AGCO’s White Planter brand has recently debuted a new high-speed machine. The updated 9800VE Series planters, which made their first public debut at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February, now offer the same placement accuracy at 9.8 m.p.h. as other non-high-speed machines can at less than four, according to the company. […] Read more
AGCO introduces high-speed White Planters
White 9800VE Series planters use new seed tube design
Talking trash about seeding equipment
SeedMaster, a brand that often gives farmers a glimpse of its new technologies, chose to show a mockup of its one-row drill concept at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June. “It’s something that we’re working with, testing a few ideas on how to better improve residue flow through a machine, but also how […] Read more
Case IH grows its Early Riser planter line
In early March Case IH added to its line of Early Riser planters with the introduction of the 2160. Available with either 32 or 36 rows, this big planter can be ordered in four different configurations with the steerable Rowtrac Carrier System or as a standard wheeled model. The 2160 gets Case IH’s latest planting […] Read more
New mower-conditioners from Krone
Krone, known for four decades as a forage equipment manufacturer, has recently added to its equipment line in North America, with the addition of the ActiveMow R and EasyCut R three-point hitch mounted disc mowers. The Germany-based brand describes them as an “elite new generation.a” The mowers use a low-profile design with welded-on plates to […] Read more
Machinery Challenge 2017
Pick up any automotive magazine and you’ll find several pages devoted to road test evaluations of new cars and trucks. The same goes for power sports magazines. ATV, snowmobiles and UTVs regularly see this kind of editorial evaluation by staff writers. But when it comes to farm machinery, you just don’t see those kinds of […] Read more
K-line Ag officially launches the Speedtiller
Australian firm stakes a claim in the Canadian marketplace
With so many growers in Western Canada having made the transition to no-till production a decade or more ago, some might find it surprising that the number of new tillage implements and once-unfamiliar brands has proliferated in recent years. But a variety of factors now have many looking at incorporating “strategic tillage” into their operations. […] Read more
Is this the droid you’re looking for?
There’s no question that the number of new product introductions from Canadian short-line manufacturers so far this year has been low, at least when compared to what we’ve seen over the last five-or-so years. During that time the weeks leading up to Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina would see my email inbox almost always […] Read more
‘Tis the season
The classic machine parade at Canada’s Farm Progress Show Now that the calendar page has flipped over to June, the season of outdoor farm events in Canada is about to kick off. Here in the west, it all starts with Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina that runs through next week. That show has been […] Read more
New rifles from Winchester
More XPR bolt-action hunting rifles available for 2017
U.S.-based Winchester Repeating Arms is giving hunters more rifle options to choose from this year, adding a couple of new models to its XPR line. The XPR Hunter Mountain Country Range model gets a polymer stock decked out in the new Mossy Oak Mountain Country Range camo colours. It’s available in several popular calibres from […] Read more
Browning gun cabinet offers “safe” storage
Canadian federal law requires that all guns be securely stored away when not in use, and what better way is there to do that and really protect them than put them in a specially designed safe? Browning’s Hell’s Canyon extra wide gun safe is built for exactly that purpose. It features an 11-gauge steel body […] Read more
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