Introducing the Weed Clipper

One of the newest implements to hit the market in Canada this year, the Weed Clipper (video), came from Bourgault Tillage Tools, and it was on display in the Innovations Show Place at Canada’s Farm Progress in Regina in June. Designed to cut fast growing weeds that are taller than the crop, the Weed Clipper gives[...]


Running with a bulldog

The iconic bulldog hood ornament has stood above the grilles of Mack trucks for decades. This year our annual week of equipment reviews, which takes place on the grounds of the Ag in Motion farm show every July, gave us a chance to follow one of those bulldogs down the road for a couple of[...]

Haulin'

The warm summer temperatures have clearly vacated the prairies for another year, but that doesn’t mean we at Grainews have given up on our practical machinery testing—far from it. It just means we’re drinking more coffee during the breaks to try and keep warm while doing them. This past week was a prime example of[...]


Honey Bee offers up a sweet 60 feet

Today’s combines have obviously grown considerably in size over the last couple of decades, and they can now take a very big bite out of a field in a single pass. But a new header from Saskatchewan-based Honey Bee Manufacturing will likely cause even those most familiar with farm equipment to do a double take.[...]

Truck tent an economical camping option

There’s no doubt all those camper trailers that fill RV dealers’ lots offer some impressive accommodations. But they don’t exactly come cheap. And if you want to spend time in the great outdoors, do you really need a satellite receiver and a big screen TV? If getting an enjoyable weekend nature experience is really what[...]


Summers Manufacturing introduces VRT Renegade tillage implement

Summers Manufacturing of North Dakota has added another tillage implement to its “Variable Rate Tillage” equipment product line this summer, with the introduction of the VRT Renegade. It allows operators to change implement performance on the go, using a cab-mounted iPad as the controller A variety of adjustments are possible, which can be made on[...]

Lemken forms Canadian subsidiary

Here in the pages of Grainews, we’ve reported on the new product developments from German tillage manufacturer Lemken several times. We’ve even reported on our visits to the company’s European production facilities and field days. This year Lemken announced that it now has a completely new corporate structure, with a newly formed subsidiary, Lemken Canada.[...]


Fendt looks to grow

A few years ago I was invited to the official launch of the Fendt 500 Series tractors in Europe, which happened a couple of years before they debuted here. AGCO, which of course owns Fendt, invited two machinery editors from the U.S. and one from Canada, me. We found ourselves at a big event at[...]

A ‘Quantum’ leap for Morris

At the 2018 edition of the Ag in Motion farm show at Langham, Saskatchewan, Morris Industries had a new drill to take centre stage at its display, the Quantum. Although the Quantum drill put in an earlier public appearance in Regina in June at Canada’s Farm Progress Show, the brand picked the Ag in Motion[...]