The SAME Trattorino Universale: a turning point for post-war agriculture
In 1948, agriculture in Italy was faced with a great challenge: the need to increase productivity to meet the growing demand for food in a country still scarred by war. This is the situation in which SAME, a company founded in Treviglio by the Cassani brothers, responded with an innovative
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Women and agriculture: a story of strength, expertise and change
Through unique materials kept in the SDF Historical Archive – photographs, brochures, catalogues and period publications – we tell you about the crucial role of women in the Italian agricultural world from the late 1950s to the late 1990s.
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SAME Virtus and the brand’s collaboration with Giugiaro Design
The story of the union of style and engineering comes to life inside the SAME Museum, where a special exhibition area dedicated to industrial tractor design has been set up, with a focus on the SAME Virtus project courtesy of Giugiaro Design.
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A journey through Italian enterprise: the “A scuola d’Impresa” (At the school of business) project
The project “At the School of Business. Italy in Our Museums and Business Archives” aims to educate secondary school students on the values and history of Italian business while fostering key transversal skills for their future careers.
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Cultivating landscapes: a story of tradition and innovation
From fields cultivated for daily subsistence to land that has generated trade and wealth, every landscape is a heritage to be protected, not only for its aesthetic value, but also for the meaning it carries.
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From Treviglio to Cuba: the voyage of the SAME Ariete tractor
Fascinating stories are just waiting to be found in the archives if only we investigate the heritage kept within them. This is the case of the over 2,500 SAME Ariete tractors sold to Fidel Castro's Cuban government between 1964 and 1973.
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Grégoire, the queen of the vineyards
In 2011 SDF acquired the French company Grégoire, a world leader in grape and olive harvester machines. Despite the acquisition, Grégoire has never lost its identity, and this in-depth look into the history of the company born from the intuition of one man, Edmond Grégoire.
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Training at SAME, a deep-rooted core value for the company
Since the 1960s, training has always played an important role for the company. A great deal of attention has always been focused on agricultural and mechanical engineering students, and the SAME Schools project is now entirely dedicated to them. Read on for interesting facts and figures.
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Crawlers. Typically Italian tractors
In this article we will take an in-depth look at crawlers in general in order to understand their characteristics, evolution, uses and advantages.
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SAME becomes a historical brand
In 2024, the SAME tractor brand made history in Italian industry by entering the special Register of Historic Brands of National Significance.
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Germany’s famous red tractors Fahr and the gas generator project
In the 1930s, Fahr in Gottmadingen designed the HG 25, a red tractor that ran on a fuel abundant in farmers’ daily lives: wood (usually beech).
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SAME SCUOLE: business meets young people. Agriculture 4.0 is the hot topic in SAME’s educational initiative.
In the farming industry, often seen as “old-fashioned” and resistant to change, the use of digital tools has been tested in recent years, with clear results.
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September, the month of the grape harvest
September marks the start of a key economic activity in our local culture: the grape harvest.
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Restoration for long-term preservation
Preservation means the conservation and protection over time of a precious asset such as a historical document. We would like in this in-depth study to talk about an essential aspect of conservation, restoration.
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Two big revolutions: the birth of agriculture and the invention of the plough
The SAME Museum houses a 'strange' wooden object worn down by centuries and the work it performed with humans and animals. It is a 15th-century plough from northern Italy that resembles early Iron Age ploughs in shape.
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Museimpresa, promoting Italian heritage
Museimpresa, the Italian association of corporate archives and museums, encompasses over 100 museums and archives operated by small, medium and large Italian businesses. The SAME Museum and the SDF Historical Archive have been members of Museimpresa since 2010.
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DEUTZ F1M 414: The “tractor of the people”
With around 10,000 units built at the Deutz plant in Cologne, the F1M 414 was the best-selling tractor in Germany in the second half of the 1930s. An extraordinary success for this small tractor which contributed significantly to mechanising farms in the country.
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The month of rice
For many farmers in Northern Italy, September is synonymous with intense work in the rice paddies. Cultivated by mankind for thousands of years, rice is one of the most important resources for the global economy, and plays a fundamental role in feeding poorer populations.
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The SAME CENTAURO. An arrow in the fields
The evocatively named Centauro, built as 55, 60 and 65 HP variants, was instrumental in a period of remarkable growth for SAME. Let's take a detailed look at the Centauro on display at the SAME Museum and discover all the unique mechanical features which made it a favourite of farmers
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HOUSE ORGANS. The voice of the company
House organs, or company newspapers and magazines, have played a fundamental role in how businesses communicate and promote awareness of their activities. They are an invaluable resource for tracing the history of our country and, as such, are kept safe for future use in company archives.
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Horses vs. oxen. A comparison of draft animal power
Agriculture at the start of the twentieth century was still almost entirely reliant on manpower and draft animals. The farmer's two trusty allies, the ox and the horse, had very different capabilities and characteristics. In the photographs of the Historical Archives, you can see them at work alongside the first
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Explore the DEUTZ-FAHR Museum: MTH 222
The oldest tractor preserved at the DEUTZ-FAHR Museum in Lauingen is the MTH 222: this was the first Deutz tractor with a diesel engine and the first tractor to be mass-produced at the Deutz plant in Cologne.
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SAME Museum: Trattrice Cassani
The undisputed star of the SAME museum is the 40 HP Trattrice Cassani tractor from 1927, a machine considered a landmark in mechanised agriculture because of the ground-breaking innovation it introduced to the market: its diesel engine. Designed by the brothers Francesco and Eugenio Cassani, this machine won the competition
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The yellow gold of spring
This time of the year, when the fields are painted in vivid yellow by rapeseed blossom like the work of an artist, is the perfect opportunity for us to show you a collection of recently discovered photos catalogued and kept at the SDF Historical Archives, featuring the SAME Silver 180,
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