Two new versions of Agco’s Massey Ferguson tiny tractors offer premium options seen on bigger machines
Farm machinery companies have been weathering a slower period of sales in the past couple of seasons, but small tractors have been a big hit with buyers. Meeting those demands has seen Agco announce a premium range of Massey Ferguson compact tractors, the 1800M and 2800M, that replaced the 1700 and the 2700 series. “Anything […] Read moreMachinery — page 61
Field sensing on the fly gets option
Austrian company puts Topsoil Mapper, magnetic induction sensor to work on North American farm fields
An Austria-based soil-sensor startup is taking another run at the North American market, but this time it offers an automatic tillage control feature for deep ripping. The Topsoil Mapper built by Geoprospectors first came to Canada in 2018 branded by Pessl Instruments as the Field Scan, but that project failed to fully deliver. North American […] Read more
Taking the pulse of the field and delivering the goods
Raven’s new PWM system puts more product on and allows for slow-moving sprayers with bigger booms
Raven rolled out a new pulse width modulation (PWM) nozzle control system called the Hawkeye 2 that supports wider sprayers, higher rates and is easier for operators to manage compared to its predecessor. “From a software and user interface standpoint we’ve really simplified things for the operator in the cab to be able to change […] Read more
Smart Connector plugs app into tractor
Farmers can monitor their tractor’s performance from the smartphone, including engine r.p.m. and coolant temperature
John Deere updated its TractorPlus smartphone app for compact utility tractors and it’s also offering a new Smart Connector that plugs into the tractor’s service advisor port and automatically connects the app to the tractor. The Smart Connector enables the app to connect to the tractor via Bluetooth for both IOS- and Android-based phones to […] Read more
Agri-Trade backs away from November show
The Agri-Trade Equipment Expo has cancelled its 2020 show, which was to be held Nov. 11-13 in Red Deer. Citing travel restrictions by corporations that would impede exhibitor participation and attendance, show organizers said in a statement earlier today that cancelling was a difficult decision. Despite COVID-19, they had announced earlier this month that the […] Read more
Salford makes spreader deal with Case IH
A Valmar distribution system with a 350 cubic foot box offers high-rate capacity for larger farms and custom work
Canadian-based Salford inked a deal with Case IH to factory-install Salford spreaders on Titan chassis. Salford’s 350 cubic foot capacity spreader with a 72-foot air boom will be known as the Case IH FA 1030, and will be mounted on the Titan 4540 floater starting this fall, as well as on the Titan 3540 beginning […] Read more
Mobile field bin provides surge capacity
Manufacturer says the Vale Grain Giant helps make harvest safer by reducing truck driver panic during busy times in the field
Saskatchewan-based Vale Industries expanded its grain storage offerings to include a mobile field bin that’s based off an Australian product. Clark Behrns, engineering manager at Vale Industries, said there are multiple manufacturers of mobile field bins in Australia, which helped him and his colleagues decide the technology would also have a fit in Canada. “We […] Read more
Threshermen’s Reunion focuses on Cockshutt
The annual festival in Manitoba had to be cancelled this year due to COVID restrictions but has now set its sights on 2021
AUSTIN, Man. — Cancelling the 2020 Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion was heartbreaking. “We struggled with that,” said Gerry Currie, chair of the annual festival of old-time harvesting and farm machinery. But work is underway to make the 2021 event better than ever, he said. Next summer will see the first gathering in Western Canada of the […] Read more
New Holland, the company doesn’t look a day over …
Agriculture can be a tough game so there’s a special spot for the few select machinery makers that last beyond a century. For New Holland, the century mark was passed some time ago as the company this year reaches 125. Saskatoon remains one of New Holland’s important hubs where it develops the latest in seeding […] Read more
Auto turnaround a step toward autonomous operations
Raven Industries has improved its visual guidance system (VSN) with the addition of two new features — full canopy guidance and automatic row turnaround. “Automatic row turnaround is a feature that enables that operator to program in a speed and a geometry in which they want to turn and the system will automatically detect that […] Read more
