Visitors to the Regina farm show this year had their first look at three new combines. Representatives from Versatile and AGCO talk about the features of the new models on display.
Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey was at AGCO’s Jackson, Minnesota, tractor and sprayer assembly plant for the grand opening of the new Intivity Centre, which was built to show visitors the history of machines built there.
Abe Hughes II, New Holland’s vice-president, sales and marketing for North America, discusses how the company is expanding its product line to appeal to not only its traditional customer base, mixed farmers, but also broad-acre grain and oilseed growers and smaller producers.
Grainews editors were at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in June and took a look at Bourgault’s new L7800 air cart and new sectional control technology, which were unveiled to the public at that event.
Reid Hamre, Fend’s North American brand manager, talks about the line of tractors Fendt currently offers in the Canadian marketplace. He also talks about the 500 Series models which the company expects to introduce here in the future, although the company hasn’t yet announced when they will become available.
Case IH introduces the new Rowtrac tractor line along with a special 25th anniversary edition of the Magnum at an event near its headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin.
Les Hill, a combine performance expert from the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute, discusses how farmers can get the most out their combines this season.