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Clean Seed sees a new way forward for drills

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This is the next jump beyond air drills,” said Colin Rosengren, vice-president of agronomic practices and protocols at Clean Seed Agricultural Technologies. He is also a Saskatchewan grain and oilseed producer. He was referring to the CX6 Trident Crossover Drill his company currently has under development, which it displayed at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in […] Read more
Machinery

Haukass wins award for new bale grapple

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Haukaas Manufacturing Ltd., based in Mortlach, Sask., received a Gold Standard Award for its rotating bale grapple, and a Sterling Standard Award for its trailer mount conveyor at Canada’s Farm Progress show in Regina in July. The trailer mount conveyor is designed to make filling the air seeder during spring seeding more efficient, allowing farmers […] Read more
Machinery

Bourgault expands its 7000 Series cart line

The tow-between L7800 becomes the third air cart added to the relatively new 7000 Series


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Bourgault has expanded its 7000 Series line of air carts, which it launched with the introduction of the high-capacity 7950 model in 2012. This year, the company added two additional models. During the winter, the company announced the introduction of the 7700, which was meant to replace the previous 6700 model. At Canada’s Farm Progress […] Read more
General, Machinery

TPG Capital LP among MacDon bidders

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TPG Capital LP is one of the final bidders for MacDon Industries Ltd, a Winnipeg-based manufacturer of agricultural machinery looking to sell itself for around $1 billion, three people familiar with the matter said July 8. The private equity firm is working on making a binding bid for MacDon by the mid-July deadline for final […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Machinery tours: Build it and they will come

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Last March, Grainews editor Leeann Minogue and her husband traveled to Nebraska to see their new Case IH combine come off the assembly line at CNH’s Grand Island plant. (You can read about their experience in this article in the current issue of Grainews.) This kind of working vacation is becoming more and more popular […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Weather

EU lawmakers deal blow to crop-based biofuels

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EU efforts to limit the use of crop-based biofuels, increasingly seen as doing the planet more harm than good, won parliamentary backing on Thursday in what a top biodiesel company called “a very bad blow.” The vote in the European Parliament’s environment committee will be followed by a plenary vote, expected in September. It will […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

E-Quip Blog: Agco to introduce smaller RoGator

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Last year Agco announced it was “retiring” its SpraCoupe brand of sprayers, which catered to farmers who want smaller-sized application equipment. That left Agco with just its RoGator and TerraGator lines of higher-capacity machines. But with the recent announcement of the pending introduction of the RG700 RoGator, it’s clear the company still sees a market […] Read more
General, Machinery, Weather

Alberta’s farms escape worst of flooding

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The impact of historic-high flooding on Alberta’s agriculture industry isn’t expected to be severe. “It is early. I would say at this point we don’t have any reports of catastrophic damage to crops and livestock,” said provincial Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson. “I’m sure there will be cases where there is some damage but for the most […] Read more

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