At the JCB Fastrac product launch in the English Midlands a couple of weeks ago, I had the very pleasant opportunity to reconnect with a bunch of farm machinery writers and editors from England. They’re people I’ve met or written for in the past couple of decades doing this job. The opportunity to talk shop […] Read more
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Bourgault redesigns the 9400 chisel plow
New floating-hitch 9500 Series models can handle higher horsepower
We had the 9400 (chisel plow) for many years, and there’s been a resurgence in tillage and deep tillage,” says Rob Fagnou, marketing specialist at Bourgault. “So we went to the drawing board again and redesigned it from the ground up. ” The new 9500 Series models, which made their first public appearance at Canada’s […] Read more
PHOTOS: Familiar brands, new tillage implements
John Deere, Case IH and Versatile all showed new equipment at the U.S. Farm Progress Show
With a renewed interest in tillage all across the prairies and the need to deal with higher levels of corn residue in fields across the U.S. Midwest, it’s no surprise there were some new tillage tool introductions at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in August. Here’s a look at what the familiar […] Read more
More Fastrac horsepower
This week JCB revealed its new ag sector machinery offerings by holding a media event at its world headquarters near Rocester England. In the impressive style of machine introduction events I’ve seen from this brand before, a stage curtain in the company’s on-campus theatre lifted to reveal their newest product. In this case, the machine […] Read more
PHOTOS: Updated compact discs from Lemken
The Heliodor 9 debuts along with an addition to the Rubin 12 Series
Surrounded by a group of English-speaking farm writers, Lukas Voss, a product specialist at Germany-based equipment manufacturer Lemken, walks around one of that brand’s Heliodor 9 compact discs in a farm field in Hungary in late June. The field demos were part of an international press event, held to show off Lemken’s 2016 equipment line. […] Read more
Jack allows for safe, heavy lifts
New heavy equipment jack design takes the risk out of raising heavy equipment
It’s common to find tractors and heavy machines inside farm shops and even dealership service bays jacked up and resting on a stack of wooden blocks while mechanics work underneath them. Sometimes that blocking doesn’t look very safe. Louis Sigouin and Dan Edwards of Eastwood Products in Arborfield, Manitoba, have developed their Heavy Equipment Jack […] Read more
Seed Hawk replaces its metering system
The new Fenix III meter addresses performance issues in the previous design
Back in 2014 Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk used the Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina to introduce an entirely new seed metering system for its air carts. Control of the then-new modular, meters beneath the cart tanks moved to a wireless system called iCon, away from the Raven controller the company had been using. That metering […] Read more
New air-boom spreader from Salford
A customer request for an air boom leads Salford to develop an entirely new model
A prototype air-boom spreader on display at Salford’s Canada’s Farm Progress Show exhibit in Regina was the result of the brand deciding to accommodate a special request from a customer, says Dave King, the company’s director of sales and marketing. “Last year at this show we were showing a MagnaSpread big spreader and we also had […] Read more
By the numbers
A few days ago I was stopped on the side of the road chatting with a member of the harvesting crew from a neighbouring farm. The field just beside where we were parked, along with others nearby, were yielding exceptionally well, he told me. The canola was running somewhere north of 60 bushels per acre. […] Read more
Testing Ford’s Trailer Backup Assist
Does adding an auto-back up feature on to the package add value to this farm truck?
Just about every producer is used to backing up towed machinery and trailers. It’s an everyday occurrence on the farm. But not everyone with a driver’s licence is capable of easily navigating a truck and trailer through the rear-view mirror. To help those directionally challenged drivers and anybody who would just like reversing a trailer […] Read more
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