Does building your corn planting and side-dress fertilizer program around a fertilizer cart make sense? That's what Blenheim, Ont., farmer Joe De Brouwer does and that's why he's on this episode of The Sharp Edge on RealAgriculture. De Brouwer, who farms with his father and two uncles, tells Maizex Seeds’ agronomist Greg Stewart that an... Read More
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The Beaujot family and SeedMaster company have sold their remaining shares of Dot Technology Corp to Raven Industries Ltd. “The original sale of a majority interest in Dot to Raven that took place in November 2019, put Dot on a new path,” says Dot founder Norbert Beaujot. “This new path added Raven expertise in controls... Read More
If you haven't prepped your planter for 2020, there's still time to get the job done. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Kearney Planters service manager Shaun Dilliott walks us around a typical corn planter and offers tips on key areas where growers should focus maintenance efforts. The frame segment is the first stop.... Read More
When Massey Ferguson rolled out its 8700S Series tractors in 2019, AGCO had hoped the 270 to 400 Hp tractors would find a fit across a range of farming operations. One year later, the tractors have proven a versatile and productive fit for everything from pulling planters and grain carts to powering manure applicators to... Read More
The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) has announced Leah Olson as its new chief executive officer, effective April 13, 2020. Olson joins PAMI with 15 years of senior management experience, including director of Sabanto Ag, Intelliconn, and Ag West Bio. She also served as CEO of DOT Technology Corp., CEO of SeedMaster Manufacturing, and president... Read More
On the heels of releasing its new high-speed 4705 planter, Kinze is also offering upgrades for many of its other planters for the 2021 season. Kinze sales director Eric Broadbent explains that changes are coming for all planters designated by model numbers ending in “05.” In this interview last month at the National Farm Machinery... Read More
Agricultural attachment maker Danuser has simplified its popular auger system for easier farm fencing and barn construction application. At the National Farm Machinery Show last month, vice president Glenn Danuser explained that the company has condensed a wide selection of auger offerings to create its new EP Auger System, which will offer four different versions... Read More
A new transmission promises to give New Holland T5 tractor operators a new level of power and productivity, says the manufacturer. New Holland's claims are rooted in the addition of the Dynamic Command and AutoCommand transmission to the tractor's spec sheet. With AutoCommand, the T5 features the company's continuously variable transmission for increased versatility and... Read More
Machinery sales for 2020 have started off on a much weaker tone than 2019, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The current agricultural profitability outlook is bleak due to market access concerns, a bearish tone to commodities in the face of trade disruption, and rising protectionism elsewhere in the world. Without extra disposable income... Read More
Manitoba-based earthmoving equipment manufacturer K-Tec Earthmovers Inc. has announced it is merging with another scraper-maker based in Wisconsin. K-Tec is joining forces with Ashland Industries, which also makes scrapers for the agriculture, construction, and mining markets. The company will be headquartered in Rosenort, Man., with manufacturing and service operations in both Rosenort and Ashland, Wisconsin.... Read More