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FCA’s Ram brand pickups incorporate a “mild hybrid” drivetrain.
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New farm trucks

Detroit’s Big Three are redesigning their pickups for 2019

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Reading Time: 3 minutes This year, Ford, GM and FCA’s Ram brand marketing staff had a lot to talk about at the major auto shows. All three have given their pickup truck lines some serious overhauls, with new engines and a wider range of materials in their bodies and chassis, plus new drivetrain configurations all working their way into […] Read more
John Deere has added one more model to its 100 Series lawn tractor line and uprated their model designations to the E100 Series.
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Keeping the place up

Manufacturers offer new yard care machines for 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As the warm weather comes on, a job on every farm is to pull the yard care equipment out of storage and get it running again. If that’s getting to be a nuisance, you might want to look at some of the new offerings in the lawn and sub-compact tractor segments that manufacturers have introduced […] Read more
The JCB TM420 offers a higher capacity version of the existing TM320, which the brand claims was designed with farmers in mind.
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Lift and load

Three new loaders designed for on-farm handling

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Reading Time: 3 minutes In late January, John Deere introduced the new 344L compact wheel loader at an industry show in Las Vegas. Although this machine comes out of the green brand’s yellow construction side, it is also being marketed as an ideal fit for an on-farm fleet. “The 344L is a quick, nimble machine that is optimized for […] Read more
The company may do a limited production run of its one-off silver anniversary edition front-wheel assist tractor if customer demand warrants it.
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Versatile debuts new machinery for 2018

Winnipeg-based manufacturer shows new combine, anniversary tractor

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The regional Manitoba Ag Days indoor farm machinery show in Brandon takes place every January, but isn’t exactly known as the kind of event where major manufacturers debut new machines — with one notable exception. Versatile, whose manufacturing plant is just two hours down the highway, has embraced the event as a place to show […] Read more
John Deere added the 6230R and 6250R to the top end of its 6R line in Europe. Expect to see them become available here soon.
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Deere strengthens its tractor promise

More models and a unique fuel guarantee to boost Deere’s European presence

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Several years ago, John Deere was one of the earliest brands to give the digital component of its equipment a strong emphasis. Without a doubt they were ahead of all the major brands, which have since recognized the growing importance of that technology. Now, Deere is again getting ahead of curve by using the data […] Read more
Representatives of the McCormick brand were ecstatic when they went on stage to claim their Best Utility Tractor title during the 
Tractor of the Year awards ceremony at Agritechnica.
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And the Oscar goes to…

Brands claim top design awards at home and abroad

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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Agritechnica machinery show in Germany, which takes place every two years, has its own set of Tractor of the Year awards. A group of European journalists pick what they collectively think are the best tractors in each of four different categories, including best field tractor, best utility, best speciality and best overall design. This […] Read more
AGCO’s Fendt brand won a Silver Innovations Award at Agritechnica for its all-electric e100 Vario, which has the capabilities of a 65-horsepower conventional tractor but shorter run time.
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Re-energizing electric drive

Today’s concept tractors may never get beyond the prototype stage, but that isn’t going to stop electrification

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Reading Time: 6 minutes It was one of those great opportunities that I savour. I was with two very senior executives from one of the full-line manufacturers, and we were having a casual and candid conversation over lunch. We were in a private dining room on the grounds of the Agritechnica machinery show in Germany. Eventually the conversation drifted […] Read more
A cutaway view of a Xaver robot shows it is built on a modular design, and in the future it could potentially be repurposed to do jobs other than seeding corn.
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‘Xaver’-ing success

AGCO’s MARS project lands a new name ahead of its market release

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Several months ago Country Guide reported on the field robot project called MARS, which is an acronym for Mobile Agricultural Robot Swarms. It began as a joint research project between the European Commission and AGCO’s Fendt brand. At the Agritechnica machinery show in Hanover, Germany, in November, AGCO revealed the project has moved beyond the […] Read more
The new AmaSpot sprayers use sensors that can detect weeds and spray chemical only where needed, even at night.
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Amazone sprayers go high tech

Is this the next brand you should look at in sprayers?

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Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s no shortage of short-line ag implement manufacturers, and in almost any of them, the corporate executives will tell you they are now playing in a crowded marketplace. But the head of Germany-based Amazone is more bullish, saying his firm has the recipe for growth, and that he’ll be able to continue finding new markets […] Read more
AGCO introduced the new C Series RoGator with impressive upgrades in August.
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New C Series RoGators

AGCO re-engineers its sprayer line with LiquidLogic technology

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Reading Time: 2 minutes If there’s one word that’s taking up a lot of air in the room when it comes to herbicide discussions this year, it’s “resistance.” The growing threat from herbicide-resistant weeds has become a reality in nearly all regions and threatens to get much worse. Everyone in the industry is looking for solutions, and AGCO thinks […] Read more

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