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John Deere’s long-awaited four-track tractors were finally introduced to farmers in August.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

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
Joe Michaels is senior director of Case IH specialty business.
Guide Business, Machinery

Finding the ‘wow’ factor in farm equipment

CNH managers speak candidly about the challenges of engineering an all-new machine from the ground up

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Designing a new piece of farm equipment and getting it market ready today is easier, thanks to technology. But it’s also more complicated, thanks to… well… technology. The complexity built into modern machines is stunning and it continues to grow. In fact, from a machinery company’s perspective, it has to grow. Unless new designs offer […] Read more
Morris’ new 1,000-bushel air cart and new prototype tender are designed to work together, cutting refill times in the field down to only five to seven minutes.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Morris’s new concept air cart tender

This prototype tender is designed to dramatically cut spring air cart refill times

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Reading Time: 5 minutes At Morris’ display on the grounds of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina, the company’s chief operating officer, Don Henry, points out the two new air carts the brand is introducing for 2016, a tow-between version of its 800-bushel model and its biggest model yet, a 1,000-bushel, tow-behind cart. But while Henry says the company […] Read more
New farm equipment sales a far cry from 2014
Machinery

New farm equipment sales a far cry from 2014

Two areas showing promise are loader tractors and livestock equipment

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Reading Time: 2 minutes After the first two months of 2015, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ monthly reports showed sales of ag equipment in Canada had fallen off dramatically from 2014 levels. Four-wheel drive tractor sales were down an astonishing 55 per cent. And new combine sales slipped 60.6 per cent. However, by the end of April the numbers had shown some […] Read more
Both the T6 and TS6 cabs offer improved visibility with more glass area square footage to make loader work easier.
Machinery

New Holland T6 and TS6 tractors take the stage

Models updated to 90 to 125 PTO horsepower range, a variety of transmissions are available

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Ever since ownership of the Case IH and New Holland brands was consolidated under Fiat’s CNH Industrial division, new product releases from the red and blue brands have become increasingly co-ordinated. At the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February, Case IH launched its updated Maxxum and Farmall 100A Series tractors. Just a […] Read more
tractor interior
Machinery, Machinery Guide

PHOTOS: Compact, utility tractors are tough and ‘big at heart’

Machinery Guide: Kubota M6, Kioti PX, John Deere 6R, McCormick X6, New Holland T6 and Case IH Farmall 100A Series' tractors

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Size always matters when it comes to tractors. But that doesn’t always mean bigger is better. In fact, smallest is often best, especially with the incredible technology, nimbleness and gutsy flexibility of today’s small tractors. Six different series of compact and utility tractors are included in this month’s MachineryGuide, with the manufacturers offering the same […] Read more
Case IH Farmall tractor
Machinery, Machinery Guide

PHOTOS: Dramatic changes for tractors in the 120- to 220-horsepower range

Machinery Guide: Case IH Farmall 100A, New Holland T6, McCormick X6 and John Deere 6R Series

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Only six months have come and gone since our last look at tractors in the 120- to 220-horsepower range, and yet the field of models, configurations and options has changed dramatically.  In less than a year, three different manufacturers have launched new looks, new features and new designs in these smaller, yet durable lines. The […] Read more
tractor introduction at media event
Guide Business, Machinery

JCB finds niche in the North American farm equipment market

JCB used to be a construction brand. Now it is a farm brand too, with advanced materials-handling capability

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Reading Time: 5 minutes In early March I spent a day in a Georgia field with a line of JCB equipment designed especially for the ag market, including the unique Fastrac tractor that is capable of breaking speed limits in the field. Then that evening, I joined other ag journalists in Savannah for dinner with some of the U.K.-based […] Read more
farmers standing by grain bins
Crops, Guide Business

Five big ideas to help take your farm in the right direction

It's time to be a game changer. Choose the right business priorities and make your move

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Reading Time: 11 minutes The year is at half-time, and you’re the coach. Most of the crop is in the ground, the spring rush is coming to an end, the team is winded. It’s a time when you can make a difference. You can be in charge; you can draw up new plays, analyze your strategy and motivate your […] Read more
Kinze grain cart
Crops, Machinery

Here come the farm robots

Robotic tractors are already in advanced field tests, and the results are producing great optimism

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Phil Jennings of Kinze Manufacturing gets a big kick out of riding in their modified tractor when it’s hauling one of their grain carts during a real Iowa harvest. When the call goes out for the cart, the tractor starts chugging across the field to where the combine is working. Jennings just sits there and […] Read more

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