New Holland expands PLM Connect

At a media briefing at New Holland’s North American headquarters in Pennsylvania last July, marketing managers updated journalists on the brand’s then-pending expansion of its PLM Connect telematics offering. The official public introduction was made at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August. At the company’s test facility, Jordan Milewski, brand marketing manger, gave members[...]

Cattle bred for Australia’s north

There probably isn’t a cattle farmer anywhere across the Canadian prairie in January that wouldn’t gladly trade places with an Australian farmer, particularly when the mercury disappears in the bottom of the thermometer. But the generally balmy climate down under isn’t without its challenges for stock growers either. The conditions cattle must contend with in the northern[...]


Is soil compaction affecting your yield potential?

We’re subsoiling soils all over this planet. People have been doing it for tens and tens of years, successfully,” said Elston Solberg, senior agri coach and president of Agri-Trend Agrology, during a field day near Liberty, Saskatchewan. “It’s going to be a big part of agriculture in Western Canada as sure as I’m standing here.[...]

Busting the soybean fertility myth

An Illinois researcher says soybean crops don’t leave excess 
nitrogen in the soil for next year’s crop

I think the way we’re fertilizing soybeans is atrocious,” said Dr. Fred Belows, a professor and researcher at the University of Illinois. “Soybean does not add nitrogen to the soil. That’s another one of those urban legends.”
Addressing those comments to a group of farm journalists, Dr. Belows was a guest speaker at Case IH’s 2014[...]


Ten tips to get your air seeder ready for spring

It’ll be spring before we know it, and air seeders will soon be hitting the fields. Now is the time for a last good look at them before their wheels start turning. Whether the machine is brand new or new-to-you, focusing on fine-tuning product delivery mechanisms will pay dividends through good, even germination and maturity.[...]

WCFPS offers a look at what’s new

As machinery editor here at Grainews, attending farm shows is an essential part of my job. Although for me — as for most machinery enthusiasts — having a job that requires you to walk through equipment displays hardly qualifies as work. And if keeping up to speed on what the machinery market has to offer[...]


These boots are made for Case IH fans

You’ve likely seen Caterpillar-branded boots and shoes, which have been available in stores nearly everywhere for years now. Case IH has decided to get in on that kind of merchandising action by introducing its own line of branded work boots. “We teamed up with Eastman Footwear to create a boot made for farmers who are[...]

New ag apps for iPad

If you own an iPad, there is a pair of new agricultural apps that can turn it into a much more useful tool. They may even save you time and money. ScoutDoc First, there is ScoutDoc, offered by AgNition Inc. of Guelph, Ontario, which allows you to turn that iPad into a handy field scouting[...]


MFWD tractors bulk up

This summer Case IH announced the pending introduction of its most powerful Magnum tractor yet, the 370 CVT. Rated at 370 engine horsepower, the new Magnum will probably be the most powerful rigid-frame tractor on the North American market when it’s released in late 2012. Despite the pending introduction of that big Magnum, which will[...]

John Deere’s FarmSight: A Future Vision

In order to let farmers know the direction it intends to take with future technology development, John Deere recently introduced FarmSight, an overall concept that focuses on creating specific new solutions that provide an integrated, overall management system for a farm’s entire equipment fleet.“John Deere FarmSight is the strategy or vision of what John Deere[...]