Ag equipment buyers were willing to take almost anything they could get their hands on when the COVID-19 pandemic severely hampered manufacturers’ ability to deliver new machines to customers. That, combined with strong farm commodity prices adding to demand, raised the price of used equipment. Now that manufacturing has returned to normal and commodity prices […] Read more
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Prices soften in used farm equipment market
Combines are one of the hardest hit equipment types as buyers have become much more selective
John Deere reaches for fully autonomous fleet by 2030
Company targets autonomous operations for every job required to grow a corn or soy crop, from tillage to harvest
Glacier FarmMedia – As John Deere unveiled its 2025 model year product line in late February, it brought the company one year closer to a significant date: 2030. That is when the brand has promised to offer a complete fleet of autonomous equipment, able to handle a full farming season from seeding to harvest with […] Read more
John Deere reveals new 9RX tractors, S7 combines
Bigger tractors, new combines and air carts debut for 2025 model year
Glacier FarmMedia – John Deere is taking the lead in the tractor horsepower race. It is introducing the most powerful four-wheel drive production agriculture tractor ever built, surpassing Case IH’s 715 horsepower Steiger, which debuted this past fall and briefly held the record. With three new 9RX models, the 9RX 710, 9RX 770 and 9RX 830 that […] Read more
New Massey Sprayer comes to NFMS, combines and grain carts get synchronized
Product offerings that simplify how farmers work in the field often get more than a cursory glance on the farm show floor. This is the case for two machinery manufacturers at the National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS) in Louisville, Kentucky. Day two of the NFMS saw Massey Ferguson debut its 500R sprayer to attendees, and […] Read more
Combines launch into the spotlight at National Farm Machinery Show
With over 800 exhibitors occupying more than a million square feet of space at the Kentucky Exposition Center, it’s pretty much A-Z when it comes to the display of agricultural wares at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Two well-known machinery brands took this opportunity to pull back the curtain and showcase their latest offerings […] Read more
The final years of Brantford’s MF combine assembly plant
Declining sales and accumulated debt necessitate drastic measures
In this final instalment of a four-part series on the Brantford Massey Ferguson combine plant (read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, here), the story wraps up with a look at the plant’s final days and what was left unfinished as Massey Ferguson abandoned combine manufacturing in the 1980s. As the 1980s began, the […] Read more
Slope adjustment at the cleaning shoe can reduce grain losses
John Deere system adjusts so chaff spread will be more even on slopes
John Deere continues to evolve its combine lineup with three innovations it showed at the Agritechnica machinery show in Germany. John Deere has done its part in launching big new combines in recent years with its X9 series, but has also launched new combine innovations. It displayed three new technologies that either are, or will […] Read more
Massey Ferguson assesses the competition
Company finds ways to see what engineers for other brands are testing
In the third instalment on Massey Ferguson’s manufacturing history in Ontario (read Part 1 and Part 2 here), we examine what it was like to be a combine field test engineer for the company in the 1970s. Here is a compilation of recollections from various engineers who worked at MF’s Brantford plant during that time. […] Read more
New Holland combine boosts productivity, maintains size, weight
The new design changes how drive lines work, bringing more lines inside the combine
New Holland’s new CR11 combine moves more bushels than any previous New Holland combine, but takes up the same space on the road thanks to award-winning engineering. The CR11 Increases productivity for the New Holland line, as it has 775 HP, two 24-inch rotors, a grain tank capacity of 20,000 litres and an unload rate […] Read more
Agritechnica wrap-up: New combines, tractors and industry trends
Agritechnica is the world’s largest agriculture machinery show, drawing more than 400,000 people from around the world to Hannover, Germany. Glacier FarmMedia Senior Technology Editor John Greig was there and summarized the major product launches and some of the ag-tech industry trends he observed. – John Greig is a senior editor with Glacier FarmMedia. Watch for much […] Read more
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