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With capacities up to 150 tonnes, field bins provide temporary in-field storage to help keep combines and trucks moving.
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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
Dutch manufacturer Agrifac offers two model sizes capable of handling boom widths up to 180 feet.
Machinery

Agrifac brings sprayers to Canada

This Dutch manufacturer is making a play for a share of the Canadian sprayer market

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If you’ve been to the giant Agritechnica machinery show in Germany, you probably noticed Dutch-built Agrifac high-clearance sprayers on display. In the future, you’re likely to see them at North American shows as well. The company has recently decided to strike out beyond the European market. It previously launched in Australia, and now has its sights […] Read more
New Holland introduced the IntelliCruise feature on large square balers paired with a T7 AutoCommand tractor to automatically set ground speed in changing field conditions.
Machinery

New technology options for NH balers

Variable density control for round balers and IntelliCruise on big square balers

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As New Holland marks its 120th birthday in 2015, one of the ways the brand is celebrating is by offering some new features on the trademark red balers that made the brand a household name in North America — and around the world. But this year, the focus is on adding some sophisticated new technology […] Read more
Morris’ new 1,000-bushel air cart and new prototype tender are designed to work together, cutting refill times in the field down to only five to seven minutes.
Machinery

Morris’s new concept air cart tender

This prototype tender is designed to dramatically cut spring air cart refill times

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At Morris’ display on the grounds of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, the company’s chief operating officer, Don Henry, points out the two new air carts the brand is introducing for 2016, a tow-between version of its 800-bushel model and its biggest model yet, a 1,000-bushel, tow-behind cart. But while Henry says the company […] Read more
Unveiled at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, SeedMaster’s new corporate logo is meant to convey an updated image for the brand.
Machinery

New brand identity for SeedMaster

SeedMaster launched a new corporate look and digital technology updates this year

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In late June, SeedMaster’s president, Norbert Beaujot, stood in front of a group of farmers and made a brief presentation on the brand’s history during a field day at the company’s research farm in Southeast Saskatchewan. In any similar future presentation, 2015 may have to be highlighted as another important year for the company, which has […] Read more
SeedMaster used its display at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina to announce it’s new SuperSeed buy-back guarantee program.
Machinery

SeedMaster offers buy-back guarantee

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SeedMaster management is now so confident their drills can do a better job in the field than any competitor’s offering, they introduced the launch of the brand’s SuperSeed buy-back program during Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June. Here’s the scoop. If after three years of use, a SeedMaster drill hasn’t outperformed any other new […] Read more
This new, model 4955 air cart, a 950-bushel version that tops out the 5 Series line, is equipped with the unique, ground-level canola loading feature.
Machinery

Case IH debuts new 5 Series air carts

Seeding Equipment: Design for the brand's new, expanded line up is based on input from its customers

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Walking around Case IH’s new 950-bushel air cart during an open house at the CNH training facility in Saskatoon in June, Dan Klein, the company’s crop production marketing manager, explains all the models in the new 5 Series line represent a complete redesign. And their features are the result of extensive customer input, which involved […] Read more
Bourgault debuted its new 3420 PHD drill, which has a 100-foot working width, at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June.
Machinery

Bigger Bourgault drills and carts

A 100 foot drill and 1,300 bushel air cart push at the size limits of dry-land implements

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The new 100 foot 3420 paralink hoe drill and 1,300 bushel 71300 air cart at Bourgault’s display at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in June seemed to be one of the most talked-about exhibits. Building a drill with a 100 foot working width makes the brand one of only a couple of manufacturers who are offering […] Read more

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