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A pivot point in the opener arm allows the packer wheel to settle into the proper position in the seed trench, even when making turns in the field. 

Machinery

Furrow-finding packer tire

SeedMaster offers an optional pivoting opener arm

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Getting good seed-to-soil contact is critical in ensuring a high germination rate when seeding. On most air drills with independent row openers, the job of ensuring that contact happens falls to the trailing packer wheel. But there are some conditions which can cause a fixed packer wheel to run slightly off the seed row, such […] Read more
Operating on their own, autonomous tractors are getting set to take the ag equipment market by storm.
Machinery, News

Rise of the ag-robots

Two major brands will soon be ready to introduce autonomous tractors

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The sight of Case IH’s 400-horsepower robotic Magnum tractor built without an operator’s station at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August had show goers talking — and talking, and talking. There was a virtual non-stop crowd of onlookers around it from the time the show gates in Boone, Iowa, opened in the morning until […] Read more
The model 3420 centre-folding TransFold drill design from Bourgault is now available in a smaller 80-foot working width.
Machinery

Bourgault offers smaller TransFold drill

An 80-foot, centre-folding model joins the 100-foot version introduced in 2015

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This is what we call the little brother to the 100-foot we released last year,” said Rob Fagnou, marketing specialist at Bourgault, as he stood beside the brand’s new 80-foot, centre-folding 3420 paralink hoe drill during Canada’s Farm Progress Show in June. “The demand for the 80-foot was strong with this type of folding system […] Read more
“Tuneable” distribution towers are a key feature made possible by adopting the new XeedSystem flow monitoring system.
Machinery

XeedSystem and “tuneable” towers improve distribution

New features even out product delivery on SeedMaster Nova cart bulk metering system

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Walking through the SeedMaster R&D shop, company president Norbert Beaujot stops beside a group of distribution towers that includes one of his company’s along with some competing models currently on the market. He explains the testing work company engineers have done on them to determine how well they distribute product to openers. “The thing we […] Read more
Norbert Beaujot, president of SeedMaster, explains a test procedure inside the company’s R&D shop.
Machinery

A look behind the scenes

Grainews was invited into the SeedMaster R&D shop

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The seeding equipment industry saw a flood of innovations come to market in recent years when farm commodity prices were hitting all-time highs. But this season, many brand exhibits at ag shows seemed pretty tame compared to what was on display two or three years ago. Some companies had a few new features to show, […] Read more
The “third generation” Viking vertical tillage tool from Versatile will also be available under the company’s Farm King brand as the VT3000.
Machinery

PHOTOS: Familiar brands, new tillage implements

John Deere, Case IH and Versatile all showed new equipment at the U.S. Farm Progress Show

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With a renewed interest in tillage all across the prairies and the need to deal with higher levels of corn residue in fields across the U.S. Midwest, it’s no surprise there were some new tillage tool introductions at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in August. Here’s a look at what the familiar […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

Deere dealer chain Cervus to seek real estate buyer

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Prairie farm machinery dealer chain Cervus Equipment Corp. plans to sell about 10 properties where it now operates dealerships and become their long-term tenant. The publicly-traded Calgary company, which operates 72 farm and industrial equipment dealerships in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, said Tuesday it plans to seek out a sale-and-leaseback deal for about 10 […] Read more
The Heavy Equipment Jack from Eastwood Products is designed to improve safety when raising heavy equipment.
Machinery

Jack allows for safe, heavy lifts

New heavy equipment jack design takes the risk out of raising heavy equipment

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It’s common to find tractors and heavy machines inside farm shops and even dealership service bays jacked up and resting on a stack of wooden blocks while mechanics work underneath them. Sometimes that blocking doesn’t look very safe. Louis Sigouin and Dan Edwards of Eastwood Products in Arborfield, Manitoba, have developed their Heavy Equipment Jack […] Read more
Salford introduced a prototype 20 ton air boom spreader during Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June.
Machinery

New air-boom spreader from Salford

A customer request for an air boom leads Salford to develop an entirely new model

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A prototype air-boom spreader on display at Salford’s Canada’s Farm Progress Show exhibit in Regina was the result of the brand deciding to accommodate a special request from a customer, says Dave King, the company’s director of sales and marketing. “Last year at this show we were showing a MagnaSpread big spreader and we also had […] Read more

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