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

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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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Crops, Markets

Ag equipment maker Buhler cutting production, staff

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Winnipeg farm equipment manufacturer Buhler Industries is reducing its workforce and paring back production ahead of an expected drop in farm incomes. The company, whose brands include Versatile tractors and Farm King implements, announced its first-quarter financials Friday for the period ending Dec. 31, booking net profit of $1.5 million on fourth-best quarterly revenue of
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Crops

Buhler books near-record sales

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Winnipeg tractor and farm equipment maker Buhler Industries logged 2014 as its third-biggest sales year ever, but expects lower commodity prices to weigh on next year’s results. Buhler last Wednesday reported year-end profit of $12.5 million on $325.5 million in sales, down from its record net ($19.9 million on $340.3 million in sales) in 2013
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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
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Buhler Industries Entering Combine Market

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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
Opinion

A Dose Of Buhler Logic

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It must have felt particularly sweet for John Buhler, founder of Buhler Industries Ltd. to be honoured with a degree for distinguished achievement during the University of Manitoba s fall convocation Oct. 19. The self-made multimillionaire and noted philanthropist was a high school flunkie. As he described it while addressing the Harvest Gala banquet in
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Diesel Engine Prices Will Jump

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As of January 2011, diesel engines over 175 horsepower installed in new farm equipment destined for the U. S. market must comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Interim Tier 4 emissions standards, which is the next step in further reducing exhaust pollutants in off-road vehicles. Tractors arriving on dealers’ lots in Canada will be
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Versatile Taps Raven As Precision Ag Supplier

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The Winnipeg manufacturer of Versatile tractors has signed a deal with South Dakota’s Raven Industries to supply precision ag equipment for its tractor and self-propelled sprayer lines. The partnership between Raven and Versatile manufacturer Buhler Industries means Raven’s technology can now be ordered as a factory-or dealer-installed option on Versatile equipment, Buhler marketing manager Adam
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Versatile Launch In Vegas No Gamble

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If Dimitry Lyubimov has his way, Winnipeg-based Versatile will follow the lead of AGCO Corp., which rose from obscurity to become one of the world’s major farm equipment manufacturers in two short decades. Lyubimov became president of Buhler Industries in late 2007 when Russian combine manufacturer Rostselmash purchased an 80 per cent stake in Versatile’s
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Versatile adds easy financing to its reputation for easy servicing

Saving time and resources is important to today’s food producers. And now, Versatile has added new programs that do both. Farming more acres than ever before, individual producers have to cover a lot of ground in a short time. Their success depends on speed, and time saved with easy, efficient servicing. This equals more hours

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