At Ag in Motion: Seeding equipment gets its closeup

Ag in Motion's 2023 edition continued to make equipment demonstrations a central part of its presentation to farmers. Not only can farmers kick the tires on a machine of interest -- they can actually see how it performs compared to competitors. That definitely helps inspire confidence when making a buying decision. This year the show[...]

Take a look at Australia's biggest farm equipment expo

Grainews editors Lisa Guenther and Scott Garvey are in Australia this week for events including Commonwealth Bank AgQuip, billed as the country's biggest agricultural and rural marketplace. The show runs Aug. 18 to 20 this year just west of Gunnedah, about 400 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales. Organizers estimate the show, organized[...]


Farm Business Communications in online award running

The online arm of Winnipeg ag journal publisher Farm Business Communications (FBC) is representing at this fall's Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs). The COPAs, to be presented Nov. 7 in Toronto, are a juried competition to promote and support Canada's digital publishing industry, and are operated by Mississauga-based publishing sector magazine Masthead. Finalists for the[...]

YOUTH AG-SUMMIT:'Thought leaders' consider farming's future

Sustainability, leadership and innovation in agriculture guided four days of learning, debating and discussion among young "thought leaders" from 33 countries at this week's Youth Ag-Summit. The event, held in Canberra, Australia from Aug. 24 to 27, and organized by Bayer CropScience and the Australian youth organization Future Farmers Network, was set up to build[...]


E-Quip Blog: Agco to introduce smaller RoGator

Last year Agco announced it was "retiring" its SpraCoupe brand of sprayers, which catered to farmers who want smaller-sized application equipment. That left Agco with just its RoGator and TerraGator lines of higher-capacity machines. But with the recent announcement of the pending introduction of the RG700 RoGator, it's clear the company still sees a market[...]

Video: Adjust your combine for crop condition

It's a common misconception that the settings laid out in the operator's manual will give a producer perfect performance from his or her combine every time. As Les Hill, ag and bioresources program director with the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI), tells Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey in this video, every combine needs to be[...]


Is vertical tillage right for your farm?

From the September issue of Grainews Over the last few years, the term vertical tillage has slowly crept into many farmers' vocabulary. And while many have recently made a leap of faith and purchased one of these machines, others are still trying to understand just exactly what vertical tillage is all about. To give farmers[...]

EQuipTV: Regular tweaks needed for best combine results

With harvest upon us, a video available at Grainews.ca takes a look at ways in which Prairie farmers can get the most out of their combines this summer and fall. In the short EQuipTV video posted in June, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey takes us to a Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) combine clinic at[...]


EQuipTV: Bourgault seeder cart aims to make bigger better

This year's Western Canada Farm Progress Show saw Canadian seeder manufacturer Bourgault Industries roll out three configurations of its new 3320 drill and offer a peek at next year's rollout of its biggest seeder cart yet. In this episode of EQuipTV, also available at the Grainews site here, the magazine's machinery editor Scott Garvey pays[...]

EQuipTV: Getting best results from combines, seeders

Ways in which Prairie farmers can get the most out of their combines and air drills this year are the topics of two new videos at Grainews.ca. In the short EQuipTV videos posted Wednesday, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey takes you to a Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) combine clinic at Brandon, Man. and a Seed[...]