The “official” judging team for this year’s Grainews Machinery Challenge included active farmers. But we wondered how our group of test machines might fit into our readers’ farming operations. The best way to answer that, we thought, was to put a few of them in the drivers’ seats. So, Grainews held a contest in the […] Read more
Our Grainews Machinery Challenge farmer panel on telehandlers
Reader opinions: two contest-winning farmers joined the Grainews judges to evaluate our test machines
The first thing in the morning
This Amazone field day was one of three international press events in northern Germany last week It caused a round of hearty laughter among the handful of people standing in a group. “Did you hear what he said,” one person asked me. “He said tractors are the first thing he thinks about when he gets […] Read more
What will farm machines look like in 10 years?
Autonomous drill ready to seed Saskatchewan fields next season
What were most farmers thinking as they watched DOT, the autonomous implement platform, perform for seemingly never-ending crowds during the Ag in Motion farm show in July? It’s hard to say if it was amazement, excitement that field robots are finally here, or some combination of the two. Whichever it was, DOT, the brainchild of […] Read more
Who’s in your cab?
As harvest operations kick into gear, there has been no shortage of farmer postings on social media sites. There are now recent images and video of every conceivable harvesting scene you could imagine. But in looking at some of them, one thing stood out to me: there are an awful lot of posts proudly showing […] Read more
What does the future hold for the swather?
To swath or not to swath: when it comes to canola, that’s been the debate among prairie farmers for more than a few years. By and large, producers have opted to keep a swather in the farm fleet and put it to use. On many prairie farms cutting canola is the only job a swather […] Read more
Kubota expands its sub-compact tractor line
Brand adds four new BX80 Series diesel tractors to its range of offerings
Most farmyards have a lot of grass to cut to keep things tidy around all the buildings. Cutting those areas can often be a tough job for run-of-the-mill lawn tractors. That’s where the much more sturdy sub-compact tractors on the market today really shine. They rely on more robust drivelines and are really miniature ag […] Read more
More new products from John Deere
The green brand adds new implements and updated technology to its line up
Although the new S700 Series combines were the flagship machines in John Deere’s May launch of new products for 2018, there were several other additions on display at a debut event in Moline, Illinois. Here’s a look at what else the green brand pulled the wraps off. Frontier equipment Deere’s Frontier brand equipment line grows […] Read more
In the cab at Case IH
Last week Case IH invited us ag media types down to Iowa to see what they had in store for 2018. Using their pavilion on the grounds of U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, the marketing staff not only let us see what machines they were introducing, we actually had a chance to drive […] Read more
John Deere updates the S Series combine
New, higher-tech S700 combines debut in Moline for the 2018 model year
Last month John Deere revealed its 2018 product line to farm media at its Moline Harvester Works facility in Illinois. That was an appropriate place to unveil the line, because arguably the most significant new machines to join the green line — at least as far as Prairie farmers will be concerned — were updated […] Read more
How to repair a faulty fuel gauge
Shop Class: Repairing or replacing a fuel level gauge system on older machines
One fault owners can almost certainly expect to develop on older machines and trucks is a fuel level gauge that eventually stops working. Repairing that problem isn’t too difficult, even if OEM replacement parts are no longer available. There are plenty of aftermarket components that can do the job. However, even though all fuel gauge […] Read more
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