John Buhler, the visionary farm equipment entrepreneur who founded Buhler Industries—makers of Versatile tractors and Farm King equipment—passed away on Dec. 21. Buhler, 91, had experienced a stroke in the last few weeks, according to reporting by CBC. He originally acquired Standard Gas Engine Works in Morden, Manitoba in 1969, and renamed it Farm King… Read More
Category: Machinery
Picking rocks from fields has been required back-breaking work since fields have been cleared for farming. The practice protects expensive equipment from being damaged, increases seed to soil contact, and creates smoother fields. Todd Hofmann of Schulte says that he is thankful that the days of hand-picking are long past as he discusses the Spartan… Read More
There are some tools on the farm that simply make life easier. While the FalCan multi-deck is typically thought of as a round-bale deck, the number of jobs that it can be used to accomplish on the farm are numerous, says Stephen Vandervalk of FalCan Industries. From lifting pivots to put on tires, to harrowing… Read More
Efficiency and safety are everything when it comes time to bring the grain in. Meridian offers a few different augers of varying sizes within the TL line, including the 10- and 12-inch. The company has now also officially launched their new TL1346 hydraulic-drive auger to complement the existing line. Some of the innovations that make… Read More
Farmers across Western Canada can expect to see plenty of new John Deere C-Series air carts rolling through fields in spring 2025. The company had 30 of the air carts in action across the Prairies and the western U.S. in 2024 and farmers will see the full lineup in the upcoming year. The C-Series includes… Read More
It’s not a surprising trend, as farmers have indicated that equipment is one place they’re trying to cut expenses, but sales of nearly all equipment classes on both sides of the border continued their downward slide in November. To break down the latest numbers put out by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), host of… Read More
While the initial launch of a new piece of equipment is always exciting, feedback from the farmers that use it in the field can help to make some pretty impressive improvements. In the case of Horsch’s Leeb VL sprayer this has meant a bigger tank, bigger booms, a bigger engine, easy to change fenders, changes… Read More
No two pieces of land are the same. Geringhoff had this in mind when they designed the XtremeFlex Razor (XFR) Draper Head. As Lucas Haas of Geringhoff says in this interview from Agri-Trade at Red Deer, the XFR Draper Head was engineered in Germany with the North American market in mind. The head works on… Read More
Farmers got their first look at new John Deere predictive ground speed automation harvesting technology this fall and they like what they’ve seen, reports Bergen Nelson, Deere’s go-to-market manager for harvesting equipment. Earlier this year, the company rolled out both predictive ground speed automation and harvest settings automation on its model year 2025 S7 combines…. Read More