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Specialty tools make tire repairs easy

Impact-driven tire dismounting tools can make on-farm tire repairs quick and easy

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With dozens of tires in use on the average farm, fixing flats is likely the most common repair producers have to pay for. But with the cost of a commercial tire changer running into the thousands, its often more cost effective to take flats to a tire shop than make the necessary equipment investment for […] Read more
UAV aircraft drone
Machinery

Robots take to the field

A completely autonomous equipment fleet scouts out weeds, 
creates a work plan to control them and carries it out

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The RHEA (Robot Fleets for Highly Effective Agriculture and Forestry) display shared space with another organization in one of the smallest booths at Agritechnica last November. But the commercial possibilities in agriculture for its ground-breaking robotics project are enormous. “We have developed a fleet of robot tractors that work together in the field,” said Constantine […] Read more
Mower conditioner farm implement
Machinery

Vermeer introduces a mower-conditioner line

The company is making a move to be a stronger player in the forage and biomass equipment marketplace

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Vermeer, one of the earliest companies to be involved with round baler technology, has announced it intends to increase its presence in the global forage and biomass equipment market. The company wants to introduce new products related to “The collection, transportation, handling and processing of various biomass materials for power generation and/or production of second […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Commons’ speaker rejects grain bill amendment on railway payment

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Reuters — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons rejected on Thursday a bill amendment that would allow the government to force railway companies to compensate shippers for expenses incurred because of railways’ failure to deliver service. The amendment was part of Bill C-30, a broader Conservative legislative package by which the government would set […] Read more
White 9550 pull-type combine
Machinery

The combine that never was, part three

White’s attempt at creating a pull-type combine with rotary threshing technology came crashing down in the mid-1980s. Here’s why

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After emerging from bankruptcy protection in 1981, White Farm equipment intended to come roaring back to the marketplace — in part with a new four-model line of rotary combines. Its first rotary model, the 9700, had been launched in 1980. It was later updated and renumbered the 9720. The new combines would compliment that model […] Read more
Vintage photo of a Ford tractor assembly plant.
Machinery

Tracing the timeline

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While production at New Holland’s Basildon U.K. factory has been uninterrupted for the past 50 years, it has been affected by some major corporate changes. Here’s a look at some of the milestones. 1962 Ford begins construction on the Basildon factory 1964 On May 15 the Basildon factory opens its doors the same year Sperry New Holland […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

CP, CN book higher Q1 grain revenue, smaller grain handle

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First-quarter revenue from grain handling is up at both Canadian Pacific (CP) and Canadian National (CN) Railways as the two companies both reported higher overall quarterly profit. CP on Tuesday booked overall first-quarter net income of $254 million on revenues of $1.509 billion for the period ending March 31 — the company’s best-ever Q1 result, […] Read more

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