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(l to r) Tom Carroll, inventor of the self-propelled combine, A.A. Thornbrough, president of MF and Mitchell Sharpe minister of trade and commerce unveil a plaque commemorating 20 years of free trade in farm equipment at the grand opening of Massey Ferguson’s new combine plant in Brantford, Ont., in 1964.
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How “free” is the free trade in agricultural equipment?

Canadian farm equipment manufacturing got a boost from free trade in 1944. What can we expect from today’s trade agreements?

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Reading Time: 6 minutes In the last few years, we’ve heard a lot of passionate political speeches about so-called free trade agreements. It’s a topic that is really more than a century old in this country, going back as far as 1911 when the failed push for “Reciprocity” between Canada and the U.S. made headlines as a hot-button issue. […] Read more
New Holland’s two new T7 Heavy Duty models are the brand’s offering in the compact, mid-range tractor segment.
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More compact mid-range tractors

Machinery Guide: CNH introduces two high-horsepower, small-chassis models

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Reading Time: 4 minutes In my last article, Machinery Guide took a look at AGCO’s newest Fendt tractor, the compact 500 Series. It fits into a relatively new tractor market segment that offers higher horsepower in a compact package. This year CNH also threw its hat into that big-power, small-chassis ring with the introduction of two new models in both […] Read more
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Hanson Acres

Hanson Acres: Hmmm…what’s that under the Christmas tree?

Jeff thinks he knows. So does his Dad, and everyone else

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Daddy! Which ones are mine?” Four-year-old Connor was jumping up and down in front of his grandparents’ Christmas tree. He grabbed a box wrapped in glittering Rudolf paper and held it up. “This one?” Jeff read the tag. “This one’s for me. Let’s keep looking.” Jeff picked up a large snowman gift bag with Connor’s […] Read more
When this 516 Vario drove out the factory door behind it, it signalled the introduction of the 500 Vario Series in Europe. The Canada and U.S. launch had to wait until the tractors underwent a homologation process to meet North American engineering standards.
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Fendt 500 Vario tractors finally arrive in Canada

These long-awaited compact models are meant to appeal to mixed farming operations

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It was September 27, 2012, in Marktoberdorf, Germany when executives at AGCO’s Fendt brand gave the world its first official look at their all-new tractor series, the 500 Vario, which offered bigger-than-expected horsepower crammed into a small chassis. During the official launch ceremony a band played as the door at the end of the factory […] Read more
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Hanson Acres

Hanson Acres: Another generation, another lesson

In which Jeff discovers an unexpected cost of “local” food

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Reading Time: 5 minutes This cake is delicious,” Elaine told her mother-in-law. “It always tastes better when someone else makes it,” Donna said, licking the last smear of icing off her plastic fork. “Open your present, Mommy!” Connor nagged for the third time. “OK, OK,” Elaine said. She set her plastic plate on the hood of her SUV and […] Read more
“In the East, we’ll still see some hay and dairy applications, and more tillage, more so than in the West.” – David Webster, Kubota Canada Ltd.
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Highlights of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2015

Old favourites were aplenty but some of the new demanded more attention

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show makes us expect to see “something new.” Everything from multi-hybrid planters to robotic milkers and the latest in all-terrain vehicles have made their debuts at the Woodstock, Ont. show. This year’s 22nd annual edition was no exception. Below, we discuss some of the launches and announcements that caught our attention. First, […] Read more
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Hanson Acres

Hanson Acres: ‘It’s my crop too’

Elaine wonders, why are they all headed toward my SUV?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes We’re 65 per cent done harvest tonight,” Jeff said as he came in the door at 10 o’clock, a trail of durum kernels falling out of the leg of his blue jeans and onto the porch floor. Elaine’s eyes widened. Sixty-five? She was feeling 100 per cent done these days. “That’s great,” she said. Jeff […] Read more
John Deere’s long-awaited four-track tractors were finally introduced to farmers in August.
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John Deere lays down some new tracks

Machinery Guide: The four-track John Deere 9RX tractor makes its official debut

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Reading Time: 3 minutes At a dealer convention way back in August of 2014, John Deere gave farm media a glimpse of what was then its pre-production prototype 9RX tractor, a 9R Series articulated model that rode on four tracks instead of tires. It made me ask, why break with standard practice? Why reveal a machine not yet ready […] Read more
Digital pursuits in the world of agricultural technology
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Digital pursuits in the world of agricultural technology

The list of tools to collect, manage and transfer farm data is growing. Here’s a look at some of the recent additions

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Lehmann If your focus is on gathering more data rather than managing it, drone technology may be for you, and a new contender has recently stepped up with a high-tech offering. France’s Lehmann Aviation made a move to break into the North American data-gathering market this spring with the launch of what it calls “an […] Read more
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AGCO and New Holland combines see updated designs

Machinery Guide: New Holland CX8 and AGCO's Gleaner combines

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Editor’s Note: With this instalment, Country Guide machinery editor Scott Garvey begins a new chapter for MachineryGuide with his industry-leading reporting on machinery innovations that can make a difference for you, both in the field and on the balance sheet. This month, Scott goes deep into combine design with this exploration of the 2015 launches […] Read more

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