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Ag equipment maker Buhler cutting production, staff

Winnipeg farm equipment manufacturer Buhler Industries is reducing its workforce and paring back production ahead of an expected drop in farm incomes. The company, whose brands include Versatile tractors and Farm King implements, announced its first-quarter financials Friday for the period ending Dec. 31, booking net profit of $1.5 million on fourth-best quarterly revenue of […] Read more

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Buhler books near-record sales

Winnipeg tractor and farm equipment maker Buhler Industries logged 2014 as its third-biggest sales year ever, but expects lower commodity prices to weigh on next year’s results. Buhler last Wednesday reported year-end profit of $12.5 million on $325.5 million in sales, down from its record net ($19.9 million on $340.3 million in sales) in 2013 […] Read more


The Wilson family of Rathwell, Manitoba, brought their restored 1968 Versatile D145 to Canada’s Farm Progress Show last June.

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

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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Grainews Giveaway

Enter to win one of twelve Versatile collectible tractors!

All of us at Grainews know you’ll soon be needing a gift for that special someone before the holidays. We’re here to make it easier for you with our first Grainews Giveaway! Versatile has given Grainews 12 highly detailed, 1/32 Versatile 4WD 500 collectible tractors to give away as prizes (see photo above). So, how […] Read more


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How to install an 855 Cummins in a Series II Versatile

Herb Hallman of Fosston, Saskatchewan, wrote to tell us how he re-powered his 700 Versatile with an updated 855 Cummins. Here’s what he had to say

The writing was on the wall in 2006. We knew we probably wouldn’t be seeding in the spring if we didn’t get a four-wheel drive tractor. At the salvage yard we ran back then we had a nice, clean, low-hour Versatile 700, Series II that needed a new engine. We decided to install a new […] Read more

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Versatile debuts new SP sprayers

Two all-new models replace the SX275, which the company introduced in 2009

In 2009 Versatile unveiled its first-ever, self-propelled sprayer, the SX275, at a dealer convention in Las Vegas. At the time, Versatile had recently acquired the U.S. sprayer manufacturer Redball, and the SX275 was a modified version of the design that company had manufactured. The basic rear-wheel drive concept with a mechanical driveline configuration made it […] Read more