Haber’s DRI-Stack system will now be offered by STIG.

Grain drying firm Shivvers buys Haber, forms STIG

Iowa-based grain drying systems maker Shivvers Manufacturing has bought a fellow Iowa firm, Haber Technologies. That deal, announced at the end of May, creates a new business, Shivvers Technology and Innovation Group (STIG). “This marriage allows the opportunity to build upon the synergies between Shivvers’ established drying solutions and the cutting-edge technology Haber already offers […] Read more

deere 8r tractor with agco outrun autonomous system

Can autonomous systems cut costs?

Agco claims its prototype Outrun system has shown ROI benefits

Could having autonomous equipment working on your farm improve the operation’s overall profit picture? Agco claims it has demonstrated exactly that during initial field trials of its Outrun retrofit autonomy kit, which it introduced to the farm media near Salina, Kansas in late June. “What we’re providing is a kit that takes a tractor and […] Read more


AGI has sold MFS and Stormor steel bins in parts of the U.S. with 2.66-inch corrugated sidewalls.

AGI standardizes steel bins

Ag Growth International (AGI), the Winnipeg parent company for several well known grain handling equipment and storage brands, is going to a single standard wall type for its galvanized steel bins in the North American market. The walls of steel bins AGI sells up here in Canada and in “select northern states” under the Westeel […] Read more

Morris has just introduced a new, five-model line of redesigned air carts called the 10 Series. Each cart uses four individual tanks mounted on scales.

New 10 Series air carts coming from Morris

The first product launch under the new parent firm will be featured at Ag in Motion

Glacier FarmMedia — As Morris Equipment and Rite Way manufacturing announced they will be merged together under a new parent company called Superior Farms Equipment, they also introduced the first new product to be released under that company structure, the Morris 10 Series air cart. “It’s kind of an evolution,” says Garth Massie, Canadian sales […] Read more


tillage equipment in a rock quarry

VIDEO: Rock, paper, steel

Quarry pit pits Väderstad equipment up against tons of rock

With the high cost of new farm equipment, most farmers would agree that they want the most bang for their buck. But what if that ‘bang’ was in the form of a rock quarry used as testing grounds to drag equipment through? That’s precisely the approach that Väderstad takes for its lines of tillage and […] Read more




corn header for combine

We check out an Italian-made Drago GT corn header

Italian-built brand available from four- to 24-row widths

As growing grain corn gradually increases in popularity in some prairie regions, more options for combine corn headers are appearing on the market. The Italian-made Drago GT header is one that many producers may not have heard of — yet. Grainews recently reviewed some of the features of the newest Drago GT with the vice-president […] Read more


Scott Garvey wonders about the total cost of machinery at Ag in Motion.

How much is it all worth?

What would the cost all the machines on display at AIM total?

If you look at a semi-trailer truck travelling down the highway with a box trailer, it’s impossible to know what kind of freight is inside. But these days, the value of the cargo carried in just one truck can be extremely high.

A weed destruction system, to mount on the rear of combines, that uses a specific spectrum of light, is being developed through a partnership between Redekop and Global Neighbor Inc.

Redekop partnering on new system for weed seed destruction

Canadian manufacturer's work with U.S. company allows for light technology to destroy weed seeds

One way to defeat the problem of weed resistance is to keep as many weed seeds out of a field as possible. Redekop’s Seed Control Unit (SCU), which pulverizes seeds coming out of the back of a combine, is one tool to help do that. But it can only be used on Class 8 and […] Read more