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A view of what’s now the AgWest shop at Weyburn, Sask.
Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

AgWest expands westward

Two Saskatchewan sites join the Agco dealership group

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During Ag Days last month in Brandon, farm equipment dealer chain AgWest announced it’s making its first move into Saskatchewan, buying the Yorkton and Weyburn locations of another Agco dealer, Agriterra Equipment. “This is a natural extension of our current presence in Elie, Neepawa, Brandon, Russell and the Swan River region in Manitoba,” AgWest’s CEO […] Read more
MacDon's new 61-foot FD261 FlexDraper will be available for the 2025 growing season.
Equipment, Machinery

MacDon’s FD261 meant to feed more ravenous combines

Winnipeg manufacturer's new header stretches to 61 feet of cutting width

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All the major brands now have Class 10-plus combines on the market — and those machines have a big appetite. Winnipeg-based MacDon has introduced a massive header that can feed those machines fast and keep their hunger satisfied. The new 61-foot wide FD261 FlexDraper header will be available in limited quantities for the 2025 harvest […] Read more
File photo of a Salford 5200 Enforcer tillage unit operating in corn stubble. (Salford.com)
Crops, Machinery

MacDon owner Linamar to buy Salford

Linamar to pay $260M for Ontario tillage, fertilizer equipment maker

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Canadian industrial equipment and parts maker Linamar, the owner of MacDon Industries, is set to further expand its reach in the ag equipment sector by buying the Salford Group. Guelph-based Linamar announced Wednesday it has an agreement in place worth $260 million to buy 100 per cent of the equity in Salford, which makes fertilizer […] Read more
A promotional photo of a MacDon FD2 FlexDraper header in a soybean field in Montana. (FD2.Macdon.com)
Crops, Machinery

MacDon to make draper headers for Case IH, New Holland

Co-branded combine headers up for order next year

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Canadian harvest equipment maker MacDon Industries will make draper headers for Case IH Axial-Flow and New Holland combines for the major manufacturers to sell through their own dealer networks in the new year. Case IH and New Holland, both owned by CNH, said separately Thursday they have partnership agreements in place with Winnipeg-based MacDon to […] Read more
MacDon opened a new parts distribution centre in Winnipeg in 2016. (Macdon.com)
Corn, Crops, Forages, Machinery

Harvestec owner Linamar set to buy MacDon

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Canadian harvesting equipment company MacDon is set to join the ag arm of industrial equipment and parts manufacturer Linamar. Guelph-based Linamar Corp., which markets the Harvestec brand of corn harvesting headers in North America, on Thursday announced a “definitive” agreement to buy 100 per cent of Winnipeg-based MacDon and its group of companies for $1.2 […] Read more
MacDon displayed one of its new R1 Series machines at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon in January.
Hay, Machinery

New mower conditioners from MacDon

MacDon's two-model R1 Series pull-types offer a wide range of features for farmers

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In August MacDon announced it was introducing a two-model line of pull-type mower conditioners called the R1 Series. The model on display at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon this past January provided farmers with one of their first opportunities to get a close look at one. The R1s are available in 13– and 16-foot working […] Read more

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