Battery electrification is set to spark up in the auger market, as grain handling equipment maker AGI offers farmers a look at its prototype E-UTX Smart Auger at Ag in Motion.
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AGI unveils Smart Auger prototype
AGI unveils high-tech, battery electric model that features remote operation and a ‘human detection field’
A look back at John Deere’s WA-14 tractor
What was it like for a farmer to use one of those rare machines in the field?
Machinery editor Scott Garvey travels to a southeastern Saskatchewan farm to check out a rare piece of tractor history: the WA-14, which Oregon manufacturer FWD Wagner built for John Deere in the late 1960s.
New, and yellow, round balers roll out from New Holland
1 Series models offer updates and wear NH’s yellow paint scheme
Improved pickup design and feeding control, and a New Holland-yellow colour scheme, will be featured on the brand’s new Roll-Belt 1 Series of variable-chamber round balers for the 2026 model year.
How non-stop rain affects your farm equipment
Be careful what you wish for in those dry years
I tend to find if a producer has dealt with more drought, they’d rather have a flood, and vice versa — but how you adjust your equipment to deal with the conditions is in your hands.
Deere expects steady farm equipment production
Equipment will remain available to farmers but will likely increase in price, a John Deere VP warns
The current trade dispute won’t interfere with Canadian farmers’ ability to get the John Deere machine they want, but will likely make that machine more expensive, a Deere vice-president warns.
Morris rolls out a new 1,440-bushel air cart
The company’s 10 Series air cart line now includes four models from 660- to 1,440-bushel capacity
Prairie grain growers seeking improved productivity within a narrow seeding window are the intended market for Saskatchewan manufacturer Morris Equipment’s new, higher-capacity 1440 air cart.
Case IH unveils its new giant: the 785 Steiger Quadtrac
The CNH brand dials up the horsepower on a new flagship farm tractor model
Case IH’s new Steiger 785 Quadtrac tractor, due out for delivery to farmers next summer, uses the same basic chassis as the 715 — but under the hood its drive train has been beefed up to accommodate the added power.
Is farm equipment best bought or leased?
Farm Financial Planner: Or is either option better than the other?
Whether to buy or lease farm equipment is a crucial question, though one with no definitive answer. Let’s analyze the numbers using an example from management and accounting firm BDO.
Wheat stem sawfly: how a harvest tweak can protect yields, preserve parasitoids
Stubble height of at least six inches can help make a significant sawfly enemy right at home
Boosting populations of natural enemies such as Bracon cephi gives farmers a low-cost, sustainable way to reduce wheat stem sawfly losses without relying on insecticides that rarely work.
PhiBer’s Dash sprayer trailer line adds a drone tender
Could drone spraying become a fast-growing equipment segment?
In view of steadily increasing demand for its farm equipment lines, PhiBer Manufacturing has embarked on an ambitious expansion to its current footprint at Crystal City in south-central Manitoba.
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