John Deere Connected Support™ was designed to improve customer service and machine monitoring. Enabled through the JDLink™ telematics connection, John Deere Connected Support leverages a suite of dealer and factory tools to deliver increased productivity, up-time and lower daily Continue reading →

The incoming results from the 2019 season are a testament to the modern farming practices the industry use, continually doing more with less. Producers understand where efficiencies are found and a lot of that comes back to doing effective Continue reading →

For model year 2020, John Deere has introduced a new 8 Family Tractor lineup that includes 8R wheel tractors, 8RT two-track tractors and the industry’s first fixed-frame four-track tractors, the all-new 8RX. These new tractors come standard equipped with the Continue reading →

In the broadacre cropping plains of the Victorian Wimmera region sits the picturesque rural town of Rupanyup. Located 290km north west of Melbourne, and with a population of 536 people, it is a dynamic town of entrepreneurs and innovators in Continue reading →

Emmetts is now selling the Tornado Harvester Airflow System to reduce the risk of harvester fires, and reduce downtime at harvest.

Horsham Hydraulics is embedded in broadacre cropping, and has been for the past 23 years. With a team Continue reading →

Emmetts hosted a Ladies Day in early September with 90 women in attendance in the Wimmera.

Key note speaker over lunch was Yung Nietschke. She shared her story of coming to Australia as a Vietnamese refugee as a child. Growing Continue reading →

Wondering how your harvester will get through the next harvest? Think about using the Emmetts Service Department to recondition your machine this financial year. Finance the cost at 0% and pay in 12 months time.

Speak to your accountant today Continue reading →

At the Wimmera Machinery Field Days in early March, Emmetts had Bourgault representatives on their site, featuring an exciting new machine, the CD848.

This new product is aimed at dairy farmers, small broadacre croppers, pasture growers and irrigated Continue reading →

This month, Emmetts farewells one of our service technicians, Jack Robbens.

Jack, 22, is from Lowestoft, England, and joined the Horsham service department in October 2018 while on a 6 month working Visa. Prior to coming to Australia, Jack worked Continue reading →

Scott Neiwand is running a dynamic company from Rupanyup Victoria, a town 300km northwest of Melbourne with a population of approximately 500 people.

Scott’s family has a grain farm south of Rupanyup named Wits End. While Scott was attending university in Continue reading →

During harvest, the marketing team visited some of our Warracknabeal customers. See below the story of the Hofmaiers of Beulah, Victoria.

The Hofmaier farm’s story begins in 1888, when Charlie Hofmaier and his wife settled in Beulah, Victoria. They had come Continue reading →

In February, Emmetts held their first Sprayer Clinic for customers at the Warracknabeal Race Course, featuring the Hagie STS16, along with a John Deere R4045 with steel boom and R4060 with carbon fibre boom, both with ExactApply. John Deere experts Continue reading →

Emmetts offer customers a range of new products from SHoule and Highline, including rock buckets, rock rakes, land levellers and rock pickers.

Rock Buckets

SHoule rock buckets come in a variety of models and sizes and suit tractors from 30hp Continue reading →

The annual John Deere Christmas Toy Sale is on now! Here are our top picks this year:

5. 1:64 John Deere 9470RX Narrow Track Tractor $21.95 (save $7)

New this year, this scale replica is sure to be a Continue reading →

John Deere introduces the new diesel Z994R Commercial ZTrak™ zero-turn mower for more performance and efficiency in your fleet.

Developed from extensive customer feedback, the new Z994R expands the John Deere portfolio of diesel solutions for professional landscape contractors. The Continue reading →

John Deere announces several updates to its grain harvesting solutions for 2019 that will Continue reading →

“For the 2019 model year tractors, we’re making the Premium CommandView™ III Cab with cab suspension, standard Continue reading →

Updates include mix of technology and performance-enhancing features

John Deere is announcing several updates for model year 2019 to its large 9R, 9RT, and 9RX Tractors that include a mix of the latest technology and performance-enhancing features.

For the first Continue reading →

Improve efficiency, identify bale characteristics and track yield data for easier decision making

John Deere introduces its Bale Mobile app to help hay and forage producers get detailed information, improve efficiency, identify bale characteristics and track yields to make decision Continue reading →

Three major updates to Deere S-Series Combines help improve grain harvesting operations

John Deere announces several updates to its grain harvesting solutions for 2019 that will significantly improve the performance, ride quality and small grain harvesting efficiency of Continue reading →

This year Emmetts will be selling Coolamon Chaser Bins and Spreaders across Victoria, having already been selling Coolamon in South Australia in 2017.

The History of Coolamon

The history of Coolamon is a strong one, which was one Continue reading →

An outstanding event occurred at the March management meeting. On the topic of mechanic job vacancies and apprentices, Anton Elliot, Group Service Manager informed the group that we now have three female apprentices and one female service advisor within the Continue reading →

Emmetts has expanded the geography covered and is now the local John Deere dealer for the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia which covers Strathalbyn, McLaren Vale, Victor Harbor and Mt Compass. 

As of today, Gilbert Motors is no longer Continue reading →

Ever thought of a career as a service technician? With apprenticeships available in various locations across the group, I caught up with a few of our current apprentices to get an insight into the job.

What’s your favourite part about working as Continue reading →

Since the new 5R tractors landed on Australian shores, we have been very excited to hear customer feedback on how they are operating in the field. The 5R re-design was long awaited in the market, with a two year gap between the previous model and Continue reading →

Bourgault has added a new range of choices to it’s airseeder range this year with the introduction of their new “7000X” series models.

Created specifically in response to requests from Australian farmers, the new “X” models have a different Continue reading →

As of 1st June 2018, John Deere will no longer assist with the transfer of activations for the iTC receivers.

Currently this does not affect the operation of the iTC, and the receiver will continue to function as normal.

But Continue reading →

A Gold Key Tour for a Florida family and delivery of their new 8245R John Deere tractor – the first 2018 tractor made in Waterloo, Iowa – has kicked off a series of events to celebrate the 100^th  Continue reading →

We visited Dale Frankel, hay contractor, just outside of Sheep Hills to find out how the hay season is going. We interviewed him October 24, and his hay was a beautiful range of greens.

Dale is a customer of Derek Continue reading →

Peter Emmett and the Emmett Family are thrilled to announce that they have acquired another dealership in Oakbank, South Australia.

This acquisition fills in the geographic territory allowing them to better serve customers across the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale regions. Continue reading →

Emmetts are pleased to have added some new staff to the Pinnaroo branch recently, and we hope customers will feel that continuous improvement in underway.

Clint Cameron

Clint Cameron is originally from the South East of Melbourne, but has family Continue reading →

A shipment of tractors arrived at the Horsham branch last week.  We used the opportunity to compare the 6M and 6R when they were side by side. 

Click the play button below to watch the 12 minute video.

To find Continue reading →

Emmetts AGree offer two options in terms of soil and climate data collection, The John Deere Field connect system and the iMetos Pessel system. The reason for the two options is due to infield compatibility  differences and cost options  which Continue reading →

Today we had Matt Waugh, the Emmetts Bourgault Product Specialist in the office. He spends the majority of his time visiting customers between Shepparton Vic across to Kadina SA, to assist with Bourgault seeding equipment set up, operation, and fitting Continue reading →

Emmetts has been a huge supporter of local clubs and charities across regional VIC and SA through sponsorship. This year some of the Emmetts employees decided that an Emmetts team should be entered into an event, to support a charity, Continue reading →

John Deere has released its latest advanced guidance and machine data sharing technology with the additional of three new AutoTrac applications and a new In-Field Data Sharing application for the Generation 4 displays. For owners of machines equipped with a 4640 Continue reading →

Stuck for gift ideas this Christmas? Emmetts have a massive range of John Deere merchandise and toys, see below our top 5 picks this year.

5. ‘Tractoropoly’ board game – $49.95 (usually $69.95)

This monopoly style board game is Continue reading →

Written by: Wayne Parker and Bindi Isbister, DAFWA, ph. (08) 99568511. GRDC project DAW000243. Minimising the impact of compaction on crop yield

23rd March 2017

The Paddock Finish
Four days after the ripping demonstrations took place the site Continue reading →