AgriLand paid a visit to Co. Cork to see the latest crop of Deutz-Fahr tractors in action at a recent dealer-organised event - close to the village of Killeagh.

The event, which also played host to Amazone ploughs, cultivators and drills, was essentially a 'field demo day' - intended to showcase what's new from Deutz-Fahr here in Ireland.

We caught up with product specialist David Jefferson who took us on a whistle-stop tour of the manufacturer's wares - from an entry-level (jump-on-and-drive) model right through to the most high-tech variant.

In this video (below - shot by AgriLand’s own Kevin Farrell), David explained: "I’m a product specialist - for the UK and Ireland - for the Deutz-Fahr range of tractors.

"I'd like to introduce you to the versatile 6 Series range; it's a complete range of tractors from 155hp up to 226hp.

"Every model is available in four different levels – it can be a simple gear-lever tractor; it can be a tractor with the RCshift transmission; right up to a continuously-variable transmission."

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He went on (in the video) to explain that the entry-level 6 Series tractor has a "simple gear-lever". He noted: "It has five mechanical gears; in each gear it has six powershift steps. With mechanical spool valves, it's a tractor for anybody to just jump on and go."

'Next level'

He continued: "Moving on to the next level of specification, we still maintain the traditional, mechanical spool valves, but we've now incorporated the RCshift transmission. It's a semi-automated transmission where the driver can let it run in manual mode if he wants to, or he can go into full automatic mode.

"Moving on to the next level is the RCshift with electronic spools. This will appeal more to the owner-drivers. We've got a fully-integrated armrest; it gives you headland management control...and electronic spool valves."

David then moved on to the top level of specification (in the 6 Series) - namely the TTV model.

He said: "This is our CVT tractor. This would appeal to lots of drivers who want to get perfect speed matching - for the operation at hand. It has fully electric spools and headland management.

He concluded: "If I think back to when I started with SDF eight years ago, I had just missed the 10-year celebration of the first TTV being installed - so they've been going for a good long time."