New Holland’s CR10 combine

New Holland’s twin rotor combine design rings in 50 years

CR10 combine, new corn header come to National Farm Machinery Show

Celebrating 50 years in any event – combines or otherwise – is an achievement worthy or recognition, and this is the case as New Holland celebrates the golden anniversary of its twin rotor design this year. New Holland’s twin rotor design hit the machinery market in 1975 with its TR70 combine. A lot of change […] Read more


VIDEO: John Deere product updates from the Commodity Classic farm show

VIDEO: John Deere product updates from the Commodity Classic farm show

At the Commodity Classic farm show in Denver, Colorado, in early March, John Deere had several new machinery updates to announce. Here, Bergen Nelson, John Deere go-to-market-manager for harvest equipment, talks about new automation features and header design improvements for Deere combines, Christopher Murray, technology marketing for John Deere, talks about the new Rate Controller […] Read more

Claas introduced the Lexion 8900 Terra Trac at the Ag in Motion farm show in July. The model on display had a special appearance celebrating 500,000 combines built since the company began producing them in 1936.

Lexion 8900 Terra Trac wins AE50 award

Claas’ newest combine takes home an engineering award from ASABE

Glacier FarmMedia — At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky in February, several ag equipment brand executives will be accepting their AE50 engineering awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Claas executives were expected to be among that group, to pick up three awards for innovations on two different […] Read more


Any disruption to a supply chain can affect the delivery of a newly manufactured product.

Remember risks as well as rewards in new equipment

Investing in a new model means you’re among the first to discover its hiccups

Bringing new equipment onto a farm can be an exciting and productive change to the way the farm operates. Having the latest in horsepower, capacity and technology can make the farm more efficient and easier to run. If one has the luxury to pay for it, it can be an obvious choice to order the […] Read more

Local sales in ag equipment buck national market trends

Evidence at Crop Production Show suggests demand beyond the data

Even on a largely underperforming harvest outcome, optimism was still present in the majority of the crowd at this year’s Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. It seemed fitting to have the two largest pieces of equipment at the show a couple of booths down from each other. Capacity, horsepower and efficiency have been the focal […] Read more


wild oats and green foxtail

Rethinking weed management

Not every weapon against herbicide resistance comes out of a sprayer

Farmers up against herbicide-resistant weeds need to rethink their cropping systems and add more angles in their approach to long-term weed control. This advice came from Dr. Drew Lyon of Washington State University during his presentation at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference in December. While Lyon’s discussion primarily focused on integrated weed management (IWM) in dryland […] Read more

A view of what’s now the AgWest shop at Weyburn, Sask.

AgWest expands westward

Two Saskatchewan sites join the Agco dealership group

During Ag Days last month in Brandon, farm equipment dealer chain AgWest announced it’s making its first move into Saskatchewan, buying the Yorkton and Weyburn locations of another Agco dealer, Agriterra Equipment. “This is a natural extension of our current presence in Elie, Neepawa, Brandon, Russell and the Swan River region in Manitoba,” AgWest’s CEO […] Read more