Latest Newsletter

Machinery

Machinery, News

Can-Am releases new side-by-sides

Can-Am has introduced an updated line of Commander off-road, side-by-side machines for 2021.
Posted on
Machinery, News

What’s driving equipment and land costs?

According to Al Mussell, the last census indicated the only category of farms growing in Canada achieved in excess of $1 million in sales. It’s a trend he expects the next census will again highlight, and one he believes will eventually impact how the industry represents itself to the general public.
Posted on
Machinery

Krone baler gets belted build

Krone said the design allows the machine to have three different densities for a single bale.
Posted on

Must Reads

explore

Stories from our other publications

A CNH manufacturing plant at Sorocaba, west of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil. (Photo courtesy CNH Industrial)
Machinery

CNH Industrial bets on strong market to counter worst supply chain situation

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Milan | Reuters – Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial on Friday raised its revenue and free cash flow forecasts for this year, confident an industry cyclical upturn would help it offset a severe impact from supply chain constraints. “It’s the worst supply chain situation I’ve seen in my career,” Chief Executive Scott Wine told analysts. […] Read more
Can-Am has introduced an updated line of Commander off-road, side-by-side machines for 2021.
Machinery, News

Can-Am releases new side-by-sides

Better performance and more hauling and towing capacity promised for 2021 Commanders

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – It’s been 10 years since BRP’s Can-Am brand first introduced its side-by-side Commander models in 2010. Now, the company has given them a major redesign for 2021. BRP claims the revamp not only enhanced the Commanders’ performance but made them more versatile as well. “The 2021 Can-Am Commander is our most versatile […] Read more
File photo of apple picking in a Canadian orchard. (Martinedoucet/E+/Getty Images)
Machinery

New B.C. youth work rules: Heavy lifting, ag chem handling out

New standards also lift province's 'general working age' to 16

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Light farm and yard work” are deemed appropriate for workers at ages 14 and 15 under new employment standards taking effect in British Columbia this fall. The province on Wednesday announced changes to its Employment Standards Act, which have been through the development and consultation stages since 2019, have now been finalized and will take […] Read more
(Romaset/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Machinery

U.S. FTC votes to make ‘right to repair’ a priority

Commission also drops 1995 merger policy

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — The U.S Federal Trade Commission voted Wednesday to make it a priority to address the issue of manufacturers pushing consumers to use licensed dealers to repair items ranging from smartphones to farm equipment, a practice that critics call anti-competitive. The five commissioners, three Democrats and two Republicans, voted unanimously to approve […] Read more
(Mysticenergy/iStock/Getty Images)
Machinery

Exemptions, extensions to be granted for rail crossing upgrades

New amendments would exclude low-risk field-to-field crossings

By
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some farmer-owned field-to-field grade crossings over Canadian rail lines are now expected to be exempted altogether from looming federal requirements for safety upgrades. Proposed amendments to the Grade Crossings Regulations, announced June 18 by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, this week cleared their 30-day public comment period. The amendments are expected to tweak rules which were […] Read more
(Conservis.ag)
Crops, Machinery

Telus, Rabobank ag arms buy into farm data aggregator

Companies join in on deal for Minneapolis-based Conservis

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes The agriculture arms of one of Canada’s major telecoms providers and a major Dutch bank and financial services firm are taking a stake in a tech firm in the business of gathering on-farm data into a single window. Telus Agriculture and Rabo AgriFinance, which is headquartered in St. Louis and serves U.S. farm customers, announced […] Read more
According to Al Mussell, the last census indicated the only category of farms growing in Canada achieved in excess of $1 million in sales. It’s a trend he expects the next census will again highlight, and one he believes will eventually impact how the industry represents itself to the general public.
Machinery, News

What’s driving equipment and land costs?

Low interest rates and good commodity prices, while significant, are not the whole story

By
Reading Time: 5 minutes Low interest rates and good commodity prices are often tied to increases in land and equipment values. While significant, however, they are not the only factors at play.  Systems providing financial securities to different parts of the agriculture sector can have similar impacts on high crop prices. Asset interest from outside the industry, consumer whims, […] Read more
An undated photo from CN’s media gallery shows a locomotive travelling through the Ashcroft, B.C. area. (CN.ca)
Crops, Machinery

CN, CP trains ordered to slow down against fire risk

Ministerial order in effect until Oct. 31

By
Reading Time: 3 minutes A new federal ministerial order calls for Canada’s big two railways to significantly cut their train speeds in any areas deemed to be at an “extreme” fire risk. “With extreme weather events occurring more severely and frequently in Canada due to climate change, it is important to have an adaptive regulatory system that responds to […] Read more
Krone said the design allows the machine to have three different densities for a single bale.
Machinery

Krone baler gets belted build

Bales can be formed under more conditions in the new Krone baler

By
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Chains and slats were standard in round balers decades ago, but most manufacturers shifted to continuous belts. Germany’s Krone held out against that move, citing the reliability of chain systems to form a bale under nearly any forage harvesting conditions and the reliability of the all-metal design. The company will continue to […] Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden tours a manufacturing lab at McHenry County College during a visit to northwest Chicago suburb Crystal Lake on July 7, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
Machinery, Markets

Biden seeks to lift limits on U.S. farmer dealings with tractor makers, packers

Executive order to address corporate 'abuses of power'

By ,
Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden wants to give that country’s farmers more power in negotiating the sale of livestock to big processors and in deciding who repairs their tractors, the White House said on Tuesday. The executive order, expected within days, will also address such competitive issues as delayed airline baggage, cellphone […] Read more

GFM Network News

More GFM Network News

Special Podcast

On Twitter