Reading Time: 2 minutes As he tells us in this issue, when Manitoba’s Allan Calder wanted to start growing corn, he and his brother Murray drove 500 miles south to Iowa. Then whenever they passed great-looking crops, they stopped and drove up the laneways to ask the farmers how they pulled it off. It’s a story we hear time […] Read more
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Machinery Guide John Deere
Reading Time: < 1 minute Like other manufacturers, John Deere is continually challenged to boost fuel efficiency and at the same time meet the new Tier III emission standards. In the Nebraska tests conducted in October 2009, Deere s 8320R tractor, part of the R/RT series, set fuel efficiency records delivering 18.93 hp. hr/ gal while producing 274.37 PTO hp […] Read more
Machinery Guide • Agco
Reading Time: < 1 minute AGCO believes recent test results from Nebraska confirm that the company s new line of 205 to 275 PTO horsepower row crop tractors introduced in 2009 offers the greatest fuel efficiency among tractors of this category on the market. This includes the Challenger MT600C Series, Massey Ferguson 8600 Series and the AGCO DT Series machines […] Read more
Machinery Guide • Fendt
Reading Time: < 1 minute Multiple factors affect fuel efficiency. Ordinarily, that can make it even harder to achieve fuel efficiency but Fendt has taken the opposite approach. Instead, the company has designed a tractor management system (TMS) that works in concert with their engines, transmissions and electronics to boost efficiency. When activated, the TMS controls the engine and the […] Read more
Machinery Guide Versatile
Reading Time: < 1 minute Versatile tractors are powered by engines made by Cummins, which gets a big chunk of the credit for fuel efficiency gains, according to Adam Reid, Versatile marketing manager. Then Versatile ensures these engines work seamlessly with the electronic systems of the Versatile tractors. Cummins says that optimal fuel efficiency is continuously achieved by full-authority electronic […] Read more
John Deere
Reading Time: < 1 minute Like other manufacturers, John Deere is continually challenged to boost fuel efficiency and at the same time meet the new Tier III emission standards. In the Nebraska tests conducted in October 2009, Deere’s 8320R tractor, part of the R/RT series, set fuel efficiency records delivering 18.93 hp. hr/ gal while producing 274.37 PTO hp in […] Read more
Machinery Guide – for May. 10, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fuel costs are a benchmark of farm efficiency. Important on their own, they are also a gauge of how well we’re managing all the details, including everything from how much time we’re investing per acre of crop to how well we’re picking the right technology for our farms. So when you’re shopping for machinery, the […] Read more
• Fendt
Reading Time: < 1 minute Multiple factors affect fuel efficiency. Ordinarily, that can make it even harder to achieve fuel efficiency but Fendt has taken the opposite approach. Instead, the company has designed a tractor management system (TMS) that works in concert with their engines, transmissions and electronics to boost efficiency. When activated, the TMS controls the engine and the […] Read more
• Agco
Reading Time: < 1 minute AGCO believes recent test results from Nebraska confirm that the company’s new line of 205 to 275 PTO horsepower row crop tractors introduced in 2009 offers the greatest fuel efficiency among tractors of this category on the market. This includes the Challenger MT600C Series, Massey Ferguson 8600 Series and the AGCO DT Series machines powered […] Read more
Versatile
Reading Time: < 1 minute Versatile tractors are powered by engines made by Cummins, which gets a big chunk of the credit for fuel efficiency gains, according to Adam Reid, Versatile marketing manager. Then Versatile ensures these engines work seamlessly with the electronic systems of the Versatile tractors. Cummins says that optimal fuel efficiency is continuously achieved by full-authority electronic […] Read more
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