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Equipment, Machinery

Would an autonomous tractor really fit your operation?

Sabanto is offering field trials of its autonomous conversion kit

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Tech startup company Sabanto displayed an M5 Kubota tractor equipped with its autonomy conversion kit at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont. in September. But the company was willing to do more than just show off the modified tractor at its booth in order to introduce it to potential customers. The Chicago-area company was […] Read more
john deere high speed disc
Equipment, Machinery

John Deere introduces new HSD high-speed discs

New models replace the 2680H Series

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John Deere has added another new implement line to its revamped offering of tillage tools, which it began introducing last year. The all-new HSD line of high-speed discs will replace the existing 2680H series models. Improved residue flow, which reduces plugging, and improved frame strengths for more durability are the highlights of the new design. […] Read more
Kubota's KATR autonomous off-road machine is designed to be the foundation for a system that can carry out a range of farming (and other off-road) tasks.
Equipment, Machinery

Ag brands show more autonomy, EV innovation at CES

Kubota, John Deere unveil new concept and production models

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A decade or two ago no one likely would have imagined the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas would become the chosen venue for farm equipment brands to debut their machines. But in the last couple of years, major brands have started to use it to reveal their newest technologies. This year Kubota was back […] Read more
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Equipment, Machinery

Cat machines allow for semi-autonomous control

Cat Command allows an operator to be miles away from a machine

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There’s more than a little chatter about autonomous equipment operation in farming these days, but that same topic is taking centre stage in other industries too, such as mining and heavy industry. In mid-November, Caterpillar expanded the compatibility of its Cat Command semi-autonomous technology to its mid-sized wheel loaders. Granted, few if any farms will […] Read more
Kubota M7 and M8 tractors now come auto guidance-ready, with an open-architecture system that allows for any third-party GPS system.
Equipment, Machinery

Kubota to expand in-house guidance system offering

The brand’s current open architecture also allows for third-party guidance options

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As Kubota continues to move toward being an ever-more-significant player in the ag equipment market, its two highest-horsepower tractor lines now come auto guidance-ready. The brand recognizes many of the farms that use its tractors are also likely to have other major brand machinery and already use the auto-guidance systems those companies provide. So Kubota […] Read more
Developed by Upside Robotics of Waterloo, Ont., this small robot is designed to work continuously in a group, travelling between 30-inch corn rows, to apply in-season fertilizer.
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Beethoven takes to the field

Small robots from Upside Robotics work in a swarm to fertilize corn crops

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Glacier FarmMedia — A pint-sized robot is set to undergo wider field trials next year in Ontario corn crops. At only 24 inches wide, the robot is designed to travel between 30-inch corn rows in crops and apply in-season fertilizer. With a number of them working 24 hours a day in groups called swarms, they […] Read more
Agco has its sights set on being the market leader in technology and autonomy that can be retrofitted onto multiple machines from all OEMs.
Equipment, Machinery

How Agco is striving for tech dominance

Agco looks to dominate the precision farming landscape and deliver products in a new way

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Speaking to a group of ag and investment journalists in late June, Agco CEO Eric Hansotia said his aim is to take Agco to a dominant market position in precision farming offerings. In a meeting of senior management several months ago, the decision to pursue that goal was made, he says. Now the company is […] Read more
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Equipment, Machinery

Agco sees retrofit tech as best way to introduce autonomy

Recent disruptive technologies have seen growth start with aftermarket systems

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When auto-guidance appeared on the scene, grassroots demand from producers and aftermarket system suppliers was what pushed the technology forward. And as autonomy becomes the newest most disruptive technology in ag equipment, Agco’s senior vice-president and general manager for precision ag and digital, Seth Crawford, sees it becoming mainstream in the same way auto guidance […] Read more
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a strong solar flare on May 8. The image shows a blend of 171 and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light.
Equipment, Machinery

More guidance outages possible this growing season

Newer GPS receivers may prove more reliable during intense solar storms

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In spring many producers lost GPS signals and were forced to go old-school and actually use the steering wheel — or shut down until service was restored. That interruption was caused by intense solar flare activity, creating outages across most of North America. It may not be the only GPS interruption producers can expect through […] Read more
deere 8r tractor with agco outrun autonomous system
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Can autonomous systems cut costs?

Agco claims its prototype Outrun system has shown ROI benefits

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Could having autonomous equipment working on your farm improve the operation’s overall profit picture? Agco claims it has demonstrated exactly that during initial field trials of its Outrun retrofit autonomy kit, which it introduced to the farm media near Salina, Kansas in late June. “What we’re providing is a kit that takes a tractor and […] Read more

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