Farmers got a glimpse of the future on Day 1 of the Farm Progress Show. Case IH rolled out an autonomous concept tractor and John Deere talked about plans for a carbon fibre farming revolution that could see sprayer booms and more made of the material in the near future. Real Agriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and... Read More
Category: Machinery
The day when tractors drive themselves on farm fields across North America feels a little bit closer than it did yesterday. CNH Industrial — the parent company of Case IH and New Holland — became the first of the big tractor manufacturers to publicly unveil its own autonomous unit, lifting the veil on a cabless... Read More
Agriculture has a very rich tradition that involves adversity and hardship. Today we view adversity as a dip in the futures market or the air conditioning suddenly breaking down. But the adversity faced by the pioneers is like nothing we experience today. It was mentally and physically exhausting; there was no infrastructure, just a vision... Read More
WGI Westman Group has acquired the manufacturing assets from a competitor in the grain bin business. The parent company of Meridian and Behlen has bought Norstar Manufacturing's grain bin production assets, land and buildings in Morris, Manitoba, as well as Norstar's bin and tank manufacturing assets in Aylmer, Ontario. WGI president and CEO Paul Cunningham... Read More
Talking about strip tillage in corn is easy, but making it work in the field can be challenging. In this episode of Corn School, resident agronomist Peter Johnson sets out to find the perfect strip till berm at the recent Elgin Soil and Crop Improvement Association field demonstration day. Johnson explains that planting into 6"x6"... Read More
Claas is continuing its expansion in Western Canada, officially opening the doors to a new dealership in Alberta last week. Located in Crossfield, the new Alberta Ag Centre marks the first step in a new partnership between Claas of America and BayWa Ag, a flagship Claas dealer in Europe with headquarters in Munich. BayWa currently... Read More
If you've been drooling over the tire inflation technology available overseas, you're in luck. Precision Inflation, LLC, is bringing that technology — the ability to change tire pressures from the seat — to North America. "So this technology has been in use in Europe for about 25 years, and 5 years ago, I started bringing... Read More
The Manitoba Agricultural Museum and Canadian Foodgrains Bank teamed up with over 600 volunteers from 100 Canadian communities to attempt a record-breaking harvest this week, at Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry. Over two years of planning culminated into 139 (of 148) threshing machines harvesting wheat for 15 minutes at the Museum... Read More
It's "adaptable and rugged," and, it's on the market. The Viking, Versatile's brand new vertical tillage unit, was unveiled in July, at Ag in Motion, just outside of Saskatoon, SK. "It's designed to aggressively chop, cut and size residue, and mix it into that top one, two, three inches of soil," explains Trevor Jubenville, in... Read More
A unique, European drill caught the eyes of Ag in Motion delegates this year, just outside of Saskatoon. Though much smaller than many of its competitors — hitting widths between 3 and 9 metres (9.8 and 29.5ft) — the Pöttinger Terrasem packs quite a punch, with the integration of seedbed preparation, consolidation and drilling. "So... Read More