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    CNH Industrial Case IH & New Holland Farm Machinery Brands Win Four ASABE AE50 Awards
    Posted On: December 17, 2021
    Winning products included Case IH’s Patriot 50 sprayers, WD5 windrowers, and Fast Riser 6100 planters, as well as New Holland’s Horizon Ultra tractor cab. ...
    Massey Ferguson Introduces New VE Series Planters Featuring New Row Unit & Precision Planting Customization
    Posted On: August 30, 2021
    The new Heads Up row unit includes design changes that enhance performance and make planter configuration and maintenance easier. ...
    John Deere Introduces Industry-First Tractor-Planter Fertilizing Solution Featuring ExactRate Technology
    Posted On: March 5, 2021
    Deere says the new solution and factory-installed tracks increase seed and fertilizer capacities while minimizing soil compaction for fewer refill and tender stops and better soil management. ...
    Kinze Extends Range Of True Speed Planters, Upgrades Blue Vantage Planter Control Display
    Posted On: February 23, 2021
    A high-speed version of Kinze’s 4905 planter will debut this spring for corn and soybeans, offering farmers the ability to plant twice as many acres per day, the company says. ...
    Case IH Adds 18-Row Configuration With 30-Inch Spacing For 2130 Early Riser Stack-Fold Planter
    Posted On: September 18, 2020
    The newest 2130 Early Riser is the result of customers asking Case IH for a larger planter to cover more ground in increasingly tight planting windows and to match their planting traffic to spraying and tillage. ...
    Flexibility The Hallmark Of Bourgault’s ParaLink Hoe Drills With The ParaLink Air Planter System
    Posted On: June 22, 2020
    Thanks to the Air Planter system, you can use one implement—the Bourgault ParaLink Hoe Drill—to plant corn and seed barley. ...
    Kinze Adds 16-Row 4905 True Speed Planter For 2021 Planting Season Availability
    Posted On: June 3, 2020
    The manufacturer had planned to launch the planter for the 2022 season, but says pre-launch testing was so favorable that it has moved availability up a year. ...
    AGCO’s 2020 Fendt Momentum Crop Tour To Hit 5 Locations Across 4 States
    Posted On: June 2, 2020
    The tour will demonstrate the benefits of the new Fendt Momentum planter, announced in January and shipping in time for the 2021 planting season. ...
    Deere Introduces Factory-Installed ExactRate Liquid Fertilizer Application System For Select Planters
    Posted On: February 20, 2020
    The system monitors and controls liquid fertilizer application while planting, addressing continuing concerns among producers about rising input costs. ...
    Less Is More For John Deere 1745 MaxEmerge 5 Planter
    Posted On: February 19, 2020
    The planter offers simultaneous planting and fertilizing in a design that works well with older tractors. ...
    Fendt To Bring New Momentum Planter To North American Farmers For 2021 Planting Season
    Posted On: February 3, 2020
    The planter will make its North American debut at the 2020 Commodity Classic show at the end of this month. ...
    Kinze Announces Enhanced 05 Series Of Planters, New 4705 Planter & Second-Gen Mach Till Disks
    Posted On: January 22, 2020
    The Williamsburg, Iowa, equipment company will show off its latest and greatest implements next month at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville. ...
    Great Plains Ag Taking Growers “Back To The Basics” With New 12- & 16-Row PL5700 Planters
    Posted On: August 29, 2019
    Designed for use in 30-inch rows, the company says the new planters will create more opportunities for it to reach the Corn Belt. ...
    Case IH Introduces New Early Riser 2160 Planter Configurations For 2020 Planting Season
    Posted On: July 8, 2019
    Shrinking planting windows make it ever more important to make the most out of every minute spent in the field; the new 60-foot-wide Early Risers are ready to answer the call. ...
    Kinze Announces New 4700 Planter For 2020 Planting Season With Narrow Row Spacing
    Posted On: March 4, 2019
    Available for the 2020 planting season, the new Kinze 4700 is a 36-row, 20-inch model that employs Kinze’s 4000 series cast row unit. ...
    AGCO Releases New White Planters-Branded Toolbars Ready To Customize With Precision Planting Components
    Posted On: November 15, 2018
    The new toolbars are available in a variety of widths and row sizes and accept a variety of components, providing growers the flexibility they need to get the job done right. ...
    Case IH Offers More Details On 2130 Early Riser
    Posted On: August 17, 2018
    The ag equipment company says the upcoming stack-fold planter has been “rebuilt from the ground up” and will be available in five configurations in 2019. ...
    Case IH Unveils 2130 Early Riser Stack-Fold Planter
    Posted On: June 25, 2018
    The newest addition to the company’s 2000 series is faster, more efficient, and delivers better results with specialty crops. ...
    Case IH Trident 5550 Combination Applicator Named ASABE Top Innovative Product
    Posted On: March 2, 2018
    Four Case IH products received 2018 AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), with the Case IH Trident 5550 liquid/dry combination applicator taking home the Davidson Prize. ...
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    Next In Line: Scania Launches Its New Generation Touring Coach
    Posted 10/7/2026
    Scania reveals its next generation of coach to the world – the new Scania Touring. ...
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    John Deere Returns To LAMMA With New Machinery Line-up
    Posted 9/30/2026
    The show will give visitors the chance to experience the cabs of John Deere’s new tractors and foragers and see a key wrapping baler for the UK and Ireland. ...
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    Five-Star Quartet! 4 More Scania Trucks Receive Euro NCAP's Top Rating
    Posted 9/15/2026
    Joining Scania's L-series and P-series trucks, which received Euro NCAP's top rating earlier this year, are a pair of R-series and G-series trucks in 4x2 tractor and 6x2 rigid forms, respectively. ...
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    Steyr Advances Hydrogen-Powered Farming With New HYTRAC Research Project
    Posted 9/15/2026
    TU Wien, Vienna's leading technology university, together with Steyr and other project partners, has launched the HYTRAC hydrogen agriculture research project. ...
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    Volvo CE Upgrades L30 & L35 Compact Wheel Loaders For Greater Versatility & Uptime
    Posted 9/15/2026
    Volvo Construction Equipment is upgrading its L30 and L35 compact wheel loaders with their most significant frame redesign since their introduction in 1998. ...
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    JCB: Built For The Job
    Posted 9/8/2026
    Wotblock precast needed the manoeuvrability of a skid steer, the mobility of a tracked machine, impressive lifting capability and the reach of a telescopic handler, and chose a JCB Teleskid. ...
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    Krone GX: New Generation With Contactless Forced Steering & A New Job Computer
    Posted 9/8/2026
    Krone has further developed its GX general-purpose wagon’s comfort and versatility to meet the growing demands of agricultural transport even more effectively. ...
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    JCB Electric Compact Excavators Report
    Posted 9/4/2026
    Technical Journalist Dane Gilkes assesses the development of the JCB E-TECH range of electric equipment including compact excavators models. ...
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    High-Performance XPower Wheel Loaders From Liebherr At Steinexpo 2026
    Posted 9/2/2026
    At this year’s steinexpo, the international demonstration trade fair for the raw materials and construction materials industry, Liebherr will showcase two high-performance XPower wheel loaders. ...
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    Volvo Construction Equipment Tests First-Ever EC500 Electric Pre-Build Machine In Norway
    Posted 9/1/2026
    The EC500 Electric is a 50-tonne-class electric excavator designed to deliver the same performance as the conventional EC500 while offering flexible electric operation through both grid connection and onboard battery power. ...
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