in its capacity as a preferred supplier.

The aim of the cooperation is to further optimize Continental’s global tire production with innovative control and automation technology. As part of the agreement, standards will be established which will help Continental make its production machinery even more efficient throughout their lifecycles.

“Tires connect cars and roads,” says Cedrik Neike, member of the Managing Board at Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries.
“Without modern and innovative tires, we cannot reach our safety, efficiency, and sustainability targets. That’s why Continental Tires and Siemens have formed a close partnership, one that we are now expanding.”
To drive standardization, Continental will purchase its automation systems and large parts of its drive technology for new machines and developments from Siemens.
The supplier will equip Continental tire factories with Simatic controllers, I/O systems, WinCC Unified operator control units, and industrial PCs. Siemens will also train the relevant employees at Continental tire factories in TIA Portal.
The high degree of standardization will be even further developed, especially where software is concerned. The Siemens Tire Library, a software library for standardizing the control of sensors and actuators, will also provide support on this matter.
This will simplify mechanical engineering as well as maintenance for machines and equipment for Continental and its machine suppliers as well. Standardization also enables the machines to operate uniformly, regardless of machine supplier.
In addition, the use of these digital technologies promotes sustainable production, a key concern in the tire industry. In this regard, Siemens offers particularly long lifecycles for the hardware products to be used in the future and enables software and hardware innovations to be easily integrated throughout the machines’ lifecycles.
Siemens also provides technical support and is working on long-term availability of spare parts.
Siemens and Continental Tires have worked together in the past around digitalization. One example is the digital twin of an extrusion plant, which is used, among other things, for virtual commissioning. Continental Tires also uses Siemens edge technology and cloud hosting for Mendix applications.
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US-UAE led AIM for Climate initiative unveils three government partners

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The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a global initiative by the United Arab Emirates and the United States, has announced three new Government Partners.

The partners; India, Panama, and Paraguay -will support its mission to significantly increase investment in and support for climate-smart-agriculture and food systems innovation over the period of 2021 to 2025, and to address crises such as global hunger, food insecurity, and climate change.

The contributions of India, Panama, and Paraguay reaffirm the importance of developing an inclusive initiative that supports smallholder farmers, especially women, and the interest of low-and-middle-income countries that are at the forefront of transformative agriculture and food systems innovations.

Although they are most susceptible to the negative effects of climate change, they are equally part of the solutions to addressing the climate crisis and building resilience to its impacts.

Since its inception, AIM for Climate partners have increased investments in agriculture and food systems innovation to more than $8 billion and launched 30 innovation sprints, initiatives led and funded by AIM for Climate partners to achieve a specific outcome or output in agricultural innovation.

The total number of partners is over 300, which now includes 45 Government Partners and more than 275 non-governmental partners, comprising businesses, academia, not-for-profits, philanthropies, think tanks, and others.

With AIM for Climate partners being fundamental to its growth and impact, the AIM for Climate Summit has been organized on May 8-10, 2023, in Washington D.C, to serve as a dynamic platform to raise ambition, build collaborations, and share knowledge on innovative solutions in the lead-up to COP28.

Supported by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, some eminent keynote speakers include US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, United Arab Emirates Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and former Vice President Al Gore.

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FinDev Canada invests $55 million to help smallholder African farmers access global markets

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FinDev Canada’s ETG investment will support African farmers to help reduce global food insecurity.

FinDev Canada is providing a five-year fully amortized term loan of up to $55 million to ETG, an agribusiness that plays a key role in increasing the availability of food staples globally by connecting smallholder African farmers to international markets.

Since establishment in Kenya in 1967, ETG has grown into a global conglomerate. The Group empowers farming communities through the distribution of quality Fertilizer and Agricultural Inputs to optimize yields, through its network of strategically placed distribution centers and storage facilities, logistical solutions and creating local and international markets for their produce. With the support of its foundations, ETG developed numerous initiatives developed to uplift farming communities and is a key player in the Sustain Africa program, which supports quality input products, such as fertilizer, as a necessary step toward food security.

“This loan is a real opportunity for FinDev Canada to contribute towards food security in a moment when different global challenges have had a severe impact in food supplies,” said Paulo Martelli, Chief Investment Officer of FinDev Canada. “In addition, this provides an opportunity for future engagements and increases FinDev Canada’s impact across the African content.”

Anish Jain, ETG’s Chief Treasury Officer commented: “One of ETG’s top priorities is to play an active role in establishing food security in Africa. We remain passionate and committed to uplifting farming communities through the provision of quality inputs, agronomy support, training and development on smart agriculture techniques and to implement value addition through processing locally. We are extremely grateful to FinDev Canada for providing us with another facility to increase our efforts. We have built a strong relationship with the institution and look forward to creating positive impact with their support.”

FinDev Canada is already a lender to ETG, who has since developed a gender action policy to be finalized early this year and is working to improve women’s economic empowerment, which is a key priority for FinDev Canada.

ETG also supports Sustain Africa, an emergency response and resilience initiative to improve availability, affordability and effective and sustainable use of fertilizers while avoiding market distortion, founded by AFAP, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rabobank and International Fertilizer Association with the support of AGRA.

Through this investment, FinDev Canada becomes the first development finance institution officially recognized as a supporter of Sustain Africa.

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Africa Agri Tech 2023 to focus on technology in Agriculture

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Bioscience and technology in agriculture will come under the spotlight at Africa Agri Tech taking place at the Sun Arena in Pretoria from 14 – 16 March 2023.

This forward-looking event will present a three-day conference and a three-day science and technology expo including presentations and innovation pitches.

Attendees will have the opportunity to gain a strategic overview of the impact of scientific and technological breakthroughs on future production methodologies.

Well-known journalist and television presenter, Anlie Hattingh, reminded us that agriculture encompasses much more than food. The textile, leather, liquor, medical supplements and multiple other industries are dependent on agricultural produce. The sector’s significant annual contribution to GDP ranks it in the top five.

Biotech scientist Dr Maneshree Jugmohan-Naidu, Director, Agricultural Biotechnology of the Department of Science and Innovation, shared an insightful overview of the valuable research and development currently undertaken by the department in partnership with the private sector.

Priaash Ramadeen, Co-Founder of The Awareness Company, underscored the relevance of modern data science in agriculture in a second presentation.

Hattingh went on to explain that the Africa Agri Tech conference would lift the lid on discoveries such as these with a strong focus on the role that the application of biotechnology will play in uncovering new uses for agricultural outputs.

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How Africa’s new Free Trade Area will turbocharge the continent’s agriculture industry

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In summary

  • Agriculture makes up 35% of Africa’s GDP and employs about half of its people, but the continent still imports billions of dollars of agri-product every year.
  • Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, Africa’s need to import so much will be reduced, and domestic processing capacity boosted massively.
  • The benefits of the AfCFTA are outlined in a new report by the World Economic Forum: AfCFTA: A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa.

    Agriculture accounts for roughly one-third of the African continent’s GDP, provides a livelihood for 50% of the population and feeds hundreds of millions of people on the continent and beyond every day.

    The key role that agriculture plays in the continent’s economy is only set to grow in strength and size under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, struck in February 2021 and now in full swing.

    A new era for African agriculture

    According to the World Economic Forum’s Insight Report on the deal — AfCFTA: A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa — the free trade area, one of the world’s largest by number of people and economic size, is projected to host 1.7 billion people and oversee $6.7 trillion in consumer and business spending by 2030.

    The deal will be transformative for many of Africa’s industries, but given agriculture’s already central role in the continent’s economy, and its huge potential for growth, agriculture will be a prime beneficiary.

    According to the Forum’s report, agriculture has exceptional potential for increasing intra-African trade, meeting local demand, accelerating GDP growth, creating new jobs and improving inclusivity due to upstream and downstream linkages.

    It will increase value addition, meet new local demand and bring smallholder farmers — who are responsible for 80% of Africa’s food production — into wider supply chains.

    Opportunities abound in the AfCFTA for new investment in agro-processing, in particular.

    Agro-processing and Africa’s agricultural ascension

    Agro-processing has important implications for African food security, job creation and poverty reduction. Boosting it adds value to an already competitive agriculture sector.

    Countries across Africa have already increased their focus on agro-processing in response to the food insecurity and price spikes caused by trade disruptions from global shocks — not least the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and because of the potential to transition economies away from the long-established but suboptimal model of exportation of raw materials.

    With improved capacity to process their own agricultural goods — whether that’s grain, fertiliser or anything else — African countries can exploit the huge advantage many of them have in their established and sizeable agricultural sectors to build wealth and create new jobs and opportunities at home.

    Scaling agro-processing has positive inclusivity impacts, too. Women make up 70% of employment in the overall agricultural sector and most of the domestic agro-processing workforce is female. A boost to African agriculture is a boost for the continent’s women.

    New investment, new opportunities

    This growth in agriculture and agro-processing will drive new investment from abroad, from within the continent and outside of it.

    The common market introduced under the AfCFTA can leverage regional differences in the strengths and competitiveness of intra-African diversity in their food value chains, specialisations and key outputs.

    Increased intra-African trade through the AfCFTA will help reduce dependency on foreign agricultural inputs. Currently, the continent imports about $50 billion worth of agricultural products per year. By 2030, intra-African agricultural trade is projected to increase by 574% if import tariffs are eliminated; a huge victory for a continent historically hobbled by unnecessary reliance on outside economies.

    African-owned and run businesses will benefit from this intra-continental trade boost. The fertiliser industry, for example, is expected to boom. New agricultural activity is expected to require an 800% increase in fertiliser application for main nutrients. Irrigation is expected to benefit from $65 million in new investment, while more than $8 billion worth of investment in storage will also be required.

    All of this, under the AfCFTA, can be fulfilled tariff-free by African enterprises.

    AfCFTA: good for growth

    The AfCFTA is paving the way for stronger business partnerships across the continent, with many companies taking up the fresh opportunities. Here are just a few:

    OCP: Leveraging local partnerships

    OCP is a Moroccan company that has developed into an industry leader in customized fertiliser solutions.

    OCP Group has focused on Africa because it recognises the potential of the AfCFTA to bring unifying standards for fertiliser regulation and to increase intra-African trade for agricultural goods and supplies. With offices spanning 12 African countries, OCP represents a successful example of making use of local partnerships on the continent to expand reach and impact.

    In three years, OCP established 80 farmer hubs in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, which provide farmers with a range of inputs and agricultural services. The company’s success in reaching farmers locally is due to its strong partnerships with governments, non-profit organizations, research centres and universities across Africa. For example, OCP partners with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Marrakesh, which houses 80% of the company’s R&D capacity.

    Coca Cola: Leveraging agro-processing and distribution

    In the case of agro-processing, The Coca-Cola Company, a long-time partner that employs 50,000 people across Africa, has also found success by working with local suppliers and developing value chains as key components of its strategy on the continent.

    Together with bottling partners, Coca-Cola’s Africa footprint is a thriving business, due to Africa’s young population. It is also contributing to wider economic growth through job creation, sustainability and the economic empowerment of women and youth. According to the company, the AfCFTA will help Coca-Cola further develop sourcing and production as well as packaging within African markets, and will drive down costs, giving more countries an equal chance to be suppliers for Coca-Cola.

    Yara International: Drawing on close relationships with countries and communities

    Yara International ASA is a Norwegian company that provides environmental and industrial solutions for crop nutrition across 12 African countries. Yara has found success in continuing to move parts of its value chain onto the continent, including a blending facility, a chemical enterprise and a sales office — especially as AfCFTA tariff reductions reduce the cost of infrastructure, transport and production.

    Yara has cultivated relationships with farming communities through Yara Crop Nutrition Centers. They help the company understand how to best provide specific agronomic advice and methodologies that can improve farmers’ prosperity and make smallholder and commercial farmers more competitive and attractive to financial investors, including through digital farming technologies and online environments.

    Yara has embedded a social impact strategy into its business in Africa to address the challenges specific to smallholder farmers within the communities in which they operate. Thus far, it has launched MBA-style leadership academies in Kenya to strengthen the skills of micro, small- and medium-sized entrepreneurs, with plans to expand further in 2023. Central to Yara’s strategy is an “Africa for Africa” focus on building a comprehensive, continental, field-to-fork value chain by continuing to invest in current and aspiring farmers, retailers, distributors, technology developers and agro-entrepreneurs.

    Looking to the future

    These companies showcase the lucrative, and growing, opportunities that exist within agro-processing and agriculture across the newly connected African continent. Investment will play a critical role in helping to develop and strengthen these value chains for the benefit of global investors and African economies alike. The benefit, ultimately, will be felt by everyday African people.

    Authors

    Landry Signé

    Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution

    Chido Munyati

    Head of Regional Agenda, Africa, World Economic Forum

    Source: World Economic Forum
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CNH Industrial acquires machine vision company Augmenta

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CNH Industrial has purchased Augmenta to accelerate the growth of their innovative Sense & Act technology. Augmenta was a previous CNH Industrial Ventures investment and a strategic partner for CNH Industrial.

“Our work with Augmenta has brought increasing benefits to our customers’ operations. What began as a minority investment in their potential, now culminates in us adding this proven tech excellence directly to our sprayer offering,” said Derek Neilson, President Agriculture at CNH Industrial.

“This is an important development for our Agriculture business that will further support our dealers by differentiating our equipment through value-added technology.”

“Augmenta’s technology will expedite development of our broader ‘Sense & Act’ capabilities to create value for our customers,” said Parag Garg, Chief Digital Product Officer. Sense & Act tasks are based on sensor-detected data during the spraying process, wherein protection solutions are applied to crops both before and after harvest.

This technology gives machines selective spraying capabilities which precisely directs and regulates spray volume. Augmenta’s work in this area includes the development of a multispectral camera and software that monitors a machine’s operating environment and acts directly via the machine.

This increases yield for our customers, boosts sustainability by eliminating unnecessary chemical and fertilizer usage, and most importantly reduces application time, effort and input costs. Savings in herbicide, fungicide, plant growth regulators and fertilizer represent the largest value pool for this technology.

Augmenta will operate within our Raven brand, as a subset of our precision technology portfolio. It will maintain its existing employees and offices in Greece and the USA. CNH Industrial will acquire Augmenta Holding SAS at an enterprise value of $110 million, subject to customary adjustments.

CNH Industrial held an existing 10.5% minority stake in the business prior to the transaction announced today, which will be funded with available cash on hand. Closing is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2023, subject to the satisfactory completion of customary closing conditions and receipt of regulatory approvals.

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Topcon launches transplanting guidance and control technology for specialty farmers

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Topcon Agriculture has introduced Transplanting Control, a new solution for specialty farmers.

Designed to reduce labor, boost efficiency and increase production, this turnkey solution provides global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based guidance, autosteering and control, benefitting producers of permanent and perennial trees, fruits and vegetable crops.

“Manual measurement is still common practice in areas where specialty and permanent crops are grown,” said Michael Stone, vice president of product development at Topcon Agriculture.

“Our precision GNSS-based guidance and control allows for more elaborate planting patterns, and has been proven through countless industries and applications. This now-affordable transplanting technology can help growers increase crop production by up to 15 percent, if not more.”

T opcon Agriculture has introduced Transplanting Control, a new solution for specialty farmers.The solution eliminates manual labor required to physically outline fields and provides streamlined setup through an easy-to-use task planning interface. Farmers can also expect reductions in fuel and other inputs through the reliability of GNSS, resulting in fewer mistakes and corrections.

“Crops placed in an optimized space maximize available resources like soil nutrients, water, sunlight; this also allows more accessible angles for maintenance, like cleaning and weeding, which will further improve output,” Stone said.

“More uniform transplanting executed through GNSS generates a healthier crop for increased production and quality. This technology can even improve efficiencies with tasks like soil sampling and post hole digging.”

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