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'Tis the season to reduce costs on regular maintenance, repair

By Scott Garvey December 11, 2024

After a hectic harvest season, there may be a temptation to park machines in the shed, close the door and forget about them until next spring. But that’s not a good idea. Performing regular maintenance of equipment now can help cut costs. Dealerships looking to keep their mechanics busy in the off season typically offer[...]

Equipment, Machinery

WeedSeeker 2 offers spot-spraying retrofit for existing sprayers

By Scott Garvey December 11, 2024

The three current green-on-green spot spray systems on the market now are only capable of functioning in corn, soybean and cotton crops. For most Prairie producers, that doesn’t fit their operations very well. A green-on-brown system, however, could offer significant reductions in herbicide use during pre-seeding and post-harvest burndowns. PTx Trimble’s WeedSeeker 2 system offers[...]

Equipment, Machinery

How much can poor tire inflation affect your tractor's fuel consumption?

By Scott Garvey December 9, 2024

How much do tires influence tractor fuel consumption? New tire designs like Bridgestone's VT radials offer a lug shape to reduce rolling resistance and help maximize efficiency. But growers still need to pay attention to proper inflation pressures to minimize wheel slip, which wastes fuel. This look at a demonstration at Agritechnica in Germany a[...]

Equipment, Machinery

Bourgault introduces drills up to 100 feet for 2026

By Scott Garvey December 7, 2024

At a customer event and product launch in Phoenix in early November, Bourgault had several new products to show — but the event’s centrepiece was clearly the new 100-foot 7-Plex 3545 Paralink Hoe Drill displayed just outside the event centre. All the products featured had been under development for some time, including the new drills.[...]

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Taking a portable welder for a test drive

By Scott Garvey December 5, 2024

Canadian Tire's Extreme-80 75 amp, 120-volt arc welder sells for a regular price of just $230. Is that a bargain that would be a welcome addition to the farm shop tool collection? We put one to the test to see if it can live up to the manufacturer's claims.

Equipment, Machinery

Sask. farmers gather to run vintage combines

By Scott Garvey December 3, 2024

Every fall a group of local farmers get together in a field near Milden, Saskatchewan, to have some fun running vintage combines from the 1950s and 1960s. This year the event included a recently restored Roto-thresh combine along with an assortment of other machines including models from John Deere, Massey-Ferguson and Case. There was also a[...]

Equipment, Machinery

PTx Trimble introduces new drainage technology

By Scott Garvey November 30, 2024

PTx Trimble, now a part of Agco, introduced a new digital system in mid-November for creating topographical field maps and drainage plans, with the software and hardware needed to control implements to carry out those plans. WM-FieldForm is capable of controlling a single scraper to shape field surfaces. It is the first water management system[...]

Machinery, Trucks and UTVs

Kubota's new UTVs offer hydrostatic transmission for 'finesse' work

By Scott Garvey November 26, 2024

In early November Kubota introduced two new models to its RTV line of side-by-side UTVs: the RTV-X Cab and RTV-X Crew. They will replace the current X1140 and X1100C. With these new models the band is also taking a little different marketing tack by moving away from straight number designations for its models and giving[...]

Crops, Equipment, Machinery

New aftermarket rotary combine concaves designed for all crops

By Scott Garvey November 25, 2024

Having one set of combine concaves that can handle all seed sizes efficiently without the use of cover plates can be a timesaver when switching fields. Winkler, Man.-based Thunderstruck Ag has just introduced its own Razors Edge concave design to make that a possibility. "We've been working with concaves for the last seven years and[...]

Equipment, Machinery

Cat machines allow for semi-autonomous control

By Scott Garvey November 22, 2024

There's more than a little chatter about autonomous equipment operation in farming these days, but that same topic is taking centre stage in other industries too, such as mining and heavy industry. In mid-November, Caterpillar expanded the compatibility of its Cat Command semi-autonomous technology to its mid-sized wheel loaders. Granted, few if any farms will[...]

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'Tis the season to reduce costs on regular maintenance, repair

WeedSeeker 2 offers spot-spraying retrofit for existing sprayers

How much can poor tire inflation affect your tractor's fuel consumption?

Bourgault introduces drills up to 100 feet for 2026

Taking a portable welder for a test drive

Sask. farmers gather to run vintage combines

PTx Trimble introduces new drainage technology

Kubota's new UTVs offer hydrostatic transmission for 'finesse' work

New aftermarket rotary combine concaves designed for all crops

Cat machines allow for semi-autonomous control

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