Electric vehicles under development or already being sold in North America are typically meant for urban environments and have limited use off high-grade roads. But there are exceptions, including Bollinger Motors 614 horsepower electric four-by-four Class 3 truck, which has 668 pound-feet of torque. It has 15 inches ground clearance, the ability to lock front […] Read more
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Combine, meet ethernet, combine meet world
Make use of the massive data from the seeder, sprayer and combine as the internet of things digs into the dirt
The third heaviest component in modern cars is the wiring harness. One-third the cost of building a modern car is assembling that harness. The task cannot be handled by robots. To compound the problem, wiring harnesses are becoming more complex as they handle more information from more sensors and sources. There are accident prevention sensors […] Read more
Bourgault offers new precision drills
With three opener options including a new one, Bourgault’s third generation Paralink hoe drills have many options for product placement, especially when combined with the company’s Trimax airflow system available on the new 9000 series air carts. Two series of Paralink hoe drills are available: the 3330SE and the 3335 Quick Depth Adjust. Both drills […] Read more
Bourgault launches air planter system
Bourgault moved into the planter market with the launch of its Air Planter system that can be used with the company’s PLR opener on the new 3820 coulter drill, as well as the PLS, PLX and PLD openers on its 3330SE and 3335QDA hoe drills. “I don’t think there are too many other players on […] Read more
Big green machine heads out to harvest
It’s a 10. A big green number 10. Whether the new Deere combine is a Class 10 is a debate for engineers comparing horsepower and thresher size, because it still isn’t a well-defined grouping for combines. But the new machines from Moline have more capacity than most and Deere has branded it the X9. Last […] Read more
Claas debuts walkers for small grains
With the help of an additional separator drum, the new Lexion 6000 series of straw walker combines are designed to be more efficient than their predecessor, the Lexion 760. The Lexion 760 earned a following with western Canadian growers because of its fuel efficiency and precision in crops like wheat, canola and grass seed. The […] Read more
Multi-band imaging system offers more
An imaging system for drones that offers 10 spectral bands has recently been released by MicaSense, a Seattle-based developer of multispectral imaging hardware. The company sells a five spectral band camera with five separate lenses called RedEdge-MX, as well as its higher-resolution Altum multispectral camera that captures five bands but also captures a radiometric thermal […] Read more
Rite Way looks to buy Morris Industries
Rite Way is poised to buy the assets of Morris Industries, according to court documents filed May 26. The sixth report of the monitor, Alvarez and Marsal, said that no acceptable offers had been received as of its previous report, dated May 6. However, the monitor explored options, including further discussion with bidders who had […] Read more
Improved screenless drying, lower fire risk
Conventional screen-type grain dryers allow kernels to be placed directly on the hot screen, thus damaging those kernels. However, there’s a small number of dryers that don’t use a screen. Dave Wall of Wall Grain has been selling dryers prairie-wide since the early 1980s. There’s a good chance one of his Vertec, Ibec, Neco or […] Read more
AirAuger ‘fluidizes’ grain and ‘lifts’ it out of the bin
The AirAuger from AirLanco is a novel system employing high volume airflow from the bin floor to “lift” and help grain unload. It serves double-duty as a heavy-duty aeration system. High volume fans force outside air into concrete troughs created in floors that are sloped toward an unload sump. The troughs have a steel grating […] Read more
