At a media briefing at New Holland’s North American headquarters in Pennsylvania last July, marketing managers updated journalists on the brand’s then-pending expansion of its PLM Connect telematics offering. The official public introduction was made at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August. At the company’s test facility, Jordan Milewski, brand marketing manger, gave members […] Read more
New Holland expands PLM Connect
PLM adds two-way wireless data transfers to its PLM Connect
Ditch digging with a T-Rex
On-farm machine development creates another option for dealing with drainage
Anyone visiting machinery shows over the past year in Saskatchewan or Manitoba has probably noticed the T-Rex rotary ditcher on display. Niverville, Manitoba, farmer Grant Dyck created the T-Rex Ditcher to solve his own on-farm drainage and ditching needs, and last summer he began commercially producing them. “T-Rex stands for the terra excavator,” he said, […] Read more
An entirely new tractor
The high-horsepower, rigid-frame Fendt 1000 Series is in a category of its own
Two years ago AGCO introduced the all-new 1000 Series rigid-frame tractor to the world with a big splash, using Bavaria’s spectacular Neuschwanstein Castle as the backdrop for the press event. The brand recently followed up on that European introduction with a more conventional official launch of these machines in North America at the National Farm […] Read more
How to build a robotic tractor
A Manitoba farmer offers help to others who want to create an autonomous machine
This past year Manitoba farmer Matthew Reimer announced he had successfully built his own robotic tractor to pull a grain cart at harvest time. Fully autonomous farm equipment is something the big equipment brands haven’t yet offered customers. But, the reality is they could. Only one small thing is holding them back: the risk of […] Read more
Resistance is futile
A few years ago when the smartphone began to really gain market share and we found we could do much more with it than something as lame as actually talk to a person, I wrote a blog entry comparing it to Captain Kirk’s Star Trek communicator. Just like Kirk’s small communicator, the smartphone allows you […] Read more
New digital technology from SeedMaster
Axis Tablet provides video implement monitoring and online access
With seeding equipment as large and complex as it is, using remote cameras to monitor critical systems has become one of the most efficient ways to ensure everything is functioning as it should. Waiting until a refill stop to find a problem could mean leaving a lot of unseeded strips. Reseeding them is a real […] Read more
UTV sprayers for spot applications
With these small-scale systems, producers can target specific areas from a UTV
Today’s high-clearance farm sprayers come equipped with boom widths of 100 feet or more, which makes getting them into sharp corners or tight places pretty difficult. And with some precision ag data collection systems now able to pinpoint small problem weed areas in a field, spraying them with very wide booms may mean wasting product. […] Read more
PHOTOS: Small-scale sprayers offer targeted weed killing
Today’s high-clearance farm sprayers come equipped with boom widths of 100 feet or more, which makes getting them into sharp corners or tight places pretty difficult. And with some precision ag data collection systems now able to pinpoint small problem weed areas in a field, spraying them with very wide booms may mean wasting product. […] Read more
Make your in-field servicing easier
These custom-made truck bodies are designed to carry the shop right out to the field
The silver service body mounted on a 335 Peterbilt at Automatic Truck and Trailer Sales’ display during the Manitoba Ag Days show was bound to make anyone green with envy. The large aluminum service body was custom built by Total Works Truck and Equipment in Brandon, according to Ray Lewis, sales rep for Automatic Truck […] Read more
VIDEO: eQuipTV: “Big Roy” 3: A tractor ahead of its time
Scott Garvey pays another visit to the Versatile plant in Winnipeg to get an update on Big Roy’s restoration and gets some history on the big eight-wheel-drive tractor from Grant Adolph, Versatile’s COO. Video editing by Greg Berg.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
