Open season on seed openers at AIM

Each air drill manufacturer has its own seed opener design, and you might wonder which one would work best on your farm. This year at the Ag in Motion farm show we'll take a head-to-head look at the different openers offered by the major brands. We'll find out what benefits each one offers and post that[...]

Agco tries to shrug off TAFE

Since 1960 India-based TAFE Tractors has had a trademark agreement with Massey Ferguson, allowing it to produce tractors badged as MF for sale in that country. TAFE still builds newer versions of old MF tractors, including the very vintage model 35. The trademark agreement was most recently updated in 1994. However, Agco — which has[...]


FieldOps: a new digital platform from CNH

CNH is set to debut a new, free platform for mobile and web customers to better monitor field operations from a single site. “This is something we’re really excited about,” CNH’s chief digital and information officer Marc Kermish says. “We realize more and more farmers are on the go and need to manage their farm[...]

Improved connectivity coming soon from CNH

As real-time digital connectivity from the field to the cloud increases in importance for farmers with the move to widespread precision farming, regular cellular service providers haven’t really been fully up to the task of supporting it in every location. Most farmers have fields in at least some areas where cellular service is reduced or[...]


Harvesting the history of the JD 40 combine

A 62-year-old combine is certainly no longer state-of-the-art, but old machines offer a terrific look back to see how far the development of harvesting equipment has come. As you'll see here, Barry Reimer of Manitoba has been working on restoring a 1962 John Deere 40 combine in his backyard. From what he could show us[...]

OTR opens online tire ordering platform

Tire and wheel manufacturer OTR Engineered Solutions announced in late May it has a new site up online for customers to order directly from its tire and wheel catalogs. Using the new portal, customers have access to OTR’s full product offering of tires, tubes, wheels, assemblies, and rubber tracks across multiple industries including construction, lawn[...]


Bourgault begins production on Signature Edition drills

In January Bourgault announced it was going to do something special to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It is marking that milestone with a limited production run of special Signature Edition air cart and drill combinations. Painted in black with gold trim, the carts will also bear the signature of Gerry Bourgault, who was company president[...]

Auto dealership chain expands

Ag equipment dealerships are now dominated by multi-store retailers. Some of them, such as the Rocky Mountain CNH dealership chain in Canada and Titan in the U.S., have grown to become dominant in several regions, pushing dealership networks to previously unheard-of sizes. The same is becoming true in the automotive world. Edmonton-based Go Auto, which[...]


New tires from Nokian

Nokian is introducing its new Soil King Flexforce VF tires for high-horsepower tractors. It first displayed them at Agritechnica 2023. The tires were also tested in Germany at the independent DLG (German Agricultural Society) test centre, and DLG has now released its report on their performance. During testing, DLG compared the Nokian Soil King tires[...]