Neil Armstrong (at right, with Murray Mills) attended a White Farm Equipment dealer gathering in Arizona in 1985 to promote the launch of the company's 9320 combine. Photos: Image and research assistance by Ray Bianchi

Right stuff, wrong time: How a team in Ontario developed the highest-capacity rotary combine of its day

Harvester history: Working in secret in an old Esso station, they came up with the innovation behind White’s entry to the rotary combine market. Then the manufacturer went bankrupt

Innovations by a team at Brantford, Ont. in the late ’60s would lead to the production of the biggest rotary combine of that time. Then the manufacturer went bankrupt.



This memorial for Bob Mazer was posted on Mazergroup's official Facebook page July 8. Photo: Facebook/Mazergroup

Mazergroup’s Bob Mazer dies

Bob Mazer, who oversaw the growth of his family-owned farm equipment dealership into the main name for New Holland machinery in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, died July 6 from cancer

Mazergroup’s Bob Mazer, who helped grow his family’s company into a string of farm equipment dealerships and the main dealer for New Holland machinery in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, died July 6 from cancer.

A pair of farmers check out the cab of New Holland’s CR10 combine at the 2025 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky.

New Holland’s twin rotor combine design celebrates 50 years

New Holland debuted the twin rotor technology in 1975 with the TR70: Today, its still the hallmark of their CR10 combine, highlighted at the U.S.’s National Farm Machinery Show

New Holland debuted the twin rotor technology in 1975 with the TR70: Today, its still the hallmark of their CR10 combine, highlighted at the U.S.’s National Farm Machinery Show





Case IH’s new AF11 combine at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky.  Photo: Greg Berg

Combines launch into the spotlight at National Farm Machinery Show

With over 800 exhibitors occupying more than a million square feet of space at the Kentucky Exposition Center, it’s pretty much A-Z when it comes to the display of agricultural wares at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Two well-known machinery brands took this opportunity to pull back the curtain and showcase their latest offerings

Sean Dorosz, New Holland global product manager for T8 and T9 tractors.  Photo: Greg Berg

New Holland’s T9 tractor picks up speed, and more

It’s big, blue and likely to get the attention of farmers if they’re eyeing up a new tractor in 2024. At a National Farm Machinery Show pre-show media event in Louisville, Kentucky, on Feb. 13, New Holland product reps were on hand to show what the blue brand has in store for growers and show-goers