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Shortline implement manufacturers’ product lines may suffer from a lack of universal digital communication between machines and attachments.
Equipment, Features, Machinery

Code clash limits header options

Digital lockouts by OEMs may begin forcing combine buyers to forgo shortline headers

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For many farmers, pairing their favourite brand of combine with a header from a Prairie shortline manufacturer makes a preferred package. Recently, though, some OEMs have denied header manufacturers the command set code needed to link the header with some combine and swather models’ digital systems — which means buyers of those machines will have […] Read more
john deere tractor in field
Equipment, Machinery

Heading for a fully autonomous fleet by 2030

John Deere intends to offer a full suite of autonomous equipment in five years

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As John Deere unveiled its 2025 model year product line in late February, it brought the company one year closer to a significant date: 2030. That’s when the brand has promised to be able to offer a complete fleet of autonomous equipment, able to handle a full farming season from seeding to harvest with self-driving […] Read more
front view of a geringhoff truflex razor header mounted on a claas combine
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

TruFlex Razor Draper header a “premium” design

Geringhoff header's features include air system, hydraulic drive, maximum flex

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One of the European implement brands that have set up shop in North America in recent decades is Geringhoff, a combine header manufacturer based in Germany — and it’s offering Canadian producers a draper model its western Canadian territory manager, Lucas Haas, calls a premium design. Geringhoff’s TruFlex Razor Draper header offers some unique features […] Read more
Case IH is introducing the AF11 twin-rotor with Class 10-plus threshing capacity.
Equipment, Machinery

Case IH’s next combine goes to 11

The Class 10-plus AF11 debuts a twin-rotor design for the red brand

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Following on the heels of the introduction of the CR11 combine from New Holland at the Agritechnica machinery show in Germany in November, sister brand Case IH has just introduced its version of that Class 10-Plus combine, the AF11. This red giant, with a 567-bushel grain hopper, was booked to make its first public appearance […] Read more
Big news from John Deere in 2025
Machinery

Big news from John Deere in 2025

Bigger tractors, new combines and air carts debut for 2025 model year

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With an eye catching announcement on February 28, John Deere takes the lead in the tractor horsepower race. It is introducing the most powerful four-wheel drive production ag tractor ever built, surpassing Case IH’s 715 horsepower Steiger, which only debuted this past fall and briefly held that record. With three new 9RX models, the 9RX […] Read more
VIDEO: Case IH’s new AF11 combine a ‘plus’
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: Case IH’s new AF11 combine a ‘plus’

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Last week, Case IH debuted its new combine, the AF11, to the North American market at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. At 775 horsepower and a 6 bu./sec unload rate, this ‘Class 10+’ offering saw no lack of attention on the show floor. In this video, Leo Bose, harvest marketing manager with […] Read more
A Case IH Steiger 385 tractor upgraded with a new Trimble GFX system for tillage and NH3 applications.
Features, Machinery

Old equipment, new life: Cost-effective tech upgrades

An ag tech expert talks about how existing farm machinery can be upgraded to perform at the same level as new equipment

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What’s old can be like new again, says the president of a Saskatchewan company that specializes in helping producers outfit older farm machinery with the latest in precision farming technology. Matthew Yanick, who founded Rocanville, Sask.-based MY Precision Ag, spoke at the recent Manitoba Ag Days farm show in Brandon about the benefits of equipping […] Read more
After harvest, give combines a thorough once-over to get them ready for storage and ensure they’re ready to go next season.
Equipment, Machinery

What to look for during post-season combine service 

CNH offers tips on year-end combine inspection and servicing 

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Jim Franceschetti, Case IH parts and service pricing manager, provided Grainews with some year-end service and maintenance tips for combines. He writes: When you pull away from the last field after harvest, the work is not quite done yet. You have run your equipment at maximum performance over the past several weeks, if not months, and […] Read more

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