CNH’s new online database, AI Tech Assistant, uses artificial intelligence to help dealership technicians find accurate repair procedure information quickly.
Machinery
CNH’s AI Tech Assistant speeds access to repair information
The pilot program provides a one-stop digital portal for technicians
New Holland’s twin rotor combine design rings in 50 years
CR10 combine, new corn header come to National Farm Machinery Show
Celebrating 50 years in any event – combines or otherwise – is an achievement worthy or recognition, and this is the case as New Holland celebrates the golden anniversary of its twin rotor design this year. New Holland’s twin rotor design hit the machinery market in 1975 with its TR70 combine. A lot of change […] Read more
CNH brands introduce new utility tractors
Updates to the Farmall C and PowerStar lines come from Case IH and New Holland
At the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, the two CNH brands, Case IH and New Holland, were each displaying a single example of the updated line of utility tractors they intend to offer farmers this year.
Farm machinery associations respond to retaliatory proposals
Agriculture equipment may soon be widely tariffed for the first time since the Second World War
The North American Equipment Dealers Association says Canadian counter-tariffs on farm machinery could severely impact the sector.
VIDEO: John Deere product updates from the Commodity Classic farm show
At the Commodity Classic farm show in Denver, Colorado, in early March, John Deere had several new machinery updates to announce. Here, Bergen Nelson, John Deere go-to-market-manager for harvest equipment, talks about new automation features and header design improvements for Deere combines, Christopher Murray, technology marketing for John Deere, talks about the new Rate Controller […] Read more
Vi by visorPRO brings repair procedures to techs quickly
The ‘dealer-centric’ system uses AI to help mechanics complete repairs
As equipment brands continue to update models and introduce new and even more complex products, mechanics at dealerships need access to a pretty broad base of information on how to repair them. Digital technology, with a growing reliance on artificial intelligence, is starting to play an increasingly important role in providing that. In early 2024, […] Read more
Galileo Wheel introduces airless SkidCup skid steer tires
Improved traction and puncture-free performance with new tire design
In 2011, at Agritechnica in Germany, Galileo Wheel’s co-founder Avishay Novoplanski debuted a completely new ag tire design for tractors, called the CupWheel. It uses a unique concave sidewall, giving the tread surface a flatter, track-like contact with the ground, which the company says offers a 30 per cent increase in traction over regular tires. […] Read more
Lexion 8900 Terra Trac wins AE50 award
Claas’ newest combine takes home an engineering award from ASABE
Glacier FarmMedia — At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky in February, several ag equipment brand executives will be accepting their AE50 engineering awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Claas executives were expected to be among that group, to pick up three awards for innovations on two different […] Read more
Remember risks as well as rewards in new equipment
Investing in a new model means you’re among the first to discover its hiccups
Bringing new equipment onto a farm can be an exciting and productive change to the way the farm operates. Having the latest in horsepower, capacity and technology can make the farm more efficient and easier to run. If one has the luxury to pay for it, it can be an obvious choice to order the […] Read more
Moving spot spraying forward means building algorithms
Advanced spraying systems have benefits, but also have costs a farmer must consider
Glacier FarmMedia — Spot spraying isn’t a new idea, and the equipment capable of selective application has been around for decades — but the technology that supports this approach is advancing. Tom Wolf, an application specialist with Agrimetrix Research and Training and Sprayers101, recently shared some of the new research, technology developments and application techniques […] Read more
