Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium is opening its Member Needs Help service to all Canadian manufacturers to help them navigate the U.S./Canada trade crisis.
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EMC unveils Canada/U.S. trade relations service
Non-profit asks manufacturers to pose questions, provide answers
Leon Manufacturing for sale
Yorkton manufacturer's assets for sale as part of receivership process
The company, along with Ram Industries Inc., was placed in receivership June 11 after numerous financial difficulties were reported and the company missed payments to BMO. It owes BMO more than $16.6 million.
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 […] Read more
CNH to temporarily shut several plants in Europe
Eight-day shutdown due to supply disruptions
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 […] Read more
Deere lifts 2021 forecast on solid equipment demand
Reuters — Deere and Co. on Friday raised its full-year earnings forecast after quarterly profit topped Wall Street estimates on the back of strong demand for farm and construction equipment. […] Read more
3D printing grows in popularity
Greater knowledge of the technology’s capabilities and data-mapping process drives use by companies and individuals
The number of uses for 3D printing in the agriculture sector continues to grow as expired process patents, better materials and greater awareness of the technology allow more people to […] Read more
AGI to buy into soil microbe breeding firm
Machinery maker to take minority stake in MyLand
A U.S. company ramping up a system to harvest, reproduce and restore beneficial microbes from a field’s own soils, as a way to restore peak fertility, expects to get backing […] Read more
Alberta ag lender drops rural business loans
AFSC not taking new applications for program
A program offering term loans to small- and medium-sized businesses in rural Alberta is off the provincial ag lending agency’s menu. Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) announced Thursday it […] Read more
Court approves Morris Industries’ sale to Rite Way
Yorkton plant, not included in deal, to close
Seeding equipment manufacturer Morris Industries has been approved for sale to another Saskatchewan manufacturer — minus its Yorkton manufacturing plant, which is not part of the sale and is now […] Read more
Buhler pulls Farm King manufacturing back to Canada
Work to halt at Minnesota plant early next year
Winnipeg farm equipment maker Buhler Industries is relocating its Farm King manufacturing work back to Canada from the U.S. this winter. After consolidating its U.S. manufacturing this summer into one […] Read more
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