Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — About 10,000 striking workers at Deere and Co. will vote again on Wednesday to approve or reject a modified contract proposed by the company, as the longest strike in more than three decades forces the world’s largest farm equipment maker to consider other options. Deere has not publicly commented on changes to its […] Read more
Striking Deere workers set for crucial vote
Equipment maker mulling options
Deere’s technology breakthrough
In a major move, John Deere adds market-ready autonomy to its portfolio. Your chance to buy is coming soon
Reading Time: 6 minutes At first, these two big deals seem very similar. In 2017 John Deere spent US$305 million to buy Blue River Technology, a firm that was developing artificial intelligence for agricultural robotics. Then, this past summer, the green brand announced it is bringing another tech firm into the fold, this time spending US$250 million on a […] Read more
Deere considers rejected offer its “best and final” as strike continues
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters – Deere & Co said on Wednesday its latest offer rejected by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is the U.S. tractor maker’s “best and final offer”, adding that it will keep all options open as the workers’ strike continues. Workers at the Illinois-based company continued their three-week-old strike a day after they voted […] Read more
CNH Industrial, Monarch Tractor agree on electrification technologies deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes Milan | Reuters – CNH Industrial said on Wednesday it had entered into an exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement for electrification technologies with Monarch Tractor, a U.S company focused on fully-electric autonomous tractors. The deal marks a further step in efforts by the Italian-American vehicle maker to bolster its agricultural businesses, while preparing to spin-off its […] Read more
Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery
FCL, Whitecap sign agreement to sequester fuel plants' CO2
Reading Time: 2 minutes A major Prairie ethanol and fuel producer is posed to spend just over half a billion dollars on a system to capture and sequester carbon dioxide from its operations in Saskatchewan. Federated Co-operatives announced Thursday it had signed a memo of understanding with Calgary-based ‘clean energy’ company Whitecap Resources, in which the latter company will […] Read more
White House not ruling out a U.S. carbon tax
Option 'not off the table' despite Manchin comment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington | Reuters –– The White House on Tuesday said it has not ruled out a carbon tax as a possible option for fighting climate change, even though U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a critical holdout in the closely divided Senate, said he was not discussing the topic in talks about U.S. spending and infrastructure bills. […] Read more
No evidence trains sparked Lytton fire, TSB says
Transportation Safety Board now stepping out of ongoing fire probe
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s no proof the fire that largely destroyed a British Columbia village, damaged a key rail bridge and led to cuts in rail speed limits in high-risk areas was sparked by train traffic, the federal Transportation Safety Board says. The TSB on Thursday said its investigation, launched in early July, “has not revealed any evidence […] Read more
Deere’s U.S. workers on strike after rejecting deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Thousands of Deere and Co. workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labour contract that was agreed on with the tractor maker. Earlier this month, the world’s largest farm equipment maker and the UAW union reached an agreement after weeks of negotiation […] Read more
Canada concerned about supply chain issues, watching ports ‘closely’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters –– Canada is concerned about the challenges facing global supply chains and is watching the country’s ports very closely, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. Freeland, speaking to reporters in Washington after meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, said she was broadly optimistic about the strength of Canada’s economic recovery […] Read more
CNH to temporarily shut several plants in Europe
Eight-day shutdown due to supply disruptions
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial said Wednesday it will temporarily shut several of its European agricultural, commercial vehicle and powertrain manufacturing facilities due to the disruptions of procurement of components, including semiconductors. The maker of farm machinery, Iveco commercial vehicles, construction equipment and powertrains plans to shut the concerned plants for eight working […] Read more
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