There's a lot of stuff happening with equipment lately — from sales numbers, to what's going on with the shortage of components, to price increases. To explain it all, for today's RealAg LIVE! our host Shaun Haney is joined by Curt Blades, senior vice president of ag services at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).... Read More
Category: Machinery
Ag Growth International (AGI) has reached a deal to acquire all the outstanding shares of Farmobile, Inc., after buying a minority stake in the Kansas-based farm equipment data company in 2019. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Farmobile provides farms with hardware and software for real-time collection and analysis of farm machinery... Read More
AGCO has introduced its latest harvesting solution, the AutoDock header docking system, for Fendt IDEAL combines. AutoDock is the industry's first automatic system for connecting and disconnecting combine headers, without having to get out of the combine, says the company. It eliminates the job of manually lifting and attaching or detaching drivelines, which, as anyone... Read More
Will precision planting pay when it comes to winter wheat yield? How do things like down force and row spacing contribute to a more uniform winter wheat stand? In this Wheat School episode, we've got our latest research update from the Follings Research Farm with Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson and Joanna Follings, cereals specialist with... Read More
As equipment begins to roll across the fields, and new inventory arrives on-farm, the sales numbers start rolling in as well. The latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is showing a rather large increase in Canadian sales. The highest increase is in the less than 40 HP range 2WD tractors. The category... Read More
The Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) and the advisory board for Canada's Farm Show — formerly known as Canada's Farm Progress Show — have decided the 2021 edition of the show is going to be held virtually. "Last year was a difficult year for everyone, globally," says Tim Reid, president and CEO of REAL, in... Read More
AGCO is introducing the latest in their baler lineup: the Massey Ferguson RB 4160P Protec combo baler. The unit, which produces 4-by-5-foot bales, combines all the features found on the RB Series silage balers with an integrated bale-wrapping unit, allowing producers to harvest and ensile high-moisture forages in one process. Whether harvesting forage for a... Read More
Plenty of things are showing signs of life right about now in Ontario, including the weeds. To determine how to control these yield-robbing plants in the weeks ahead, Bernard Tobin is joined by Rob Miller, agronomist at BASF, in this episode of the Corn School. Typically, a conversation on spring weed control is determined by... Read More
The biennial farm equipment and ag technology showcase Agritechnica has been moved from its usual time of November to late winter, 2022. Organizers say the show will run from February 27 to March 5, 2022 at Hanover, Germany. The DLG (German Agricultural Society) hopes the four-month postponement will allow companies the "necessary certainty required for... Read More
Clean Seed Capital Group has entered into an agreement to lease a new custom build facility at Saskatoon, Sask. The flagship 16,000 square foot facility will be home to the assembly of the SMART Seeder MAX-S and related electronics systems, and will serve as the sales and customer experience infrastructure, and provide dealer support and... Read More