Equipment
Best Agricultural Drones of 2017
November 28, 2017 | Andre GarnonAgricultural drones have been changing the face of farming and cultivation heavily the past 3-5 years, and completely changing the way that many farmers and other entities go about their business. This drones have the ability to check storm damage, … Read More
John Deere unveils new hay baler range
November 13, 2017 | Andre GarnonJOHN Deere has alerted the market to its new large square and round hay balers for the 2018 season.
Leading off the new model list are the L331 and L341 large square balers (LSB), featuring a new MegaWide pick-up, with … Read More
Clemson Releases New Soybean Cultivar That Extends Planting Season And Growing Region
November 8, 2017 | Andre GarnonThe soybean planting season and growing region have been extended thanks to researchers at Clemson University’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center.
The Agustina soybean cultivar was developed and released by soybean breeders Benjamin Fallen and Emerson Shipe. Fallen said … Read More
The Top 7 Trends in Used Equipment
November 2, 2017 | Andre GarnonFor 28 years, Greg Peterson has been tracking used equipment values since starting Machinery Pete. With an industry leading database of auction results and MachineryPete.com featuring listings from dealers across U.S., Peterson has a multi-faceted view of the used machinery … Read More
Cotton Picker CP690
October 23, 2017 | Andre GarnonOne man, one machine … one industry. Regardless of whether you’re picking cotton or stripping it, non-stop harvesting is now industry-wide thanks to the all-new CS690 Cotton Stripper and the improved CP690 Cotton Picker, our replacement for the original non-stop … Read More
Safety earplugs for farmers from Etymotic Research
October 18, 2017 | Andre GarnonWith roots in the hearing-aid industry, Etymotic Research invented insert earphones in 1984. Those 30-plus years of development went into some new safety earplugs that tested well and show improvements certain to help reduce hearing loss on North American farms.
3 NEW SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS
October 10, 2017 | Andre GarnonSelf-propelled crop sprayers seemed to be the feature product at the 2017 Farm Progress Show. In addition to new Guardian SP310F and Miller Nitro 7310 from New Holland Agriculture – the first to be engineered and built as a result of New Holland’s … Read More
2018 John Deere 4066R
October 2, 2017 | Andre GarnonFor 2017, the John Deere 4 Series consists of four tractors, the 49-horsepower 4049M, the 66-horsepower 4066M, the 49-horsepower 4049R, and the 66-horsepower 4066R. As with other John Deere series, tractors bearing the “R” suffix are deluxe models while those … Read More
2017 Kubota B2601 HST
September 13, 2017 | Andre GarnonThe Kubota B2601 is part of the Kubota B series, which features six tractors spread over four similarly sized, though not identical platforms, with engine outputs ranging from 22 to 33 horsepower.
This series has proven to be popular with purchasers – and … Read More
MARS robot a taste of hired hands of the future?
September 8, 2017 | Andre GarnonNew technologies are a hot topic with producers at farm shows this season.
The release of the DOT, autonomous farming system at the Ag In Motion show in Saskatchewan made a big splash with its promise of removing the tractor … Read More