Mid-sized tractors
Agco has added two tractor models to its mid-sized lineup: one with 200 engine horsepower and the other with 215 h.p.
Wearing Massey red, they will be known as the 7497 and the 7499. In Challenger yellow they are the MT585B and MT595B.
All tractors will use Agco Sisu 7.4 litre engines and the Dyan-VT constantly variable transmissions. The CVT and a computerized management system allows for continuous operating speed control in the field.
For long road trips between fields, the drives come standard with a 40 km/h road gear or a higher speed 50 km/h set-up.
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The hydraulics and transmission don’t share a fluid system, reducing the risk of contaminating the CVT’s oil. Air ride seats are standard.
The three point hitch on the rear is capable of 16,000 pounds while the optional front unit can lift nearly 9,000 lb. The 540 and 1,000 r.p.m. power take-offs receive 165 or 180 h.p.
For more information, visit www.agco.com.
Pulse treatment
Producers of peas, lentils, chickpeas, soybeans and dry beans have a new defensive option this spring.
Bayer’s Trilex AL protects seedlings from rhizoctonia solani, fusarium spp., rhizoctonia solani, botrytis cinerea, phomopsis longicolla and seed-borne ascochyta.
The water-based fungicide is compatible with most rhizobium inoculants.
For more information, visit www.bayercropscience.ca.
