Scott Garvey

ohn Deere believes it’s new baler line-up can help farmers make hay even more efficiently than the company’s previous 8 Series balers could. Deere has replaced its entire line of balers with the new 9 Series for 2013. The 9 Series includes 12 new models that can put up hay in sizes ranging from 750 […] Read more

If you’re a livestock producer, your ATV has probably become the most indispensable vehicle on the farm or ranch. Now, Applegate Livestock Equipment’s Feed Train can make it even more useful by turning it into a mobile feed wagon for smaller feeding chores. Applegate, a division of Winnipeg-based AGI (Ag Growth International), has added the Feed […] Read more

How the Marshall family came up with their own on-farm engineering 
solutions to create a home-built, articulated tractor

Keith Marshall of Ninga, Manitoba, has had twins in his family since 1967. Twin Minneapolis-Moline U tractors, that is. Back then his father was in the market for a four-wheel drive tractor but wasn’t able to agree on terms with the local dealer. As an alternative, he decided to find a mate to a Minneapolis-moline model […] Read more

Now that the 7R Series tractors have been on the market for more than a year, we follow up with an in-depth look at one of the models from that family, the 7200R

If you take a look at the inside cover of the brochure for John Deere’s 7R Series tractors, the company introduces them this way: “Presenting the all-new 7R Series. Technically it’s a 7, but you’ll call it a 10.” Now that they’ve been around for a little over a year, we decided to take a […] Read more

This repair to light-gauge steel on a swather frame required careful welding and some fabrication effort

In this Shop Class instalment, we tackle a repair to a swather frame. The draper belt rollers on this model install on a short pin that sits inside the front of the frame. But over time, corrosion had weakened the relatively thin steel that held in one of the pins. When the bearing inside the […] Read more

John Deere debuted a new, high-capacity version of its 1910 air cart at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina last June

Bigger” seems to be the word that describes most of the new air seeder technologies introduced at Canada’s Farm Progress Show over the last few seasons. And that fact hasn’t been lost on John Deere. At last June’s show, the green brand introduced its bigger 1910 air cart, which officially hit the market on June […] Read more

Building on its newest air cart design, Seedmaster now offers models with three 
different capacities

When SeedMaster introduced the Nova XP-820 Smart Cart in 2011, it represented a significant design change from the company’s previous air seeder carts. At Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina last June, SeedMaster showed farmers two new air carts based on the design of the original Nova XP-820. The two additional models use the same engineering, but […] Read more

An old cardboard box provides the material to make a paper gasket when a replacement isn’t available


One of the frustrations with breakdowns is they seem to occur at the worst possible time, and getting replacement parts quickly is sometimes a problem. That was the situation with this repair. But being creative can sometimes get things going again — at least temporarily — as in this case. This small, walk-behind snowblower wouldn’t […] Read more

Seed Hawk’s 1,300-bushel air seeder cart rides on rubber belts to blend 
greatly increased capacity with a very light footprint

This isn’t for everybody,” said Brian Dean, Seed Hawk’s vice president, director of R&D. He made that comment as he stood in front of the company’s prototype model 1300 air seeder cart during last year’s Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina. And there’s no doubting those words, but the cart is a clear example of […] Read more

We take a look at Morris’ new prototype coulter drill and find 
out how one farmer who tested it rates its performance

Now that the R&D phase is over, Morris Industries is ready to let its new, independently-linked disc drill loose in the marketplace. The company has had four prototypes at work around the world over the past couple of seasons to get as much field experience and farmer feedback as possible before deciding on the drill’s […] Read more