The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has extensively updated its industrial/agricultural mower safety manual– both the English only and Spanish/English versions. Types of equipment covered include rotary, folding wing rotary, flail, boom and sickle bar mowers as well as disc mowers, disc mower conditioners and self-propelled windrowers. (The AEM "disc mower" manual is now obsolete.)
The AEM Industrial/Agricultural Mower Safety Manual was developed under the direction of the association’s Industrial/Agricultural Mower Manufacturers Council. AEM safety manuals outline common sense "do's and don'ts" in clear language and an easy-to-follow format, and they are a convenient and cost-effective way to provide in-house safety training.
The manual covers current industry practice in machine design and construction as well as up-to-date industry safety best practices for equipment preparation, operation, maintenance and transport. Enhancements include an expanded "safe maintenance" section, with a new section discussing mower blade maintenance; expanded discussion of "mower thrown objects" and "slope operation"; and use of newer safety design features and enhanced operator protection systems.

IonSense, Inc. and M&M Consulting recently announced an agreement for the marketing and sales of M&M’s ASAP technology for open-air mass spectrometry, consolidating sales of two major open-air ionization methods through one distribution network. IonSense will provide the technical support, sales, and marketing for the ASAP as well as its DART product lines.

Jansen Poultry Equipment (JPE) has expanded its egg collection systems with the MultiFlex Elevator. The MultiFlex Elevator is used to transfer eggs from multiple tiers to a cross conveyor or egg collection table, such as with: 2-tier laying nest (Premium+, XL and LayMaxx) and VolMaxx commune layer cage; and poultry houses with multiple floors or multi tier Comfort aviary or nest systems.

Chore-Time Poultry Production Systems has launched Liberty Feeder for poults and turkey hens up to 12 weeks of age. The Liberty Turkey Feeder is part of Chore-Time’s complete line of integrated products for turkey production including feeders, drinkers, feed conveying, feed storage, ventilation, heating, cooling and controls.

Vermeer introduces the heavy duty TM850 trailed mower with the ability to mow a high volume of acres, a new Vermeer design, a patent pending hydraulic suspension system, and a 3-year cutterbar warranty.