International farm equipment maker Agco is aiming to boost its bench strength in the precision agriculture and autonomous ag sectors by buying a Prairie software and hardware company known for […] Read more
Agco buys Manitoba ag autonomy firm JCA
Massey, Fendt maker boosts precision ag capacity
First methane-fuelled tractor hits the market
New Holland releases its alternative-fuel T6.180 Methane Power
Glacier FarmMedia – New Holland has been teasing us with alternative-fuel concept tractors for several years. We’ve seen the blue brand show both hydrogen- and methane-powered machines at prominent events like Agritechnica. […] Read more
MacDon owner Linamar to buy Salford
Linamar to pay $260M for Ontario tillage, fertilizer equipment maker
Canadian industrial equipment and parts maker Linamar, the owner of MacDon Industries, is set to further expand its reach in the ag equipment sector by buying the Salford Group. Guelph-based […] Read more
Salford adds VRT to its Halo high-speed disc line
New model offers on-the-go disc angle adjustability
Glacier FarmMedia – Salford has added a new model to the Halo line of high-speed disc implements it debuted in 2020, the VRT (variable-rate tillage). This tillage tool is capable […] Read more
Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns
Three more poultry outbreaks confirmed in Canada so far this week
Spring planting work could soon start to bring unintended gifts left by wild birds from fields into farmyards, Ontario’s poultry and egg sectors warn, as more cases of avian flu […] Read more
Kinze planter bumps speed limit to 12 m.p.h.
The unit’s seed singulation ability ‘sounds like a machine gun,’ says Kinze representative
Glacier FarmMedia – Kinze’s 3505 True Speed high-speed planter is designed to provide accurate seed depth and singulation at speeds up to 12 m.p.h., which is about two m.p.h. faster […] Read more
Supply chain improvement funds pledged in federal budget
Money also added for support of TFWs, P.E.I. potato sector
The federal government’s release last week of its Emissions Reduction Plan has turned out to be the spoiler for new ag funding in Thursday’s 2022 budget — although more money […] Read more
No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar
Ontario honeywagon maker all sold out
Chicago | Reuters — For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, […] Read more
Farming behind the lines: Hostages of globalization
Imagine — even if it looks unrealistic — that one day Canada will be cut off from the rest of the world. And all import deliveries to the country will […] Read more
CP disputes TSB’s conclusions on fatal grain train crash
Safety board urges automatic parking brakes, 'enhanced' brake testing for conditions
The federal Transportation Safety Board’s report into the fatal derailment of a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) grain train in the Rocky Mountains in 2019 calls for changes to train braking […] Read more
