Customers can now order tires and wheels directly from OTR through a new consumer-facing website.

OTR opens online tire ordering platform

Tire and wheel manufacturer OTR Engineered Solutions announced in late May it has a new site up online for customers to order directly from its tire and wheel catalogs. Using the new portal, customers have access to OTR’s full product offering of tires, tubes, wheels, assemblies, and rubber tracks across multiple industries including construction, lawn […] Read more


Close up of signature on side of Bourgault signature edition unit

Bourgault begins production on Signature Edition drills

Order book for special line said to be filling up quickly

In January Bourgault announced it was going to do something special to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It is marking that milestone with a limited production run of special Signature Edition air cart and drill combinations. Painted in black with gold trim, the carts will also bear the signature of Gerry Bourgault, who was company president […] Read more

Auto dealership chain expands

Ag equipment dealerships are now dominated by multi-store retailers. Some of them, such as the Rocky Mountain CNH dealership chain in Canada and Titan in the U.S., have grown to become dominant in several regions, pushing dealership networks to previously unheard-of sizes. The same is becoming true in the automotive world. Edmonton-based Go Auto, which […] Read more


New Soil King VF tires from Nokian are now available in eight sizes for high-horsepower tractors.

New tires from Nokian

Nokian is introducing its new Soil King Flexforce VF tires for high-horsepower tractors. It first displayed them at Agritechnica 2023. The tires were also tested in Germany at the independent DLG (German Agricultural Society) test centre, and DLG has now released its report on their performance. During testing, DLG compared the Nokian Soil King tires […] Read more

Saskatchewan-based SeedMaster is planning new product launches for the Ag in Motion show in July at Langham.

SeedMaster launching new equipment ahead of factory floor expansion

Manufacturer acquires more space at plant site east of Regina

In late May seeding equipment manufacturer SeedMaster announced it had begun expansion of its Emerald Park manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Regina. The company has embarked on a $10 million expansion project by acquiring a five-acre lot and 6,000-square foot building adjacent to its existing plant. It plans to erect a second 6,000-square foot […] Read more


Agco has acquired 85 per cent ownership of Trimble’s agricultural products line. Trimble products sold under the new joint venture will now have the brand name PTx Trimble.

New PTx brand a blend of precision farming systems

Joint Agco-Trimble venture combines digital technologies for both retrofit and OEM applications

As of early April there’s a new name on the precision farming landscape: PTx. It includes a joint Agco-Trimble venture that will take over Trimble’s existing agricultural products line as well as Agco’s JCA Technologies business under the newly-coined PTx Trimble brand. Agco has acquired an 85 per cent share in the j.v., while Trimble […] Read more

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New Holland loads up on wheel loaders

More models of light articulating loaders are designed to appeal to farmers

New Holland has added three new models to its line of light articulated wheel loaders, bringing the total number of machines to five. “We originally had the W50 and W80,” New Holland Construction’s product marketing manager Daniel Kakareka says. “To meet customer demands we launched additional models and configurations to target a couple more audience […] Read more


farmers at deere manufacturing plant

Farmers get in on new Deere tractors’ design

A Saskatchewan farmer was part of a consultation group that led to the development of the 9RX

Anyone who has spent time operating and repairing machinery has probably at least once asked themselves: “Did some engineer really think this design was a good idea? If only they’d asked farmers …” The reality is, in today’s highly competitive environment, brands now make a special effort to do exactly that. Farmer panels are usually […] Read more

Bushel Plus conducts specialized training seminars or speaking engagements to help train farmers in how to optimize combine performance.

Learn to get the best performance from a combine

Bushel Plus Harvest Academy will run training programs for growers starting this year

When the weather is good during harvest, every grower wants the combine to get right to work. There is pressure to just keep it moving to cover as many acres as possible while the weather holds and accept whatever threshing performance it offers. But not taking time to pay close attention to combine settings can […] Read more