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Ottawa lines up with farmers on right-to-repair

Feds to call for owners to be able to repair their own equipment

The federal government says it’s siding with Canadian farmers on the right-to-repair debate. An announcement this week from the federal government called for an adjustment to the Competition Act that would prevent manufacturers from refusing to provide the means of device and product repair in an “anti-competitive manner.” That declaration came in the government’s 2023 […] Read more

VIDEO: Tools to stack and shred bales

VIDEO: Tools to stack and shred bales

Many products were featured on the grounds at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show this year, and if your interest was of the baling variety – in its many shapes and forms – hopefully you took a chance to chat with show exhibitors. If not, here are two pieces of equipment that may be of interest to […] Read more

Yevgen Mykhaylichenko says “No matter where you are, all you need is high- speed internet, clever people, smart students and desire to go further with these systems.”

Ukrainians in Canadian agriculture: Yevgen Mykhaylichenko

This professor lends his technology integration skills to Olds College students

Yevgen Mykhaylichenko is trying to bring more autonomous systems to Canadian agriculture, and he’s using knowledge acquired abroad to do it. Splitting his time between academia and the Ukrainian front line, the Ukrainian professor and Olds College technology integration specialist works with a wide range of digital technologies and hardware. On frequent visits to Ukraine, […] Read more

Derek Molnar of Degelman said the new 7800 rock picker can take the place of two or three of the company’s 7200 models.

Mid-sized rock picker simple but tough

Degelman’s new rock picker designed to reduce the number of rock pickers a farm needs

Glacier FarmMedia – Rocks don’t change. Farmers have been picking and dumping them ever since fields were broken. But farms have changed. Farmers have changed. Farm machinery has changed. That means rock-pickers had to change. “It’s going to pick more rocks with less dump time,” said Derek Molnar of Degelman, the rock-picking giant, about the […] Read more


Screengrab from a CNH promotional video of its Magnum tractor assembly plant at Racine, Wisconsin. (CNH video)

Profits up at agriculture equipment makers

Higher sales and profit margins boost the balance sheets of major agricultural implement makers

As the height of the pandemic fades, COVID-induced problems for the big farm equipment brands are starting to ease. Their sales numbers have seen a post-pandemic jump. Sales of utility and compact utility tractors have declined sharply from an artificial high, which was attributed to acreage owners stuck at home during the pandemic and spending […] Read more

Buhler Industries’ Versatile Nemesis 235 tractor. (Versatile-ag.com)

Buhler books bigger profit as supply chain issues pass

Company now seeking 'long-term investment partner'

The maker of Versatile tractors and Farm King equipment says the supply chain issues that have pressured its quarterly bottom line have begun to clear. Winnipeg-based Buhler Industries on Aug. 14 reported net income of $16.1 million on $67.6 million in revenue for its second quarter ending June 30, up from $1.1 million on $57.8 […] Read more

A Concord Disc Drill HD double-disc opener. (ConcordSeeding.com)

Concord seeding equipment brand to be discontinued

Products and designs to continue, but under Vaderstad banner

A brand of air seeding equipment dating back almost five decades in North Dakota and beyond is poised to disappear in the 2024 model year. Concord — a brand owned since 2021 by an arm of Swedish seeding, planting and tillage equipment firm Väderstad — will no longer be sold under the Concord name, the […] Read more


Aric Wilson of Leading Edge Equipment, left, discusses the Finnish-made, front-mounted Agronic rake during the recent Ontario Forage Expo near Paisley.

European innovators aim for North American rake market

Speed of operation a key selling point for new models

Large fields and gentle terrain are the norm in forage-producing areas of North America, but some European companies aim to have their forage equipment – developed with the typical European farmer in mind – adapted for widespread use on this side of the Atlantic. Two companies in particular hope to promote the time savings their […] Read more

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At Ag in Motion: Seeding equipment gets its closeup

Multiple manufacturers seize opportunity to compare offerings

Ag in Motion’s 2023 edition continued to make equipment demonstrations a central part of its presentation to farmers. Not only can farmers kick the tires on a machine of interest — they can actually see how it performs compared to competitors. That definitely helps inspire confidence when making a buying decision. This year the show […] Read more