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Kim Keller first developed the Farm At Hand concept at her family’s farm near Gronlid in northeastern Saskatchewan. (Country Guide photo by Photos by Kathryn)
Crops, Machinery

FarmLink picks up mobile management app

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A Saskatchewan-developed, cloud-based mobile app for farm management is being uploaded into Prairie grain marketing consultancy FarmLink Marketing Solutions. Winnipeg-based FarmLink announced Tuesday it will merge Farm At Hand, the software platform developed by Kim Keller and Himanshu Singh, into its operations. Financial terms of the merger weren’t released. “It has long been our belief […] Read more
The two compact C Series wheel loaders from NH are designed to offer a little more reach and lift and replace skid steers where close confinement or low doorways isn’t a problem.
Machinery

New C Series loaders from New Holland

50 and 80 horsepower compact wheel loaders offer a step up in capability over skid steers

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If you need a machine that does most of what a skid steer can do but you don’t need to get into confined quarters, moving up to something like one of New Holland’s new C Series compact wheel loaders may be a better investment. NH’s redesigned 50 and 80 horsepower C Series wheel loaders can […] Read more
For 2016, the S Series combines will have a greater shoe capacity and a new shoe drive system.
Machinery

John Deere S Series combines get tuned up

More capacity for John Deere's 2016 lineup of S Series combines

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John Deere first introduced its S Series combine for model year 2012. “Since then,” said Kevin Ripple, product manager, “we’ve continued to provide additional innovations.” The 2016 models don’t offer major changes, but there are several updates. One of those is greater shoe capacity and a new shoe drive system. Making the sieve longer (a […] Read more
(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Warm Prairie soils delay fertilizing ban, winter weights

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Manitoba’s winter ban on nutrient application has been postponed, again, while Saskatchewan has postponed its move to winter weights on its highways, due to warmer-than-average soil temperatures. Manitoba’s water stewardship department announced Friday it will further extend its nutrient application window until midnight, Nov. 19. Variances to Manitoba’s winter fertilizing ban — which typically runs […] Read more
Together, Darren Rigaux (right) and his father Eddy (left) from Swan River, Manitoba, decided to find and restore this classic Versatile.
Machinery

Father and son restore a classic Versatile tractor

An on-farm restoration brings a D-118 tractor back to nearly new condition

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Darren Rigaux, who farms near Swan River, Manitoba, and his father, Eddy, have a long-term loyalty to the Versatile brand name. They’ve been using the red tractors on their farm for decades. A couple of years ago, they were inspired to find and restore an old Versatile tractor. Darren emailed to tell us about it. […] Read more
Case IH’s 140 Series combines have been upgraded with most of the features of the higher-powered 240 Series combines.
Machinery

Case IH upgrades its 140 Series combines

240 Series combine features trickle down to the 140 line

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Case IH has made some major changes to its 140 Series combines for 2016. “Most of the innovative features that customers have come to love on the 240,” said Case’s North American combine marketing manager Cy Werda, “we’ve been able to bring them down to the 140 series, except for the CVT drives.” Tom Dean, […] Read more
New Holland has added a new skid steer model, the L228, to its L Series line, which bumps the number of wheeled models to seven.
Machinery

NH introduces the L228 skid steer

New 74 horsepower model pushes the L Series range to seven models

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Unlike the policies at some other major brands, New Holland dealers have been allowed to retail the company’s line of light construction equipment right alongside ag machines for a while now. Marketing of both the company’s ag and construction lines are now integrated in North America. That integration means construction products like NH’s line of […] Read more
Agri-Trend CEO Rob Saik. (Jennifer Paige photo)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

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GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it will buy Red Deer-based, privately-held […] Read more
John Deere’s 5085E and 5100E four-cylinder tractors get more improvements to make them better suited to loader operations.
Machinery

Deere utility tractors get more updates

The green brand tweaks its 5 Series tractors again

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With utility tractor sales in North America being one of the bright spots in the current new equipment market, John Deere’s 5 Series tractors are poised to become even more competitive. The brand rejigged its 5085E and 5100E tractors — with 85 and 100 engine horsepower, respectively — making them a little more operator friendly. […] Read more

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