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John Deere to release robotic 8R tractor

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In early January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev., John Deere held what may arguably be a milestone press conference. The green brand announced it was set to launch commercial sales of a fully autonomous 8R tractor designed to work alone in tillage applications when mated with Deere’s Tru-Set chisel plow. In[...]
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Case IH revamps Patriot sprayer line

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Case IH has revamped its entire self-propelled Patriot sprayer line. The previous 40 series will give way to the new 50 series, which will be available for the fall of 2022. What’s new and different about the 50 series? “The short answer to what’s new is pretty much everything,” says Mark Burns, marketing manager for[...]
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New windrowers from Case IH

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Among the new pieces of haying and livestock-related equipment introduced by Case IH and sister brand New Holland in 2021 is the new WD5 series windrowers from Case IH, which debuted last year in late August. The company says these new models offer improved efficiency with what it claims are the fastest travel speeds in[...]
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New high-speed disc from Brandt

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At the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon in January, Brandt gave farmers their first look at the company’s new entry into the high-speed disc segment, the aptly named High-Speed Disc. It’s designed to work at 10 to 14 miles per hour and weighs in at around 1,000 pounds per foot, giving it adequate downforce to[...]
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Give that air seeder some off-season attention

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A few years ago, I had a friend who was a service manager at an ag equipment dealership. He mentioned how often his mechanics would have to spend time cleaning out solidified fertilizer in the tank of an air drill taken as a trade-in. That not only added to the cost of getting the drill[...]
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Case IH introduces the AF Optum tractors

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Last August, Case IH announced it was adding another tractor series to its AFS Connect models, which already include the AFS Connect Steiger and Magnums. To this group of machines with enhanced integrated technology features now comes the AFS Connect Optum tractors. Unlike the Steigers and Magnums, which are basically designed for hard pulling in[...]
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Fendt 300 Vario Gen4 tractors arrive

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Last July, during a global press conference streamed live online from Fendt Headquarters in Marktoberdorf, Germany, AGCO’s premiere brand promised North American farmers they would soon see the Fendt 300 series tractors arrive on these shores. In August, the brand followed through on that promise and announced the utility class 300 series models are now[...]
Equipment, Machinery

Deere updates its 6R tractor line

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Last November, John Deere announced it had refreshed its 6R line of tractors and added two more models, the 6R 140 and 6R 165, to the series. That brings the total number of models in the 6R family to eight. Together, all the 6R tractors now span the 110- to 250-engine-horsepower range (86 to 203[...]
Equipment, Machinery

Agrifac to offer green-on-green technology in 2022

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Advanced spot-spraying technology has become the hottest topic in application equipment recently, with numerous announcements from brands offering green-on-brown systems or talking about future green-on-green capability. Green-on-green refers to the ability of a sophisticated artificial intelligence-based software system to identify unwanted weeds in green, growing crops and spot spray them. Green-on-brown identifies weeds in fallow[...]
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Two new PT sprayers from Amazone

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Although pull-type sprayers have largely fallen out of favour in the North American market in recent decades, they remain popular in Europe. Germany-based Amazone is one of several manufacturers that produce a full line of pull-type and self-propelled models. The brand currently offers PT sprayers here in Canada. Last August, Amazone announced the addition of[...]

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