Shareholders in Rocky Mountain Equipment (RME) have voted in favour of taking the publicly-traded farm equipment dealer private. The company says 72.3 per cent of the votes cast in a special meeting on December 17, 2020, were in favour of the arrangement to sell RME's shares to a numbered company controlled by RME's board chair... Read More
Category: Machinery
The latest Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers numbers for November are in and tractors in the <40 hp range saw the biggest growth. Overall, tractor sales rose 4.4 per cent for the month and grew 9.1 per cent year-to-date (YTD). While 40 to 100 hp tractors sales stayed fairly flat for the month, YTD they grew 3.9... Read More
Claas of America has received a 2021 AE50 award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for its Lexion 6000 series straw walker combine. The annual AE50 Awards program celebrates and recognizes new products that feature the highest innovation, significant engineering advancement and impact on the market served. Entries for the AE50... Read More
When it comes to gauging the success of management decisions, it's important to run more than one replication in a trial -- observing differences is a great way to decide on what might deserve a closer look next year. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson shares some of the plot results that... Read More
When it comes to strong soybean plant establishment, growers often focus on seeding rates, seeding depth, and tillage. Those are all important management practices, but Horst Bohner emphasizes the need for growers to also set up and run their planter or drill effectively, to produce optimal plant stands that deliver top yields. On this episode... Read More
While women make up over 30 per cent of farmers, it's only recently that they have seen an increase in representation in advertising for everything from crop protection products, to lending, to equipment. But simply casting a female model in an ad campaign, for example, doesn't necessarily mean companies have done any real research into... Read More
TELUS Agriculture is investing $1 million in Olds College's 2,800-acre Smart Farm. The investment will support the development, acceleration, and integration of technology into the global agri-food value chain. It will also support the goals of more efficient and sustainable food production with fewer inputs and reduced waste. The Olds College Smart Farm will act... Read More
In this episode of RealAg LIVE!, Greg "Machinery Pete" Peterson gives us the scoop on the used machinery markets in both Canada and the U.S., as well as pricing trends, and even gets in to the more psychological side of online auction sales. Tune in weekdays at 1 pm M/3 pm E on your favourite... Read More
Brandt Agricultural Products has recently launched a new purpose-built dozer blade attachment, suitable for 4WD tractors. The new unit is available in a variety of blade widths, heights and lugging configurations, designed to make it easy for farmers to find the right blade for their operation. The goal of this product-line addition is to enable... Read More
If you're not tracking your hours running vs. hours spraying, you might be losing out on a valuable productivity bump that requires only a few tweaks. As our guests for this episode of The Agronomists share below, gaining minutes at filling, or in turn arounds, or clean out, adds up to hours in productivity. Join... Read More