Equipment, Machinery

John Deere builds a new home for rare talent

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Scott Garvey

Equipment, Machinery, Machinery Guide

AGCO adds to its Global Massey Ferguson tractor line

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Scott Garvey

Equipment, Guide Business, Machinery

Taking autonomy into the field

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Scott Garvey

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• Machinery, Machinery Guide

  John Deere revamps its 6M tractor family

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  Why Kubota thinks you’ll buy more of its farm equipment

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  October 31, 2019

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  Smart sprayer knows which herbicide to apply, and when

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  October 11, 2019

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  AGCO picks Fendt as its global brand

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  September 27, 2019

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  DeLaval rolls out new barn robot to help with feed rations

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  Autonomous farm machinery drives out into the desert

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Crops, Machinery, Weather

Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

By GFM Staff 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the federal opposition parties in full favour of carbon pricing is lending its support to calls by farm groups for a carbon tax break for grain drying. Vancouver Island MP Paul Manly, the Green Party’s caucus critic for agriculture, announced the party’s position Monday. “We support the grain producers of Canada in their […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

AGI buys ag business management software muscle

By GFM Staff 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth Industries (AGI) plans to level up on its SureTrack farm management software platform with a deal for another Canadian player in the same business. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Thursday it has bought all outstanding shares in Oakville, Ont.-based Affinity Management Ltd., developer of the Compass brand of farm and agribusiness […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Ag equipment maker Morris in creditor protection

By GFM Staff January 10, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes Downsizing and staff cuts lie ahead for well known Prairie farm equipment maker Morris Industries as the company enters creditor protection due to a “liquidity crisis.” The Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on Wednesday approved the Morris Group’s Jan. 3 application, which stays any proceedings or actions against the company until Jan. 18 at […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

By D.C. Fraser January 9, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government continues to suggest the carbon tax imposed on Prairie farmers is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may not be causing undue harm to the country’s agricultural sector. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks publicly about “special considerations” for farmers, while at the same time openly questioning carbon pricing’s effect on their […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery, Weather

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

By D.C. Fraser January 9, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ottawa — The Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments continue attempts to convince the federal government’s carbon pricing program puts farmers at a disadvantage. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently suggested the carbon pricing system may not be disadvantaging farmers, questioning the impact of carbon pricing on agriculture, but saying she will continue to seek out more […] Read more

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General, Machinery, Reuters

Deere bets on cost cuts, services push to boost profits

By Rajesh Kumar Singh January 8, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Deere and Co. on Wednesday said it will cut costs and ramp up investment in data-driven agriculture technology and its services business to make itself more profitable. In a pitch to investors, CEO John May said the measures are expected to boost operating profit margin to 15 per cent by 2022 […] Read more

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Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Ontario’s broiler egg tracking systems backed for upgrades

By GFM Staff January 5, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Systems used to track broiler hatching egg and chick production in Ontario will get upgrades using federal-provincial cost-shared funding. The federal and Ontario governments on Monday last week announced up to $141,450 through the Place to Grow: Agri-food Innovation Initiative, a Canadian Agricultural Partnership program, for the Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission (OBHECC). […] Read more

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Equipment, Machinery

John Deere builds a new home for rare talent

The green brand is on the lookout for 'unicorns' in high-technology fields, and with farm backgrounds

By Scott Garvey December 20, 2019

Reading Time: 6 minutes In today’s high-technology world, a new startup tech firm with the potential to go really big is often described as a unicorn. That term is also used to describe a software engineer or skilled programmer with exactly the right background and combination of skills to drive a company forward, simply because both of those are […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. won’t levy new tariffs on Brazil, Trump tells Bolsonaro

By Reuters December 20, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump told him in a phone conversation that his administration will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum as threatened earlier this month. “I had a phone conversation a few moments ago with Donald Trump. … He […] Read more

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Livestock, Machinery, Weather

New livestock transport rules include grace period for all sectors

By Dave Bedard December 20, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Enforcement of new federal rules for livestock transport, due to take effect Feb. 20, will focus on handler education and awareness for the first two years — and across all affected livestock species, not just cattle. The now-amended Humane Transportation of Animals regulations are meant to focus on the time frames during which animals are […] Read more

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