merlo multifarmer

Merlo updates the Multifarmer line

Cab improvements add to operator comfort

Glacier FarmMedia — One type of machine with a more noticeable presence on the Ag in Motion show grounds in recent years is the telehandler. As on-farm material handling becomes a bigger and heavier job, farmers are paying more attention to them. And one telehandler model designed specifically to appeal to farmers is the Merlo […] Read more


Manitou showed off its newest telehander, designed for the agricultural market, at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show last fall.

Manitou’s ‘NewAg’ agricultural telehandler

NewAg 737-130 PS+ multi-purpose 
model hits the show circuit

Telehandlers are slowly gaining popularity among Canadian farmers. While they aren’t yet taking the market by storm, manufacturers are beginning to give potential buyers more reason to consider adding a telehandler to a farm fleet, offering models tailored for farm environments and typical agricultural jobs. Bringing them to farm equipment shows helps catch farmers’ eyes. […] Read more

The new Series III JCB telehandler line includes four models, with lift heights to 9.5 metres.

JCB launches the Series III telehandler

Brand focuses on maximum visibility 
in new global handler launch

Long gone are the days of poor visibility from cabs in a telescopic handler. JCB is bringing a new range of agricultural Loadalls to the global market that further improves the views. In fact, the British manufacturer says its new Series III range has an all singing, all dancing Command Plus cab, that is also […] Read more


The TM420 will get heavier axles than the smaller 320 version the brand already offers.

New loader from JCB

Designed for farmers, new articulated loader gets more lift capacity

JCB has always had a prominent display at Germany’s Agritechnica machinery show. Last November it used that event to debut a new machine it thinks will be of interest to farmers on both sides of the Atlantic: the TM420 articulated, telescopic loader. “Currently we sell a smaller machine in North America, the TM320,” said Joe Eddleston, […] Read more

Merlo retools

Merlo retools

The telehandler company is going through a major update of its product line and manufacturing facility

As he stood in front of a group of Canadian dealers and customers at his Cuneo, Italy, facility, Amilcare Merlo, owner of the company that produces Merlo telehandlers, explained that his firm was in the midst of a 150 million Euro (C$208 million) reinvestment project. It’s aimed not only at updating the brand’s manufacturing facility, […] Read more


The TM320 is the largest machine in JCB’s two-model articulated, 
telescopic material handler line.

JCB updates its ag materials handling equipment

New features designed to improve performance and operator comfort on loaders

The Bamford family that owns equipment manufacturer JCB also runs a large farming operation in England, not far from the brand’s World Headquarters facility at Rocester. (JCB is actually company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford’s initials.) So the farm is a handy place to test and prove the machines the company puts its name — or, […] Read more