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SeedMaster’s Norbert Beaujot sees DOT technology as one solution to a shortage of skilled operators.

Not just a driverless tractor, but no tractor at all

A global launch at Ag in Motion could change the way you farm

By Laura Rance-Unger June 28, 2017

While farmers have been waiting impatiently for equipment designers to commercialize the driverless tractor, Prairie inventor and entrepreneur Norbert Beaujot has found a way to ditch the tractor altogether. And he’s rolling it out for the first time in July 18 to 20 at Ag in Motion (AIM), Western Canada’s outdoor farm show now in

The flying hook’s impact shattered the fibreglass fender of the tractor being used to pull out a stuck truck.

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Flying hook nearly hits farmer

Wawanesa farmer warns others not to use a tow rope with hook to extract a stuck vehicle

By Lorraine Stevenson May 26, 2017

A Wawanesa farmer was left shaken earlier this month after bolts on a truck he was trying to tow broke, sending a tow rope and metal hook hurtling at him at bullet speed. The tow rope snapped like a slingshot and the impact of the hook on the end of it shattered the tractor’s fibreglass

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Comment: Agriculture’s greatest innovation

Farms are still dangerous, but they’ve got a lot better over the years

By Alan Guebert May 24, 2017

In my youth, May brought two noticeable changes to the big Lutheran Church my family faithfully attended. The first was heat. No building on earth better held daytime heat from Mother’s Day through Reformation Day than that century-old house of worship. The second was the season’s short-sleeved parade of lost limbs, a brutal testament to

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VIDEO: Near miss as tow hook snaps, smashes into tractor

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 18, 2017

Wawanesa farmer Simon Ellis could have been killed when a tow hook broke and narrowly missed smashing through the glass of his tractor cab. “When trying to extract the grain truck from the mud we broke the tow hook off the truck. It was a near miss that could have cost me my life.” says Ellis, in his

La Compa, France’s best-known agricultural museum, is displaying a Massey Sawyer that was better suited for Prairie fields.

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A Prairie tractor makes a long trip to France

A request from a French agriculture museum reveals an interesting tale of a tractor

By Alex Campbell September 15, 2016

The Conservatory of Agriculture, the premier agricultural museum of France, recently contacted the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. It was seeking a digital copy of a Sawyer Massey tractor advertisement we were using on our web page on the Sawyer Massey 25-45 tractor in our collection. The Conservatory of Agriculture, better known as Le Compa, has a

Matthew Reimer, president of Reimer Robotics and Killarney-area farmer, took first place at Ag Days’ 2016 Inventors’ Showcase for a product allowing farmers to turn their existing tractor into a robot.

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Tractor turned robot maximizes farm labour, says inventor

First prize at Ag Days 2016 Inventors’ Showcase goes to a Killarney-area farmer  for his robotics invention that eliminates need for a grain cart driver

By Lorraine Stevenson January 29, 2016

At first glance, it looks like one of Matthew Reimer’s farm crew is, well, kind of short. Actually, there is no one driving that grain cart tractor as it navigates the field and pulls up to unload the combine on his Killarney-area farm. Reimer has programmed it to be driverless. Reimer was awarded first place

Matthew Reimer, president of Reimer Robotics and first prize winner in the Inventors' Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days.

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VIDEO: Driverless tractors and open-source software

Reimer Robotics takes first prize in Manitoba Ag Days Inventors' Showcase

By Greg Berg January 20, 2016

Matthew Reimer was as surprised as anyone today when he was awarded first prize for his driverless tractor system at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, but his invention is worthy of the title. The Inventors’ Showcase winner, and president of Reimer Robotics, has built a system to move tractors – driverless no less, with grain cart

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VIDEO: Eight-wheel drive tractor “Big Roy” begins restoration at Versatile

By Scott Garvey December 18, 2015

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Winnipeg-based Versatile brought its model 1080 prototype eight-wheel drive tractor, dubbed Big Roy, home for a makeover. Although it’s now officially owned by an agricultural museum, the tractor will play an as-yet unspecified role in Versatile’s celebrations through public appearances arranged by the brand this coming season. Age

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Agricultural Hall of Fame: William Gregor

The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in July 2015. Here is one of the new inductees

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 16, 2015

William (Bill) Gregor was born on January 1, 1926, to parents who emigrated from Ukraine and settled on a farm north of Roblin, Manitoba. He received his education at the nearby Hillcrest School. In 1954, Bill married Loreen (nee McKinnon) and together they raised two children — a daughter, Carla, was born in 1956 and

Gorden Nelson of Austin, Man. drives his Belgian team, Sam and Sassey, with a load of sheaths to the gas-powered tractor threshing unit. Gas team were the winners on July 24.

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PHOTOS: Manitoba Thresherman’s Reunion and Stampede

Photos from the event held in Austin, Manitoba last weekend

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 31, 2015

Kyle Moorehead of Douglas, Man. on a Pony model Massey Harris leads the Massey Harris tractor line in front of the grandstand during the daily vintage tractor parade. The parade is held each day of the 4-day event.

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Not just a driverless tractor, but no tractor at all

Flying hook nearly hits farmer

Comment: Agriculture’s greatest innovation

VIDEO: Near miss as tow hook snaps, smashes into tractor

A Prairie tractor makes a long trip to France

Tractor turned robot maximizes farm labour, says inventor

VIDEO: Driverless tractors and open-source software

VIDEO: Eight-wheel drive tractor “Big Roy” begins restoration at Versatile

Agricultural Hall of Fame: William Gregor

PHOTOS: Manitoba Thresherman’s Reunion and Stampede

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