Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s one thing that Richenhagen hasn’t changed at AGCO, and that he says he never will change. AGCO is a pure-play agriculture company. Richenhagen ensures its tagline “Your agriculture company” is everywhere, and that all its machinery is made for farms, starting with the hobby farm market but with its focus intensifying as the size […] Read more
Pure-Play Is The Right Play
Bidding For Business
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ritchie Bros. plans to sell even more to farmers as it revels in its role as the world’s biggest equipment auctioneer It’s so huge and full, you can’t see the far end. Transports, pickups, massive payloaders, dump trucks, all sorts of excavators and even a fire truck are lined up for inspection. We’re on the […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Mar. 30, 2009
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the most important decisions farmers can make is what seed they will plant. However, handling that seed and getting it into the drill is a different challenge. “Back in the day” that may have involved toting bags or even a pail to fill up a drill. However, those days are increasingly in the […] Read more
AGCO grows up
Reading Time: 2 minutes “ Our goal is to take market share away from the green guys, the blue guys, the red guys…” — Martin Richenhagen It’s clear we aren’t talking about yesterday’s AGCO. While in Atlanta for the launch of the world’s first all-AGCO tractors, global president and CEO Martin Richenhagen sat down with COUNTRY GUIDE to tell […] Read more
HTC Touch Pro
Reading Time: < 1 minute HTC describes its new HTC Touch Pro as a powerful communication device for professionals. It combines business with pleasure, offering one-handed operation of simple tasks and full keyboard input for serious work. The Pro features HTC’s rich touch-responsive interface, the Touchflo 3D, which provides an intuitive way of quickly zipping through tasks including messaging, calendar […] Read more
Palm Treo 750
Reading Time: < 1 minute Palm says its Treo 750 Smartphone “goes where you go.” The Treo 750 combines a world GSM phone, e-mail, broadband wireless and Windows Mobile 6 to give a powerful package in your hand. According to Palm, you can review and edit business documents, handle your calls and manage your contacts, calendar and many other tasks. […] Read more
RIM Blackberry Storm
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian-designed Blackberry smart-phones have been industry pioneers for several years. Their ability to send and receive e-mail and to browse the Internet were truly unique features at a time when very few others were offering that capability. With the new Blackberry Storm, the small keyboard from earlier Blackberrys is gone, replaced by the “Sure-Press” touch […] Read more
Samsung Instinct
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Samsung Instinct released in Canada in 2008 is one of many choices Samsung offers. The Instinct is positioned by Samsung as a “Touch-screen mobile device.” Its touch screen interface makes it similar to an iPhone and can also work with a stylus. The Instinct touch screen interface makes it easy to scroll and swipe […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for Feb. 9, 2009
Reading Time: 2 minutes Choosing a transmission is increasingly important. Big engines may generate big power but they can’t do a thing without a way to translate that power onto the ground. Transmissions facilitate that process. Technically speaking, they provide a speed torque conversion from a higher-speed engine to a slower more forceful application. Hydrostatic transmissions are simple, with […] Read more
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