Unlike the policies at some other major brands, New Holland dealers have been allowed to retail the company’s line of light construction equipment right alongside ag machines for a while now. Marketing of both the company’s ag and construction lines are now integrated in North America. That integration means construction products like NH’s line of […] Read more
NH introduces the L228 skid steer
New 74 horsepower model pushes the L Series range to seven models
Deere utility tractors get more updates
The green brand tweaks its 5 Series tractors again
With utility tractor sales in North America being one of the bright spots in the current new equipment market, John Deere’s 5 Series tractors are poised to become even more competitive. The brand rejigged its 5085E and 5100E tractors — with 85 and 100 engine horsepower, respectively — making them a little more operator friendly. […] Read more
If it’s Monday, this must be Hanover
Back in 1969 a Hollywood movie debuted, titled “If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium”. I can remember seeing it in the theatre as a kid. Why do I mention that? Well, the movie was about a bunch of tourists taking a hectic bus trip across Europe. All of them were from different countries and […] Read more
These Utes are real road warriors
The tough, left-drive trucks driven by Aussies bring to mind those crazy Mad Max vehicles
The most obvious difference between road travel in Canada and Australia, is those blokes down under insist on driving on the wrong side of the centre line. A feat that requires a little concentration the first time you try it — if you’re used to Canadian highways. Australian farmers who’ve learned to adeptly shift gears […] Read more
PHOTOS: Getting around in Australia
Scott Garvey's recent trip down under gave him a chance to see how some Aussie farmers travel
Australian farmers who’ve learned to adeptly shift gears with their left hand have the same basic needs as Canadian farmers when it comes to getting around. They need a pickup to use on the farm and to get them to town, and they need heavy trucks to haul livestock and grain. But from there, things […] Read more
New Holland debuts new Prairie combines
New small-grains rotary and conventional combines are built for the Western Canadian market
Major-brand manufacturers don’t often debut new machines at Canadian farm shows. But New Holland has chosen to introduce new combines at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina a couple of times now, which, according to executives, is an indication of how much attention they are paying to the small-grains harvesting market unique to Western Canada and […] Read more
It’s show time
The bi-annual flood of press releases from equipment companies proudly announcing their new ideas for farm machines, some market ready, some not, are starting to fill my email inbox. Why the sudden influx? Simple. Agritechnica, the world’s largest farm machinery show, will kick off in Hannover Germany in a couple of weeks. Agritechnica, which is […] Read more
Australian spreader distributor comes to Canada
Agri-Spread’s Australian distributor is now also taking on the North American market
When he went looking for a new dry-product spreader for his farm in Western Australia, John Warr says he found a lot he liked in the Agri-Spread models manufactured in Ireland. “We used to run an Australian brand of spreader but it wasn’t meeting our expectations,” he explains. “We wanted something that would go down […] Read more
Chamberlain C6100 is a native Aussie
Australian tractor builder Chamberlain produced this model back in the 1970s
You may never have heard of Chamberlain tractors. They were far from a household name here, because they, like kangaroos, are rarely found outside of Australia where they were built. So it was a treat to stumble across this one parked alongside the Oxley Highway in Mullaley, New South Wales, Australia this past August. The […] Read more
New Versatile tractors: Big power at a slow pace
DeltaTrack models available with low-speed creeper gear
With more and more farmers installing drain tiles across the Prairie, one equipment brand now sees a growing demand for high horsepower tractors that can move slowly and pull very hard to get jobs like that done. The computer control modules in some late-model, high-horsepower tractors derate engine horsepower when a very low gear is […] Read more
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