Claas showed its square baler concept, called the Cubix, last November at Agritechnica; the unit is designed to bale as much as 70 tonnes per hour.
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New Cubix baler from Claas aims for high output
The Cubix large square baler concept from Claas picked up a gold Innovation Award at last year’s Agritechnica show
2026 High-Horsepower Tractor Guide – What’s new for 300-plus-horsepower tractors
Technology, traction, horsepower: we look at how manufacturers have packaged those features into their high-horsepower farm machines for the Canadian market
We look at how manufacturers have packaged technology, traction and horsepower into the high-horsepower farm tractors they offer in the Canadian marketplace.
Claas brings 1000 Series SP forage harvesters to Canada
New line consists of four models in the 850- to 1,110-horsepower range that use a 24.20-litre, V-12 MAN diesel engine
In mid-August, Claas unveiled its new line of Jaguar forage harvesters at an event in Visalia, California, deep in the heart of that state’s dairy region.
Equipment dealership chain firms up Manitoba reach
AgWest is expanding its dealership network with new buildings in Brandon and Russell
Agco equipment dealership chain AgWest recently announced it will build two new dealership buildings in western Manitoba to better serve that expanding market area.
Machinery automation runs through 2025 Agritechnica innovation awards
Computer vision and AI processing is bringing more control to farm machinery
Computer vision and AI processing for farm machinery show up many times in Agritechnica’s 2025 innovation award winners.
Lexion 8900 Terra Trac wins AE50 award
Claas’ newest combine takes home an engineering award from ASABE
Glacier FarmMedia — At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky in February, several ag equipment brand executives will be accepting their AE50 engineering awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Claas executives were expected to be among that group, to pick up three awards for innovations on two different […] Read more
AgWest expands westward
Two Saskatchewan sites join the Agco dealership group
During Ag Days last month in Brandon, farm equipment dealer chain AgWest announced it’s making its first move into Saskatchewan, buying the Yorkton and Weyburn locations of another Agco dealer, Agriterra Equipment. “This is a natural extension of our current presence in Elie, Neepawa, Brandon, Russell and the Swan River region in Manitoba,” AgWest’s CEO […] Read more
New hay tools come west from Claas
Volto tedders and Disco mower conditioners will be available for 2025
Early in 2024, Claas introduced its new Volto hay tedders and Disco mower conditioners to the European market. The company announced this fall it intends to make those implements available to North American producers in time for the 2025 season. There are two Volto models, the 1300 and 1500, which are available in T or […] Read more
Claas-owned dealer chain to handle Horsch implements
Canada West Harvest Centres will retail an expanded product offering in Saskatchewan
At the corporate level there are a lot of similarities between equipment manufacturers Horsch and Claas. Both are family-owned firms headquartered in Germany with wide product distribution around the world. But each company specializes in equipment not on the roster of the other. So when Claas’ company-owned Canada West Harvest Centre dealership chain in Saskatchewan […] Read more
Claas upgrades its digital offering
The new Claas Connect is to be an all-in-one farm management platform
Glacier FarmMedia — Claas’ newly upgraded Claas Connect digital platform went live starting Oct. 1. Its expanded cloud-based features allow it to be a one-stop access point for all a producer’s precision farming and machinery management tools and resources. The new system consolidates all of Claas’ existing digital platforms in one location. “What we will […] Read more