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John Deere offers performance guarantees in Europe

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What do you think the average field size is in Western Europe,” Thomas Höglmeier, segment manager for John Deere, asked the group of North American journalists clustered around him. A moment later he answered his own question: “Two hectares (about five acres) is the average field size,” he said. Höglmeier was leading a media tour through[...]
Machinery

New Class 4, 5 and 6 trucks from GM

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Ever since Chevrolet dubbed its pickup truck line the Silverado, that name has not appeared on a medium-duty model — until this year. In March GM introduced its all-new line of Silverado Class 4, 5 and 6 trucks. They get designated the 4500HD, 5500HD and 6500HD models. “Chevrolet’s return to the conventional cab medium duty[...]
Machinery, News

Horsch opens North American research centre

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The German tillage and seeding equipment brand Horsch has had a presence that includes manufacturing facilities in North America for some time. And now it’s opening a crop production research centre, adding to the list of other such facilities it operates around the world. The new Agro Innovation Center is located at Downs, Illinois, and[...]
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The pace of change

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This week I was sitting in the cab of a 10-year-old old Class 8 truck equipped with an auto-shift transmission. After attempting to back up the truck and finesse it into position, the person behind the wheel commented that particular automatic transmission made the kind of slow manoeuvre he was attempting difficult. The transmission just[...]
Machinery

Western Star trucks, then and now

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As a brand, Western Star began in 1967 as a specialty, heavy-duty model for the logging and oilfield industries. Now, the brand, along with Freightliner, is owned by Daimler Trucks North America, and the company says Western Star is currently positioned in the market as a premium marquee, with individuals, small and medium fleets as[...]
Machinery

Equiplinx offers another option for equipment buyers and sellers

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At his company’s display during the Ag in Motion farm show at Langham, Saskatchewan, in July, Kirk Frankish, co-founder and CEO of Equiplinx, told Grainews his previous experience running a New Holland dealership in Alberta led to him creating a new option for farmers who want to buy and sell equipment. Although the problem has[...]
Equipment, Machinery

Tractor of the Year winners announced

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It’s becoming a tradition at Agritechnica, starting the show off with a ceremony engineers from all the ag equipment brands hold their collective breath for: the naming of the winners in the four categories of the Tractor of the Year competition. This is a competition the Europeans take pretty seriously. The judging panel is made[...]
Equipment, Machinery

Deere adds to its 1895 air drill line

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In March, John Deere revealed the newest addition to its model 1895 line of air drills, a 60 foot version, which stretches the maximum available working width considerably. The new flagship model also gets some new technology to help improve seed and fertilizer placement. “This wider no-till air drill is a perfect fit for producers[...]
Equipment, Machinery

Retrofit kits from Deere

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In 2016 John Deere introduced the ExactApply nozzle control system as a factory option for its 2018 model year sprayers. Now, it’s making them available as retrofit kits, which can be installed on 2014 to 2018 model year 4 Series machines. That, says Deere, will allow owners of those machines to take advantage of the[...]
Machinery

New Silverado and Sierra models for 2019

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GM is introducing an “all new” line of Chevrolet Silverado pickups for the 2019 model year. And not to forget, its cousin, the GMC brand, is also introducing “next generation” Sierras. While both versions get some overall exterior and interior design changes along with some specific options unique to each brand, the basic truck and[...]

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