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Horsch introduces the Joker RT40

A new offering in the brand’s the tillage tool line

By Scott Garvey November 8, 2017

Horsch announced it has added the RT40 version to its Joker tillage implement line. The RT40 offers a 40-foot working width. It uses a five-fold frame design to improve contouring ability and allows it to fold up to less than 16 feet wide for road transport. To leave a finished field surface, RT40 models will […] Read more

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Horsch introduces the Panther 460 SC

The Company debuts a new drill and commodity cart

By Scott Garvey November 8, 2017

Horsch recently announced it has introduced a new seed drill and commodity cart combination for the 2018 seeding season. The Panther 460 SC, 60-foot drill offers row spacings of 7.5, 15 and 30 inches, with shanks mounted on a four-row toolbar for maximum residue clearance. The Panther is designed to mate with Horscah’s own SW600 […] Read more

The new Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is the most powerful full-size SUV on the market so far with a 707 horsepower supercharged V-8 under the hood.

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Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk makes Canadian debut

TOYAPALOOZA: Trackhawk boasts massive horsepower in an SUV

By Scott Garvey November 8, 2017

Considering the first civilian model of Jeep ever available in Canada, the CJ2A, offered only about 38 engine horsepower, the latest power output from a vehicle in the brand more than 60 years later is, well, spectacular. Fiat Chrysler America (FCA) has crammed an unbelievable 707 horsepower into the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, which […] Read more

The CCX9000 Cover Crop Seeder is now available from Kuhn Krause for use on its Excelerator 8000 and 8005 vertical tillage implements.

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Kuhn introduces CCX 9000 Cover Crop Seeder

Attachment designed for use on Excelerator vertical tillage implement

By Scott Garvey November 3, 2017

Kuhn Krause has recently announced the introduction of the CCX 9000 Cover Crop Seeder, which is designed for use on its Excelerator vertical tillage implements. It gives producers the ability to seed a cover crop while performing a tillage pass. The Quantron S2 control monitor inside the tractor cab, which includes what the brand describes […] Read more

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Versatile reconfigures its online store

New user-friendly site offers swag and scale models for brand-enthusiasts

By Scott Garvey November 3, 2017

Many farm owners and managers have a shelf or two in their office lined with scale model farm tractors, many of them carried over from that “small farm” most had as farm boys while growing up. In fact, even the founder of AGCO, Robert Ratliff, had a scale model MF manure spreader on his office […] Read more

Would you think this pull-type sprayer was a Deere? Hint: It isn’t. (Photo from Deere v. Fimco, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2017)

Crops, Machinery

Court ruling for Deere colours hinges on ‘confusion’

By GFM Network News November 3, 2017

A court ruling strengthening Deere and Co.’s claim to the use of green and yellow on farm equipment in the U.S. centres on how likely farmers are to believe they’re looking at a Deere or Deere-approved product. In a 107-page ruling in October, following a five-day trial in June, the U.S. District Court at Paducah, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

CP conductors, engineers reject short-term deal

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 2, 2017

Unionized conductors and engineers at Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted down a proposed one-year renewal of their collective agreement. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, whose train and engine (T+E) unit represents about 3,050 Canadian conductors and engineers at CP, announced Wednesday its membership had voted 67.1 per cent against the extension. Negotiators with CP […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Seed Hawk to take parent firm’s name

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 31, 2017

For Saskatchewan seeding, planting and tillage equipment maker Seed Hawk, the company name is changing but the brand remains the same. Seed Hawk, which has been 100 per cent owned by Swedish equipment manufacturer Vaderstad since 2013, has been renamed Vaderstad Industries effective Tuesday. The two companies said the name change “reflects the fuller integration […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Grain handle helps lift CN quarterly revenue

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 27, 2017

An increase in Canadian grain traffic helped support Canadian National Railway’s third-quarter revenues, though the costs of increased traffic ate at its bottom line. Montreal-based CN on Tuesday reported net income of $958 million on total revenues of $3.221 billion for the quarter ending Sept. 30, down from $972 million on $3.014 billion in the […] Read more

AGCO introduced three “next generation” versions of the Challenger MT700 Series at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August.

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Next-generation Challenger tractors

Three new models now make up AGCO’s Challenger MT700 Series

By Mark Moore October 26, 2017

Producers got their first look at the re-styled next-generation MT700 Series track tractors from Challenger at this year’s Farm Progress Show in Illinois. The company has added three new models to the lineup, offering 380 to 431 horsepower. They get that power from a new 9.8 litre diesel that hits peak torque in the 1,200 […] Read more

Daily Network News

JBS reaches deal with U.S. meatpacking workers who went on strike

Public consultation open on national beef code of practice

Pulse weekly: Indian forecasters predict below-normal monsoon

Machinery

Horsch introduces the Joker RT40

Horsch introduces the Panther 460 SC

Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk makes Canadian debut

Kuhn introduces CCX 9000 Cover Crop Seeder

Versatile reconfigures its online store

Court ruling for Deere colours hinges on ‘confusion’

CP conductors, engineers reject short-term deal

Seed Hawk to take parent firm’s name

Grain handle helps lift CN quarterly revenue

Next-generation Challenger tractors

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