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Vaderstad has added a 24-row version to its Tempo planter line. It’s designed specifically for planting small-seeded crops like canola. It’s available in 12, 16, 18 and 24 row versions with spacings from 17.7 to 20 inches.
Machinery

Vaderstad debuts ‘small seed’ planter

The 24-row Tempo L24 is designed to meet needs of canola growers

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At Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina last year, Vaderstad (the Swedish company that now owns Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk) debuted the newest version of its Tempo planter line, the L24. The brand calls it their “next generation high-speed planter,” because it’s designed specifically for use with small-seeded crops like canola. “This is the first edition […] Read more
The MTZ/Kirovets K-744 was attracting crowds at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon in January.
Equipment, Machinery

A close look at the MTZ-Kirovets K-744 tractor

The lower-cost four-wheel drive comes back to the Prairies

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Making its first appearance at the Manitoba Ag Days event in Brandon in January was the MTZ-Kirovets K-744. And it had to rank as one of the most popular attractions on the show floor. “They’ve been pretty busy,” commented a staff member at a neighbouring display when Grainews stopped by. We went there to meet […] Read more
Kubota’s new SVL65-2 compact track loader will be available 
from dealers this spring.
Machinery

Kubota adds a smaller track loader to its line

The SVL65-2 uses a smaller chassis but offers a spacious cab

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Kubota has added one more track loader to its product line this year with the addition of the new, smaller SVL65-2. The SVL65-2 is powered by a 68 horsepower engine and has a rated tipping load capacity of 2,722 kilograms (6,000 pounds). It gets a bucket breakout force rating of 2,093 kilograms (4,614 pounds). And […] Read more
Every second row unit can be raised to seed corn and 
soybeans on 30-inch spacings.
Canola, Equipment, Machinery

Horsch introduces split-row planters

Two new models designed to plant large-seeded crops as well as canola

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To say there has been ramped-up interest in planters from Prairie farmers in recent years might be an understatement. That’s because manufacturers have been blending the precision placement ability planters can achieve with features aimed at canola growers. This year Horsch introduced growers to its newest models, the Maestro SW 4715 and 4815, at the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan. […] Read more
Are there cost savings to planting canola?
Canola, Crops, Equipment

Are there cost savings to planting canola?

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As Jeremy Hughes, product manager for Horsch Equipment, travels the country, he says he’s noticed a lot of variable maturity in canola crop fields across the Prairies. “What we see today are some very inconsistent fields,” he says. “It comes back to uniformity and consistency, seed placement, depth and control.” And all of that begins […] Read more
Will the planter become the implement of choice for canola growers as average yields increase?
Crops, Equipment

Will today’s seeding equipment work in a higher-yield future?

Can air drills still deliver efficiency with 80-bushel canola yields?

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When Jeremy Hughes, product manager for seeding and planting implement manufacturer Horsch, makes the rounds to customer events, one of the questions he puts to attendees is this: can the air drill of today still be the implement of choice when farmers expect to grow 80-bushel-per acre canola? “It takes 2.5 to 3.5 pounds of […] Read more
AGCO measured the impact of the precision planting features on its White Planter line on corn yields over a three-year trial.
Corn, Machinery

AGCO proves precision features add value

On-farm trials show yield gains in the U.S. when new technology is added

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Three years ago, AGCO decided to prove to its customers — and potential customers — that outfitting one of its White Planters with precision planting technology would offer them a payback in higher yields. The company organized a series of field trials across the Midwest and measured the impact of improving seed placement, and depth on yields. The trials involved […] Read more
Case IH has now made AccuTurn, the guidance feature that controls headland turns, available in the Patriot sprayer line.
Machinery

Case IH puts AccuTurn on Patriot sprayers

Enhanced auto-guidance option now moves to its sprayer series

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This year Case IH made its Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) AccuTurn feature, an automated headland-turning technology, available on its Patriot Series sprayers. The software originated in Case IH’s autonomous concept vehicle program, which the brand showed off in a fully autonomous Magnum tractor a couple of years ago, and it has been available in tractors. Maximum turn […] Read more
New Holland Introduced the Genesis T8 with PLM Intelligence tractor series in February.
Machinery

NH’s Genesis T8 with PLM Intelligence

New Holland’s redesigned tractor comes with ramped up digital capacity

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For several years now both Case IH and New Holland have both been owned by parent company CNH Industrial. While both brands have maintained their own independence to a large extent, a lot of the new technology introduced under one colour soon shows up in the other. That seems to be the case again this […] Read more
AFS Soil Command from Case IH, allows for on-the-go changes to tillage implement settings with just the push of a button.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH introduces AFS Soil Command

Smart tillage now an option on the red brand’s implements

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Just as technology gives producers a tool to improve on-farm efficiency and reduce operating costs on combines, tractors, and drills, brands have been taking that technology and applying it to tillage implements for the same reason. Case IH recently introduced its AFS Soil Command, which brings digital tech to its red line of tillage implements. Case IH tillage […] Read more

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