Insights and Stories on Machinery

U.S. to boost biofuel mandates over next three years

Jun. 22, 2023 at 1:29 pm CDT

Reuters — The Biden administration on Wednesday increased the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must blend into the United States’ fuel mix over the next three years, but the plan has angered the biofuel industry, which says mandates for corn-based ethanol and biodiesel are not high enough. The U.S. […]

Farm groups push for Bill C-234 passage

Jun. 19, 2023 at 6:11 am CDT

By Alexis Stockford

How you buy your next tractor is about to change

Jun. 15, 2023 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Scott Garvey

Bunge deal for Viterra to boost oilseed dominance, renewable diesel potential

Jun. 14, 2023 at 2:26 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Rod Nickel

Degelman buys grain bagging, milling equipment firm Renn

Jun. 8, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

crude oil markets after saudi arabia production cut

Extent of Saudi oil production cut unclear

Jun. 6, 2023 at 1:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — At the OPEC+ meeting Sunday in Vienna, Saudi Arabia announced it will cut its oil production by one million barrels per day (BPD) come July. And while that move was bullish for the markets, by how much remains to be seen, said Phil Flynn of the Price Futures […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Animal care council won’t update livestock transport code of practice

Jun. 5, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

After over four years’ publicly funded work to develop an updated national code of practice for livestock transport for Canada, the National Farm Animal Care Council has called a halt. In an information update dated May 1, NFACC said its board has now decided “no further action will be taken” […]

By Dave Bedard

Corn, soy growers get new Deere stack-fold planter

Jun. 2, 2023 at 4:03 pm CDT

Corn and soy growers now have more options to hitch their tractor to a new John Deere stack-fold planter. Deere on June 1 announced the rollout of a new 1725C CCS (Central Commodity System) 12-row/30 stack-fold planter, along with four 1725C non-CCS planters that include 12-row/30, 12-row 36/38, 12-row 38/40 […]

By Staff

Canada’s combine sales up in April

May. 29, 2023 at 8:28 pm CDT

Retail sales of combines in both Canada and the U.S. showed a marked increase in April this year while the market for sub-compact tractors continues to soften, new data shows. The count for April 2023 from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) puts self-propelled combine sales in Canada at 166, […]

By Dave Bedard

Ford to keep AM radio, CEO says

May. 26, 2023 at 9:52 pm CDT

Ford Motor Co. has gone back on its plan to phase AM radio out of its vehicles. Ford CEO Jim Farley made the announcement Tuesday via Twitter, after company officials said last month that AM would be dropped from new non-commercial vehicles. “After speaking with policy leaders about the importance […]

By Jonah Grignon