Digital technology has become commonplace in powered farm machinery, but it has also been steadily moving to all types of equipment. This past winter Case IH announced the introduction of their AFS Soil Command digital technology for tillage equipment. Now it says production has started on machines equipped with it, and they’ll be hitting customers’ […] Read more
AFS Soil Command hits the market
Case IH begins producing new tillage tools equipped with digital tech
Mahindra’s Roxor takes to Canadian trails
India-based Mahindra updates the old Jeep design for off-road
Scanning through the online spec sheet for the Roxor off-road vehicle, one phrase stands out that seems to sum up what the Roxor is. It’s “a blend of old school simplicity and current technology,” reads the description. Why does that phrase seem so on point? Well, one look at the vehicle, even from a distance, […] Read more
Lemken improves parts life
German-based Lemken expands line up of wear-resistant parts
In the 1980s, Germany-based Lemken, which specializes in tillage equipment, introduced its “Dural” hardened wear parts to improve service life on ground-engaging components. Ten years ago it introduced the DuraMax line of wear parts, which offered another 15 per cent improvement in wear resistance over the Dural parts. This year Lemken has announced it’s expanding […] Read more
AGCO’s tillage approach on trial
Are new technologies paying off in the field? AGCO wants to find out
This year AGCO hired a new PhD agronomist for North America and gave him the task of testing the effects of today’s equipment and high-tech features when used in the real world. Speaking to a group of journalists at the brand’s Jackson, Minnesota, facility this summer, Jason Lee gave an update on the progress of […] Read more
John Deere revamps its 6M tractor line
New models, a redesign and longer options list for the 2020 model year
In mid-September, John Deere pulled the wraps off the latest updates to one of its mid-horsepower tractor ranges: the 6M family. That mid-spec line will see a much wider range of new options available for the 2020 model year across all models, but a new 140-horsepower 6140M model will also join the group to fill […] Read more
It’s time for some political common sense
Lately I’ve been eyeing up my back yard to see if a 1960’s style fallout shelter might fit in it, because for the first time in decades I can envision some sort of post-apocalyptic world emerging from the current political chaos. I may be exaggerating a bit here, but I am genuinely concerned about the […] Read more
John Deere marks 25 years of digital technology
Deere's ISG’s ultramodern facility designed to keep software development on pace
In a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, John Deere has built a new home for its Integrated Solutions Group (ISG) tech specialists that is as unique in its design as software once was to farm machines. The new ultramodern facility is designed to help engineers and scientists collaborate and reach innovative solutions in the shortest […] Read more
GMC Sierra HD truck gets trailer-towing updates
GM adds the ability for drivers to “see through” the trailer they’re towing behind
GM thinks size matters — at least when it comes to trucks. The company’s press release announcing the updated design for its 2020 Sierra HD pickup line puts it this way, “The 2020 Sierra HD has a commanding, powerful design rooted in a new architecture with larger proportions.” It’s hard to argue that truck guys […] Read more
Previewing the 8RX
“We’re excited to show you what John Deere is introducing this year,” said one of the brand’s marketing reps as she addressed a group of farm machinery writers. That was several weeks ago as we sat in one of the meeting rooms inside the green brand’s Waterloo, Iowa, tractor and cab assembly plant. The smile […] Read more
John Deere introduces 8RX line of tracked tractors
Grainews reviews John Deere’s industry-first, 4-track rigid- frame tractor
[UPDATED Nov. 4, 2019] Today John Deere officially unveiled its new line of 8RX tractors, which are — wait for it — rigid-frame four-tracked models. Anyone who has walked the aisles at Agritechnica, the world’s largest farm machinery show in Germany, will have noticed four-tracked rigid-frame tractors on display. But those are the result of […] Read more
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