deere 8r tractor with agco outrun autonomous system

Can autonomous systems cut costs?

Agco claims its prototype Outrun system has shown ROI benefits

Could having autonomous equipment working on your farm improve the operation’s overall profit picture? Agco claims it has demonstrated exactly that during initial field trials of its Outrun retrofit autonomy kit, which it introduced to the farm media near Salina, Kansas in late June. “What we’re providing is a kit that takes a tractor and […] Read more




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Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack

Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software

Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.


corn header for combine

We check out an Italian-made Drago GT corn header

Italian-built brand available from four- to 24-row widths

As growing grain corn gradually increases in popularity in some prairie regions, more options for combine corn headers are appearing on the market. The Italian-made Drago GT header is one that many producers may not have heard of — yet. Grainews recently reviewed some of the features of the newest Drago GT with the vice-president […] Read more

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Cyber attack frustrates farm equipment dealers

Dealers forced to use manual processes after software provider hacked

CDK provides business management software to dealers of all makes of farm equipment, so major dealers of John Deere, CNH and are working without digital systems across the country. CDK is also the leading provider of management software to automobile dealers and thousands of those dealerships are offline.


A weed destruction system, to mount on the rear of combines, that uses a specific spectrum of light, is being developed through a partnership between Redekop and Global Neighbor Inc.

Redekop partnering on new system for weed seed destruction

Canadian manufacturer's work with U.S. company allows for light technology to destroy weed seeds

One way to defeat the problem of weed resistance is to keep as many weed seeds out of a field as possible. Redekop’s Seed Control Unit (SCU), which pulverizes seeds coming out of the back of a combine, is one tool to help do that. But it can only be used on Class 8 and […] Read more

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Equipment sales to slow in 2024

Overall sales could decline by up to 15 per cent in Canada

Farm Credit Canada recently released a farm machinery market outlook for 2024 — and the news isn’t all that great for Canadian equipment dealers, especially when it comes to harvesting equipment. Despite new combine sales growing 5.5 per cent in 2023 in Canada compared to 2022, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), the […] Read more


Geared-down expectations

What are other machinery manufacturers telling their shareholders to expect as they plow ahead into 2024? CNH (Case IH, New Holland) For its first quarter (Q1) ending March 31, CNH said sales volumes in North America were down two per cent for higher-horsepower (over 140 hp) tractors, and down 15 per cent for lower-horsepower tractors, […] Read more

claas milestone combine

Claas to show special milestone combine

The brand is celebrating building its 500,000th combine with a special-edition look on some machines

Claas is celebrating a significant milestone in combine production this year: its 500,000th machine will roll off the production line. And special-edition machines will be making the rounds to farm shows this year — including Ag in Motion — sporting a unique look. The brand began combine production back in 1936 at its Harsewinkel, Germany […] Read more