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A John Deere air cart seeding system in the field. Photo: John Deere
Crops, Machinery

Deere & Co. to buy Monsanto’s Precision Planting farm equipment business

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Chicago/Reuters – Monsanto Co’s Climate Corp subsidiary on Tuesday announced a definitive agreement to sell its Precision Planting farm equipment business to Deere & Co for an undisclosed sum. The deal also allows nearly real-time data connections between certain John Deere farm equipment and Climate’s farming software programs, Climate FieldView. Climate will keep its digital farming […] Read more
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Machinery

John Deere to acquire European farm equipment maker Monosem

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Reuters – Deere & Co. shares rose about 2 per cent on Monday after the company said it plans to acquire Monosem, a European family-owned farm equipment manufacturer that specializes in “precision planters” designed to increase crop production. Deere would not comment on the transaction’s financial details or Monosem’s revenues, but it does expect the […] Read more
With John Deere’s new R-Series front loaders, rather than making two trips out of the cab to attach or detach the loader, John Deere product manager Jason Thomas says, “now you’ll take it on and off with just one trip out of the cab.”
Machinery

New John Deere 6E Series tractors

John Deere has upgraded the specs on its 6 Series tractors, and added a new member to the family

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John Deere has revamped its 6 Series tractor family by upgrading the specifications of its 6D line and renaming them the 6E. That means the mid-sized 6 Series family now includes the 6E, 6M and 6R tractor lines. The new 6E When John Deere set out to upgrade its 6D line of tractors, the company […] Read more
A farmer in Western Australia, John Warr has taken on distribution responsibility for Agri-Spread products in both Australia and North America.
Machinery

Australian spreader distributor comes to Canada

Agri-Spread’s Australian distributor is now also taking on the North American market

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When he went looking for a new dry-product spreader for his farm in Western Australia, John Warr says he found a lot he liked in the Agri-Spread models manufactured in Ireland. “We used to run an Australian brand of spreader but it wasn’t meeting our expectations,” he explains. “We wanted something that would go down […] Read more
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Machinery

AGCO’s limited X-Edition track tractor

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Call your dealer fast: AGCO is making a limited-edition production run of MT700E and MT800E Challenger X-Edition track tractors. It’s wrapping them in a custom paint job for the customer who wants to stand apart from the pack by adding some bling to his or her horsepower. “We’re only going to make 50 of these, […] Read more
Australia’s premiere farm equipment expo, Commonwealth Bank AgQuip showcases 64 acres of farm-related exhibits.
Machinery

AgQuip, one of Australia’s premiere farm machinery shows

The large outdoor equipment expo near Gunnedah, NSW, attracts visitors from across the country

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When the annual Commonwealth Bank AgQuip farm equipment show rolls around each August, the small city of Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia (where the event is held) gets inundated with visitors from virtually every region of the country, not to mention foreign visitors. In fact, the demand for hotel accommodations becomes far greater than what’s […] Read more
Machinery

PHOTOS: AgQuip farm equipment show in Australia

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AgQuip’s 64 acre outdoor site gets roughly 3,000 exhibitors and organizations jammed into it. An interesting mix of Australian-, European- and North American-built equipment and vehicles are on display which included three different brands of Canadian-built seeding equipment. The event has a strong attraction to urban residents, some of whom travel long distances to come and spend a day […] Read more
With capacities up to 150 tonnes, field bins provide temporary in-field storage to help keep combines and trucks moving.
Machinery

Field bins keep the combines rolling

Grainews in Australia: 
Portable grain bins can be spotted in fields to help improve harvest productivity

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Seeing one definitely stops you in your tracks if you’re not familiar with the Australian field- or mother-bin concept. These grain carts on steroids are massive, with capacities up to 150 tonnes. But they’re not built to chase combines with. Instead, they’re placed in a field and grain carts — or “chaser bins” as they’re […] Read more
RBR Enterprises’ two models, the 305 horsepower Vector and 350 horsepower Venturi, are capable of handling spreader or sprayer work.
Machinery

High-speed sprayers come to Canada

Two models offer mechanical four-wheel drive and lightning-fast road speeds

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The model names of RBR Enterprise’s two sprayer/spreader models, Vector and Venturi, are both associated with speed, at least indirectly. That inference seems pretty appropriate for the 305 and 350 horsepower machines that can hit 52 m.p.h. (roughly 83 km/h) on the road. That kind of speed would seriously cut down travel times between fields. […] Read more

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