new holland w60C loader

New Holland loads up on wheel loaders

More models of light articulating loaders are designed to appeal to farmers

New Holland has added three new models to its line of light articulated wheel loaders, bringing the total number of machines to five. “We originally had the W50 and W80,” New Holland Construction’s product marketing manager Daniel Kakareka says. “To meet customer demands we launched additional models and configurations to target a couple more audience […] Read more

farmers at deere manufacturing plant

Farmers get in on new Deere tractors’ design

A Saskatchewan farmer was part of a consultation group that led to the development of the 9RX

Anyone who has spent time operating and repairing machinery has probably at least once asked themselves: “Did some engineer really think this design was a good idea? If only they’d asked farmers …” The reality is, in today’s highly competitive environment, brands now make a special effort to do exactly that. Farmer panels are usually […] Read more


used tractors in a row at auction site

How to evaluate a diesel engine

Knowing what to check will give you a good indication of an engine's overall condition

Are you thinking of buying a used tractor or other farm machine at one of this season’s spring auctions? When buying at auction, there is usually limited opportunity to give a machine or vehicle a thorough inspection. So here are a few useful things you can do at a sale to at least check the […] Read more




JCB's side-entry cab and extendable-reach single boom make it skid steer models unique.

Hydrostatic-powershift transmission among latest from JCB

JCB shows three different on-farm handling machines with model updates

In recent years there have been a few machines introduced to the market that aim to take jobs away from the typical loader tractor. And England-based JCB has been providing farmers with some of them. This year the brand showed three different machines at the Commodity Classic farm show in Houston in February carrying the […] Read more



New Holland has introduced model updates for its Genesis T8 with PLM Intelligence tractors.

New Holland updates its T8 tractor line

NH and Case IH machines continue to see similar design integrations

The introduction of the AF11 twin-rotor Case IH combine in February may have been a bit of a shock to longtime enthusiasts of the red brand. The twin-rotor concept had been a strictly New Holland design feature until then. Combine design has been one of the major differences when it comes to machines offered by […] Read more


This fully restored Versatile 145 is on display in the showroom of Versatile and Agco dealer Little Morden Service at Morden, Man.

Restoring a 145 Versatile tractor

A Canadian-made classic now lives in a southern Manitoba dealership showroom

It’s become a rare thing these days to see used tractors more than a decade or two old sitting on a dealer’s lot. But Little Morden Service at Morden, Man., has one very notable exception to that trend. Sitting in its showroom is a freshly restored 1968 Versatile 145 tractor. LMS has been a Versatile […] Read more