Category: Focus

Despite slightly below-expected production, Italy has surpassed China and returned to being the second largest processing country for industrial tomatoes, behind only the United States. This overtaking was primarily due to weather conditions, which drastically reduced the quantity of tomatoes destined for the processing market in China to just under five million tons, effectively less than half the previous year due to the torrential rains that hit production districts in 2025. In Italy, however, the nearly 78,700 hectares under cultivation allowed the processing season to close with a production of…

Modeling Case Ih “Puma 230” model and Grazioli dumper by Walter Pettinari Two models customized by a former tractor driver to recreate, on a 1:32 scale, the image of the worksite where he worked for years Walter Pettinari is a former tractor driver who spent years transporting chopped material from the harvest fields to the farm trench. He drove a Case IH “Puma 230” customized with a black livery to match the color of the Ravizza dumper he accompanied. This worksite was made even more exclusive by the presence of…

The issues that led to the closure of the French agricultural mechanization show, Sima, in 2022 clearly did not serve as a lesson to the organizers of “AgriSima,” an event intended to bring together in a single, large exhibition all the key players in agri-equipment, agri-supply, agri-services, and, more generally, all the productive and entrepreneurial sectors revolving around agricultural production. In effect, it is an extremely diverse and diverse mix of exhibits planned at a time when specialized trade fairs like Eima and Agritechnica are favored. It was therefore obvious…

There is concern among those who have purchased a new vehicle with the benefits of the Transition 5.0 tax credit. The production and delivery times of many manufacturers risk conflicting with legal deadlines, causing agricultural entrepreneurs to lose the tax benefits According to the regulations, to benefit from the Transition Plan 5.0, the investment must be completed by December 31, 2025, where “completed” means the actual delivery of the machinery. Therefore, simply placing an order and paying the advance payment is not sufficient, nor is it affected by the fact…