Iowa-based Tactacam sent us a Defend cellular-based remote security monitoring system to try out for ourselves, so we put it to the test. Here’s how that went and what we thought of it.
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We evaluate the Defend cellular camera system
Grainews Practical Test: We test-drive a new security camera and app
New Case IH guidance tech keeps implements on track
Active Implement Guidance designed to greatly reduce or eliminate drift in the field
Case IH’s Active Implement Guidance shares guidance line data between your implement and your tractor, to help hold implements to the tractor’s course and prevent drift on uneven terrain or turns.
New Holland 9200 Series corn heads
“We need high-capacity front equipment to get the high capacity out of the base unit”
The 9200s come in four configurations: eight-row, 12-row, 16-row and 18-row, with spacings ranging between 20, 22 and 30 inches.
Quicke offers new bale-handling loader attachment
The grab protects bales from excessive compression while lifting
The compression grab design on Quicke’s Unigrip attachment makes it suitable for picking up wrapped silage bales without puncturing the plastic wrap.
John Deere unveils combine and sprayer updates for 2026
The brand’s Ultimate Technology combine package provides predictive ground speed automation
John Deere pulled the wraps off a number of upgrades to its combine and sprayer lineups during the Commodity Classic farm show in March in Denver.
Kenworth discontinues the classic W900 after 62 years in production
End of an era for the truck manufacturer’s Class 8 classic
If ever you’ve seen the movie Smokey and the Bandit (1977), or watched any of the Movin’ On TV series (1974-76), you’ll be very familiar with the trucks we’re talking about here.
Agco introduces double small-square baler
The Hesston by MF SB.1436 DB baler makes two bales at once
The SB.1436DB, marketed under the Hesston by Massey Ferguson brand, builds two 14- by 18-inch small square bales at the same time, so as to maximize field productivity.
CNH Industrial names James Nickolas as CFO
Tractor maker CNH Industrial on Thursday named James Nickolas as its new chief financial officer, succeeding company veteran Oddone Incisa.
AGCO to pause equipment deliveries to the U.S
Details surrounding the pause in U.S. tariffs remains murky
AGCO has publicly stated its intention to pause equipment deliveries into the U.S. It manufactures some Fendt and Massey-Ferguson branded equipment in Germany and France, among other locations, for the North American market.
Salford row crop cultivator wins AE50 award
A new cultivator design allows for accurate high-speed tillage
Salford’s Precision Row Crop Cultivator models, which offer 12-, 16- and 24-row variants, incorporate several new features that impressed the AE50 judges.