At the Ag in Motion farm show this summer, Grainews senior machinery editor Scott Garvey spoke with Väderstad CEO Henrik Gilstring about the company’s acquisition of Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk and how that figures into its North American operations, as well as how important the Canadian market is to the company’s global operations.
VIDEO: Väderstad’s plan for the North American farm equipment market
Bridgestone-branded ag tires come to North America
New radial tractor tires debut as a complement to the Firestone brand
In May of 1988 Bridgestone acquired Firestone. Since then the company’s ag tire line has continued on carrying the Firestone brand name, at least here in North America. In late August, though, the company launched its first Bridgestone-branded ag tire line on these shores. “In North America, historically, everything in our business has been Firestone-branded, […] Read more
VIDEO: Vintage Roto Thresh combine hits the field to harvest wheat
This fall a vintage Roto Thresh combine returned to a Saskatchewan field to do something it had not done in a very long time: harvest wheat. This is likely the only Roto Thresh to actually be put to work harvesting a crop in decades. In this video, Glacier FarmMedia’s senior machinery editor Scott Garvey was there to record the event and […] Read more
Farmers refresh a Roto Thresh
West-central Saskatchewan farmers find and restore a rare classic combine
It isn’t often I get to follow up on a machinery article more than a decade later. But in the case of Mervin Lloyd’s Roto Thresh combines, that’s exactly what happened. Back in 2011 I spoke to Mervin Lloyd of Fiske in west-central Saskatchewan about his thoughts on the unique Roto Thresh combines he owned […] Read more
What’s different about the Roto Thresh?
The Saskatoon-made combines sported a unique separating system
It’s likely safe to say not many people farming today have heard of a Roto Thresh combine. That isn’t surprising. Only 50 were ever built by the small company that existed for just a few short years more than four decades ago. According to the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, “The Roto Thresh combine was […] Read more
VIDEO: Air drills gaining ground in seeding equipment market
This is another video in our series that looks at the different seeding equipment that was on display at the Ag in Motion farm show in July. Here, senior machinery editor Scott Garvey speaks with territory manager Mike Ushey, territory manager with Pottinger, about the features on its Terrasem V 6000 air drill.
VIDEO: Field testing the Kubota RTV-XG850 UTV
In the market for a new UTV to help out with chores on your farm? Greg Berg and Scott Garvey of Glacier FarmMedia spent a week with the Kubota-XG850 UTV, putting it to the kind of jobs farmers would use it for. What did they think of it? Here’s their review.
How to add warning lights
Putting lights on older implements adds to on-road visibility
I can recall an incident driving back to the farm late one fall evening. There was something on the road ahead. I couldn’t quite make it out. On getting closer it was clear I was coming up fast on a tractor and round baler travelling in the same direction. The baler obscured the rear tractor […] Read more
Vaderstad’s new tillage tool goes (very) shallow
The Carrier 925 can work effectively in depths from one to five centimetres
At its manufacturing facility in Sweden, Vaderstad introduced its new Carrier 925 high-speed disc to members of the media in late May. It’s designed specifically for very shallow tillage applications. Unlike Vaderstad’s other Carrier models on the North American market, the Carrier 925 gets a third row of discs, instead of two. The extra row […] Read more
How Agco is striving for tech dominance
Agco looks to dominate the precision farming landscape and deliver products in a new way
Speaking to a group of ag and investment journalists in late June, Agco CEO Eric Hansotia said his aim is to take Agco to a dominant market position in precision farming offerings. In a meeting of senior management several months ago, the decision to pursue that goal was made, he says. Now the company is […] Read more
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