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Familiar brands at work in Ukraine

Ukrainian farmers are increasingly choosing Western and even Canadian-built machinery

Ukraine is potentially one of the largest markets for high-quality agricultural machinery. It’s a huge country, at least by European standards, with varied soil and climatic conditions. And the equipment Ukrainian farmers often opt for includes brands familiar to Canadians, such as Versatile, Bourgault, Kello-Bilt, Schulte and Massey Ferguson. Two months ago I was on […] Read more

White 9550 pull-type combine

The combine that never was, part three

White’s attempt at creating a pull-type combine with rotary threshing technology came crashing down in the mid-1980s. Here’s why

After emerging from bankruptcy protection in 1981, White Farm equipment intended to come roaring back to the marketplace — in part with a new four-model line of rotary combines. Its first rotary model, the 9700, had been launched in 1980. It was later updated and renumbered the 9720. The new combines would compliment that model […] Read more