Reiter redefines the hay rake

At the end of one of the aisles in the grassland pavilion on the grounds of Agritechnica last November was a prototype hay rake that had many show goers stopping for a second look. Known as the Reiter Respiro, this model made its first public appearance at that event. Designed with a nine metre (29.5[...]

Danuser introduces two new products

U.S.-based Danuser had two new products to show the public at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show in Kentucky. The Intimidator Model 12200 incorporates a tree and post puller, stump bucket and rock picker into one design. The brand says it was built to help farmers pull, saw, dig and carry a variety of jobs,[...]


Amazone spreaders go high-tech

Amazone’s CEO, Christian Dreyer, told farm journalists that the company intended to focus on integrating sophisticated technology into its implements during a media field day in Germany in September. The brand’s fertilizer spreaders will be no exception. Two updated ZG-TS pull-type spreader models made their debut at that field day. With tank capacities of 212[...]

No sour grapes here

In my blog last week, I talked about an ag equipment-related competition taking place in Finland amid the snow and cold weather. AGCO’s Valta tractor brand held the event, which brought together drivers from all over Europe to try their hand at, well, racing tractors on ice. And as I mentioned, I think we Canadians[...]


New subcompact tractors from New Holland

New Holland has strengthened its product offerings in the sub-compact tractor segment. In February the brand announced the addition of the Workmaster 25 and smaller 25S models. The 25 gets a three-cylinder 24.7 horsepower diesel engine mated to either a 12 X 12 gear transmission or a three-range hydrostat. It is capable of delivering 7.9[...]

New loaders from the CNH brands

New Holland has beefed up its line of front-end loaders this year with the introduction of the LA Series. With 13 different models in all, these loaders are designed to fit all the brand’s tractors in the T5 through T8 Series. Aside from strengthening the overall loader design and including arm profiles up to 80 millimetres in width, the LA models use a more efficient hydraulic system that generates less heat, which includes[...]


Autonomous tractors go into field trials

Ever since its introduction in 2016 of the autonomous Magnum concept tractor at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Case IH has been showing the machine all around the world. In the process, brand staff say, they’ve been talking with farmers and customers about how the technology could be best used. Now Case IH reveals[...]

New Holland joins the autonomous field trials

Back in 2016, at the same show Case IH unveiled its autonomous Magnum, New Holland held a similar press event pulling the wraps off its version of an autonomous tractor, the NHDrive T7. The idea, according to the brand was to ”illustrate possible row crop applications” with that model, which unlike the Magnum included an[...]


New Holland debuts the FR920 Forage Cruiser

Big power has always been a requirement for forage harvesters, and New Holland’s newest self-propelled model, the FR920 Forage Cruiser, gets its horses from a new 20-litre diesel engine called the V20. It’s built by sister company FPT (Fiat Powertrain), which supplies all the engines for NH and Case IH equipment. It’s called the V20[...]

Gentlemen, start your engines

This year, according to Environment Canada, Edmonton has set a record for the longest continuous stretch of days with the temperature falling below freezing, almost 170 of them. And this week the forecast calls for more snow and winter-like weather there. Most of the country has seen these crazy low temperatures for months on end,[...]