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Tag Archives agricultural equipment

VIDEO: Canadian impressions of EIMA
Two Canadian agricultural business owners share their thoughts of international machinery exhibition
The EIMA international agricultural and gardening machinery exhibition held last November in Bologna, Italy, is easily that country’s premiere agricultural machinery show. In a press release after the show, organizers announced a record turnout of 346,800 attendees during the five day show – an impressive number, to say the least. Travelling to Italy and back […] Read more

VIDEO: New side-tipper design helps reduce fruit, vegetable contamination
Keeping the fruit and vegetables you harvest in the same condition you found them in the field can be a challenge as there can be a number of points-of-contact in the handling process. One in particular being getting produce from a field bin to larger containers during processing. With this in mind, Tecnoagri has introduced […] Read more

VIDEO: New tool helps prevent spoilage in silage
Just 'Face-it'. It's a good idea to maintain your silage pile
It’s always fun to see new products at the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show site, especially when their inventor is on-hand to talk about them. In this case, it was Eli Wideman who spoke with us about how this simple, but effective silage tool called ‘Face-it’ helps maintain a silage pile to avoid spoilage.

Combine market holding, for now
According to a recent news release from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, higher combine prices do not yet appear to have affected their sales in Canada.

Deere beats profit targets as strong pricing, cost cuts counter slow demand
Deere & Co beat analysts' expectations for third-quarter profit on Thursday, as stronger pricing and cost control measures protected its margins from sluggish demand for its farm equipment.

Kearney Planters celebrates 45 years
Barry Kearney built the business by giving customers want they need, and being innovative
What began as a way for Barry Kearney to supplement his income has turned into a successful business, spanning 45 years, building and selling planters. Kearney Planters began on Barry’s 100 acre family farm in Chatham-Kent. In late 1978, he worked on the farm part-time with his dad Robert as well as part-time as a […] Read more

Cyber attack frustrates farm equipment dealers
Dealers forced to use manual processes after software provider hacked
CDK provides business management software to dealers of all makes of farm equipment, so major dealers of John Deere, CNH and are working without digital systems across the country. CDK is also the leading provider of management software to automobile dealers and thousands of those dealerships are offline.

Deere announces job cuts to tackle slowing farm equipment demand
Deere & Co said on Wednesday it would cut an unspecified number of production and salaried jobs to save costs as it grapples with a downturn in farm equipment demand.

Water jet cuts through no-till residue
Susterre’s system makes enough of a cut that a planter’s seed placement system works better
Long-term use of no-till can be a challenge in high-residue crops, causing many farmers to undertake periodic tillage. A company with roots in Australia, Canada and now the U.S. has a solution: a jet of high-pressure water to carve open the soil so seed openers and placement technology can put the seed where it should […] Read more

Diminutive Burro packs a big robotic punch
The unit will follow workers or run in a pre-programmed cycle to move items around a farm
The Burro, a self-driving vehicle that can haul fruit, vegetables, seed and trailers, was unveiled at the London Farm Show in March. “We have not used it in its operational environment yet, but we’re excited to this year, and there’s a lot of interest in it,” said Haggerty AgRobotics project manager Jason Gharibo. Why it […] Read more