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With John Deere’s new R-Series front loaders, rather than making two trips out of the cab to attach or detach the loader, John Deere product manager Jason Thomas says, “now you’ll take it on and off with just one trip out of the cab.”
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New John Deere 6E Series tractors

John Deere has upgraded the specs on its 6 Series tractors, and added a new member to the family

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John Deere has revamped its 6 Series tractor family by upgrading the specifications of its 6D line and renaming them the 6E. That means the mid-sized 6 Series family now includes the 6E, 6M and 6R tractor lines. The new 6E When John Deere set out to upgrade its 6D line of tractors, the company […] Read more
Three new DeltaTrack models from Versatile are available with a creeper gear that allows the tractors to pull as slowly as 1.52 km/h.
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New Versatile tractors: Big power at a slow pace


DeltaTrack models available with low-speed creeper gear

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With more and more farmers installing drain tiles across the Prairie, one equipment brand now sees a growing demand for high horsepower tractors that can move slowly and pull very hard to get jobs like that done. The computer control modules in some late-model, high-horsepower tractors derate engine horsepower when a very low gear is […] Read more
Case IH’s new Optum is designed 
for hay and forage operations. 
The styling on the Optum is a preview of new Case designs to come.
Machinery

New “multi-purpose” tractors

Case IH’s new Optum tractors are aimed at squarely at forage and hay growers

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Case IH has introduced a new two-model line of tractors designed to closely compliment its hay and forage equipment. The all-new, multipurpose Optum models are rated at 270 and 300 engine horsepower, giving them 240 and 270 on the PTO. The brand has tailored the specifications of these machines exactly to the needs of forage […] Read more
AGCO's X Edition
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AGCO’s limited X-Edition track tractor

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Call your dealer fast: AGCO is making a limited-edition production run of MT700E and MT800E Challenger X-Edition track tractors. It’s wrapping them in a custom paint job for the customer who wants to stand apart from the pack by adding some bling to his or her horsepower. “We’re only going to make 50 of these, […] Read more
The 9RX is John Deere’s first four-track tractor.
Machinery

Tracking the new John Deeres

John Deere adds a four-track tractor to its high-horsepower 9 Series with the new 9RX

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It’s been a long time coming. Last year John Deere gave us a glimpse of what it would be. Finally, farmers who’ve been waiting for John Deere to offer a high horsepower, four-track tractor to compete with the Quadtrac and DeltaTrack can call their dealers. John Deere’s 9 Series already included the 9R wheeled tractors […] 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.
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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
New Holland introduced updated versions of its T6 “premium” and TS6 “value” tractor lines in February. Both Series are expected to appeal to livestock producers.
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New Holland debuts new T6 and TS6 tractors

Updated models introduced in the 90 to 125 PTO horsepower range

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Ever since ownership of the Case IH and New Holland brands was consolidated under Fiat’s CNH Industrial division, new product releases from the red and blue brands have become increasingly co-ordinated. At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February, Case IH launched its updated Maxxum and Farmall 100A Series tractors. Just a […] Read more
A producer takes a closer look at a John Deere 6R at this year's Ag Days in Manitoba. Loader tractors have been selling better in 2015 compared to some of their bigger counterparts.
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New equipment sales well below 2014 levels

Loader tractors and livestock equipment are bucking the trend

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After the first two months of 2015, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ monthly reports showed sales of ag equipment in Canada had fallen off dramatically from 2014 levels. Four-wheel drive tractor sales were down an astonishing 55 per cent. And new combine sales slipped 60.6 per cent. However, by the end of April the numbers had shown some […] Read more
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Spring auctions for trucks, farm equipment start strong

What’s hot and what’s not in the first half of the spring auction season

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After several years of robust sales of new equipment, the used equipment inventory across North America has grown a lot, because of all the trade ins and lease returns flowing back to dealers. Combine that fact with the current slowdown in demand for new machines, and many people in the equipment industry had been wondering […] Read more

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