Want to install an additional driving light on your new truck, or maybe a bunch of them? How about an electric winch? If you like to boost a truck’s abilities by adding electrical aftermarket accessories, then Ford’s Upfitter switch package is something you may want to consider adding to the options list if a new […] Read more
Ford offers optional switch packages
Looking to the future
A few weeks ago I took in a lunchtime presentation in Winnipeg on the topic of international trade. The event attracted a pretty large crowd. I recognized some people from the ag machinery sector, but there were many others sitting in from a broad range of sectors. That was no surprise; trade is pretty important […] Read more
Turning to tracks on your ATV
ATV and UTV track conversions add new abilities
Not too long ago I spoke to my neighbour who told me he just bought a track conversion for his ATV. “I can go where the snowmobiles were getting stuck,” he said proudly. A couple of days later I saw some of his tracks across snow-covered terrain that no wheeled ATV could ever get through. […] Read more
A little UTV bling
Can-Am offers custom accessories for its Defender UTV line
Most new vehicles roll off assembly lines with some pretty great styling, but the aftermarket industry always seems to come up with accessories that make it possible to ramp up the cool factor. That not only applies to adding bling to the farm pickup, but the UTV that gets used for farm chores and hunting […] Read more
Two new implements from Bourgault
Bourgault has designed these new tillage tools to work in difficult field conditions
Farmers don’t need reminding that getting crops seeded and harvested in the last few years in many areas has presented some unusual challenges, due to extreme weather. With that in mind, Bourgault has introduced two new tillage implements it claims can help quickly get fields back into condition for seeding: the SPS 360, which it […] Read more
AGCO buys forage group Lely
AGCO adds European forage equipment manufacturer
In a mid-march press release, AGCO announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the forage division of Lely Group. Lely’s forage division manufactures balers and loader wagons in Europe, primarily for that market. The deal is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2017. However, it’s still subject to regulatory […] Read more
New monitors for AGCO tractors
Both MF and Challenger brand high-horsepower models get a digital upgrade
2018 models of AGCO’s Massey Ferguson 8700 and MT600E Challenger tractors will leave the Jackson, Minnesota, assembly plant with a new in-cab monitor. The MF version will be called the Datatronic 5, while Challenger systems will be known as the Tractor Management Center (TMC). The new nine-inch, touch screen terminals get a simplified menu, easily […] Read more
A UTV for your FD
On the eve of its 70th corporate anniversary, Daedong Industrial, which is the South Korean company behind the KIOTI brand, is offering to donate one of its Mechron 2200PS UTVs to a deserving fire department in the U.S. and Canada. It’s doing so with its “Shout Out” social media promotion and video contest. Here’s how […] Read more
John Deere introduces the 5R Series tractor
The green brand offers yet more choices in the utility tractor segment
The number of tractor models John Deere has been offering in the utility and mid-horsepower tractor classes has been large, to say the least. It already offers more model choices there than any other brand. At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February, the green brand introduced even more models that land in the utility segment. The all-new 5R […] Read more
New guidance bar and display from Topcon
A new ‘cost effective’ light bar system and ‘Modular’ digital monitor introduced
If you haven’t made the jump to light speed — figuratively speaking — when it comes to having full auto guidance in your sprayer (or other machine) and don’t plan to have one with that capability anytime soon, this is news you’ll like. In February Topcon Agriculture announced the release of its new SI-21 Lightbar. […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
