Claas introduced the Lexion 8900 Terra Trac at the Ag in Motion farm show in July. The model on display had a special appearance celebrating 500,000 combines built since the company began producing them in 1936.

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

A view of what’s now the AgWest shop at Weyburn, Sask.

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


Volto hay tedders

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’ Canada West Harvest Centre dealership chain in Saskatchewan will now sell both Claas and Horsch equipment, giving them a full-line offering.

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


As of Oct. 1, Claas’ expanded digital Claas Connect went live online, allowing all the brand’s existing digital offerings to be consolidated into one cloud-based platform.

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

Model-year 2025 Jaguar forage harvesters are getting several updates that improve capacity and efficiency.

Claas updates the Jaguar forage harvester line

Capacity and efficiency improvements dominate changes for 2025 model year

In late August, during the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Claas announced several updates to its line of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. First among those updates “is our new V-Flex knife drum. You can get it in 20-, 24-, 28- and 36-knife,” says Matt Jaynes, the product manager for the Jaguar line. The new […] Read more


Claas has introduced its largest combine model yet, the Class 10-Plus 8900 Terra Trac.

Claas debuts new flagship combine model

Capacity of the Lexion 8900 Terra Trac hits Class 10-plus territory

With a unique graphic on its flanks, Claas’ new Lexion 8900 Terra Trac made its North American debut on the grounds of the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Sask., in July. The brand celebrated a milestone in its combine production at the same time as it released the largest model it has yet […] Read more



claas milestone combine

Claas to show special milestone combine

The brand is celebrating building its 500,000th combine with a special-edition look on some machines

Claas is celebrating a significant milestone in combine production this year: its 500,000th machine will roll off the production line. And special-edition machines will be making the rounds to farm shows this year — including Ag in Motion — sporting a unique look. The brand began combine production back in 1936 at its Harsewinkel, Germany […] Read more

Boasting a power rating of 673, the Fendt MT 1167n Vario is the biggest model in Agco’s tractor stable.

The horsepower race is back on again

Recent tractor models boast increased power ratings at most brands

When the maximum horsepower ratings of production tractors hit 500 several years ago, I recall seeing a magazine editor ask the question, “Will we ever see 600?” For several seasons there’s been a kind of yellow flag in the race as brands just lap the track holding their positions — but all of that seems […] Read more