Ag in Motion’s 2023 edition continued to make equipment demonstrations a central part of its presentation to farmers.
Not only can farmers kick the tires on a machine of interest — they can actually see how it performs compared to competitors. That definitely helps inspire confidence when making a buying decision.
This year the show again offered a look at the main choices farmers have in the equipment market. John Deere led off the demonstration with an 9R590 tractor paired with a P670 Precision Air Hoe Drill and C850 cart. Morris entered one of its Quantum air drills and 9-Series cart in the demonstration group.
A local Saskatchewan manufacturer, Pillar, brought a model of its double-shoot, single-pass disc hoe hybrid. Another Saskatchewan company, SeedMaster, was back again this year with a 6016-Ultra SR-750 that featured the UltraPro II metering system.
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Vaderstad, a Sweden-based manufacturer that has taken over Saskatchewan-based manufacturer Seed Hawk, ran a Dakota 60 disc drill paired with a large capacity PD1000 air cart.
New Holland had its P2082 double shoot disc drill and P4950 cart. This is the first year the P2082 will include the brand’s Opt-Row automated downforce control.
Horsch demonstrated its single-row Avatar 60 MD low-disturbance single disc model.
— Scott Garvey is a machinery writer in Winnipeg.
