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There are five new models of mower conditioners in John Deere's 2016 lineup.
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John Deere doubles down on forage equipment

With hay in high demand, John Deere's got an advanced line up of hay and forage products

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John Deere has released three new products for hay and forage growers. “With the straw market that we have today in our variant livestock sector, John Deere is capitalizing on that opportunity,” said Jeremy Unruh, John Deere’s product line marketing manager. “We’re hitting where the market’s hot.” 1. Self-propelled swather The W155 self-propelled windrower replaces the […] Read more
Birch Hills, Sask. farmer Steve Tomtene was on hand at the tractor unveiling to recount his experiences testing the 9RX during seeding.
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Minogue: Deere tracks put to test in Sask. fields

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The tractor has just been unveiled, but a Saskatchewan farmer can already tell us John Deere’s first four-track high-powered unit is “a bit of a game changer.” Steve Tomtene, who farms at Birch Hills, about 30 km southeast of Prince Albert, tried and tested the new 9RX on his farm for Deere this spring, and […] Read more
people in Antarctica with tractors
Machinery

AGCO strikes for the Pole in a tractor

A team of adventurers drives a Massey Ferguson 5610 tractor to the South Pole

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We could make any number of comments about how normal it is for Prairie farmers to operate their tractors during severe winter weather. But for 38-year-old Manon Ossevoort, a Dutch actress and adventurer, driving a tractor through conditions like that was a dream come true. A few years ago Ossevoort left Holland on a unique […] Read more
Nokian tractor tire
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Nokian ag tire sets world speed record

Hakkapeliitta TRI tires get the company a place in Guinness Book of World Records

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It’s almost impossible to watch TV these days and not see some advertisement for an automotive product — or the latest Hollywood movie — with sporty cars drifting sideways around corners at high speeds. Seeing an ag tractor do that, however, is unusual to say the least. But if you log onto Nokian Tyres’ website […] Read more
red MTZ tractor
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Belarus tractors are back

A new North American distributor officially announces the reintroduction of the Minsk-built line of tractors

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The Minsk-built line of tractors offering low purchase prices and simple mechanical technology, formerly marketed in Canada as Belarus, is officially back. Their distributor claims the tractors still offer what it calls simple, durable and easy-to-repair designs. But this time the machines wear the MTZ brand name, not Belarus. “It’s the same manufacturer, for sure,” […] Read more
Case IH tractor
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Case IH updates the Maxxum and Farmall 100A Series tractors

Appealing to livestock producers, these two tractor lines in the 110 
to 145 horsepower class are designed to work well with loaders

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With livestock producers now enjoying the kind of commodity price surge grain and oilseed growers experienced from 2008 to 2013 (although BSE once again looms as a threat to that for Canadian cattlemen), it’s no surprise the major brands are ramping up the profile of tractors and equipment that are best suited to stock farms […] Read more
old man with a tractor
Machinery

One tractor, with one owner

This restored 55 Massey-Harris 
spent all its 
life working 
for one family... until now

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Frank Paul of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, and his restored 55 Massey-Harris tractor were quietly waiting in the corner of a local gas station parking lot when I first noticed them. The tractor was idling smoothly as Paul scanned the nearby highway. He was waiting for the truck that would come and pick up his tractor. He […] Read more
The Wilson family of Rathwell, Manitoba, brought their restored 1968 Versatile D145 to Canada’s Farm Progress Show last June.
Machinery

Classic Versatile a family project

Fond memories of a D145 Versatile used on the family farm years ago prompted 
Ian Wilson and his sons to find and restore a similar tractor

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Standing near his fully restored D145 Versatile four-wheel drive tractor, which was parked in a line of classic machines at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June, Ian Wilson of Rathwell, Manitoba, explained how fond memories of a D145 his family owned a couple of decades ago prompted him to find another one to […] Read more

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