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2019 model year John Deere 9R, 9RT and 9RX tractors will be available with a wider range of track options along with upgraded hydraulics. A Generation 4 CommandCentre package will also come as standard equipment.
Machinery

John Deere adds more options to the 9R, RT and RX Series

More track choices and a hydraulic upgrade for high-horsepower tractors

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In June John Deere announced several updates to its 2019 model year 9R, 9RT, and 9RX tractors. They include what the green brand describes as “a mix of the latest technology and performance-enhancing features.” For the first time, Deere will offer a 120-inch (3.05 metre) track spacing option on 9470RX, 9520RX, 9570RX and 9620RX four-track […] Read more
We field-test a pair of Kubota M7 tractors, putting them to work cutting and baling hay in our test field.
Machinery

Reviewing the M7 Kubota

Our observations after 
getting up close and personal 
with two M7 tractors

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A couple of years ago Kubota introduced its flagship M7 line of tractors, which pushed the available horsepower in its tractor line to 168. Since then the orange brand has been pushing to become a much bigger player in the ag equipment market, with a stated intention of eventually becoming a full-line manufacturer. But there’s […] Read more
The Nordic Tractor chronicles the evolution of tractor 
production in the Nordic countries and follows the creation 
and changes of three of the region’s major brands.
Machinery

A book for farm equipment enthusiasts

The Nordic Tractor looks at tractor history in an unfamiliar country

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Last fall I had a chance to sit down with British ag equipment journalist and author Justin Roberts. We had chance to discuss his new book The Nordic Tractor. If you’re like me, you’ve read any number of detailed histories of North American-based ag equipment brands, which chronicle the evolution of their tractor designs over […] Read more
13 models of the new LA Series loaders are designed for New Holland T5 through T8 tractors.
Equipment, Machinery

New loaders from the CNH brands

Range of sizes available for 
both NH and Case IH tractors

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New Holland has beefed up its line of front-end loaders this year with the introduction of the LA Series. With 13 different models in all, these loaders are designed to fit all the brand’s tractors in the T5 through T8 Series. Aside from strengthening the overall loader design and including arm profiles up to 80 millimetres in width, the LA models use a more efficient hydraulic system that generates less heat, which includes […] Read more
Demonstrating the concept of supervised autonomy, here one operator is responsible for two Steiger tractors working together on the same job.
Machinery

Autonomous tractors go into field trials

Case IH puts robotic tractors into 
farmers’ hands for “real-world” testing

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Ever since its introduction in 2016 of the autonomous Magnum concept tractor at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Case IH has been showing the machine all around the world. In the process, brand staff say, they’ve been talking with farmers and customers about how the technology could be best used. Now Case IH reveals […] Read more
This T4 tractor will be used in NH’s autonomy field trials in 
a California winery.
Machinery

New Holland joins the autonomous field trials

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Back in 2016, at the same show Case IH unveiled its autonomous Magnum, New Holland held a similar press event pulling the wraps off its version of an autonomous tractor, the NHDrive T7. The idea, according to the brand was to ”illustrate possible row crop applications” with that model, which unlike the Magnum included an […] Read more
Camso’s smart track technology monitors the temperature of rubber belt tracks during road travel, 
and it wirelessly transits the information to an 
onboard receiver.
Machinery

Faster road speed with tracks

Camso’s smart track technology 
makes road travel more efficient

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One of the criticisms of rubber-belt track systems has been their rapid wear rate from on-road travel. Now Camso, one of the industry’s major track systems manufacturers, has introduced a new feature designed to minimize that problem and permit higher road speeds at the same time. The brand’s smart track technology adds a digital component to monitor track system temperatures. Smart track technology relies on embedded sensors placed within the rubber tracks that monitor heat and […] Read more
AutoTrac Turn Automation is one of four new applications John Deere will offer for 2018.
Machinery

New AutoTrac options from John Deere

John Deere releases more advanced guidance and options for data sharing

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In early December John Deere released three new advanced or expanded guidance features along with a new machine data-sharing application for its Generation 4 displays. AutoTrac Turn Automation, AutoTrac Implement Guidance, AutoTrac Vision for Tractors and the In-Field Data Sharing applications are now being sold as bundled activations for the John Deere 4600 CommandCenter and […] Read more
The new 6R models get an improved CommandPRO joystick, which has a more ergonomic design and has 11 programmable buttons.
Machinery

John Deere adds to its tractor line again

Flagship 6250R model pushes horsepower to 250 in the 6R Series

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One of the announcements John Deere made at Germany’s Agritechnica machinery show in November was the introduction of two new models to its 6R tractor line. Although they were just being introduced to the European market at that time, expect to see them become available here in the not-to-distant future. The 230 horsepower 6230R and 250 […] Read more

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