Equip Blog

The northern lights have seen queer sights but the queerest they ever did see, was… an agriculture conference in the subarctic, maybe? At least that what I would have thought a few weeks before I was invited to Whitehorse to be a guest speaker at one. Now, as I sit in the Vancouver airport on […] Read more

Senior management at Versatile had a lot to talk about on the 26th of October. The Clarence Avenue assembly plant in Winnipeg celebrated completion of the 100,000th tractor built there since it began production in 1966. The milestone model, a 305 MFWD, along with the dealer that sold it and the customers who bought it […] Read more

No, that caption wasn’t my attempt to be the first one to sing a Christmas carol this year. My trip to the grand opening of Seed Hawk’s expanded production facility earlier this month made me think about those words. It became clear to me that owners of the many prairie-based implement manufacturers, like Seed Hawk […] Read more

With 8 million acres left unseeded in parts of Saskatchewan this season, it’s been a tough year for some producers. But overall sales of new equipment remains relatively strong across the west. According to management at Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk, domestic demand for its seed drills continues to grow. In order to keep up with increasing […] Read more

It’s time once again for owners of custom application businesses to think of a reason to nominate their best employee for AGCO’s Operator of the Year Award. The company is looking to give away a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to Canada’s best application equipment operator. If you have someone working in your business that goes above and […] Read more

Have you ever been at an antique farm machinery display and noticed how older, retired farmers act when they look at the vintage equipment? They seem to get a faraway look in their eyes as they reminisce with each other about actually using some of what are now little more than museum pieces. I gained […] Read more

This season was a busy one for both large and smaller farm machinery manufacturers, who showed off a lot of new models to the farming public. Following on the heels of AGCO and John Deere, Case IH became the third major brand to introduce significant changes to its lineup. It launched several new products at […] Read more

This week, John Deere invited members of the ag media to Indianapolis, Indiana, to see the official unveiling of its new 2012 product line up. The event was part of the company’s dealer convention and new product training. Just like AGCO’s Kansas City launch two weeks prior, farm writers had a chance to not only […] Read more

This week (starting on the 8th) AGCO is holding its North American dealer convention in Kansas City, Missouri. I was one of the members of the farm media invited to attend the opening ceremony and product introduction portion. That gala evening made the event seem more like a night at the Oscars than a farm […] Read more

The sheer spectacle of seeing six high-horsepower, four-wheel drive tractors working in one field at the same time made attending last week’s vertical tillage field day worth the trip; everything else was a bonus. Held near Lipton, Saskatchewan, and organized by Tri-Star Farm Services (www.tristarfarms.com), implements and factory reps from three manufacturers were on hand. […] Read more