Local Spotlight
Success from the roots up

Success from the roots up

Sponsored by FMC

Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Tractors

The museum’s Model 20 combine in storage. As can be seen, the engine was placed on the right side of the machine where it was very accessible though exposed to the elements. For 1938 the machine offered the ultimate in operator comfort, a sunshade over the operator’s position.  Photo: Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Crops, Did you know?, Our History

A game changer in grain farming

Australian engineer Tom Carroll was convinced that self-propelled combines were the way of the future

By
What was designed by an Australian, built in Ontario, field tested in Argentina, revolutionized grain farming, and — 75 years ago — was sold to a Rapid City farmer? Full points if you guessed the first commercially successful self-propelled combine, and bonus ones if you knew it was the Massey Harris Model 20 purchased by
News

Boom times for farmers a century ago were good for equipment makers, too

By

It’s one thing about farming that hasn’t changed 
with time. It’s one thing about farming that hasn’t changed with time

Last year was a pretty good one for most Prairie grain farmers — but things were hopping a century ago, too. This 1912 photo of the American Able Company storage yard in Winnipeg is proof not only of good times, but that farmers of that age — like their modern counterparts — were quick to
Country Crossroads, News

Original Versatile 4-WDs on display at Austin museum

While the name Versatile is usually associated with four-wheel-drive tractors, Versatile began by manufacturing augers and sprayers then harrow bars. After the company moved from Toronto to Winnipeg to cut shipping costs to its Prairie customers, Versatile moved into the production of swathers and combines. In 1966, Versatile designed an articulated four-wheel-drive tractor and put
Opinion

Ideal tractor testament to the golden age of manufacturing

By ,
These days, social media, software and other digitally focused companies occupy the apex of innovation. But a century ago, many of the brightest and most creative young minds were drawn to manufacturing. Consider the Goold, Shapley and Muir “Ideal” tractor shown in the accompanying photograph. Headquartered in Brantford, Ont., but with branches in Winnipeg, Regina
News

Buhler Industries Entering Combine Market

By
I would like to see the next 100,000 before I retire, said a smiling Dmitry Lyubimov, who became president of Buhler Industries when the Russian combine manufacturer Rostselmash bought a majority stake from Manitoba entrepreneur John Buhler in 2007. The company, which has been shipping the Canadian-made tractors to Russia since the acquisition, is now
News

Crowds Watch Plowmen Compete

By
Co-operator Staff | alexander The horses are catching up to the tractors at least they were at this year s Manitoba Provincial Plowing Association s annual plowing match. Seven horse-drawn teams were featured in this year s event , and they joined an equal number of tractor entrants competing on a field owned by Jim
Crops

Deere To Help Indian Farmers Mechanize

By
Deere &Co. is making 500 tractors available for use by farmers in the Indian state of Gujarat to help them mechanize their farms and potentially increase crop yields, the company says in a release. John Deere, in partnership with the local government, will open small agricultural implement resource centres across Gujarat, making tractors available to
Opinion

Bipole III Absurdities – for Aug. 19, 2010

In response to Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk’s statement regarding cultivating beneath power lines in the July 22 issue of theManitoba Co-operator,I would invite the minister to explain how exactly you get a 45-foot cultivator under a tower that has a footprint of 23-feet to a side. A farmer with big implements will not be able
Country Crossroads

Harry’s Tractor – for Oct. 8, 2009

By
Directly off the assembly line this impressive 4440 John Deere tractor adorns Harry and Shirley Dubyts farm entrance south of Belmont, Manitoba. For retired farmer Harry, shop work is a favourite pastime. He used two-inch PVC pipes to construct the skeleton of his latest innovation. By gluing 416 drink cans together, Harry shaped the body,
Country Crossroads

Attention All Crafters

By
Eight new “retro” International Harvester, Farmall, McCormick and Case IH fabrics are available for quilters and crafters. Thanks to overwhelming demand for the first six International Harvester-branded fabrics in their V. I. P. collection, Cranston and Case IH are expanding the line. “In addition to eight new designs and five new blender fabrics, we’re thrilled

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: Inflation puts tighter squeeze on farmers

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →