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CR combines take “Machine of the year” award

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New Holland’s CR line of twin-rotor combines, with new features for 2012, impressed judges at Agritechnica


2011 was a notable year for New Holland. The company raked in an armful of engineering awards. Most notable, though, was winning the “Machine of the year, 2012” prize for its CR Series, twin-rotor combines at Agritechnica in November. Agritechnica, held in Hannover Germany, is the world’s largest farm machinery exhibition. There were new combines […] Read more
Machinery

Tractor test: Case IH Puma CVX 230

Editor’s note: We’ll be including some of Profi’s field tests reports on new machinery in the next few issues. Some of the features on the European models tested are a little different than those on North American versions, but you’ll still get a good feel for these machine. For more information on Profi magazine, visit […] Read more
Machinery

New UTVs hit the market

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Last summer, Quebec-based Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), introduced a new product in its Can-Am lineup: the Commander, a prototype electric-drive UTV. The electric-drive technology under the hood of the Commander was developed in conjunction with the Centre de technologies avancées BRP at the University de Sherbrooke. The Commander, like several other Can-AM products, will be built at a […] Read more
Machinery

Nebraska testing shows Steiger fuel economy gains

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Now that 2012 model-year tractors with new Interim Tier 4-compliant (IT4) engines are making their way through testing at the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab (NTTL), the results are starting to trickle in. Case IH’s Steiger tractors were among the first machines to be evaluated. When Case IH management first showed the new IT4-compliant Steigers to […] Read more
Machinery

Deere introduces baler-mounted moisture tester

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For mixed farmers and other forage producers, determining when windrows of hay are ready to bale can seem a bit more like an art than a science. Of course, there are a variety of moisture testers on the market that can provide some hard and fast data, but using them typically involves choosing spots to […] Read more
Machinery

Case IH telematics tailored to hay production

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Hay and forage producers can track production quality and costs with Case IH’s new AFS Connect telematics packages


The sight of a tractor and heavy disc breaking up hay and pasture land in mixed farming areas hasn’t exactly been a rare one in the last couple of years. Strong grain and oilseeds prices have been driving farm incomes and pulling acres aware from hay and forage production. “We’re seeing a reduction in hay […] Read more
A backhoe digs manure out from around a 2009 Steiger 485. Photo courtesy Fisher Branch RCMP.
Livestock, Machinery

Man. manure pile heated up by hot tractor

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A couple from Manitoba’s Interlake will face charges later this summer after a Steiger tractor, stolen over 17 months ago, was found under a massive manure pile. The 2009 Case IH Steiger 485, valued at about $300,000, had been reported missing from a business in the RM of Rosser, just northwest of Winnipeg, on Dec. […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Prairie equipment dealer chain expands Alta. reach

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An east-central Alberta farm equipment dealer is poised to become the latest member of the Rocky Mountain Dealerships group. The Calgary company said Monday it’s signed a deal to buy all shares of Camrose Farm Equipment, which sells Case IH, New Holland, MacDon, Seed Hawk, Renn, RiteWay and other brands at its two dealerships in […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Back-to-work bill’s assent restarts CP Friday

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Canadian Pacific Railway will be online Friday following quick passage of a back-to-work law Thursday through Canada’s Senate and governor general’s office. The Senate, during a five-hour meeting Thursday afternoon, fast-tracked the Conservative government’s Bill C-39 through second reading, committee stage and third reading. The Conservatives’ Senate majority allowed the bill to pass third reading […] Read more

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