New weed control equipment coming to North America farmers to electrocute weeds rather than killing by chemical.
Machinery
Electric eWeeder coming to North America
British companies Garford and RootWave team up to build a weed-control implement that doesn’t use chemicals
AIM attracts international visitors
Germany, Ethiopia, South Africa, Australia, Bangladesh and the U.S. were represented in the Ag in Motion attendance demographics this year.
Can autonomous systems cut costs on the farm?
Agco claims its prototype Outrun system has shown ROI benefits
Agco claims its prototype Outrun autonomous system has return on investment benefits.
Total mixed ration mixers go head to head at AIM
Ag in Motion attendees got an apples-to-apples comparsion across four total mixed ration mixers from different manufacturers.
Schulte combo wind-rower and rock-picker sparks interest at AIM
The Schulte Spartan RWP-1935 Rock Windrower Picker bring in rocks from a width of 19.19 feet wide with its hydraulically-driven wind rower, which is then connected directly to the rock picker with a three and a half cubic yard bucket.
Light-based seed destructor opens door for smaller combines
Horsepower has been a limiting factor for seed destructors — Maybe not anymore
Combine horsepower has been a limiting factor for seed destructors. With new light-based technology, farmers with smaller machines can get non-chemical weed control on their combines.
Equipment demos at Ag in Motion
Drones, landscrapers and rockpickers are growing entries on the schedule
Equipment demonstrations, including drones, are among the most anticipated aspects of the Ag in Motion farm show.
Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack
Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software
Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.
Cyber attack frustrates farm equipment dealers
Dealers forced to use manual processes after software provider hacked
CDK provides business management software to dealers of all makes of farm equipment, so major dealers of John Deere, CNH and are working without digital systems across the country. CDK is also the leading provider of management software to automobile dealers and thousands of those dealerships are offline.
Grain drying without fossil fuels
Morris-based company bets the farm on grain drying with biomass fuel sources
A Morris manufacturer says biomass grain drying makes sound economic sense for farmers regardless of public policy.