Rise of the robots – the best of the new farm machinery at Agritechnica

It was all about autonomous machinery as the industry’s big guns unveiled their latest hardware at the Agritechnica show in Germany, with the technology improving at a rapid rate and driverless tractors set to become widespread across the world in a short time-frame. There were also big advances unveiled in combines and electric tractors, as well as an impressive array of Irish tech

New Holland’s range-topping CR11 combine

Alistair Chambers

Agritechnica, Europe’s largest farm machinery show, hadn’t been held for four years because of Covid, and the industry’s big players turned up for the event in Germany with a bumper load of new arrivals and upgrades.

The take home from the biennial show is that the move towards autonomy and lower-input farming is speeding up.