Category: Tradeshows & Events

The Storm series from Mandako, built on the success of the Twister series, is looking to fill a demand for vertical tillage with disc options. "We have a two-in-one machine here. This can fit both applications, and with the framework and all the rest of it, no problem," says Murray Hunter, Western Canada sales manager... Read More

The introduction of dicamba-resistant crops created a need for increased drift management at spraying. Enter the ultra-coarse droplet and the nozzles to create them. Pentair Hypro is one company that's designed an ultra low-drift nozzle to create ultra-coarse droplets, and it was on display at this year's Agri-Trade event at Red Deer, Alta. Brian Henderson,... Read More

You know you've got a hot ticket item at a farm show when you need crowd control while doing an interview. One such stop at Agritechnica was the Steyr booth. On display was a hybrid concept tractor that doesn't just look like something very different, it's also designed to be something very different from current... Read More

With the acquisition of Dutch company Machinefabriek Steketee B.V. this year, Lemken has expanded its product portfolio, including the addition of row-crop cultivator EC-Weeder. The cultivator uses the IC-Light camera system to identify rows, and when paired with automatic steering, allows the machine to automatically adjust for accurate placement between rows. "We can go up... Read More

Claas's new 8000-7000 series combine is delivering more throughput, while also showing its true colours — no, really. "Finally, after many years of being yellow and black because of our affiliation with Caterpillar in the past, we finally got back to the [seed] green and white colours that are traditional CLAAS colours," says Patrick Arnold,... Read More

With an eye on those who want to create energy independent farms, New Holland introduced its methane-powered T6 model at Agritechnica. As Dominic Hesse, of New Holland, explains, the T6 is the size and type of tractor that would likely be used on a dairy that could support a methane digester and scrubber to close... Read More

The Manitoba based SoilReader made quite the impression at Germany's Agritechnica. While Shaun Haney covered the many buildings of the bi-annual show, more than a few people encouraged Shaun to check out the new tech, calling it "revolutionary." Erik Eising patented the technology in 2016, and says the SoilReader is poised to become a real... Read More

With the theme "From insights to actions," the Public Trust Summit held recently at Saskatoon, Sask. was a success according to many in attendance. Clinton Monchuk, executive director for Saskatchewan Farm and Food Care, says he felt invigorated after the two-day summit. "Just even chatting with different people for how excited they were to use... Read More

Horsch took the opportunity while at Agritechnica this November, to unveil its brand new Leeb 6.300 PT sprayer, and it will soon be available in Canada. "We will actually bring our self-propelled sprayer to Western Canada in 2020 — there will be one demo unit coming — and we're planning on retailing units as of... Read More

Naïo Technologies' autonomous weeding robot for vegetable production is heading into 2020 with an improved offering — it is now able to weed around plants, as well as between rows. "We want to offer one solution for farmers who [don't] want to use herbicides. Mechanical weeding is a huge task — they spend a lot... Read More