Fendt, who released the Momentum planter at last year's Commodity Classic, debuted the latest updates at this year's show with a focus on dry fertilizer applications. The Momentum planter has features designed to put more money in the farmer's pocket including in-line tandem wheels, as opposed to side by side, which therefore eliminates pinch-rows. Additionally,... Read More
Category: Machinery
The federal government has published its plan detailing expectations of carbon emissions reductions by 2030, by sector. This first of many Emissions Reduction Plans (ERP) sets out what each industry will be required to achieve under the climate plan to get Canada to net zero emissions by 2050. In a lengthy technical briefing Tuesday afternoon,... Read More
Automation isn't the only new advancements being made in farm equipment, as proven by New Holland that's moving forward commercializing a methane powered tractor. The new sustainably-minded T6.180 tractor was on display at Commodity Classic in New Orleans earlier this month. Mark Lowery, with New Holland, talks about the new opportunities on the horizon for... Read More
It's not the most common tractor name in the yard, but Deutz-Fahr's Warrior line caught the attention of plenty of attendees at the 2022 National Farm Machinery Show. Kara Oosterhuis, with RealAgriculture, was there to chat with Andrew Winkels, product marketing manager for Deutz-Fahr. In this video, Winkels talks about the new Warrior line of... Read More
With increasing demands for commodities and a desire by many to work smarter not harder, automation within farm equipment has taken a front seat and Raven is dedicated to creating autonomic solutions for new and traditional farm machinery. Commodity Classic in New Orleans was the backdrop for the introduction of Raven's Omnipower 3200, the latest... Read More
Move over 'spic and span' and 'squeaky clean', there's a new measure of clean in town thanks to one southern Ontario man who's hashtag #AndyClean, has taken over Twitter, gaining him the attention, and backing, of John Deere. Andy Pasztor is the man behind the brand #AndyClean and interestingly enough, although he was the muse... Read More
Independent depth control is one of the features that makes Unverferth's Raptor strip till tools a good fit for growers looking to create ideal seedbeds in the tillage system, the company says. At the National Farm Machinery Show at Louisville, Kentucky, Unverferth's Garrick Schroeder took RealAgriculture on a short tour of the Raptor. In this... Read More
As warmer weather arrives, it's time for final planter preparation. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Kearney Planters sales and customer care specialist Jay Curtis takes a look at some of the basic requirements to ensure row units are ready to travel at the proper depths, seed drops are accurate, and the seed trench... Read More
After being back on the road and attending several trade shows filled with machinery, one thing is certain — combines aren't getting smaller, and neither are the headers. Kevin Forth, tactical marketing manager for Fendt, was on hand at Commodity Classic at New Orleans, Louisiana, to showcase the latest addition to the Fendt IDEAL combine... Read More
As producers start to prepare for the upcoming seeding season, equipment manufacturers are also preparing for what could be another successful year for their industry. Despite all of the challenges that came with the pandemic, including persistent supply chain shortages, the ag equipment industry has seen strong sales over the course of the last two... Read More