Posts By Andre Garnon
More precision ag tools from John Deere
April 6, 2016 | Andre GarnonIn December John Deere introduced a new precision ag option, making its Premium Activation feature available for the Generation 4 CommandCenter on 6R through 9R Series Tractors. Premium Activation includes the three most commonly used applications from the GreenStar 3 … Read More
John Deere Unveils JDLink™ Dashboard for Customers to Better Understand and Manage Equipment
March 25, 2016 | Andre GarnonJohn Deere is launching a new telematics interface enabling customers to better optimize their machines, uptime, and jobsites. The JDLink Dashboard provides intuitive, easy-to-use tools for contractors to manage their equipment that have active JDLink Ultimate, Express, or Locate subscriptions.
2016 Massey Ferguson 4710
March 21, 2016 | Andre GarnonThe 4700 series is made up of three models: the 80hp MF4708, the 90hp MF4709, and the 100hp MF4710. AGCO Corp’s Warren Morris told Tractor.com that this series is part of the single largest company investment to date. Internally, this … Read More
New Soybean Herbicides For 2016
March 16, 2016 | Andre GarnonSeveral new herbicides were recently registered for weed control in soybean. These herbicides do not have an active ingredient with a new mode of action; but rather are pre-mixes of existing herbicides that can provide excellent weed control if applied … Read More
2016 New Holland T5.120
March 14, 2016 | Andre GarnonIn the New Holland agricultural lineup the T5 series sits squarely at the sweet spot where maneuverability, power, versatility, comfort and price point all meet. For 2016, there are two new models that replace the outgoing three-model lineup and have … Read More
Case IH Introduces New Vertical Tillage Option
March 9, 2016 | Andre GarnonThe new True-Tandem 335 Barracuda vertical tillage tool from Case IH allows producers to better manage heavy crop residue and soils.
“We developed the new True-Tandem 335 Barracuda to help producers more productively manage the record-breaking amounts of residue associated … Read More
Challenger X-Edition MT875E
March 1, 2016 | Andre GarnonIn 2015 AGCO Corp celebrated its 25th anniversary, having assembled an impressive company lineup that includes Valtra, Gleaner, Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger. The vast range of product AGCO core brands offer include tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage equipment, … Read More
Harvest innovator continues its work
February 26, 2016 | Andre GarnonThe image of the Geringhoff Independence corn head criss-crossing a field is the stuff of legend on YouTube these days. When it was first demonstrated at Husker Harvest Days a few years ago, the combine operator came across the field … Read More
Syngenta Corn Insecticide Receives EPA Registration
February 24, 2016 | Andre GarnonGrowers looking for broad-spectrum control of soil-dwelling corn insect pests, including corn rootworm, grubs, maggots, and wireworms, will have access to a new insecticide. Syngenta’s Ballista LFC insecticide received EPA registration.
Corn insect control is a challenge for growers each … Read More
New Planter Configurations from Case IH, AGCO, Deere, Kinze
February 22, 2016 | Andre GarnonStarting in 2013, the planting industry was flooded with new innovations that promised to revolutionize row-crop planters. That year, Precision Planting and Kinze introduced the first electric-drives, allowing row-by-row population control. At the tail end of 2013, Kinze introduced the … Read More