Reading Time: 5 minutes Donna Hanson was trying to be as quiet as possible while she got ready to go out, but she still woke her husband, Dale. He opened his eyes and looked up at her. Then he raised his head a few inches and dropped it back to the pillow. “I’m feeling even worse than yesterday,” he […] Read more
Hanson Acres: One more thing for Donna’s list
For the Hanson family, that mid-winter trip to Hawaii just keeps giving and giving
Easy service scheduling for farm machinery
Australian smartphone app puts farm fleet service records on your device
Reading Time: 2 minutes Growing up on the farm, I can remember the small garage in the yard had a long list of oil change dates written on the inside wall by the door. At the time, that seemed a fully adequate maintenance record. After all, there were only two tractors to keep track of. Today, however, tracking equipment […] Read more
Hanson Acres: The big moment comes with a hitch
Too many nerves, too much talk, too many games… oh, just put a ring on it!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two minutes before her wedding was scheduled to start, as she waited at the edge of the lawn to take the short walk down the beach toward her groom and the hired minister, Trina Hanson was worried. It wasn’t the weather. The weather was always perfect in Hawaii. It wasn’t her dress. She loved the […] Read more
New balers from AGCO
These Lely-influenced balers join the MF family in North America
Reading Time: 3 minutes After announcing in March 2017 that it had acquired the hay and forage division of European equipment manufacturer Lely, AGCO strode its way into the Agritechnica farm machinery show in Germany that November and proudly introduced a new Massey Ferguson baler based in large part on the engineering it inherited in the Lely purchase. There […] Read more
Hanson Acres: It’s the last mile that really counts
All kinds of distances have to be travelled when Trina decides to tie the knot
Reading Time: 4 minutes By the time the Hanson family got to the check-in desk at their hotel in Maui, the normally mild-mannered Dale had lost his patience. “Look!” he whispered a little too loudly, elbowing his wife Donna. “That’s the couple that cut in front of us in the car rental lineup!” It was definitely the same couple […] Read more
PHOTOS: Digging into tillage
New tillage tools on the market show manufacturers are finally setting their engineers free to rethink some of our most basic jobs
Reading Time: 3 minutes The steady advance in technology across the farm machinery sector has caught up with the design of good old-fashioned tillage equipment too. We’ve seen a steady stream of new and more sophisticated versions introduced this year from many brands. Take a look at just some of what debuted in the past 12 months. Versatile introduced […] Read more
Hanson Acres: That message at the post office
“You’re the only person I’ve talked to,” said their neighbour Tara, still shaking
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Here you go,” Gina said, passing a cardboard box through the open half-door of the post office into Elaine’s waiting arms. “I saw you pull up in front, so I dug this out of the stack for you.” Elaine laughed. “I wouldn’t get this kind of attention if I got my mail in the city!” […] Read more
Upgrades for 8R and 9R John Deere tractors
Deere makes changes to its highest horsepower tractors
Reading Time: 3 minutes John Deere’s two biggest tractor lines, the 8R and 9R Series, will see a host of upgrades beginning this fall. “For the 2019 model year (8R and 8RT) tractors, we’re making the Premium CommandView III Cab with cab suspension standard on all 8RT Series tractors,” says Tiffany Turner, product marketing manager, large tractors for John […] Read more
Hanson Acres: What the heck… where’s my truck gone?
Nobody’s saying anything on the Hanson farm, which seems just fine
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Thanksgiving, the Hansons still hadn’t solved the mysteries of Labour Day Monday. And they certainly never discussed them. It had started when Jeff’s phone rang. After a half hour of shovelling long-spoiled grain out of an old wooden grain bin with temperatures in the high thirties and a sky filled with smoke from northern […] Read more
New combines from Case IH
For 2019, the 250 series debuts with impressive new technology
Reading Time: 4 minutes If your goal is to introduce new combines to North America, why not do it right where those machines are built. That was the logic behind Case IH’s July media event at its combine assembly plant in Grand Island, Nebraska. Members of the North American farm media were invited there to get a first look […] Read more
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