Diesel engines have been the workhorse in agriculture for decades. FPT Industrial is one engine manufacturer that’s looking ahead to a post-diesel future.
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FPT showcases hybrid engines, modular battery concept at Agritechnica
The company is exploring what comes after diesel
Getting into the whey: A new cheese maker sets up shop
Ask Pedro Campayo where he keeps his cheese recipes and he’ll point to his father, Jose Campayo. “He is the expert, he knows cheeses,” he says. Pedro Campayo comes from a cheese-making family who split their time between Spain and Venezuela before moving to Canada about a decade ago. Now the new Canadian citizen has
CNH Joins New Spinoff From Fiat
The amicable divorce between Italian auto-maker Fiat and its combined ag and industrial businesses, including Case IH, New Holland and Steyr, has been made official. Fiat Industrial, which officially “demerged” from Fiat on Jan. 1 and began trading on Italy’s MTA stock exchange, has named the new executive body that will oversee the company’s operations.
Equipment Suppliers Feel Recession
After a buoyant 2008, farm equipment dealers are feeling the effects of the recession this year as farmers hold off purchases due to credit and market concerns, the Commons agriculture committee has been told. Strong commodity prices sparked a boom in equipment sales in 2008, John Schmeiser, vice-president of Canadian government affairs for the North
Versatile’s 4WD line
With all Versatile tractors adopting new family styling, the 4WD series now sports a look matching that of their big brothers in the high-horsepower tractor (HHT) line. Along with their new look the four models in this group offer 305, 340, 375 and 400 horsepower, plus the advantages of new and improved design. Underneath that
The life of a logo
Versatile’s history as a brand dates back to the mid-1940s in a Toronto backyard. That’s where Peter Pakosh in 1945 developed a new type of grain auger, as described in Versatile Tractors: A Farm Boy’s Dream, a 2003 coffee table book by Pakosh’s grandson Jarrod. The elder Pakosh’s company expanded into field sprayers and harrow
Machinery makers find shelter in global storm
In a world where heavy equipment sales are stalling due to the housing slump and credit crisis, the farm market is a rarity: a place where demand is still outstripping supply and many customers are still paying with cash. The question is: How long can the agricultural market shelter the equipment companies from the financial
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