Reimer’s driverless tractor pulls alongside a combine in the field.

How to build a robotic tractor

A Manitoba farmer offers help to others who want to create an autonomous machine

This past year Manitoba farmer Matthew Reimer announced he had successfully built his own robotic tractor to pull a grain cart at harvest time. Fully autonomous farm equipment is something the big equipment brands haven’t yet offered customers. But, the reality is they could. Only one small thing is holding them back: the risk of […] Read more

This robot is  designed to work  fields on its own  and mechanically  kill weeds.

Robotic weed control

Deepfield Robotics is stamping out weeds, one at a time

The future of weed control could quite possibly be a convergence of cutting-edge robotics with good old-fashioned muscle. Deepfield Robotics may not be a common name in the field of agriculture, but the small start-up company has under development an innovative solution for weed control. While the company itself has no more than a couple […] Read more


SeedMaster’s Windows-based, 8-inch Axis Tablet comes with five cameras to aid in implement control.

New digital technology from SeedMaster

Axis Tablet provides video implement monitoring and online access

With seeding equipment as large and complex as it is, using remote cameras to monitor critical systems has become one of the most efficient ways to ensure everything is functioning as it should. Waiting until a refill stop to find a problem could mean leaving a lot of unseeded strips. Reseeding them is a real […] Read more

Setter Manufacturing of Russell, Manitoba, offers a line of sprayer systems designed to work on a typical UTV.

UTV sprayers for spot applications

With these small-scale systems, producers can target specific areas from a UTV

Today’s high-clearance farm sprayers come equipped with boom widths of 100 feet or more, which makes getting them into sharp corners or tight places pretty difficult. And with some precision ag data collection systems now able to pinpoint small problem weed areas in a field, spraying them with very wide booms may mean wasting product. […] Read more


Setter Manufacturing of Russell, Manitoba, offers a line of sprayer systems designed to work on a typical UTV.

PHOTOS: Small-scale sprayers offer targeted weed killing

Today’s high-clearance farm sprayers come equipped with boom widths of 100 feet or more, which makes getting them into sharp corners or tight places pretty difficult. And with some precision ag data collection systems now able to pinpoint small problem weed areas in a field, spraying them with very wide booms may mean wasting product. […] Read more

Medium duty trucks with larger special service bodies are gaining popularity with producers.

Make your in-field servicing easier

These custom-made truck bodies are designed to carry the shop right out to the field

The silver service body mounted on a 335 Peterbilt at Automatic Truck and Trailer Sales’ display during the Manitoba Ag Days show was bound to make anyone green with envy. The large aluminum service body was custom built by Total Works Truck and Equipment in Brandon, according to Ray Lewis, sales rep for Automatic Truck […] Read more


(Photo courtesy CN)

Farm groups rail against revenue cap proposal

CNS Canada –– A key proposal in the recently released Canada Transportation Act review on Canada’s transport systems is getting thumbs down from several Prairie farm groups. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) disagrees with the report’s recommendation for a seven-year phase-out of the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE), an annual upper limit on the […] Read more




The trucks were required to navigate test courses both on and off road.

How the 2016 pickup trucks stack up

Grainews helped out with the judging at the 2016 Canadian Truck King Challenge

When it’s time to bring home a new farm pickup truck, there are a lot of things to consider. For example, every new pickup on a dealer lot has a window sticker showing Transport Canada fuel mileage ratings. Trouble is, those mileage figures may not really reflect what a truck’s actual consumption will be on […] Read more