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2017 Machinery Challenge review

By Scott Garvey September 13, 2017

Last year we put UTVs to the test in our first-ever Grainews Machinery Challenge. This time, in our second annual event, we turned our focus to equipment suited for on-farm materials handling. But we weren’t just thinking of the typical ag tractor and front-end loader combo. We wanted to look at machines designed primarily to[...]

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The first thing in the morning

By Scott Garvey September 11, 2017

This Amazone field day was one of three international press events in northern Germany last week It caused a round of hearty laughter among the handful of people standing in a group. “Did you hear what he said,” one person asked me. “He said tractors are the first thing he thinks about when he gets[...]

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How to check for a faulty relay

By Scott Garvey April 27, 2017

Many electrical components in a vehicle or machine are controlled by a relay. So if a component isn’t working because electricity isn’t getting to it, there is a possibility the relay may be faulty. But determining whether or not a relay is defective requires a little basic investigation. Here’s how to go about it. First,[...]

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Who’s in your cab?

By Scott Garvey August 24, 2017

As harvest operations kick into gear, there has been no shortage of farmer postings on social media sites. There are now recent images and video of every conceivable harvesting scene you could imagine. But in looking at some of them, one thing stood out to me: there are an awful lot of posts proudly showing[...]

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Our Grainews Machinery Challenge farmer panel on telehandlers

By Leeann Minogue, Scott Garvey September 13, 2017

The “official” judging team for this year’s Grainews Machinery Challenge included active farmers. But we wondered how our group of test machines might fit into our readers’ farming operations. The best way to answer that, we thought, was to put a few of them in the drivers’ seats. So, Grainews held a contest in the[...]

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What does the future hold for the swather?

By Scott Garvey August 17, 2017

To swath or not to swath: when it comes to canola, that’s been the debate among prairie farmers for more than a few years. By and large, producers have opted to keep a swather in the farm fleet and put it to use. On many prairie farms cutting canola is the only job a swather[...]

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Kubota expands its sub-compact tractor line

By Scott Garvey August 16, 2017

Most farmyards have a lot of grass to cut to keep things tidy around all the buildings. Cutting those areas can often be a tough job for run-of-the-mill lawn tractors. That’s where the much more sturdy sub-compact tractors on the market today really shine. They rely on more robust drivelines and are really miniature ag[...]

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In the cab at Case IH

By Scott Garvey August 4, 2017

Last week Case IH invited us ag media types down to Iowa to see what they had in store for 2018. Using their pavilion on the grounds of U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, the marketing staff not only let us see what machines they were introducing, we actually had a chance to drive[...]

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PHOTOS: Merlo's turbofarmer

By Scott Garvey March 14, 2017

Merlo is going through a major update of its product line and manufacturing facility. Scott Garvey took a tour of the plant and offers up this series of photos.

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AGCO introduces high-speed White Planters

By Scott Garvey July 24, 2017

AGCO’s White Planter brand has recently debuted a new high-speed machine. The updated 9800VE Series planters, which made their first public debut at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February, now offer the same placement accuracy at 9.8 m.p.h. as other non-high-speed machines can at less than four, according to the company.[...]

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2017 Machinery Challenge review

The first thing in the morning

How to check for a faulty relay

Who’s in your cab?

Our Grainews Machinery Challenge farmer panel on telehandlers

What does the future hold for the swather?

Kubota expands its sub-compact tractor line

In the cab at Case IH

PHOTOS: Merlo's turbofarmer

AGCO introduces high-speed White Planters

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