Agricultural implement makers are in an ongoing competition to design better soil and residue management equipment. Last fall, Degelman Industries upped the ante with two new machines. Degelman has channeled time and money into providing the best possible carbide tips and fastening technology, said marketing vice-president Sheldon Mohr during a recent phone interview. Carbide tips […] Read more
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Faster roading cuts into wasteful transit
Farmers spend up to 15 percent of their day field-hopping equipment during seeding and harvest. This unavoidable time waster is the obvious result of bigger farms with more distant fields. That information comes from research conducted by Quebec manufacturer Camso, according to product manager Jeff Staab. “Growers are increasingly working ground that’s spread out from […] Read more
Farm sale includes two barn-find ‘new’ tractors
$260,000 for a 1992 4760 seems like a lot of money until the part about it having 3.6 hours on the clock
Nobody seems to know why Danny Spence bought a new JD 4760 back in 1992 and then stored it until he passed away last January. “Nobody actually even knew he had these until he died,” said Dallas Simmonds, owner of Raptor Enterprises. “I knew there were a couple new tractors in the shed, but I […] Read more
Ferobide takes the bite out of deep till
Farmers loose 90 percent of their expensive tungsten carbide tools due to wear of the supporting steel shanks
Tungsten carbide cultivation points and associated wear parts fall off mounting shanks as if falling off is the only reason they were manufactured and installed to begin with. Farmers typically loose 90 percent of their expensive tungsten carbide soil-engaging parts because the supporting steel fails, according to Tenmat Advanced Materials of the United Kingdom. All […] Read more
Read it on the go, tillage in the know
A set of soil sensors can be installed on cultivators and vertical tillage implements to provide real-time readings that help growers create a uniform seed bed and create high-resolution soil maps that can inform future planning. Veris Technologies introduced Vision for Decisions this year, which the company calls a seeding environment support system that uses […] Read more
Case: match tillage tools to soil type
The tillage tip you try in sandy loam and the tip you try in grey clay: they aren’t the same ones
Case has embarked on a quest to better match new soil and residue management implements to suit specific soil types. Does that mean a growing selection of tillage tools? Yes. This fall they introduced a new S-tine field cultivator and a new configuration high speed Speed-Tiller, as part of the company’s initiative in matching tillage […] Read more
Bigger reach, bigger power, Bobcat tele-lifted to new level
Telehandlers were once seen as a nice option on the far; for those who have them, they are now a necessary tool
Bobcat beefed up its telehandler lineup with the introduction of the V923 VersaHANDLER this summer. The company already offers a V519 telehandler that has 74 horsepower and can lift 5,500 pounds with a 19-foot-high maximum height, as well as a 100 h.p. V723 that can lift 7,700 lb. and a maximum height of 23 feet. […] Read more
New shallow sweep plus deep rip tips for field tool
High speed tilling does a better job and easier on the cultivator frame than chugging along in a lower gear
Lemken will soon debut a new high-speed hybrid cultivator, but first it is introducing a new share that figures to be an important design component of the new cultivator. The DeltaCut KG 35 configuration enables extra-shallow cultivation at a working depth of five centimeters (two inches). It’s a good fit for the Karat 9, which […] Read more
Farm sale includes two ‘new’ tractors
Nobody seems to know why Danny Spence bought a new JD 4760 back in 1992 and then stored it until he passed away last January. “Nobody actually even knew he had these until he died,” said Dallas Simmonds, owner of Raptor Enterprises. “I knew there were a couple new tractors in the shed, but I […] Read more
Raven to build DOT near Regina
Raven Industries has established a headquarters near Regina for autonomous technology and to build the DOT autonomous agricultural platform, after acquiring DOT Technology Corp. last June. “DOT will be manufactured at this facility, but ultimately this headquarters will be a central hub, not only for autonomy in Canada, but also for our precision solutions, and […] Read more
