In early March, John Deere had a lot to talk about at its display at the Commodity Classic farm show in Denver, Colorado. Among other announcements, the company introduced several new features for its 2026 model year combines.
John Deere introduces several combine updates for 2026
Features include automation improvements that use header-mounted cameras to measure incoming crop and manage ground speed
Tractor, combine sales face downward trend
Sales of farm tractors and combines have declined over the last year in North America
Sales of combines are a handy gauge for farmer optimism. This winter, farmers aren’t feeling it.
Thunderstruck Ag introduces Razors Edge concaves
Having one set of combine concaves that can handle all seed sizes efficiently without the use of cover plates can be a time saver when switching fields. Manitoba-based Thunderstruck Ag has introduced its own Razors Edge concave design to make that a possibility. “We’ve been working with concaves for the last seven years and with […] Read more
Driverless combines possible, but not for a while
A lot of other fully autonomous equipment will hit the field before automated harvesters do, says expert
Not long ago, a piece of farm equipment trundling through a field without need for a driver was front-page news. Today, autonomous technology still draws the crowds during farm show demonstrations and has been cropping up more and more — everywhere except on farms. John Deere’s website displays the promise of a fully autonomous tillage-tractor […] Read more
Classic combines bring in nostalgia with a crop
Enthusiasts’ original two vintage machines has grown to eight, together with three antique trucks to match lower augers
On a Saturday morning at the end of September, in a wheat field just outside Milden, Sask., eight vintage combines were lined up and ready to harvest grain. A small group of local residents who own the combines get together one day a year to put their classic machines to work. “It all started with […] Read more
Drooping combine sales seen as part of a cycle
Now may be a good time to get a bargain on used machines as supplies of late model combines become available
Glacier FarmMedia – Fewer new combine sales in Canada and the U.S. are just business as usual and probably a lingering effect of the pandemic, says one ag machinery leader. Although sales may suggest “a little bit” of a downturn, Kim Rominger, chief executive officer of the North American Equipment Dealers Association, says reasons date […] Read more
MacDon unveils 61-foot draper header
Header is designed to provide significant cutting width for the latest generation of big combines now hitting the market
Glacier FarmMedia – All the major farm equipment brands have Class 10-plus combines on the market, and those machines have big appetites. Winnipeg-based MacDon has introduced a massive header that can feed those machines fast and keep their hunger satisfied. The 61-foot wide FD261 FlexDraper header will be available in limited quantities for the 2025 […] Read more
Claas debuts Lexion 8900 combine
Ag in Motion hosts second major product launch for Claas in two years as the company makes headway into the Canadian market
LANGHAM, Sask. — For the second time in two years, Claas has used the Ag in Motion Farm show near Langham to hold a major product launch. Last year it pulled the wraps off the new 12 Series Xerion tractors, making their first public appearance anywhere. This year, an all-new flagship combine, the Lexion 8900 […] Read more
VIDEO: System uses grain quality to create field zones
CropScan can analyze moisture, protein, fibre, starch and oil for multiple crops on the fly while the combine is operating
LANGHAM, Sask. — Dean Scrivens thinks CropScan Ag’s on-combine grain analyzer is an innovative tool. Recently, this was confirmed at the Ag in Motion farm show. CropScan was rewarded for its work with an Ag in Motion Innovation Award in the agronomics category for its CropScan 4000 VT. “Winning that award was great. We’ve never […] Read more
Agco unveils Outrun autonomy kit
In a windy field near Salina, Kansas, Agco unveiled its prototype retrofit autonomy kit for tractors in late June. The system, called Outrun, is in keeping with Agco’s strategy of making its retrofit technologies compatible with multiple brands. The kit has been engineered to work on a John Deere 8R tractor as well as select […] Read more
