Bourgault 100-foot drill

Bourgault introduces drills up to 100 feet for 2026

Drills, digital controller and other features debut at Phoenix event

At a customer event and product launch in Phoenix in early November, Bourgault had several new products to show — but the event’s centrepiece was clearly the new 100-foot 7-Plex 3545 Paralink Hoe Drill displayed just outside the event centre. All the products featured had been under development for some time, including the new drills. […] Read more



Canadian Tire’s Extreme Welder Testing

VIDEO: Taking a portable welder for a test drive

Canadian Tire’s Extreme-80 75 amp, 120-volt arc welder sells for a regular price of just $230. Is that a bargain that would be a welcome addition to the farm shop tool collection? We put one to the test to see if it can live up to the manufacturer’s claims.

Vintage John Deere Combine

VIDEO: Sask. farmers gather to run vintage combines

Every fall a group of local farmers get together in a field near Milden, Saskatchewan, to have some fun running vintage combines from the 1950s and 1960s. This year the event included a recently restored Roto-thresh combine along with an assortment of other machines including models from John Deere, Massey-Ferguson and Case. There was also a […] Read more


 PTx Trimble’s new WM-FieldForm system allows farmers to complete drainage operations from initial planning and mapping right through to the implement control necessary to carry out those drainage plans.

PTx Trimble introduces new drainage technology

WM-FieldForm allows for mapping and implement control

PTx Trimble, now a part of Agco, introduced a new digital system in mid-November for creating topographical field maps and drainage plans, with the software and hardware needed to control implements to carry out those plans. WM-FieldForm is capable of controlling a single scraper to shape field surfaces. It is the first water management system […] Read more

Two new hydrostatic-drive diesel UTV models from Kubota offer updated styling and a more comfortable cab, along with a transmission improvement.

Kubota’s new UTVs offer hydrostatic transmission for ‘finesse’ work

RTV-X Cab and Crew models offer updated styling, design improvements

In early November Kubota introduced two new models to its RTV line of side-by-side UTVs: the RTV-X Cab and RTV-X Crew. They will replace the current X1140 and X1100C. With these new models the band is also taking a little different marketing tack by moving away from straight number designations for its models and giving […] Read more


Razors Edge concaves use a variable spacing design and sharpened, notched bars which improve threshing performance, according to the company.

New aftermarket rotary combine concaves designed for all crops

Variable spacing on Thunderstruck Ag's Razors Edge concaves eliminates need for cover plates

Having one set of combine concaves that can handle all seed sizes efficiently without the use of cover plates can be a timesaver when switching fields. Winkler, Man.-based Thunderstruck Ag has just introduced its own Razors Edge concave design to make that a possibility. “We’ve been working with concaves for the last seven years and […] Read more

Cat Command

Cat machines allow for semi-autonomous control

Cat Command allows an operator to be miles away from a machine

There’s more than a little chatter about autonomous equipment operation in farming these days, but that same topic is taking centre stage in other industries too, such as mining and heavy industry. In mid-November, Caterpillar expanded the compatibility of its Cat Command semi-autonomous technology to its mid-sized wheel loaders. Granted, few if any farms will […] Read more


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Canadian farm equipment sales projected to slump in 2025

Farm machinery sales are forecast to decline for the remainder of the year and into the next. New equipment sales are expected to be soft as farmers face low commodity prices, high equipment prices and lower profits, though the decline in 2025 is expected to be less severe than in 2024. Sales of 4WD tractors are projected to stay above the five-year average.