Case IH released a limited number of 4430 and 3340 sprayers wearing a special paint scheme to celebrate the Patriot's 25 year production mark.

PHOTOS: Special edition machines in 2016

Classic Machinery: Our look at a few of the unique offerings brought to the machinery market last year

You may have noticed an apparent contradiction in the title of this page. We’ve put this article under the “Classic Machinery” heading, yet this feature is all about models that appeared in 2016. No. It isn’t a mistake. So, why did we do it? We’re taking a quick look over our shoulder at what “special,” limited […] Read more

Jeff Leal, Ontario’s minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs (fourth from left), announced the new Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative at a greenhouse in Bowmanville, Ont. (Photo courtesy OMAFRA)

Ontario greenhouse growers get competitiveness fund

The Ontario government is putting $19 million into a new initiative to support the competitiveness of the greenhouse sector in the province. Provincial Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal announced the funding on Thursday at Link Greenhouse near Bowmanville, just east of Oshawa. The Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative aims to provide funding for the creation of […] Read more



Comatra Blue LED sprayer boom lighting system is now being 
distributed by a Canadian company.

Distributor adds Comatra lights to product line

Euro-built spray boom lighting system now available directly from a Canadian source

Dale Wiens’ tradeshow booth was garnering quite a bit of interest at the Canadian Farm Progress Show in June. And it’s no mystery why: his company, SprayTest Controls Inc., offers practical solutions to on-farm problems. SprayTest’s original product was the remote control boom, which Wiens brought to the CFPS’ innovation completion in 2002. It was […] Read more


The completed storage box.

How to build a custom toolbox, Part 2

It’s time to build the box portion and finish off this custom toolbox project

In the last article we took the hood from a 1960 Ford truck and used it as the basis for a completely customized workshop toolbox. Now with all the fabrication work done on the hood, which will be the box lid, we know the required build dimensions the lower box section that will fit to it. […] Read more




The VT Flex applicator from Summers is custom built to match the exact needs of a producer, according to the company.

New fertilizer applicator from Summers

Customizable 
tool can 
incorporate up to three types of product simultaneously

For those who want to incorporate fertilizer other than during seeding operations, North Dakota’s Summers Manufacturing has introduced a new machine to the marketplace to help accommodate that: The VT Flex applicator. It’s a fully customizable fertilizer applicator, according to the company, that will allow placement of up to three fertilizer mediums (dry, liquid and […] Read more



To help celebrate their 20-year anniversary, Apache-brand sprayers get a host of improvements.

Apache sprayer updates

The brand adds another boom 
choice and system enhancements

Indiana-based ET Works recently announced several new options and updates for its 2017 line of Apache sprayers. The Apaches’ standard spray booms will now feature quick-service, Banjo-style manifold fittings and Hypro nozzle bodies. Stainless steel boom plumbing will now be an option too. To support all that equipment, the brand’s 90- and 100-foot booms get […] Read more