Valtra Team CUSTOMER MAGAZINE 2|2013 + + + Power Weekend Tier 4 Final technology Direct 2.0 models at the races Less emissions, Satisfied page 10 better fuel customers economy throughout Europe page 12 page 16 NEW S SERIES MORE POWER AND FEATURES page 6 Valtra Team CUSTOMER MAGAZINE 2|2013 AutoGuide 3000 and telemetry – FUSE Innovation EDItoRIAL 04 he harvest is at full speed at the moment, the crops look good T and the prices for our products are also generally looking good. This is 19 a positive development as it looks like farmers are beginning to do well again after some difficult years. This is espe- cially good message for contractors and dealers who are more or less depen- dent on the agricultural sector. Compa- nies can once again make investments, New alternatives which is good for continuity over the 04 is N-series long term. In this issue of Valtra Team you will 20 find interesting articles about innovative entrepreneurs here in the Netherlands who use Valtra tractors in a very special way. Another feature is tractor pulling. Valtra tractors have dominated the Pro Stock category for a number of years IN THIS ISSUE: already, demonstrating the quality and performance of our engines. 03 Fuse – precision farming 15 Dutch traffic safety In the meantime, Valtra is preparing technologies organisation turns 20 for the Agritechnica exhibition in Hanno- ver, which will be held in November. This News European owners satisfied exhibition has become increasingly im- 04 16 with their Direct 2.0 tractors portant for the Dutch agricultural indus- try, so a lot of visitors from our country 05 Cornish Dairy Farmer will be expected there. The Valtra stand relies on Valtra 19 Sigma Power milestones will feature all four tractor series: the New look and more power Dutch biologic farmer FUSE A, N, T and S. Of course, there will also 06 20 be some surprises that have not yet for the S Series relies on his N143 been revealed, so there is even more trademark for precision farming technologies reason to pay us a visit. Welcome to the 10 Power Weekend at the races 22 Max Schulman represents Valtra stand! European farmers Fuse is the new AGCO trademark for its precision farming tractors, implements, harvesters and grain handling Tier 4 Final technology technologies. For Valtra the trademark covers the Auto- equipment from a single manufacturer, it is important Stan Buijsrogge 12 Guide 3000 automated steering assist system and the that different systems can communicate using the means less emissions and Valtra Collection Sales Manager, Netherlands 23 AgCommand telemetry system, for example. For other same language. better fuel economy AGCO brands, Fuse includes applications for harvesting, With Fuse, AGCO is investing considerably in the 24 Valtra models planning and storage. development of precision farming technologies and 14 Unlimited Studio grows For customers, Fuse means that these technologies related customer support. internationally work together even better. Since few customers have www.valtra.nl 06 2 Valtra Team 2|2013 Valtra Team 3 1-2-3 FOR VALTRA AT Read more: valtra.nl News NL EUROPEAN TRACTOR PULLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Valtra tractors claimed the top 3 positions at the European Tractor Pulling Champion- ships in Zele, Belgium, on 15 September. Matti Herlevi driving Caesar was crowned European Champion in the Pro Stock category, while Jurian Duijn from the Netherlands took silver with Next Sensation and Johanna Herlevi third with Gangnam Style. This is the fifth time that Valtra tractors have made a clean sweep of the European Championships, although it has been sev- eral years since the last time. Matti Herlevi has now won the European Championships Small A Series tractors are available both with narrow and wider gauge and can have an open cabin, cabin with remomable roof or a closed cabin. six times, while his father Pekka has won it four times and sister Johanna two times. A Series expands NEW ALTERNATIVES The Hemmings’ N91 is on the go year round, clocking up 1,000 hours annually. Six new models in under-100 IN N-SERIES Valtra has expanded the N Series with the From Cornwall to New Zealand horsepower class introduction of new models. The N103.4 brings a four-cylinder alternative to the he Valtra A Series has been ex- model is the A73, which offers 78 horse- Cornish dairy farmer and lower end of the model line-up alongside panded with the introduction of power. All of the tractors come with the N103 model. N103.4 has an AGCO new smaller models. These agile Valtra’s reliable 12+12R transmission his daughter overseas T Power 4.4-litre SCR engine offering excel- three-cylinder tractors are ideal as gene- with synchronised shuttle and creeper lent low-end torque and fuel economy, Robert and Elizabeth Hemmings and ral purpose farm tractors, as well as for gear. The PTO has two speeds, and the choose Valtra as well as a front PTO option. Power and their Valtra tree. fruit farming and property maintenance, linkage is operated mechanically. torque are practically the same in both for example. The Valtra model line-up All models are four-wheel-drive. There obert Hemmings and his wife own bales. When that machine reached Whatever model is chosen there three-cylinder and four-cylinder models. now extends from 50 horsepower to 400 are two hydraulic blocks. The open cab Elizabeth farm 250 mostly grass 12,000 hours we swapped it for a newer will be a reminder of that N91 in the The N103.4 is available with a three-step horsepower. can be specified with a removable roof. acres in the Cornish hills near used model, one with only 4,000 hours Hemmings’ garden. Seven years ago, or a five-step HiTech 5 transmission. R The A Series model line-up now The closed cab version is based on the St Austell and milk 80 British Frisian on the clock. Valtras last well, particular- to celebrate its green credentials and The HiTrol turbine clutch, which makes includes Compact and Orchard tractors. traditional Valtra A Series cab and offers and Montbeliarde cows. All progeny is ly their engines,” Robert confirms. to promote its Eco models, Valtra gave continuous start/stop operations extreme- The A63 and A73 Compact models are an ergonomic and optionally air-condi- kept on the farm, either as replacement In 2006 the Hemmings purchased a customers a pine tree seedling with ly smooth, is now available on the N123, available with or without a cab, while tioned workspace that can be accessed stock or finished as beef. Some stores second Valtra, a four-cylinder N91 with every new tractor. N113, N103.4, N103 and N93. the A53 Compact model and all Orchard easily from either side of the tractor. • are brought in depending on the over loader that clocks up around 1,000 “This furry twig arrived in the post The selection of Versu and Direct mod- models have open cabs. Orchard trac- winter fodder situation; a mixture of hours annually. just after the tractor was delivered,” els has been expanded to include lower tors are as narrow as 1.6 metres, making NEW SMALL A Series models wrapped bale and clamped silage and a “With the loader it’s a handy, com- remembers Elizabeth Hemmings. horsepower models in the N Series with them ideal for fruit farms, for example. total of around 100 beasts are finished pact tractor that is on the go all the “I planted it in the garden and we Standard max hp/kW/Nm the introduction of the N123V and N123D. The smallest model is the A53, which annually. time year round,” Robert tells us. now have a quite presentable six-foot A53 50/37/196 The N123 Versu and Direct models can be offers 50 horsepower. The A63 model The Hemmings cut around 160 acres Robert and Elizabeth Hemmings’ tree.” A63 68/50/285 specified with the same equipment and has an intercooled turbo engine that of first cut silage and 70 acres of sec- daughter, who lives on a farm in New Valtra has always been proud of its features as larger N Series tractors. produces 68 horsepower. The biggest A73 78/58/310 ond cut. Zealand, is also loyal to Valtra, although ecological credentials. The factory is “The third cut depends on the weath- hers comes from Brazil. located in the middle of a large forest er,” comments Robert Hemmings wryly. with a wood-fired system that heats “In past years we have made some Green credentials the assembly buildings and offices. Internet: valtra.nl Team Valtra maize into silage, but this year we’re Considering the trouble-free history of Excess heat is also piped to the neigh- Editor in chief Hannele Kinnunen, Valtra Inc., [email protected] trying whole crop.” his own N91, Robert is seriously con- bouring village of Suolahti. Ecology is Edition Tommi Pitenius, Valtra Inc., [email protected] A few years ago Robert and Elizabeth sidering trading it in for a new Valtra N considered seriously when designing Editorial Adam Wiatroszak, AGCO Sp. z.o.o., [email protected] // Siegfried Aigner, AGCO Austria GmbH, [email protected] // purchased their first Valtra, a six-cylin- Series, either an N93 or N103. and manufacturing tractor components, Sylvain Mislanghe, AGCO Distr. SAS, [email protected] // Kim Pedersen, LMB Danmark A/S, [email protected] // Thomas Lesch, AGCO Deutschland GmbH, [email protected] // Andrew Rawson, Agco Ltd., [email protected] der 8050, to handle most of the slurry “There’s a natural tendency to up as is fuel consumption and engine emis- Publisher Valtra Oy Ab, Valmetinkatu 2, 44200 Suolahti Coordination Medita Communication Oy tankering plus some other work.