Category: Highlight

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…

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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…

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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…

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After selling the Iveco Group to India’s Tata, John Elkann has also sold Vm Motori, a historic company based in Cento, near Ferrara, to a third party In this specific case, however, the buyer is not Asian but Italian: the Turin-based Marval Group, a multinational backed by the Azzurra Capital fund that operates in the sectors of engine and transmission components for agricultural and construction machinery, commercial vehicles, trucks, and sports cars. With a 2024 turnover of €160 million and several plants in Italy, the United Kingdom, and China employing…

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With a share of 14.1 percent, the Chinese Sinochem conquers the highest step of the podium in the global agrochemical business, given by the website statista.com at around 83 billion dollars Second and third are BASF and Bayer, with 11.9 and 9.5 percent, respectively. The top five is rounded out by the US company Corteva, formed from the merger of Dow and DuPont, with 8.1 percent, and India’s UPL with 7.2 percent. It should be noted that the Sinochem figure also includes Chemchina, another Chinese giant that acquired Syngenta and…

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