The unique BiG Pack 870 baler can tie up to eight individual small bales within one large square bale, offering producers a new way to put up hay and straw bales.

Big and small baler in one machine

Krone’s MultiBale technology gives producers a new option for handling hay

In October Krone announced it was adding another model to its BiG Pack baler line, the 870 High Speed (HS) HDP. It’s the newest large square baler from the family-owned, German company, which has been producing haying equipment since 1906 and selling into the North American market since 1973. The 870 HS HDP, however, isn’t […] Read more

The two compact C Series wheel loaders from NH are designed to offer a little more reach and lift and replace skid steers where close confinement or low doorways isn’t a problem.

New C Series loaders from New Holland

50 and 80 horsepower compact wheel loaders offer a step up in capability over skid steers

If you need a machine that does most of what a skid steer can do but you don’t need to get into confined quarters, moving up to something like one of New Holland’s new C Series compact wheel loaders may be a better investment. NH’s redesigned 50 and 80 horsepower C Series wheel loaders can […] Read more


Together, Darren Rigaux (right) and his father Eddy (left) from Swan River, Manitoba, decided to find and restore this classic Versatile.

Father and son restore a classic Versatile tractor

An on-farm restoration brings a D-118 tractor back to nearly new condition

Darren Rigaux, who farms near Swan River, Manitoba, and his father, Eddy, have a long-term loyalty to the Versatile brand name. They’ve been using the red tractors on their farm for decades. A couple of years ago, they were inspired to find and restore an old Versatile tractor. Darren emailed to tell us about it. […] Read more

New Holland has added a new skid steer model, the L228, to its L Series line, which bumps the number of wheeled models to seven.

NH introduces the L228 skid steer

New 74 horsepower model pushes the L Series range to seven models

Unlike the policies at some other major brands, New Holland dealers have been allowed to retail the company’s line of light construction equipment right alongside ag machines for a while now. Marketing of both the company’s ag and construction lines are now integrated in North America. That integration means construction products like NH’s line of […] Read more


John Deere’s 5085E and 5100E four-cylinder tractors get more improvements to make them better suited to loader operations.

Deere utility tractors get more updates

The green brand tweaks its 5 Series tractors again

With utility tractor sales in North America being one of the bright spots in the current new equipment market, John Deere’s 5 Series tractors are poised to become even more competitive. The brand rejigged its 5085E and 5100E tractors — with 85 and 100 engine horsepower, respectively — making them a little more operator friendly. […] Read more

New Holland introduces its new CX8 Series straw walker combines to appeal specifically to the Western Canadian and Northern U.S. Plains small-grains growers.

New Holland debuts new Prairie combines

New small-grains rotary and conventional combines are built for the Western Canadian market

Major-brand manufacturers don’t often debut new machines at Canadian farm shows. But New Holland has chosen to introduce new combines at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina a couple of times now, which, according to executives, is an indication of how much attention they are paying to the small-grains harvesting market unique to Western Canada and […] Read more


A farmer in Western Australia, John Warr has taken on distribution responsibility for Agri-Spread products in both Australia and North America.

Australian spreader distributor comes to Canada

Agri-Spread’s Australian distributor is now also taking on the North American market

When he went looking for a new dry-product spreader for his farm in Western Australia, John Warr says he found a lot he liked in the Agri-Spread models manufactured in Ireland. “We used to run an Australian brand of spreader but it wasn’t meeting our expectations,” he explains. “We wanted something that would go down […] Read more

An Australian native, the Chamberlain C6100 saw production in that country between 1970 and 1976.

Chamberlain C6100 is a native Aussie

Australian tractor builder Chamberlain produced this model back in the 1970s

You may never have heard of Chamberlain tractors. They were far from a household name here, because they, like kangaroos, are rarely found outside of Australia where they were built. So it was a treat to stumble across this one parked alongside the Oxley Highway in Mullaley, New South Wales, Australia this past August. The […] Read more


Three new DeltaTrack models from Versatile are available with a creeper gear that allows the tractors to pull as slowly as 1.52 km/h.

New Versatile tractors: Big power at a slow pace


DeltaTrack models available with low-speed creeper gear

With more and more farmers installing drain tiles across the Prairie, one equipment brand now sees a growing demand for high horsepower tractors that can move slowly and pull very hard to get jobs like that done. The computer control modules in some late-model, high-horsepower tractors derate engine horsepower when a very low gear is […] Read more

Case IH’s new Optum is designed 
for hay and forage operations. 
The styling on the Optum is a preview of new Case designs to come.

New “multi-purpose” tractors

Case IH’s new Optum tractors are aimed at squarely at forage and hay growers

Case IH has introduced a new two-model line of tractors designed to closely compliment its hay and forage equipment. The all-new, multipurpose Optum models are rated at 270 and 300 engine horsepower, giving them 240 and 270 on the PTO. The brand has tailored the specifications of these machines exactly to the needs of forage […] Read more