They've built it, now it’s time to come. With the 2016 Canadian Dairy XPO just two weeks away, show organizers are getting ready to unveil the new WeCover Cow Coliseum and pedestrian bridge that will connect the building to the Stratford Rotary Complex. The steel bridge will carry the more than 15,000 visitors expected to... Read More
Category: Machinery
Placing fertilizer where it needs to go can prove challenging, especially along roads, fencerows and bending contours of a field. But navigating fields and hitting the spot should be easier with the new Javelin sectional spreader from Salford BBI. “It’s the first precision spreader on the North American market to achieve a true 120-foot spread... Read More
Ontario Farmers are turning out in force to participate in the Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (GLASI). “We’ve had incredible response to GLASI in the targeted areas,” says Margaret May, regional program lead with Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, which administers the program. Interest and attendance at program meetings has been strong, she adds.... Read More
It seems Fendt's VarioGrip system, though impressive, left room for improvement. The system, which allowed operators to adjust front and rear tire pressures from the comfort of the cab, took about seven minutes to increase tire pressure by one bar. A little too long for some farmers. But instead of moping about it, Fendt employees... Read More
When AGCO designed its 9250 DynaFlex draper header, the goal was to feed the combine evenly and smoothly, explains AGCO tactical marketing manager Caleb Schleder. Now the company plans to further improve the headers’ durability and reliability with the launch of the new 9255 DynaFlex. At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville last month,... Read More
White Planters are set to take a quantum leap thanks to the addition of a new seed metre, electronic drive, and monitoring and data management technologies. The new White 9800VE Series planter was unveiled last month during the 2016 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. AGCO Strategic Marketing Manager Tom Draper explains that the... Read More
Agriculture so loaded with changing technology that it's hard to keep pace as farmer, never mind as someone who isn't directly involved the industry. Many of us get upset how modern agriculture can be represented as a non-technological industry. "I don't farm like grandpa did." Increasingly we spend time trying to explain the level of... Read More
The ability to collect machine data wirelessly from farms across Canada is starting to yield practical information that can help farmers become more efficient — evidence that takes colour out of the equation to answer questions like "what's the optimal engine speed of my model XYZ combine during harvest?" or "should I use a fuel... Read More