Greg Berg with Glacier FarmMedia speaks with product specialists with Case IH, New Holland and John Deere about harvest technology features on their combines at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show.
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VIDEO: What tech makes your combine tick during harvest season?
Machinery manufacturers cite their favourite options on their companies’ combines
Childhood memories of ‘magical’ combines last a lifetime
Combines are bigger, faster, more comfortable and more expensive. But I suspect one thing hasn’t changed for the kids riding in them: the thrill of climbing the stairs and entering that world.
Surviving a bad harvest day sometimes requires a little luck
Op-Ed: A single day of fall field work yields three cautionary tales for Prairie farmers
Producer and writer Kevin Hursh shares a day of three potentially disastrous incidents as cautionary tales of farm safety for Prairie farmers in the midst of fall harvest work.
New Holland’s twin rotor combine design celebrates 50 years
New Holland debuted the twin rotor technology in 1975 with the TR70: Today, its still the hallmark of their CR10 combine, highlighted at the U.S.’s National Farm Machinery Show
New Holland debuted the twin rotor technology in 1975 with the TR70: Today, its still the hallmark of their CR10 combine, highlighted at the U.S.’s National Farm Machinery Show
Driverless combines possible, but not for a while
A lot of other fully autonomous equipment will hit the field before automated harvesters do, says expert
Not long ago, a piece of farm equipment trundling through a field without need for a driver was front-page news. Today, autonomous technology still draws the crowds during farm show demonstrations and has been cropping up more and more — everywhere except on farms. John Deere’s website displays the promise of a fully autonomous tillage-tractor […] Read more
Claas debuts Lexion 8900 combine
Ag in Motion hosts second major product launch for Claas in two years as the company makes headway into the Canadian market
LANGHAM, Sask. — For the second time in two years, Claas has used the Ag in Motion Farm show near Langham to hold a major product launch. Last year it pulled the wraps off the new 12 Series Xerion tractors, making their first public appearance anywhere. This year, an all-new flagship combine, the Lexion 8900 […] Read more
Combine settings app wins award
LANGHAM, Sask. — Trevor Scherman and partner Megan Madden are making it easy for farmers to connect during harvest time to get the best settings for their combines. Scherman, who co-founded the ScherGrain Solutions System with his father, says he used the same philosophy in his latest behind that was behind using a drop pan […] Read more
Hydraulic reverser takes headache out of tightly plugged cylinder
BRANDON — A plugged threshing cylinder throws cold water on your spirits and sometimes gives you more than just a pain in the neck. A faster, easier reverser is the best remedy. That’s the conclusion Richard Arnold came to a few years ago when working to unplug his CX8070. The Hamiota, Man., farmer pinched a […] Read more
Harvest: the last chance to boost yield
Learning where your losses are occurring at the back of the combine is critical to putting money in your pocket
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Harvest time is another opportunity to increase yield by reducing what stays in the field. Combine losses are typically acceptable at a bushel per acre, depending on the crop. The number is more if it is a heavy feed barley crop and less if it is canola or flax. For every bushel […] Read more
Farmer sold on combine’s easy maintenance
None of the electronics on the Versatile RT490 are essential to operation so if something breaks down, harvest can continue
Kevin Horner was looking for reliable simplicity when he bought two new Versatile RT490 combines for his 3,000 acre farm north of Saskatoon. Horner describes himself as one of those producers who feel the digital invasion of farm implements has gone too far. As a result, he was willing to put his money where his […] Read more
