Jason Deveau, application technology specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Tom Wolf, co-founder of Agrimetrix — and both of Sprayers 101 — are BACK for this episode of Exploding Sprayer Myths! If you're cleared to fly a drone, spraying product with a drone is easy peasy, right? Actually, that's a…Read More
Category: Machinery
The era of Russian ownership of Buhler Industries — the makers of high-horsepower Versatile tractors and Farm King equipment — is over. Turkish manufacturer Basak Traktör says it has formally closed its purchase of 96.7 per cent of the shares in Buhler Industries from Rostselmash on Dec. 28 — eight days after the deal was... Read More
The Case IH 715 Quadtrac, the most powerful commercially-produced tractor in the world, attracted plenty of attention during its debut at Agritechnica 23 in Hanover, Germany. With a 715 horsepower-rated, 778 peak horsepower engine, the tractor delivers built-in power and speed to cover more ground in less time, but it’s also nimble, says CNH Industrial's... Read More
Bednar will be bringing its new Directo No seed drill to North America for 2024. Manufactured by family-owned Czech company, the seed drill is designed for direct seeding of various crops into uncultivated soil, stubble fields, catch crops or heavy and rocky soils. Jan Bednar, the company's business director, says the Directo No 6000 seeder... Read More
A practical design that immediately improves efficiency on the farm is usually a top priority when building a new shop, but ideally, that building will continue providing value for the next thirty-plus years, across multiple generations. Walter Smith would still fall into the category of "young" farmer, but after ten years of running a seed…Read More
Linamar Corporation is set to acquire Bourgault Industries Ltd. of St. Brieux, Saskatchewan, for C$640 million. Linamar's existing agricultural brands include harvesting specialist MacDon and tillage and crop nutrition expert Salford. The company says that buying Bourgault positions Linamar to increase its market position as it now possesses a full lineup of products in the... Read More
The parent company of Basak Traktör — an agricultural manufacturer based in Turkey — has reached a deal to acquire 97 per cent of the shares in Manitoba-based Buhler Industries from Russia's largest agricultural manufacturer, Rostselmash. Buhler, which employs around 800 people building Versatile tractors and Farm King equipment, has been majority-owned by Rostselmash since... Read More
Spraying enthusiasts visiting Agritechnica 23 had plenty of good things to say when visiting the Agrotop location to check out the company's easyFlow M self-cleaning chemical transfer system. All the chatter prompted RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney to ask Agrotop's export manager Joachim Herfort for a hands-on demonstration of how the closed, contamination-avoiding and self-cleaning transfer system... Read More
Telecommunications companies working to bring cell and data service to areas with poor connectivity by satellite have reached several milestones over the past week, raising hopes of better cell service for areas lacking coverage from existing cell towers, including many farm fields and pastures. While traditional satellite phones require specialized devices and expensive high-altitude satellites,... Read More
After 100 years in business, the Farmall tractor brand now boasts an electric model. Earlier this year, Case IH announced that the new electric drive Farmall 75C would be available to farmers for 2024. In this report from Agritechnica 23, CNH product specialist Florian Gessner shares some of the features of the new tractor after... Read More