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A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Mexico says will seek deal with Canada if NAFTA talks fail

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s incoming government will pursue a bilateral deal with Canada if talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement falter, Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. After more than a year of talks to modernize the NAFTA trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada, […] Read more
The Port of Churchill in 2015. (CNS file photo by Jade Markus)
Crops, Machinery

Ottawa budgets $117 million to reconnect Churchill

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s latest commitment to restore and maintain rail service from the eastern Prairies up to Hudson Bay will involve $117 million over the next 10 years. Ottawa’s pledge follows the Aug. 31 announcement of a deal for a private/public partnership group to buy the Hudson Bay Railway line, which has been closed since […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets

Trucker shortage troublesome for Prairie cattle industry

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Reading Time: 4 minutes CNS Canada — As large volumes of cattle make their way to western Canadian auction marts this fall, buyers are having problems finding truckers to haul them. Those problems may get worse in the future, as federal regulations for cattle hauling could possibly change. “I would say it’s worse this year than other years so […] Read more
The real surprise in AGCO’s unveiling of the new IDEAL combine was the name it was wearing when it made its North American debut.
Guide Business, Machinery

The new AGCO strategy

The company gets serious about launching FENDT as its high-tech brand in North America

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Reading Time: 6 minutes When I received my invitation from AGCO to attend a media event earlier this summer, I was told there would be a surprise. It was, said the company’s PR agent, to be the unveiling of the new IDEAL combine. Hardly a surprise, I muttered to myself. AGCO had debuted the IDEAL in Germany last November, […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

ADM ramps up ethanol sales in Chicago, irking rivals

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Reading Time: 3 minutes New York/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland has sold unusually high volumes of ethanol into the Chicago market since late last year as export markets dried up, driving down prices in the U.S. Midwest and angering the company’s rivals, according to traders and regulatory data. The Illinois-based global commodities powerhouse, a major ethanol producer, […] Read more
Using an RG 1300 C allows a grower to apply urea while seeding a cover crop into standing corn.
Crops, Machinery

New from old

Adapting old machines to precision ag is possible after all

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Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to reusing, recycling or refashioning, farmers have always been the best. But mention “precision ag” and the feeling is that everything has to be expensive and brand shining new. Seldom does it seem possible to take something that’s already on the farm and rework it into something to use today. What if […] Read more
Industry moves toward allowing producers to share field data.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Practical data

Brands look to break down the barriers that prevent farmers from integrating big data across lines

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Reading Time: 2 minutes When telematics and digital data gathering technologies began appearing as options on major brand equipment a decade or so ago, it was a world full of boundaries — between those digital program offerings, that is. Some brands decided early on to go down the path of proprietary systems. Buy a green tractor, pair it with […] Read more
Grain being loaded on a ship at the Hudson Bay port of Churchill in 2015. Former owner OmniTrax shut down the port facility before the 2016 shipping season began. (CNS Canada photo by Jade Markus)
Crops, Machinery

Grain firms warn of competitive fairness on Churchill assistance

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Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) wants assurances that any government incentives used to upgrade the rail line to Churchill, Man., and the port there are not used to support competing businesses. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the WGEA, said the organization’s membership of major grain-handling companies are concerned their competitors could […] Read more

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