We’re comparing New Holland’s T6030 and its contemporaries in this market review.

Utility tractor comparison shopping

We compare some buying choices for late-model,100-plus horsepower tractors

In our market review this time we’re focusing on late-model tractors just above the 100 horsepower mark, something ideal for livestock producers. We picked models that mate well with a front-end loader, are nimble enough to manoeuvre around livestock pens and still powerful enough to handle haying operations in the field. As usual we’re relying […] Read more

The xProxy can be used to monitor systems or for farmyard security.

Remote monitoring your grain bins

Multiple uses for automated xProxy

Have you ever found yourself making frequent trips to grain bins to check if aeration fans are still working properly? If you have electrical systems — like bin fans — that need to stay running, Net Irrigate’s new xProxy system can help monitor them and notify you of a problem, avoiding the need for frequent […] Read more


(Dave Bedard photo)

Crude’s slide hampers demand for Canadian biofuel

CNS Canada — The trickle-down effect of slumping crude oil prices is being felt in the Canadian biofuel market and softening demand for corn and soybeans. Traditionally, ethanol is cheaper than gasoline, which encouraged processors to blend more than the mandated amount, according to Andrea Kent, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). “When […] Read more

The MC4500 brings the maximum cutting width in Vermeer’s line of of mower-conditioners to 15 feet.

A larger mower conditioner from Vermeer

The MC4500 pushes the brand’s widest cutting width to 15 feet

Vermeer announced in September that it was stretching the maximum cutting width on its line of mower conditioner models to 15 feet. To do that it introduced the new MC4500, which becomes the fourth and widest model in the brand’s mo-co line. “The MC4500 mower conditioner brings more size, speed, versatility and reliability to the […] Read more


AGCO’s Fendt brand debuted the 500 Vario Series tractors at an event in Germany in 2012. As of this year, they are available in Canada.

Fendt 500 Varios arrive in Canada

AGCO brings the compact-chassis 500 Vario Series tractors to North America

AGCO used this summer’s U.S. Farm Progress Show in Illinois as the venue to finally debut the 107- to 137-PTO horsepower Fendt 500 Vario Series tractors in North America. The models were first introduced in September of 2012 in Germany for the European market, but at that time brand executives explained it would take a […] Read more

Agronic Multibalers compress chopped silage into round bales and wrap them, so silage can be stored as bales rather than in a silage pit.

This is a real silage baler

Agronic Multibaler turns chopped silage into round bales

When you’re walking the aisles at the giant Agritechnica machinery show in Hanover, Germany, you sometimes have to stop and do a double take to figure just what some machines displayed there actually do. That was the case for me when I spotted the Agronic Multibaler. Built by a company in the Netherlands, the two models […] Read more


VIDEO: e-QuipTV: “Big Roy” 2, the restoration continues

VIDEO: e-QuipTV: “Big Roy” 2, the restoration continues

Soon-to-be-completed restoration will see the big Versatile returned to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin

Grainews returns to Versatile’s R&D shop in Winnipeg to check in on Big Roy’s progress, and we talk to Adam Reid, Versatile’s marketing manager, about what else the company has in store for its 50th anniversary celebrations. Video editing by Greg Berg.

1. A pair of models added some bling to McCormick’s X8 display during Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany.


New X8 tractors from McCormick

Italian manufacturer Argo adds larger tractors to its McCormick brand

Italian manufacturer Argo has been in the process of updating the models in its McCormick tractor brand for a few years now. Last year it brought the most recent addition to its line, the X7 Series, to North America, and executives promised there was more to come. At the Agritechnica machinery expo in Hanover Germany […] Read more