Reading Time: 5 minutes Harvest was generally going well at the Hanson farm. The weather was holding up, the equipment wasn’t breaking down, the yields and quality coming off were a little better than they’d hoped, and Dale had settled into his role as a trucker. Dale was happy. Until Thursday. It wasn’t even lunchtime when things started to […] Read more
Hanson Acres: When life happens all around you
That’s when you somehow end up getting in everybody’s way
Deutz-Fahr aims high with new tractor
With a new factory and ‘global’ tractor lines, the brand is determined to get your attention
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Deutz-Fahr brand kicked off a three-day media event in mid-summer in Dresden, Germany, to show off not only some new tractor models, but a new factory and visitor centre as well. It’s another sign it aims to become a bigger player in global tractor sales, particularly in the 300-plus horsepower market. That new factory […] Read more
Hanson Acres: What they didn’t know…
Young Connor has some explaining to do. And it looks like his parents do too!
Reading Time: 5 minutes The day had started off well. “Daddy, the sun came out! I better stay home and help!” Connor said, looking out the open front door. Jeff looked out over his son’s head. After three days of mid-harvest rain, the sky had cleared. “Looks good,” Jeff agreed. “But you can’t miss the first day. And it’ll […] Read more
Lemken gets strategic
German company puts its focus on building a wider range of machinery for Canadian farms
Reading Time: 4 minutes Missouri may call itself the “Show Me” state, but in my experience, farmers demonstrate more of that “prove it to me” trait more than any other group — and for good reason. Over the decades they’ve heard machinery manufacturers make a lot of claims about the capabilities of their machines. Most of the claims turn […] Read more
My crystal ball shows risk in expecting higher food prices
The world will need more food but unless production increases can’t meet that demand, today’s prices probably won’t change much
Reading Time: 2 minutes I attended the annual conference of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, held recently in Boston. Conferences of this type are always tainted by the flavour du jour. Hence, no surprise that conversations were dominated by the current downturn in U.S. agriculture. I was left with a couple of key takeaway thoughts for Canadian agriculture. […] Read more
A new Tier 3 tractor
MTZ Equipment adds the aggressively priced, high-horsepower Kirovets tractors to its lineup
Reading Time: 4 minutes Any farmer who’s ever worn a hat with a machinery-brand logo on it has likely heard of Belarus tractors, although that doesn’t mean all those farmers ever believed that Belarus really measured up to the top-selling North American-built machines, whether in green, red, blue or yellow. That’s fair enough, because right from their introduction to […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Leaving the farm behind
It’s only for a weekend… or so they hope
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dale’s wife vetoed all of his best excuses. “Who’s going to finish the spraying if Jeff and I are both away all weekend?” “Mark. That’s why we hired him. You’ve trained him well. He’ll be fine,” Donna answered. “What about the dog? We can’t leave Buddy in the yard alone for three days.” “Your Dad […] Read more
John Deere offers new guidance receiver
Reading Time: 2 minutes John Deere has again updated its satellite guidance product line with the introduction of the StarFire 6000 receiver and new SF3 signal correction. In a June press announcement, the company claims these new product offerings will give customers “greater precision capabilities, accuracy and uptime.” “The StarFire 6000 Receiver offers a full range of differential correction […] Read more
Hanson Acres: “I should’ve got the dog to do this”
Some days on the Hanson farm, there’s a smell in the air that just isn’t right
Reading Time: 4 minutes Elaine didn’t know her iPhone was almost dead until she pulled it out to check the time. It was nearly four. She stopped the tractor while she rummaged through her pockets and the backpack she’d brought out to the tractor with her. No luck. She’d forgotten her charger. She took a look under the buddy […] Read more
John Deere goes shopping
The big green brand is purchasing specialty manufacturers while “balancing” its workforce
Reading Time: 3 minutes In late March, John Deere announced it had taken ownership of yet another speciality equipment manufacturer. It’s becoming a familiar story for the U.S.-based manufacturer. This latest acquisition of Hagie Manufacturing, a U.S. specialty manufacturer of high-clearance sprayers, is one of a couple of purchases that Deere has recently announced. Deere describes the Hagie purchase […] Read more
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