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After harvest, give combines a thorough once-over to get them ready for storage and ensure they’re ready to go next season.
Equipment, Machinery

What to look for during post-season combine service 

CNH offers tips on year-end combine inspection and servicing 

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Jim Franceschetti, Case IH parts and service pricing manager, provided Grainews with some year-end service and maintenance tips for combines. He writes: When you pull away from the last field after harvest, the work is not quite done yet. You have run your equipment at maximum performance over the past several weeks, if not months, and […] Read more
The row unit on the Solus 1047 SX looks more like a corn planter than a seeder.
Equipment, Machinery

Concept blurs line between planter, seed drill

Horsch has created a concept to bring the advantages of a planter to smaller-seeded crops

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Is it a planter or a drill? If a concept machine created by Horsch eventually comes to the market, someone might have to invent a new category. “We’re trying to mix and trying to get the best of both worlds, which is a seed drill and a corn planter,” says Laurent Letzler, who manages Horsch […] Read more
New Holland's T4 Electric is likely to be among the first of many battery electric or hybrid machines to appear in the ag equipment market.
Equipment, Machinery

What the biggest players plan for powered equipment

Deere and CNH commit to more tech, electric and hybrid drives

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The new powered farm machines parked on dealership lots in the coming decade are going to look a little different than they do now — at least under the hoods. That’s according to information released recently by two of the major manufacturers, John Deere and CNH Industrial, parent company to Case IH and New Holland. […] Read more
small child peering into hub of back tractor wheel
Equipment, Wheat & Chaff

Getting back to basics for a safer new year

Runovers and rollovers are a leading cause of on-farm deaths

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As we dive into the New Year, let’s keep it simple. Instead of setting big goals, how about we focus on doing everyday tasks right and safe? Take, for example, operating tractors — something pretty common on the farm. Tractors are the MVPs of farming. From field work to feeding the livestock to cleaning snow, […] Read more
Boasting a power rating of 673, the Fendt MT 1167n Vario is the biggest model in Agco’s tractor stable.
Equipment, Machinery

The horsepower race is back on again

Recent tractor models boast increased power ratings at most brands

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When the maximum horsepower ratings of production tractors hit 500 several years ago, I recall seeing a magazine editor ask the question, “Will we ever see 600?” For several seasons there’s been a kind of yellow flag in the race as brands just lap the track holding their positions — but all of that seems […] Read more
a green steyr tractor on display
Equipment, Machinery

The future of high horsepower engines: combustion, with a boost

While diesel isn't going anywhere soon, companies hope to make engines more efficient without losing power

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While diesel isn’t going anywhere soon, companies hope to make engines more efficient without losing power

Options for powering agriculture equipment are diversifying quickly, with companies narrowing into the lanes they likely will follow into the near future. Many electric under-100-horsepower options appeared at Agritechnica, the world’s largest agriculture machinery show in Hannover, Germany in November — but there was also the certainty that the combustion engine won’t be going away […] Read more
the equalizer no-till drill
Equipment, Machinery

Lemken brings Equalizer drill to Canada

A South African design begins field trials on this continent

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Over the past two decades, Canadian producers have seen several foreign brands stake a claim in North America’s ag equipment market. As a result, there is now a broader group of implement manufacturers competing in our marketplace. That means more choices, which is good news for farmers. Among the newest unfamiliar names to appear on […] Read more
farm equipment
Columns, Equipment, Machinery

Expensive new equipment or older/cheaper: Which makes more sense?

Higher cost of newer equipment can pay off, but only if there's a benefit

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In late 1978 I bought a new Ford 4×4 pickup truck. The sticker price was under $10,000 and my job at the time was paying me around $25,000 a year. That meant the truck, at about a third of my annual income, was pretty affordable. Using the Bank of Canada’s inflation calculator, that truck would […] Read more

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