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New Holland’s T4 Electric Power utility tractor. (Photo courtesy CNH)

CNH puts full-electric utility tractors on deck

New Holland T4, Farmall 75C due out early 2024

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 31, 2023

Heavy equipment firm CNH plans to get two new all-electric utility tractor models onto at least a few dealer lots in 2024 — including one it bills as a first in the tractor market. CNH’s New Holland Agriculture arm said Monday its T4 Electric Power model, “the first all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features,” will

Machinery, News, Other

Racing an analogy for battery-powered tractors

Producing renewable electricity from farm biomass would be the ultimate closed loop

By Geralyn Wichers May 5, 2021

For an analogy on the advancement of battery-powered machinery, Dennis St. George turns to car racing. Formula E is an all-electric car racing league formally known as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Its first season began in 2014. Better battery technology will eventually find its way into farm equipment. Its cars bear great resemblance to

Did you know?, News, Poultry

Alberta researchers use eggshells to build better battery

By Jennifer Blair November 14, 2013

Your morning omelette may hold the solution to your quick-dying smartphone battery. University of Alberta researchers David Mitlin and post-doctoral fellow Zhi Li have developed a fast-charging supercapacitor using eggshell membranes — a plentiful egg industry byproduct. “We sell the liquid egg whites and the yoke to food processors, and we have no use for

Livestock

Cost Of Solar Systems Coming Down – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Daniel Winters August 19, 2010

Harnessing the power of the sun used to be an expensive proposition for ranchers developing off-site watering systems. But thanks to a frenetic expansion of production capacity by manufacturers in recent years, the price of solar-powered systems has come down, especially for photovoltaic panels. Much of this was due to subsidies in European countries, breakneck

Livestock

Maintain Solar Panels

July 1, 2010

Its always better to plug in if you can, but for remote pastures away from the yard site, a battery-powered fencer charged via a solar panel is the only option. Remember, though, that deep-cycle batteries need to stay as close to 100 per cent charged as possible. Repeated heavy cycling – running them down below

Country Crossroads

Avoid Being Struck By Lightning This Summer

April 22, 2010

RENA NERBAS Lightning is responsible for more deaths and property loss than tornadoes, hurricanes and floods combined. There are three ways that lightning enters a home: a direct strike, through wires or pipes that extend outside the structure, through electrical phones, plumbing, radio/television systems, through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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CNH puts full-electric utility tractors on deck

Racing an analogy for battery-powered tractors

Alberta researchers use eggshells to build better battery

Cost Of Solar Systems Coming Down – for Aug. 19, 2010

Maintain Solar Panels

Avoid Being Struck By Lightning This Summer

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