Equipment
2017 Mahindra 2538 TLB
March 15, 2017 | Andre GarnonLast year, in a three-part series, Tractor.com brought our readers an inside look at how Mahindra’s deluxe 1538 in tractor-loader-backhoe (TLB) dress performed in a long-term get-it-dirty real world test. Our takeaway from those months of use was … Read More
Precision agriculture sensor for the DJI Mavic from Sentera
March 6, 2017 | Andre GarnonSentera today announced its ability to convert a DJI Mavic ™ drone into a precision scouting tool that collects TrueNDVI™ crop health data. The ultra-lightweight, super-precise Sentera NDVI Single Sensor is integrated onto the pocket-sized Mavic drone, featuring one of … Read More
Syngenta Scientists Publish Breakthrough Seed Breeding Technique In Nature Journal
February 15, 2017 | Andre GarnonSyngenta researchers have been published in the world-renowned international science journal Nature for their breakthrough work that could lead to decreases in the time is takes to breed seeds. These findings could translate to significant cost efficiencies in the commercial … Read More
New tillage, tech tools from Deere
December 13, 2016 | Andre GarnonAs farmers park combines and start planning for next year, new tools are coming their way. John Deere has launched a new tech tool and two new tillage machines for 2017.
Monitoring and controlling a wide variety of operations while … Read More
JDLink™ Telematics Added As An Option For John Deere Large-Frame Skid Steer Loaders And Compact Track Loaders
November 30, 2016 | Andre GarnonEvery day, construction professionals use insights from John Deere WorkSight™ technology solutions to help them optimize machines, uptime, job sites and, ultimately, their bottom line. At its heart is JDLink™, John Deere’s telematics system. For the first time, JDLink is … Read More
Trimble makes move to enhance ag market position
November 14, 2016 | Andre GarnonThe precision ag business is becoming a data-management intensive, which brings along a wide range of issues for the industry. Historically, this work has been “point centered” systems where a single piece of software does a specific job, and farmers … Read More
2017 John Deere New Product Reveal
October 18, 2016 | Andre GarnonThis year, the John Deere new product reveal, entitled Performance That Pays, was held at the John Deere Des Moines Works facility in Ankeny, Iowa. And though the volume of new products introduced was not anywhere near what was unveiled … Read More
John Deere Integrates SmartGrade™ Technology Into the 750K and 850K Dozer Models
September 11, 2016 | Andre GarnonJohn Deere is building on its lineup of SmartGrade™ crawler dozers with the integration of the machine control offering on the 750K and 850K models. Adding SmartGrade availability on these larger machines will improve job site accuracy and quality of work … Read More
Case IH Announces New Strip-Till Applicator, Improved Sprayer Technology
August 25, 2016 | Andre GarnonCase IH has been at work on new farm equipment and improvements to its existing machinery. Earlier in August, the company announced the latest two changes to its product lineup.
The first is a new implement – the Nutri-Tiller 955 … Read More
New Holland T4.90 Review
June 22, 2016 | Andre GarnonThe New Holland T4 series is a four-tractor lineup – T4.90, T4.100, T4.110 and T4.120 – that fits in just below the slightly larger and more expensive T5 series. Though the T4 lineup is slightly smaller, it is all Utility … Read More