The VersaLoop offers easy maintenance and can move up to 6,000 bushels per hour.

New grain storage products from GSI

A new high-capacity bin and belt conveyor are the latest from AGCO’s GSI brand

AGCO’s grain storage and handling brand GSI had a couple of new products to introduce at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Iowa last August. It added a new 40-Series, four-inch corrugated high-capacity grain bin and VersaLoop round tube chain conveyor to its list of products. GSI carried forward some of the features of the […] Read more



fire extinguisher

How to pick the right fire extinguisher for your farm shop

There is more than one type of fire extinguisher. 
Find out which type is best to keep your farm shop safe

In any typical farm workshop there are always flammable materials inside, such as liquids like oil and gasoline or greasy rags and ordinary wood and paper. In the same space is a variety of potential ignition sources, a welder or grinder that can throw sparks, the electrical systems of vehicles or machines stored inside, even […] Read more

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Two new UTVs from Bobcat

The 3400 and two-seat 3400XL models are designed for typical farm work

Bobcat is introducing two new UTVs for 2015, the three-passenger 3400 and six-passenger 3400XL. They feature improved suspensions, higher payload and towing ratings, faster travel speed and more integrated accessories, according to the company. Both models are available with either a 40 horsepower, 570cc, fuel-injected, gas engine or a 24 horsepower, 1120cc, diesel mated to […] Read more


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Manitoba Case dealerships to join Rocky Mountain chain

Predicting a “challenging environment” ahead for revenue growth as crop prices slip, Case IH dealership mega-chain Rocky Mountain Equipment is set to expand further into Manitoba. Calgary-based RME on Tuesday announced its fourth-quarter and year-end results plus a deal to buy southern Manitoba dealership chain Chabot Implements for $6.8 million. Family-owned Chabot includes dealerships at […] Read more

combine harvesting rice

Familiar brands at work in Ukraine

Ukrainian farmers are increasingly choosing Western and even Canadian-built machinery

Ukraine is potentially one of the largest markets for high-quality agricultural machinery. It’s a huge country, at least by European standards, with varied soil and climatic conditions. And the equipment Ukrainian farmers often opt for includes brands familiar to Canadians, such as Versatile, Bourgault, Kello-Bilt, Schulte and Massey Ferguson. Two months ago I was on […] Read more





old man with a tractor

One tractor, with one owner

This restored 55 Massey-Harris 
spent all its 
life working 
for one family... until now

Frank Paul of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, and his restored 55 Massey-Harris tractor were quietly waiting in the corner of a local gas station parking lot when I first noticed them. The tractor was idling smoothly as Paul scanned the nearby highway. He was waiting for the truck that would come and pick up his tractor. He […] Read more

CN building bypass around derailed oil cars

Reuters/Staff –– Canadian National Railway’s westbound and eastbound trains are taking wide detours around a derailed train on its main line in northern Ontario while the company builds a bypass for traffic near the crash site. The CN train carrying crude oil that derailed early Saturday near Gogama, Ont., about 100 km south of Timmins, […] Read more