Tom Button is editor of Country Guide magazine When You Can’t Be Right

Reading Time: 2 minutes The shrewdest words in this issue of Country Guide belong to Saskatchewan farmer Russ Leguee. His family, like so many farm families across this country, is wrestling with the prospect of the parents transtioning into a well-earned retirement, with the children potentially taking over. Leguee was talking about his three children and the kind of […] Read more

GUIDE PRODUCTION – for Nov. 9, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes CROP ADVISOR’S SOLUTION SOLVED – WHAT’S WRONG WITH JOHN’S CANOLA? John was having problems in his glufosinate ammonium-resistant canola. He had been happy with the results using his new air seeder and, in fact, said he had the best-looking crop in the country. But six days after spraying, 60 per cent of his crop was […] Read more


When You Can’t Be Right

Reading Time: 2 minutes The shrewdest words in this issue of Country Guide belong to Saskatchewan farmer Russ Leguee. His family, like so many farm families across this country, is wrestling with the prospect of the parents transtioning into a well-earned retirement, with the children potentially taking over. Leguee was talking about his three children and the kind of […] Read more

Machinery Guide – for Nov. 9, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes Power is nice. Capacity is good. But after 14 or 15 straight hours in an operator’s chair during a busy spring or fall, you have to know that the right cab is essential. A cab that reduces fatigue and enhances productivity is the only way you’re going to achieve those power and capacity ratings, so […] Read more


Machinery Guide – for Nov. 9, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Massey Ferguson builds in virtual command Massey Ferguson describes its 9005 series combine cabs as the roomiest, most comfortable and quietest around. These cabs boast enhanced visibility compared to older cab models, plus electrically adjusted rear view mirrors with controls at the operator s fingertips. Inside, the C2000 Virtual Terminal is integrated into what Massey […] Read more

Market Quotes

Reading Time: 2 minutes I can’t explain exactly why it is that marketing lends itself to slogans. I don’t mean the kinds of slogans that companies use, the Just-do-it’s and the Built-Fordtough’s. I mean the jingoistic nuggets that you see on book jackets, the “sell-the-sizzle, not-the-steak” kinds of aphorisms that reap so much arrogant scorn from so-called serious disciplines, […] Read more


Machinery Guide – for Oct. 12, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes AGCO DT Series ACGO s DT Series tractors, including the DT205B, DT225B, DT250B and DT275B, range in pto horsepower from 205 to 275 hp. According to Agco, the DT series is fully engineered from the ground up incorporating the best technology and the most advanced engines and transmissions ever to go to the field. The […] Read more

Machinery Guide – for Oct. 12, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes AGCO DT Series ACGO’s DT Series tractors, including the DT205B, DT225B, DT250B and DT275B, range in pto horsepower from 205 to 275 hp. According to Agco, the DT series is fully engineered from the ground up incorporating the best technology and the most advanced engines and transmissions ever to go to the field. The new […] Read more


Machinery Guide – for Aug. 31, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pre-separation boosts Lexion efficiency The Lexion 500 Series rotary and straw walker models are designed to boost both harvest and fuel efficiency with an award-winning threshing and separation design. The Class IX 595R / 590R and other 500 Series rotary models feature the Lexion Hybrid System, a combination of conventional threshing cylinder technology and a […] Read more

Machinery Guide – for Aug. 31, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes More centrifugal force with New Holland The New Holland CR9000 series combines rely on the New Holland s exclusive Twin Rotor design for threshing and separation efficiency. On the largest CR9000 combines, the twin rotors are 2,638 mm long with a diameter of 559 mm. According to New Holland, these twin rotors generate 36 to […] Read more