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The new Titan AgraEdge tractor tire line takes the best elements of existing lines and incorporates the latest design innovations to create a “high-performing, modern-looking, cost-competitive” tire, says Scott Sloan, ag product manager at Titan.
Equipment, Machinery

Titan introduces the AgraEdge tire

R-1W style available to fit most MFWD tractors

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Titan International recently announced the introduction of its new Titan AgraEdge tractor tire line. According to the brand, these tires are “cutting-edge” and “cost-competitive.” The initial production run includes 17 of the most popular front and rear MFWD tractor tire sizes. “With the AgraEdge, we’ve taken the best elements of our existing lines and incorporated […] Read more
A Grain Giant in operation in Richardson, Sask., in August 2020.
Equipment, Features, Machinery

New mobile field bin makes harvest more efficient

The Grain Giant from Vale Industries keeps the combines and grain carts running

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Jordan Haaland is the logistics team leader at Delage Farms, a 30,000-acre grain operation near Indian Head, Sask., and one of eight Saskatchewan farms to try out a new mobile field bin called the Grain Giant at harvest time last year. Haaland says the opportunity to use the Grain Giant couldn’t have come at a […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. FTC votes to make ‘right to repair’ a priority

Commission also drops 1995 merger policy

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Washington | Reuters — The U.S Federal Trade Commission voted Wednesday to make it a priority to address the issue of manufacturers pushing consumers to use licensed dealers to repair items ranging from smartphones to farm equipment, a practice that critics call anti-competitive. The five commissioners, three Democrats and two Republicans, voted unanimously to approve […] Read more
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General, Machinery

Exemptions, extensions to be granted for rail crossing upgrades

New amendments would exclude low-risk field-to-field crossings

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Some farmer-owned field-to-field grade crossings over Canadian rail lines are now expected to be exempted altogether from looming federal requirements for safety upgrades. Proposed amendments to the Grade Crossings Regulations, announced June 18 by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, this week cleared their 30-day public comment period. The amendments are expected to tweak rules which were […] Read more
The new Kuhn 301 hay merger is designed to work with mower conditioners that have nine- to 18-foot working widths.
Equipment, Hay, Machinery

New hay mergers from Kuhn

The 01 series models are available in working widths up to 42 feet

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Packing as much material as possible into a baler in the shortest amount of time helps maximize the feed quality of bales that come out the back end of it. When balers pound away at hay inside their chambers, leaf material is lost — and that is the best part of the feed. Merging swaths […] Read more
With a precision planter, Ken Van Raay seeds canola just under the soil surface on highly tilled, heavily manured land. He runs a pivot after seeding. 
He says the crop is up in two to seven days and he’s had the canopy close in less than 18 days.
Canola, Crops, Features

A fresh look at the benefits of precision-planted canola

Five Alberta producers share their experiences

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Precisely placing individual corn or soybean seeds in a row has led some canola growers to switch from air seeders to vacuum planters in the past few years. For a fresh look in 2021, Grainews spoke with five Lethbridge-area growers who had experience with precision planting canola in 2020. Two producers carried out field trials […] Read more
Farmer and Grainews columnist Toban Dyck inspects wheat on July 6, 2021 near Winkler, Man., where hot and dry weather has led to thin, uneven stands. (Photo: Reuters/Rod Nickel)
Beef Cattle, Crops, Forages, Weather

Saskatchewan raises salvage threshold for parched crops

Stock watering program also boosted; APAS, Tories' ag critic had called for more drought aid

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Saskatchewan’s provincial crop insurance agency is raising the yield threshold at which drought-damaged crops can be grazed, baled for greenfeed or cut for silage with no penalty on future coverage. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. said Wednesday it would double the “low yield appraisal” threshold values on cereal or pulse crop acres put to feed. SCIC […] Read more
Two Raven OMNiPower (formerly DOT) machines at work in the field. (RavenPrecision.com)
Crops, Machinery

CNH to buy Raven Industries

Heavy equipment maker to pay US$2.1 billion for precision ag firm

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The parent company behind Case IH, New Holland, Flexi-Coil and Steyr farm equipment is set to absorb a significant U.S. supplier of precision ag tech to its product lines and others. CNH Industrial on Monday announced a friendly all-cash agreement to buy up all shares in Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Raven Industries for about US$2.1 […] Read more
Before settling on the Multifarmer, Reinhardt considered a variety of brands and types to maximize efficiency on his farm as well as use in a new custom baling venture.
Equipment, Machinery

Alberta producer wouldn’t do without his Multifarmer

One producer finds the telehandler a valuable addition to the farm

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For David Reinhardt of Carstairs, Alta., deciding to ditch his 200-horsepower front-wheel assist tractor for a Merlo Multifarmer telehandler took a leap of faith. “We were very nervous about it when we bought our first one,” he says. “The price per horsepower is a little bit higher. Once we got it here and put it […] Read more

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