This Big Bud got not only a makeover but new shoes, as the largest of ag tires got mounted on the upsized classic tractor, modified by its owner for display to farmers at the Farm Progress Show in Illinois. The post Big Bud reborn on Titan’s largest tractor tires appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Let’s ask the company’s own archivist: would John Deere, the man, be surprised to learn his eponymous field plow company is now a global corporation with around US$30 billion in annual turnover? The post Could John Deere have imagined what his company has become today? appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
The Protecting America’s Roads Act, which was tabled in the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of October, would “rid the country of illegal immigrant commercial truck drivers and ineligible foreign nationals.” The post U.S. bill could keep out Canadian truckers appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
The selection of drone support tenders — units built to serve as landing pad, operator station and refill platform for large agricultural drones — on display at Ag in Motion suggests more of the farmer population at large may now be seeing drone tech’s potential applications in their own fields. The post Drone tenders proliferate at Ag in Motion appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
Grain storage and handling equipment maker GSI’s GrainVue bin monitoring system allows farmers to monitor grain’s condition inside the bin and automate the drying, cooling and/or aerating.| Grainews
The option is still available for farmers who want to sell assets that way, but a U.S. auction firm expanding into Canada notes the number of live, on-farm auctions has drastically declined. The post Farm auctions evolve with the times appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Let’s look at what you’ll find when you pull the wheel hubs off your livestock trailer, and what you need to consider to keep those electrical brakes in good working condition. The post How to overhaul electric trailer brakes appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Machinery editor Scott Garvey visits the Greenwald Colony in Manitoba who are the first owners of Case IH’s AF11 combine in the province.| Grainews
At the Ag in Motion farm show held earlier this year near Langham, Sask., a vintage tractor pull event drew pretty significant crowds of show goers, who were mostly farmers. The post Vintage power on display at Saskatchewan tractor pull appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
Agco equipment dealership chain AgWest recently announced it will build two new dealership buildings in western Manitoba to better serve that expanding market area. The post Equipment dealership chain firms up Manitoba reach appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
Depending on the crop, powdery mildew may not be much of a yield killer for grain growers — but dust from the fungal disease can build up to cause fires in combines. The post Powdery mildew can be combine fire risk appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
Canadian farmers can expect to see “pretty big campaigns” this year from Japanese tractor and implement manufacturer Kubota as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in the Canadian market.| Grainews
John Deere says it’s increasing the biodiesel approval rating on its Final Tier 4 diesel engines from B20 to B30, creating new fuel options for farmers but also expanding markets for oilseed crops used as biodiesel feedstock.| Grainews
Machinery editor Scott Garvey travels to a southeastern Saskatchewan farm to check out a rare piece of tractor history: the WA-14, which Oregon manufacturer FWD Wagner built for John Deere in the late 1960s.| Grainews
John Deere’s 1 Series round balers for 2026 will include an automated weaving hitch that oscillates the unit over a windrow to better form a “square-shouldered” round bale.| Grainews
Improved pickup design and feeding control, and a New Holland-yellow colour scheme, will be featured on the brand’s new Roll-Belt 1 Series of variable-chamber round balers for the 2026 model year.| Grainews
How much longer will glyphosate be a viable weed control option for producers? The question itself seems a bit jarring, but the loss of this herbicide| Grainews
Scott Garvey and Robin Booker compete in a tea bag challenge driving a semi-truck and trailer at Ag in Motion 2025.| Grainews
A Trump threat and social media backlash have Deere stating its commitment to U.S. manufacturing.| Grainews
Explore John Deere's prototype electric tractors, designed for vineyard and utility work. Learn about their battery technology, charging options, and potential for on-farm use.| Grainews
Editor’s note: This instalment is another in the series that highlights the different seeding technology offered by manufacturers who had their equipment| Grainews
The current trade dispute won’t interfere with Canadian farmers’ ability to get the John Deere machine they want, but will likely make that machine more expensive, a Deere vice-president warns.| Grainews
New Holland wants its newest PowerStar utility tractors, the 110 and 120 Electro Command, to provide that segment’s versatility but with the sorts of power, technology and operator comfort farmers see in “production-class” tractors.| Grainews
Are you thinking of buying a used tractor or other farm machine at one of this season’s spring auctions? When buying at auction, there is usually limited| Grainews
Glacier FarmMedia — As Morris Equipment and Rite Way manufacturing announced they will be merged together under a new parent company called Superior Farms| Grainews
Prairie grain growers seeking improved productivity within a narrow seeding window are the intended market for Saskatchewan manufacturer Morris Equipment’s new, higher-capacity 1440 air cart.| Grainews
French manufacturer Kuhn says its new 5640 field cultivator line features a redesigned frame that “optimizes” weight and strength, meaning farmers should see better performance in wet field conditions.| Grainews
Case IH parent company CNH’s FieldOps equipment management system is now ”probably resonating the most with our customer base,” Kurt Coffey says.| Grainews
Agco’s PTxTrimble has made a few changes to its Outrun autonomous grain cart and tillage system in the past year, in which the company has “taken that system and converted it to look at it as an autonomy platform.”| Grainews
Horsch debuted a new double-shoot seed drill at Ag in Motion, integrating a 66-foot, single-disc toolbar and 870-bushel air cart into one combination unit.| Grainews
The Western Canada International Harvester Club, chapter 38, made an appearance at the Ag in Motion farm show recently to promote itself and recruit new members.| Grainews
In view of steadily increasing demand for its farm equipment lines, PhiBer Manufacturing has embarked on an ambitious expansion to its current footprint at Crystal City in south-central Manitoba.| Grainews
The JDLink Boost service, previously available in the U.S. and Brazil, is now available to farmers in Canada seeking satellite connections for their telematics-equipped farm machinery.| Grainews
One common complaint many farmers have is that rural cellular coverage is often less than impressive. It’s a complaint not limited to Canada, and in fact| Grainews
Deere and Co. expects a pre-tax impact for 2025 of just over $500 million on its bottom line, if the levels of U.S. tariffs in place as of mid-May remain over the coming fiscal year.| Grainews
When the national Plug’n Drive event hit town, Scott Garvey decided to expand his range of experience with battery electric vehicles (BEVs), trying out the Hyundai Kona and Chevy Equinox.| Grainews
Diesel exhaust fluid is required in new machines to address engine emissions, but here on the Prairies, Mother Nature steps in to enforce the law of unintended consequences.| Grainews
Starlink has become the global go-to provider for connectivity, particularly in rural areas where cellular service is dodgy at best, but there are now concerns about whether it can be trusted in the long term.| Grainews
CNH plans for “more than 15 new tractor launches, 10 combine launches, 19 crop production launches and over 30 precision technology releases between now and the end of 2027.”| Grainews
Those refreshed Case IH and New Holland machines will come with higher price tags, though — and as of May 1, CNH also increased prices on current model year machines not already sold.| Grainews
BKT’s AgrimaxFactor tractor tires scored high in practical tests evaluating soil compaction and fuel consumption at Germany’s DLG test centre. The post BKT tires score a prestigious DLG approval appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsTraction & Compaction & Production Tips - Grainews
The design uses a unique concave sidewall that allows for a flatter, track-like contact with the ground, which manufacturer Galileo Wheel says offers a 30 per cent increase in traction over regular tires. The post IrriCup wheels improve traction on pivots appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsTraction & Compaction & Production Tips - Grainews
In 2011, at Agritechnica in Germany, Galileo Wheel’s co-founder Avishay Novoplanski debuted a completely new ag tire design for tractors, called the CupWheel. It uses a unique concave sidewall, giving the tread surface a flatter, track-like contact with the ground, which the company says offers a 30 per cent increase in traction over regular tires. The post Galileo Wheel introduces airless SkidCup skid steer tires appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsTraction & Compaction & Production Tips - Grainews
Compared to previous versions, the new version of Reinke’s ReinCloud is billed as more intuitive, allowing irrigators to flow more data-driven information into their water management.| Grainews
Large, partially-buried field boulders are typically beyond the capabilities of a stand-alone rock picker. That usually means digging them out some other way, with a different machine — that is, unless it’s Dave Hundeby’s.| Grainews
Seen at the World Ag Expo: aside from sporting oversized tires and a glossy new paint job, this McCormick-Deering, which looks to be from the brand’s 1930s era, has also been re-powered with a Cummins diesel engine.| Grainews
Ag in Motion, sited near Langham, Sask., has grown significantly from a relatively modest beginning to what’s now arguably the premier summer show in Western Canada.| Grainews
Yo-yoing U.S. tariff rates will end up costing farmers more for new machinery and parts — and not just farmers in the U.S. either.| Grainews
The German-made Nexat is an implement carrier designed to handle every field operation from seeding to harvesting and work in a controlled traffic plan to minimize soil compaction.| Grainews
New Holland is set to introduce a system, comparable to sister company Case IH’s SenseApply, under the IntelliSense brand for its front-boom Guardian sprayers.| Grainews
Kioti has introduced the Flow+ high-flow option for its SL750 skid steer and TL750 compact track loader, to meet demand from buyers for improved hydraulic capacity on those larger units.| Grainews
If ever you’ve seen the movie Smokey and the Bandit (1977), or watched any of the Movin’ On TV series (1974-76), you’ll be very familiar with the trucks we’re talking about here.| Grainews
The Nebraska company describes E3 as its first precision series of spans and end booms with uniform coupler spacing — which helps ensure a uniform water application rate along the entire length of the machine.| Grainews
A quick online search will show there are more than a few cheap welders out there; most, of course, originate in Asia. Some claim to have some reasonably| Grainews
Unverferth has just introduced the new model 2520 grain cart, which pushes at the upper capacity limits of its cart line with a 2,500-bushel load rating.| Grainews
At the corporate level there are a lot of similarities between equipment manufacturers Horsch and Claas. Both are family-owned firms headquartered in| Grainews
New Volto hay tedders and Disco mower conditioners from Claas will be available to North American producers in time for the 2025 season.| Grainews
