CNH’s AI Tech Assistant uses artificial intelligence to help mechanics find relevant repair procedures for most of the company’s equipment offerings from the last 40 years.

CNH introduces AI Tech Assistant

Pilot program gives dealerships improved access to repair information to provide customer support with less research

CNH’s AI Tech Assistant uses artificial intelligence to help mechanics find relevant repair procedures for most of the company’s equipment offerings from the last 40 years.

The ErgoSteer retrofit kit allows high-spec 500 to 1000 Series Fendt tractors to be controlled through a steering joystick mounted on a left-side seat armrest.

Fendt brings joystick steering to tractors

ErgoSteer is a retrofit option that provides operators a second type of steering input and was recognized with a AE50 design award

Agco introduced a retrofit kit that can bring joystick steering control to Fendt tractors. That system just won Agco an AE50 award for its design.

Bobcat has jumped into the lower end of the utility class tractor market with three new models offering 66 and 74 horsepower.

Bobcat introduces utility class tractors

Bobcat added three new tractor models to its lineup this summer. In a foray into the higher-horsepower utility category, it launched the UT6000 Series

Bobcat added three new tractor models to its lineup this summer. In a foray into the higher-horsepower utility category, it launched the UT6000 Series.

Case IH’s Quadtrac 715 wins the Highpower tractor category at the EIMA show in Italy, Nov. 6, 2024.  Photo: Greg Berg

Tractors of the year announced at EIMA agricultural machinery show

Day one of the EIMA international machinery show in Balogna, Italy, saw five tractor manufacturers take home awards for Tractor of the Year. There were six different categories in play – Fendt won in two categories – that ranged from horsepower to sustainability and a newly created category called 'TotyBot' for fully automated tractors without a cab.



The new 252,424 square feet facility is four times the size of the now closed Mississauga location and will expand  inventory capacity, streamline logistics, and improve overall operational efficiency.

Kioti Tractor expands operations with new warehouse in Milton

New facility boasts larger inventory capacity, streamlined logistics to better serve Canadian dealerships

Kioti Tractor has more than quadrupled its Canadian warehouse footprint with its new Milton facility. It has 252,424 square feet of space, which increases inventory capacity by 260 per cent over it’s previous location in Mississauga, said Chiwhan Yoon, Kioti Tractor’s executive vice-president and deputy CEO. Why it matters: The new facility will increase Kioti’s […] Read more

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VIDEO: Conversion kit makes conventional tractors autonomous

Sabanto, a tech company that offers an autonomy conversion package for a range of conventional ag tractors, showed their system at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in September. Here, Alex Valdez, field application engineer with Sabanto, explains how the system works and who Canadian producers can contact for a field demonstration.

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VIDEO: Fendt launches new 600 Series tractors at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, Agco’s introduced the Fendt 600 Series, a new four-model line of tractors. Scott Garvey, Glacier FarmMedia’s senior editor for machinery and equipment, was at the official launch and spoke to Agco representatives about some of the features the new tractors have to offer. RELATED: Check out the full specifications, photos and video […] Read more


Auction prices for farm equipment are down roughly 20 per cent compared to last year, according to Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers.

Prices soften in used farm equipment market

Combines are one of the hardest hit equipment types as buyers have become much more selective

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

John Deere introduced its fully autonomous 8R tractor for tillage applications in 2022 and began offering it commercially on a limited basis in 2023.

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