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White Farm Equipment collection a nod to Manitoba farmer's roots

By Scott Garvey August 14, 2024

Manitoba farmer Craig Rubeniuk has one of the most unique farm equipment collections around. A fan of the former White Farm Equipment brand, Rubeniuk currently has 28 working tractors and an impressive collection of dealership and memorabilia of the brand. Recently, he took machinery editor Scott Garvey on a tour to take a look at[...]

Crops, Equipment, Machinery

New Dutch Agriculture opener knife prevents seed burn

By Scott Garvey January 3, 2025

With drier growing conditions over many areas of the Prairies in the last couple of seasons, some growers applying high rates of fertilizer have been experiencing incidents of toxicity with seed. That problem has led some to look for different opener knives for their air drills that provide more seed-to-fertilizer separation. “We had customers come[...]

Equipment, Machinery

Pillar Ag displays prototype air cart at Ag in Motion

By Scott Garvey September 6, 2024

At the Ag in Motion farm show in Saskatchewan in July, Pillar Ag showed its prototype air cart, which it expects to have in production soon. Here, machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with John Gibson of Pillar Ag who showed one of its drills with its own disc opener design.

Equipment, Machinery

Lemken Solitair DT blends tillage and seeding

By Scott Garvey December 30, 2024

Lemken’s Solitair DT combination tillage and seeding implement is new to the North American market, and the brand has been showing it at different farm shows around Canada this summer to introduce farmers to it. That included a stop at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., where it won an Environmental Sustainability Award. It[...]

Equipment, Machinery

Bourgault openers designed to fit your operation

By Scott Garvey July 30, 2024

This is the first video in a series that looks at the types of seed opener designs on display at this summer's Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan. This series will also look at the other new introductions those seeding equipment manufacturers were introducing at their booths. In this video, machinery editor Scott[...]

Equipment, Machinery

Momentum planters offer features to reduce compaction, improve efficiency

By Scott Garvey December 23, 2024

In December the list of AE50 Award winners for 2025 was announced, and Agco won a few of them for its equipment. One of those machines garnering a prize was its relatively new Momentum planter. Every year the ASABE (the American Association of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) picks about 50 new products and machines that[...]

Crops, Equipment, Features, Machinery

Can John Deere’s See and Spray system more than pay for itself?

By Scott Garvey December 19, 2024

Iowa State University in late August published the results of its field-scale trials of John Deere’s precision spraying system See and Spray Ultimate, and the outcomes were impressive, to say the least. Deere’s system uses artificial intelligence and machine-based learning to identify weeds in a growing crop and make targeted applications. The Iowa trials consisted[...]

Equipment, Machinery

Could ‘right to repair’ become a cybersecurity problem?

By Scott Garvey December 12, 2024

Agco announced in May 2022 it had been the victim of a ransomware cyberattack, which disrupted production at assembly plants. In May of this year, Germany's Lemken announced it too had been attacked by hackers, As OEM brands work to further secure digital systems to protect themselves from these problems, they must balance security concerns[...]

Equipment, Machinery

'Tis the season to reduce costs on regular maintenance, repair

By Scott Garvey December 11, 2024

After a hectic harvest season, there may be a temptation to park machines in the shed, close the door and forget about them until next spring. But that’s not a good idea. Performing regular maintenance of equipment now can help cut costs. Dealerships looking to keep their mechanics busy in the off season typically offer[...]

Equipment, Machinery

WeedSeeker 2 offers spot-spraying retrofit for existing sprayers

By Scott Garvey December 11, 2024

The three current green-on-green spot spray systems on the market now are only capable of functioning in corn, soybean and cotton crops. For most Prairie producers, that doesn’t fit their operations very well. A green-on-brown system, however, could offer significant reductions in herbicide use during pre-seeding and post-harvest burndowns. PTx Trimble’s WeedSeeker 2 system offers[...]

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White Farm Equipment collection a nod to Manitoba farmer's roots

New Dutch Agriculture opener knife prevents seed burn

Pillar Ag displays prototype air cart at Ag in Motion

Lemken Solitair DT blends tillage and seeding

Bourgault openers designed to fit your operation

Momentum planters offer features to reduce compaction, improve efficiency

Can John Deere’s See and Spray system more than pay for itself?

Could ‘right to repair’ become a cybersecurity problem?

'Tis the season to reduce costs on regular maintenance, repair

WeedSeeker 2 offers spot-spraying retrofit for existing sprayers

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