After being postponed, the world’s largest farm technology show has been cancelled for February 2022
Organizers of the world’s biggest farm machinery show, Agritechnica, have cancelled the already postponed event for 2022 due to increased COVID-19 regulations and cases. The DLG, German Agricultural Society, has officially cancelled the event that had already been postponed from its traditional November 2021 date to Feb. 27, 2022. Agritechnica normally attracts 2,800 exhibitors and […] Read moreMachinery — page 49
Greeneye sees all, knows all
The holy grail of autonomous nozzle control for picking weeds out of crop lineup has been green on green
Israel-based Greeneye Technology commercialized an artificial intelligence-based precision spraying system it claims can detect and spray weeds with 95.7 percent accuracy in corn and soy stands. Its early adopter program in Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois is sold out but in 2023 the technology will be offered in more regions, including Canada. The system will also […] Read more
Spot spray systems gain momentum
The idea of spot spraying individual weeds has been around for a while. The first commercial unit to hit the Canadian Prairies was the Australian-built WeedSeeker about 20 years ago. WeedSeeker recognized green foliage against a brown or black background. It was good at reducing herbicide volumes in black summerfallow, but it arrived on our […] Read more
Magnetic effects on spray might offer improved control
A product that uses rare earth magnets to treat sprayer fluid recently won the Thrive, Bayer Sustainable Startup Award. MagGrow Technology builds an attachment that can be plumbed into sprayer discharge lines, which the company says reduces the amount of spray that drifts off target. The Thrive, Bayer Sustainability Challenge aims to identify and support […] Read more
MF touts Heads Up design with greater durability, accuracy
The new Massey Ferguson VE Series planters do conventional till, no-till, variable-rate, high-speed planting and individual row control. The company assures growers a 99 percent or greater seed placement accuracy. Massey says the redesigned Heads Up row unit is more durable with better seed placement accuracy. It allows users to customize planters more easily with […] Read more
Three tracks are better than four
With their farm and custom business centered in soybean and corn country in southeastern North Dakota, the Gramlow family was well aware of the shortcomings in some brand new implements. By 2012 they had decided to put that concern into action by diversifying into manufacturing. Their first offering was a conversion kit for the 1770NT […] Read more
304 stainless with 5x lifetime of mild carbon steel
If stainless steel lasts five times longer but costs the same as mild steel, then … what was the question again?
If you bought high-quality 304 stainless steel aftermarket components to replace worn carbon steel parts in your JD drill, you’d expect to pay more, right? Wrong, according to Romafa. “Many of our stainless steel replacement parts cost the same as OEM steel parts directly from John Deere or the other manufacturers” says Romafa representative Jim […] Read more
Patriot 50: start with a fresh sheet of paper
In the competitive SP sprayer world, engineers constantly upgrade technology. In this quest, they often start right from scratch, as CaseIH did with the three new Patriot 50 sprayers. “We completely redesigned every detail of the Patriot 50 series sprayer to deliver next-level efficiency along with an unmatched day-to-day operator experience,” said Case’s Mark Burns, […] Read more
Take ride quality seriously
When Case decided its traditional trailing link suspension had disappeared over-the-hill, their question wasn’t “can we just fix it?” It was, “how do we design the best possible suspension?” “Our mandate was clear. We were going to design the best sprayer suspension money could buy,” recalls Mark Burns, marketing manager for application equipment. “There were […] Read more
Putting it all in one place and making it handy
The FendtOne operator interface has been expanded to more tractors in the Fendt lineup. The system was released on the 700 Gen 6 last year, then during The Farm Progress show in Decatur, Illinois, this summer the company announced it will now also be a standard feature on the Fendt 300, Fendt 500, Fendt 900 […] Read more
