Premium equipment boost on hand

BASED at Longford and Somerset, Gaffney Machinery has been appointed dealer in the regions for a range of equipment including AgriSpread fertiliser and muck spreaders, Gregoire-Besson tillage equipment, Highline hay products and rock pickers, Equalizer seeding systems, Geringhoff header fronts and Elmer’s chaser bins, all distributed nationally by Waringa Distribution.

Cobie Walker, General Manager of Gaffney Machinery, which is part of the Agriculture Equipment Holdings (AEH) dealer network and will celebrate 50 years as a New Holland dealership next year, said the equipment would add to and enhance the business’s product line-up for producers.

“With products like the AgriSpreader spreaders and Gregoire-Besson ploughs, we know they are highly regarded machines that are quality built and are well ‘spec’d’,” said Cobie, who first started work with Gaffney Machinery as a young apprentice.

“We know the products have everything we need and we will be looking at training with our sales staff at Longford and Somerset to ensure farmers have all the support and backup, which is critically important.

“We get inquiries for ploughs and the Gregoire-Besson product will add to the line-up now. It will have strong appeal to farmers right along the North West coast, but also down at Longford.

“It will suit dairying, beef, sheep and cropping regions in the North West, including good red cropping country around the Sassafras area, as well as irrigated cereal and vegetable cropping land through the Midlands.”

The Gregoire-Besson products are renowned for reliability, versatility and high-level performance, and include speed tillers, semi-mounted ploughs, disc harrows, the Discordon One-Pass Finisher and the Helios Duo mounted sub-soiler.

Sam Abbott, General Manager with Waringa Distribution, said a number of machines from the different product brands already were operating in Tasmania, and the partnership with Gaffney Machinery would now strengthen the supply and support for all brands across the State.

“With the machines already working in the region, we have been looking to increase our presence there and we have developed a good relationship with Gaffney Machinery, which has a strong history with the local farming industry,” Sam said.

Gaffney Machinery and Waringa Distribution plan to further introduce Tasmanian farmers to the equipment range at the upcoming Agfest field days from May 7-9 at Carrick, near Launceston. They are also looking to hold paddock demonstrations initially of AgriSpread and Gregoire-Besson machines for farmers.

Cobie said despite a dry winter followed by wet spring last year that had delayed hay and silage operations, conditions were looking good heading into the new season and growers would shortly be preparing lands with tillage equipment.