July 1 – 15: The evolution of Fendt’s IDEAL combine, part 2

In part two of their conversation, Scott Garvey talks with AGCO's Joshua Ekholm about how artificial intelligence is built into the Fendt IDEAL combine systems and new operator controls, as well as how it may lead to a variety of new methods of control input in the future as technology evolves.

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June 15 – 30: John Deere MY22 sprayers

Glacier FarmMedia machinery reporter Scott Garvey takes a look at John Deere’s model year 2022 400 and 600 series sprayers and finds out what the green brand has to offer for new features and options.

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June 1 to 15: Wheat progress in Ontario, and do you need a fungicide?

Farmtario contributor Matt McIntosh caught up with Emma Epp – Leamington-based agronomist with Epp Ag Solutions and a sales representative for Pioneer. They talked about how this year’s wheat crop is progressing, how quickly fungicide recommendations can change with some rain and look at how to identify flag leaf emergence.

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June 1 – 15: A discussion on “IDEAL” updates, part 1

In this first segment of a two part video, Scott Garvey talks with Joshua Ekholm, AGCO' director of engineering for Global Harvesting Electronics about two recent features added to the specifications list on the Fendt IDEAL combine: AutoDock and joystick steering. In this video, Joshua provides the background on when those features were first talked about by engineers and why they’ve been built into the new combines.

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