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The Grimme Veritron four-row self-propelled European-style harvester is fitted with tracks for high floatation, ideal for areas where swampy black soil makes travel conditions difficult.
News

Advances in optical grading increase potato sorting efficiencies

New equipment for vegetable growers can increase productivity

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Potato farmers are seeking avenues to increase productivity, lower costs and comply with environmental regulations. “We’ve tried to pull together the equipment to go right from planting, fertilizer, spraying, irrigation, harvesting, storing,” said Dan Mann, vice-president of HJV Engineering. “And then coming out of storage, washing, packing and right to the end user.” Why it […] Read more
Field demonstrations are a popular destination at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, where farmers can compare equipment side by side.
News

See it all first hand at COFS

In-person demonstrations are a hallmark of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and many return for 2022

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Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show is the place where agriculture equipment and technology come alive, providing an unparalleled ability to watch demonstrations and try out items that can be useful on the farm. In 2022, there will be several new demonstrations to see and experience. The skid steer ride-and-drive is returning to the show after several […] Read more
Each of the five sections in the 133-foot boom moves up or down independently of the adjacent boom sections, allowing the boom to spray 12 inches above the crop top.
Machinery

Horsch sprayer flexes its booms

Biggest Horsch/Claas field demo in North America brought the companies’ latest and greatest to Canada

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Glacier FarmMedia – The new Horsch Leeb sprayer made its Canadian debut July 19. Controlled droplets close to the crop reduce drift and put the product on the plants where it does the most good, whether for insects, disease or weeds. The sprayer is engineered to do just that – put the nozzles closer to […] Read more
Power comes from a 402 horsepower Cummins engine that handles 12-row chopping corn heads or draper headers up to 40 feet wide. A 3.8 bushel per second unloading rate simplifies unloading the 341-bushel grain tank. Changing between soybeans and corn takes less than five minutes. The combine features the Terra Trac half-track system.
Machinery

Claas re-defines Class 7 combine

Technology and comfort added to mid-sized combine class

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Glacier FarmMedia – As combines evolved in the past three decades, Class 7 combines seemed to be left in the dust. There were still new machines being built, but most Class 7 technology in use today was developed in the late 1970s, according to Claas combine manager Greg Frenzel. He said the new Trion 740 […] Read more
Compacted soil from equipment decreases soil volume porosity, which will negatively affect root development in crops and the ability of the soil to absorb water.
Crops, Machinery

Three common soil compaction mistakes

Avoid these missteps to keep compaction from getting worse

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Glacier FarmMedia – With the advent of mechanized agriculture, farms became a great deal more productive than they were in times past. However, the large machines that ply farmers’ fields today can be hard on the soil and cause issues with compaction. Why it matters: Soil compaction can be a serious form of soil degradation resulting […] Read more
Lemken designed a cultivator for the Combined Powers system that can detect tillage depth and tell whether the cultivator is plugging with trash. It also confirms that the system is crumbling soil appropriately and managing field slope and moisture conditions. Krone’s mowers and forage harvesting equipment are also designed to optimize performance in the field.
Machinery

Combining forces and experience, Krone and Lemken are autonomous

For the European shortliners, working together harnesses global skills to put Combined Powers to work in farmers’ fields

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Glacier FarmMedia – Krone and Lemken teamed up to build a robotic tractor and implements designed to help the companies keep pace with the autonomous revolution expected to sweep the agricultural sector. Combined Powers is the name of the joint project. Yves Desjardins of Lemken said there are multiple reasons it made sense for the […] Read more
Under their hoods, tractors may look very different than they do now in just a few years, with electric and hybrid powertrains as well as electric implement controls.
Machinery

What’s in store from machinery brands?

Deere, CNH commit to more tech, electric and hybrid drives

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Glacier FarmMedia – The new powered farm machines parked on dealership lots in the coming decade are going to look a little different than they do now, at least under the hoods. That’s according to information released recently by two major manufacturers, John Deere and CNH Industrial, parent company to Case IH and New Holland. […] Read more
Raven’s Omnipower 3200 will work with earlier SeedMaster implements, but the company is focusing on spraying and spreading operations and developing options with CNH, its new parent company.
Machinery

Raven releases a more robust robot

Omnipower units remain compatible with existing attachments as CNH considers further autonomous options

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Glacier FarmMedia – Raven’s Omnipower agricultural robot now has more power and a better controls system. “We’ve beefed up the frame and some of the structural elements to allow that extra power to be handled by the frame. There’s a redesigned caster wheel system and we put higher flotation, higher weight capacity tires on,” said […] Read more
Machinery, News

Farm equipment dealers merge

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The new North American Equipment Dealers Association is official after its four associations voted in favour of merging, which is expected to happen July 1. The joint membership consists of the Midwest-South Eastern Equipment Dealers Association, the United Equipment Dealers Association, the Western Equipment Dealers Association and the Equipment Dealers Association. The member vote was […] Read more

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