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The Italian Nicolás Schneider (in Esperanza, Province of Santa Fe) manufactures the first national plough.
As from this decade, the local use of threshers and shellers is the same as that in the US.
Juan Istilart manufactures a steam-powered thresher, and its engine use is widely spread.
The manufacturing of different agriculture implements starts to become widespread.
Juan and Emilio Senor manufacture the first national animal-drawn harvesters.
First Senor cutters and threshers
Antonio Rotania (in Sunchales, Province of Santa Fe) manufactures the first self-propelled harvester in the world.
Miguel Druetta improves Rotania´s harvester by adding a cutting platform at the front.
The Argentine industry supplies most of agriculture machinery required by our country during the Second World War.
Santiago Puzzi manufactures the first track rice harvester (in Clusellas, Province of Santa Fe).
Carlos Mainero (in Bell Ville, Province of Córdoba) and Minervino implement the first sunflower harvesters in the world.
Vassalli and Giubergia pioneer the manufacturing of corn harvesters in the world. Global spreading of diesel tractors.
Vassalli manufactures the first corn header for direct threshing.
First tractor factory in Argentina. Diesel engine. Córdoba “FIAT”
There appear the first Argentine harvesters with good capacity, series manufacturing, Vassalli. 75CV, 16- foot cut. Other factories: Senor, Bernardín, Rotania, Giubergia, among the renowned ones.
First thick grain seeders. INTA Foundation.
The Regional Consortium for Agricultural Experimentation “CREA” is founded, agricultural technology.
In forage, drag and self-driven windrowers. First harvesters with bulk storage systems. First 5 and 6-tonne seed tenders, with 2 axis and 4 wheels with gravity bulk unloading. Seed tender. First 600-lt rail sprayers, mostly of 3 points. Tillage characterised by mouldboard, light disc harrow and spike-toothed harrow for sowing bed.
First national sowing machines of thin grains for tractor drive
First continuous flow dryer
Forage: First drag grinders. Mainero manufactures the first baling machine. The first sprinkler irrigation equipments in Argentina.
There appear the first circular windrowers and stellar rakes
Forage: first drag fine-chopping grinders for the whole corn plant. First Pla’s self-driven sprayer.
Arrival of imported harvesters, some axial-flow Case/Internacional and New Holland TR.
Introduction of the first centre pivot irrigation with electrical and/or oil-hydraulic improvements. Forage: first national round balers, Mainero, Sode, Monterrey, Susana, and others.
The birth of the double disc coarse grain and double limiting wheel attached seeder. There appear the first floating flexible heads.
Introduction of the cannon irrigation equipments. Introduction of dripping irrigation for fruits and vegetables. A further technological advance in the construction of harvesters in Argentina, there appears the Vassalli 1200. Forage: first imported self-driven grinders, with 4 rows and over 200 CV. New Holland and Class.
Forage: first haylage packing machines
Centre pivots start to be built in Argentina by Zanello, Montenegro, among other companies. First samples of wheat silo bags. There appears the Precision Crop Management in Argentina. There appears the turbo cutting blade and removal of thick and thin grains. Forage: corn silage with self-driven grinders is generalised.
Forage: round balers change and become more accurate and with more capacity; the use of mixers increases.
. Strong technological growth in self-driven sprayers, satellite flagmen, interactive computers, multiple peaks, compressed air suspension, 3,000-lt tanks. The first smart seeders appear. Variable dosing with satellite guidance.
The first plastic rolled up silo bags extractors. Patent: Palou. Self-unloading hoppers, with 1 and 2 axes and an 18-tonne capacity, are widely adopted
Directa Sowing consolidates in Argentina. Agrochemical application with self-driven sprayers consolidates; the satellite flagman, VRT computers to apply liquid fertilisers (UAN Plus) gen, “contractors.”
Power-shift gear box tractors are widely adopted. INTA Reconquista designs a modern cotton harvester, Javiyu, with Stripper system, comber, cleaner and storage container (Dolbi).
The first national maxi-harvesters appear.
National self-driven sprayers with climate sensors
The sale of Axial Vassalli 7500 a Same/Deutz Fah harvester patent is announced. First flexible/floating head, 40 feet, tarpaulin-through feeding, support wheels, by Piersanti company.
First air compression system seeders for coarse grain with individual electrical assistance, with suction engines and individual cinematic gear per body, all with Can Bus signals, by Schiarre company, Córdoba.
Here follows the Chamber's Management Committee
Hernán Zubeldia
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Marcelo Valfiorani
Treasurer
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Eduardo Borri
Vice-President 1º
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Marcela Silvi
Assistant Secretary
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Rosana Negrini
Secretary
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Maria Fernanda Albano
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Néstor Cestari
President
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Alberto Gaviglio
Assistant Treasurer
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Raul Crucianelli
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Egar Lambertini
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Orlando Castellani
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Mariana Rossi Vassalli
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Fernando Zaragosí
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Rafael Catalano
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Ruben Giorgi
Vice-President 2º
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Ignacio Tanzi
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Lucia Martinez
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