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DeLaval rolls out new barn robot to help with feed rations

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Scott Garvey

Equipment, Machinery

Autonomous farm machinery drives out into the desert

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Scott Garvey

Crops, Machinery

Weed control from the back of the combine

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Julienne Isaacs

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Crops, Machinery, Markets

Canada’s fuel prices to rise after attack in Saudi Arabia

By Marlo Glass 3 days ago

MarketsFarm — Following an attack on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, consumers can expect a small rise in fuel prices in the days to come. The attacks on Saturday hindered the production of about 5.7 million barrels of oil per day. On Monday morning, crude oil prices were up by about 10 per […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Dutch distributor buys into Manitoba Claas dealerships

By GFM Staff 5 days ago

Corrected, Sept. 17 — A major Dutch farm equipment distributor is buying into the Manitoba equipment business, with a deal for Hepson Equipment and a partnership stake in GenAg. Royal Reesink announced Friday it has bought a controlling stake in Hepson and has a partnership deal in place with the Kehler family, owners of GenAg. […] Read more

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Machinery, Machinery Guide

DeLaval rolls out new barn robot to help with feed rations

OptiDuo Robotic Feed Refresher uses a smart navigation system

By Scott Garvey September 10, 2019

It has been a year of breakthroughs by companies introducing automation in a number of industries. Outside of agriculture, at least two airports have announced they are experimenting with automated snow clearing of runways. Golf course grass-cutting robots have also made an appearance, and the list goes on. There are already several prototype field robots […] Read more

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General, Machinery

CNH to list truck and bus business in break-up

By Giulio Piovaccari September 3, 2019

Milan | Reuters — Industrial vehicle maker CNH Industrial has decided to split in two and list its truck, bus and engine division in an effort to boost asset values and streamline its businesses. The plan comes just six years after CNH Industrial was created when Fiat Industrial — spun off from the Italian carmaker […] Read more

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General, Machinery, Markets

Ag sector growth will take investments in skills, tech now: RBC

By GFM Staff August 28, 2019

One of Canada’s big six banks bets the agriculture sector’s gross domestic product could rise by nearly 60 per cent over the next decade if it were to have enough people, capital and access to new technology where ag lives. A report released by RBC on Tuesday titled “Farmer 4.0” estimates Canadian ag GDP could […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Manitoba Tories pledge to pump up biofuel content

By GFM Staff August 27, 2019

Manitoba’s incumbent Progressive Conservatives have pledged to boost provincial mandates for biofuel content in gasoline and diesel two weeks ahead of a provincial election. The Tories, whom recent polls favour for re-election on Sept. 10, included the pledge Tuesday in a campaign announcement specifically aimed at the province’s farmers. The party noted its biofuel promise […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Telus buys Farm At Hand

By GFM Staff August 18, 2019

Vancouver farm management software development firm Farm At Hand has become an arm of one of the Big Five in Canada’s communication services sector. Farm At Hand, which makes the cloud-based Crop Planner software suite for farmers and the Farm At Hand Agronomy suite for agronomists, announced Tuesday it has been wholly acquired by Telus […] Read more

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Equipment, Machinery

Autonomous farm machinery drives out into the desert

DOT Technology Corp. holds an impressive demo day in Arizona

By Scott Garvey August 15, 2019

It’s obvious that Norbert Beaujot invests a lot of time thinking about the coming transformation of ag machinery, and about how to explain it to the farmers who are going to be at the very centre of the action. Beaujot is founder of DOT Technology Corp. and the inventor of the DOT autonomous power platform, […] Read more

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Crops, Machinery

Weed control from the back of the combine

Prairie manufacturers are offering chaff collectors, and AAFC continues tests with the Harrington Seed Destructor

By Julienne Isaacs August 9, 2019

Mechanical weed control hasn’t been widely adopted in Western Canada but it soon will be, says Trevor Thiessen of Redekop Manufacturing in Saskatoon. “We don’t have the same stress on the resistance issue that other parts of the world are seeing. In Canada, we’re five years behind Australia in terms of thinking about mechanical weed […] Read more

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Machinery, Machinery Guide

Can Am grows the UTV

More power and six-wheel drive boost the newest Defender

By Scott Garvey August 2, 2019

When the announcement from BRP about its latest and biggest Can Am Defender model for 2020 arrived in Country Guide’s inbox, it was just a couple of days ahead of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The images of the new Defender immediately brought to mind the six-wheel drive military truck that made its first major […] Read more

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