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Engineer in training Alex Barrie talks with machinery editor Scott Garvey during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario.
Equipment, Machinery

Engineers study machine-related soil compaction

Ontario team working to establish 
tire inflation guidelines

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It wasn’t all that long ago that many agronomists in Canada weren’t even willing to concede soil compaction might be a problem. The freeze-thaw cycle, many argued, significantly mitigated it. But now with more available data and new thinking, most seem to agree that the seasonal temperature cycle doesn’t fully eliminate the problem. And preventing […] Read more
VIDEO: A case of many CASEs
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: A case of many CASEs

Cheaper by the dozen? Manitoba farmer operates a fleet of vintage 90 Series CASE tractors

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Last October, machinery editor Scott Garvey took a drive out to Lavenham in southern Manitoba to see for himself one local farmer’s approach to farm machinery – a collection of twelve 90 Series CASE tractors. But these are only a part of a fleet of 26 tractors in total on Larry Rodgers’ farm that he […] Read more
Photo 6: This photo was taken on August 23, 2018. On the left is Iver Johnson’s JD S680 combine, with Iver standing. In the middle is Wayne Leonhardt with the grain cart and tractor. On the right is helper Martin Millar on the Block Farm JD S690 combine. This was a very smooth operation, very efficient with no down time.
Columns, Equipment

Combines I have known, Part 3

In the third part of an ongoing series on combines, 
Les Henry goes for the green paint

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This is No. 3 in an occasional series on combines. When completed, the series will span the 63 years that I have spent running combines. Some years just a few hours, but a bit in each of the years. The first piece included a bit about a Case K2 combine. I did not have an […] Read more
Clean Seed Capital has acquired U.S.-based Harvest International, and the newly expanded company expects to offer a canola-ready planter to the Canadian market by 2020. This prototype was on display at the Ag in Motion farm show in July.
Equipment, Machinery

Clean Seed adds a planter

Clean Seed and Harvest International join forces

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A couple of years ago, Clean Seed Capital finally introduced the CX6 seed drill that the company had let farmers know was coming down the pike. Now with two years of CX6 production under its belt, Clean Seed is expanding its manufacturing footprint. In July the company announced it had acquired U.S.-based Harvest International, a […] Read more
How do you buy half a combine?
Equipment, News

How do you buy half a combine?

Overequipped? Underequipped? How do you make those farm equipment decisions?

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How do you know if you are over equipped or under equipped? In other words, do you have the right number of tractors, combines and seeders on your farm? When do you need to buy or change equipment? What if you decide to seed more acres and one combine isn’t quite enough but you don’t need two. What […] Read more
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s an exciting time to be farming,” says Ray Donald, who has been farming in southeast Saskatchewan for 50 years.
Equipment, News

A mix of new and old makes it work

Farm Progress Show: Something old, something new. Farmers use a mix of machinery to make things work

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Farming is a mix of tradition and innovation, and the machinery you’ll find on farms reflects that mix. That machinery is also a tangible record of how the machinery industry and farming practices have evolved over the decades. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s an exciting time to be farming,” says Ray Donald. “It’s exciting […] Read more
This year John Deere is adding a 
60-foot model to its line of 1895 air drills.
Equipment, Machinery

Deere adds to its 1895 air drill line

A new 60-foot model stretches available working widths

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In March, John Deere revealed the newest addition to its model 1895 line of air drills, a 60 foot version, which stretches the maximum available working width considerably. The new flagship model also gets some new technology to help improve seed and fertilizer placement. “This wider no-till air drill is a perfect fit for producers […] Read more
John Deere’s ExactApply nozzle control 
system is now available as a retrofit kit for 
2014 and newer 4 Series sprayers.
Equipment, Machinery

Retrofit kits from Deere

ExactApply upgrades available for 2014 and newer 4 Series sprayers

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In 2016 John Deere introduced the ExactApply nozzle control system as a factory option for its 2018 model year sprayers. Now, it’s making them available as retrofit kits, which can be installed on 2014 to 2018 model year 4 Series machines. That, says Deere, will allow owners of those machines to take advantage of the […] Read more
The Workmaster 25 and the smaller 25S joined New Holland’s sub-compact tractor line in February.
Equipment, Machinery

New subcompact tractors from New Holland

Workmaster 25 and 25S join 
the small tractor line up

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New Holland has strengthened its product offerings in the sub-compact tractor segment. In February the brand announced the addition of the Workmaster 25 and smaller 25S models. The 25 gets a three-cylinder 24.7 horsepower diesel engine mated to either a 12 X 12 gear transmission or a three-range hydrostat. It is capable of delivering 7.9 […] Read more
13 models of the new LA Series loaders are designed for New Holland T5 through T8 tractors.
Equipment, Machinery

New loaders from the CNH brands

Range of sizes available for 
both NH and Case IH tractors

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New Holland has beefed up its line of front-end loaders this year with the introduction of the LA Series. With 13 different models in all, these loaders are designed to fit all the brand’s tractors in the T5 through T8 Series. Aside from strengthening the overall loader design and including arm profiles up to 80 millimetres in width, the LA models use a more efficient hydraulic system that generates less heat, which includes […] Read more

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