AGCO’s Fendt brand opened the doors to its all-new, high-tech assembly plant in Bavaria and invited the public to take a look
Farmers in Western Canada can be forgiven if they don’t know a lot about the Fendt brand of tractors; they’re thin on the ground in this part of the world, to say the least. “Fendt tractors are a true premium product,” says Reid Hamre, North American brand manager for Fendt. “They’re for the customer who […] Read moreFendt expands its tractor assembly plant
Reviewing the Fendt 714 Vario
Ern and Monica Pethick of McAuley, Manitoba, were looking for something out of the ordinary when they purchased their first Fendt 714 Vario tractor about four years ago. A back injury suffered many years ago meant bouncing around in a tractor could be pretty uncomfortable for Ern, so the suspension systems on Fendt-brand tractors that […] Read more
Ford introduces the Atlas concept pickup
To showcase new technology and innovation in truck design, Ford unveiled the Atlas at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit
On many farms there are two pickup trucks. The reasonably new one that ferries kids to hockey games and makes shopping trips to the city, and an older one that lugs a fuel tank and tools back and forth from the field. If there is 20 or more years age difference between those two, the […] Read moreIs demand for diesel fuel about to decline?
All of the hype that swirled around biofuels a couple of years ago has kind of died down, probably because little real policy incentive has been created to continue driving alternative fuels forward. And the federal government has announced the EcoEnergy Biofuel Subsidy Program will not be renewed when it expires in 2017, much to […] Read more
Reinventing the combine
“This is the fourth generation of machines that can carry much more clean grain,” says Ben Dillon, general manager of Tribine Industries, as he stands beside his latest prototype combine, which has a 1,000-bushel grain tank capacity. “The first generation was just based on pulling a grain cart around. But I quickly learned the rear […] Read more
Are you on the edge of farming?
In the last year a lot of groups and organizations decided it was time to start promoting agriculture. That led to initiatives such as the Ag More Than Ever program and a few others. The idea behind them is to get the general public familiar with farming again, and let them know how important it […] Read more
Ag Connect Expo
I spent most of the last week of January in Kansas City at Ag Connect Expo. This was only the third time this show has been held, and it started off on a pretty small scale—at least in terms of attendance. But from the start, this event has had some pretty impressive sponsors. All the […] Read more
One big dealer
A couple of weeks ago Canada’s largest farm equipment retail chain, Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc., announced it had undergone yet another expansion and acquired two Manitoba ag equipment stores. These businesses had been operating under the name Murray’s Farm Supplies and are reported to have had revenues of about $15 million annually. The deal is […] Read more
Making a clean start to 2013
“A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind.” You’ve no-doubt seen those words printed on a coffee cup in someone’s office. It’s meant, of course, to mock the overachiever down the hall with the tidy workspace and allow us to feel better about on own disorganization. On the farm, the workshop is a […] Read more
Gravel road etiquette
If you live on a farm in Western Canada, odds are there is a gravel road going past your driveway. While gravel makes for a functional road surface, it’s a little hard on vehicles. Tires that log most of their miles on gravel don’t last as long as those run over pavement. Paint and windshields […] Read more
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