Three new models in Kioti's PX Series push the brand's tractor offerings above 100 horsepower.

Kioti grows up, and into utilities

The South Korean brand adds 
three new and more powerful 
models to its tractor line

Kioti wants to be a bigger player in the mainstream ag tractor market. As part of that effort, it recently added three more models to the top end of its relatively new PX Series. Prior to the introduction of these new machines, the brand was really only a player in the compact and sub-compact tractor […] Read more

It's becoming increasingly difficult to purchase expensive equipment.

Equipment sharing is on the rise

From community spirit to a corporate platform: farmers have many ways to share

Several years ago, Bernie McClean started out farming with next to nothing. The Glaslyn, Sask.-based producer, who serves on the SaskCanola board, says it took “a lot of creative paths” to get where he is now. One of those paths was the decision to share a major piece of farm equipment — a John Deere […] Read more


Only four prototypes of the Premos 5000 currently exist, and the company is still using them in field trials.

PHOTOS: Krone demonstrates the Premos 5000

We check out the performance of Krone's in-field pellet harvester

Last June the Grainews e-QuipTV video team travelled to Hungary to get a look at some of German-based manufacturer Krone’s equipment at work in the field. That included the company’s new-concept Premos 5000 in-field pellet harvester. First unveiled to the public at the 2015 Agritechnica machinery show in Germany, the Premos 5000 is the first […] Read more

Shopping for on-farm safety

Take time during the winter to make sure your equipment meets safety standards

The weather outside may be frightful, and you may feel more like hibernating for the winter than shopping for farm equipment. But consider setting your slippers aside and pulling on your Sorels. Because it could be time to replace some equipment and you need to know what to look for from a safety perspective. To begin, […] Read more


During a field day for international journalists, Krone showed off its newest line of balers at a farm in Hungary last summer.

Krone packs more hay into a bale

The BiG Pack HDP II large square baler boosts throughput and bale density

As Thomas Gress and a group of other baler product specialists at Krone stood in the shadow of an old Hungarian village church this past summer, they were surrounded by a group of journalists from several countries. Krone invited members of the media to a large farm on the outskirts of that village to see […] Read more

The redesigned John Deere 2330 mulch finisher comes in widths up to 56.25 feet (17.12 m) and can operate at up to 16 km/h in the field.

Updated implements from John Deere

New field cultivator 
and mulch finisher get 
high-speed capability

In December, John Deere announced it was introducing two new high-speed tillage implements, model 2230 field cultivators, available in level-lift and floating hitch configurations, along with the model 2330 mulch finisher. The 2230 field cultivators are designed to provide even and consistent soil mixing and residue flow for seedbed preparation, using six-inch “split-the-middle” shank spacing […] Read more


Two new guidance aids, AutoTrac Vision and AutoTrac RowSense, can be retrofitted to existing sprayers for use in row crop fields.

Deere introduces row crop guidance aids

AutoTrac Vision and 
AutoTrac RowSense help limit 
sprayer crop damage

Adding to its suite of guidance products, John Deere has just introduced two new features, AutoTrac Vision and AutoTrac RowSense, which it says will help sprayer operators minimize damage in row crops like corn and soybeans. AutoTrac Vision is a single-lens camera that mounts on the front of a sprayer. It can detect the location […] Read more

The TM320 is the largest machine in JCB’s two-model articulated, 
telescopic material handler line.

JCB updates its ag materials handling equipment

New features designed to improve performance and operator comfort on loaders

The Bamford family that owns equipment manufacturer JCB also runs a large farming operation in England, not far from the brand’s World Headquarters facility at Rocester. (JCB is actually company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford’s initials.) So the farm is a handy place to test and prove the machines the company puts its name — or, […] Read more


The newest and largest round baler to join the Kubota product line is the BV4580, which can make 1,800 pound, 5' x 6' bales.

Kubota expands its line and grows again

The orange brand announced new acquisitions and new equipment in 2016

Anyone who attended the Agri Trade farm show in Red Deer this fall will almost certainly have noticed some all-new Kubota equipment on display. At machinery shows all around North America in the past couple of years, the brand has certainly been making its presence known, showing an ever-expanding line of ag products. And executives […] Read more

The Tribine begins production

The Tribine begins production

Will the Tribine's design become the new standard configuration for combines?

It sort of looks like a combine. But not like one you’ve ever seen before. The Tribine, which was officially introduced to the public at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August, is the blending of a rotary combine threshing body with a 1,000-bushel grain cart. The result, said Greg Terjesen, Tribine’s VP of sales […] Read more