Farmdroid, the autonomous seeding and weeding robot, began working Canadian soils in 2022. The solar-powered robots first landed in Canada with the ability to seed 30 different crops, including sugar beets and a range of vegetables. In this report from Agritechnica 23 at Hanover, Germany, FarmDroid’s Eddie Pederson notes that the evolving robot will now… Read More
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One spreader for both lime and granular fertilizer — that’s what Amazone has delivered with its new trailed ZG-TX combi-spreader. In this report from Agritechnica 23 at Hanover, Germany, Amazone’s Jeff Schott shares how the ZG-TX can apply both granular mineral fertilizers and earth-moist limes precisely through the one machine. “Both operations can be achieved… Read More
What can farmers learn about combine settings from machines running in neighbouring fields or those harvesting wheat in fields over 8,000 miles away in Australia? Agriculture technology company Combine Settings is set to launch an app that will allow farmers to share combine settings on a peer-to-peer platform and give them access to settings they… Read More
John Deere continues its push to bring fully autonomous tractors and tillage to farmers around the globe. At Agritechnica 23, the farm machinery maker’s 8RX 410 tractor with an autonomy kit attracted plenty of attention from farmers visiting the agriculture innovation showcase held in Hanover, Germany. In this video report, Derek Targerson, Deere’s global product… Read More
Farmers can expect to see the trademark yellow of Equalizer precision planters in Canadian and U.S. farm fields in 2024. Lemken acquired the South Africa-based business in early 2023 and will significantly expand its seeding product portfolio with the addition of Equalizer precision planters with up to 36 rows and seed drills with a working… Read More
Väderstad’s TopDown high intensity, multipurpose cultivator is not a new product for Canadian farmers, but the versatile tillage implement will get updates for the 2024 season, including a new design and the introduction of prescription tillage. In this report from Agritechnica 23 in Hanover, Germany, Väderstad’s Western Canada sales director Philip Korczak shares how introduction… Read More
The Farming Simulator League, where video game enthusiasts can compete for up to 200,000 Euros, drew competitors from around the globe at Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany. RealAgriculture’s own Rylynn Haney took a turn at the simulator as part of a five-day virtual bale stacking challenge open to Agritechnica visitors. Like Agritechnica, the Farming Simulator League… Read More
North American farmers who want to go “over the top” can ride in style in a Lamborghini tractor in 2024. At Agritechnica in Germany earlier this month, the SDF Group, which manufactures and markets both Deutz-Fahr and Lamborghini brand tractors announced that the new Deutz-Fahr Lamborghini special edition 6190 TTV will be showing up in… Read More
There’s plenty of Canadian content at Agritechnica, the world’s largest agricultural tradeshow for machinery and innovation. For Canadian manufacturers, the show provides an opportunity to explore markets and identify where their products could find success across the global agricultural landscape. In this report, RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney catches up with Redekop Manufacturing president Trevor Thiessen. The… Read More
Smart tractors need smart implements. That’s one of the challenges start-up autonomous tractor maker AgXeed is tackling as its AgBots move on to European farms. In this interview from Agritechnica ’23, AgXeed product specialist Nadine Bietenduvel shares how over the past five years the company has developed three AgBot models — three-wheel, four-wheel and tracked… Read More