No, that caption wasn’t my attempt to be the first one to sing a Christmas carol this year. My trip to the grand opening of Seed Hawk’s expanded production facility earlier this month made me think about those words. It became clear to me that owners of the many prairie-based implement manufacturers, like Seed Hawk […] Read more
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SeedMaster’s Nova XP-820 Smart Cart Is VRT Ready
Late last year, management at SeedMaster gave some of their customers (and Grainews)a preview of a prototype air cart the company had under development. In June, that prototype appeared at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show in the form of the Nova XP-820 Smart Cart, where it won a Sterling Innovation award from show organizers. […] Read more
Five Ways To Prepare Machinery For Winter
Now that the 2011 crop what there was of it, if you live in southeastern Saskatchewan is in the bin and winter crops are safely in the ground, it is time to put your equipment back into winter storage. That means it is also the perfect time to perform all those annual, routine engine maintenance […] Read more
No Driver? No Problem!
At its product introduction event in Illinois in August, John Deere introduced Machine Sync, a telematics product that will allow a combine operator, and the combine s autosteer system, to take control of a tractor and grain cart during on-the-go unloading. It does not, however, eliminate the need to have an operator in the tractor […] Read more
Make A Fresh Start With An Old(er) Machine
When older farm equipment ends up sitting unused for a few seasons, restarting it usually requires a little extra effort. Lack of use can be as hard on farm machinery as years of service. To show you what s involved in a typical restart, here s a look at what we had to do this […] Read more
Seed Hawk expands its manufacturing plant
With 8 million acres left unseeded in parts of Saskatchewan this season, it’s been a tough year for some producers. But overall sales of new equipment remains relatively strong across the west. According to management at Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk, domestic demand for its seed drills continues to grow. In order to keep up with increasing […] Read more
Deere Jumps Into 2012 With A New Lineup
Big seems to be the word that best describes the product launches held by major manufacturers so far this year. AGCO called its early August new-machinery introduction the largest single-year release the industry had ever seen. Two weeks later, John Deere is calling its new-equipment launch the largest, most significant product introduction in the company […] Read more
Deere Reorganizes Its Mid-Range Tractor Lines
In August, John Deere unveiled its full lineup of equipment for 2012. One of the biggest changes announced was the reorganization of tractor models in the 125 to 280 horsepower range. That change comes about with the introduction of the 6R and 7R lines. These models bump up the specifications of tractors that were previously […] Read more
Case IH Rolls Out New Combines, Sprayers
Case IH introduced its new line of combines along with changes to the Magnum and Maxxum tractor lines and a new Patriot sprayer at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, at the end of August. In addition to those new machines, the company added a B Series line to its family of Farmall […] Read more
Nominate your sprayer operator
It’s time once again for owners of custom application businesses to think of a reason to nominate their best employee for AGCO’s Operator of the Year Award. The company is looking to give away a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to Canada’s best application equipment operator. If you have someone working in your business that goes above and […] Read more