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Grainews test-drove the Maxxum in the field to evaluate the new 
ActiveDrive transmission features.
Machinery

We field-test the Case IH Maxxum with ActiveDrive

Clutch-less transmission offers auto shift features as well

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When Case IH held a media event in Arizona in January, Grainews had a chance to get behind the wheel of tractors from three of the brand’s lines. One of them was the Maxxum. It was our second chance to drive a Maxxum with the ActiveDrive semi-powershift transmission. We first drove one in Iowa ahead […] Read more
Brothers Les and Larry Rodgers of Lavenham, Manitoba, have 12, 90 Series Case tractors in their farm fleet.
Equipment, Machinery

Running a classic tractor fleet

Older 2090 and 2290 tractors make an economical option

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I often hear people discussing when they should replace their farm equipment with new or updated machines. But that level of investment might not be the most sensible plan for all farms. Keeping an older equipment fleet operating might be the best strategy for some. That’s what brothers Les and Larry Rodgers, who farm near […] Read more
Germany-based Herbert Dammann GmbH is looking to enter the Canadian sprayer market. It displayed one of its largest models at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario, in September.
Machinery

PHOTOS: Germany’s Dammann sprayer comes to Canada

Another European brand looks 
to start sales in this country

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Anyone who’s ever walked the aisles of Agritechnica, the giant German farm machinery show, will understand that Europeans have taken sprayer technology to an entirely new level. A relatively intensive agriculture regime coupled with extremely stringent regulations and intense public scrutiny of herbicide use has demanded it. At the same time, farmers are still looking […] Read more
Engineer in training Alex Barrie talks with machinery editor Scott Garvey during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario.
Equipment, Machinery

Engineers study machine-related soil compaction

Ontario team working to establish 
tire inflation guidelines

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It wasn’t all that long ago that many agronomists in Canada weren’t even willing to concede soil compaction might be a problem. The freeze-thaw cycle, many argued, significantly mitigated it. But now with more available data and new thinking, most seem to agree that the seasonal temperature cycle doesn’t fully eliminate the problem. And preventing […] Read more
Horsch’s new Agro Innovation Center is located at Downs, Illinois.
Machinery, News

Horsch opens North American research centre

The equipment brand aims to look at all areas of crop production technology

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The German tillage and seeding equipment brand Horsch has had a presence that includes manufacturing facilities in North America for some time. And now it’s opening a crop production research centre, adding to the list of other such facilities it operates around the world. The new Agro Innovation Center is located at Downs, Illinois, and […] Read more
India-based Mahindra has grown its horsepower offerings with the new flagship 9000 Series models that offer up to 120 horsepower.
Machinery

Mahindra adds more horsepower

Three new model lines add up to 40 horsepower to the brand’s top end offerings

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A panel of executives from the India-based Mahindra brand held a press conference to speak to journalists at Agritechnica Last November. They were there to introduce three new tractor series, the 6000, 7000 and 9000, which push the maximum available horsepower up to 120. They give the brand a solid presence in the utility tractor […] Read more
Kirk Frankish is co-founder and CEO of Equiplinx.
Machinery

Equiplinx offers another option for equipment buyers and sellers

Sales network can draw on inventory and buyers from a wide area

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At his company’s display during the Ag in Motion farm show at Langham, Saskatchewan, in July, Kirk Frankish, co-founder and CEO of Equiplinx, told Grainews his previous experience running a New Holland dealership in Alberta led to him creating a new option for farmers who want to buy and sell equipment. Although the problem has […] Read more

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