Insights and Stories on Machinery

CNH sheds Russian business

Apr. 21, 2023 at 8:46 am CDT

The maker of Case IH and New Holland tractors and combines is selling its business activities in Russia for about US$60 million. CNH Industrial, which employs about 200 people in Russia, announced the divestment in a release Wednesday without naming the buyer. CNH in March last year suspended all shipments […]

Toromont to sell Manitoba Agco, Claas dealer chain

Apr. 17, 2023 at 12:25 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Colorado passes first U.S. right-to-repair legislation for farmers

Apr. 12, 2023 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Bianca Flowers

GM buyouts cut 5,000 jobs, CFO says

Apr. 4, 2023 at 12:38 pm CDT

By Joseph White Nathan Gomes

International farmers may ease Canadian human capital crunch

Apr. 3, 2023 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Manitoba Co-operator staff

CNH to buy Outback Guidance’s parent firm

Mar. 30, 2023 at 10:43 pm CDT

CNH Industrial, parent of the Case IH. New Holland, Steyr and Flexi-Coil farm equipment brands, has signed a cash deal to buy satellite positioning tech firm Hemisphere GNSS, parent of the Outback Guidance aftermarket GPS, precision ag and autosteer business. CNH announced Thursday it will pay $175 million for Hemisphere, […]

By Dave Bedard

Ford hikes electric F-150’s price again to battle high costs

Mar. 30, 2023 at 7:39 pm CDT

Reuters — Ford Motor Co. has raised the base price of its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck again, the automaker’s website showed on Thursday, the latest in a series of price hikes aimed at offsetting high costs. The base variant of Ford’s electric F-150 truck now starts at $59,974, […]

By Reuters

Carbon price exemption for farm gas clears Commons

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:47 am CDT

Legislative amendments that would exempt farmers’ eligible purchases of natural gas and propane from federal carbon pricing are now en route to Canada’s Senate. Bill C-234, a private member’s bill sponsored by Ben Lobb, the Conservative MP for the southern Ontario riding of Huron-Bruce, passed third reading for adoption in […]

By Dave Bedard

CN, mechanics avert strike with tentative deal

Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:33 pm CDT

Canadian National Railway and the union representing its mechanics and intermodal and clerical workers have reached a tentative labour deal, averting a potential strike. CN, Unifor Local 100 and Unifor Council 4000 on Monday announced they have reached four new tentative collective agreements to cover about 3,000 railway employees, who […]

By Dave Bedard

Autonomous fertilizer spreader put to the test

Mar. 17, 2023 at 9:36 am CDT

Anyone who has operated or worked on repairing machinery has from time to time cursed the engineer who came up with an awkward design, or when fighting with a part that is nearly impossible to remove and replace when it fails. But what if one of the major brands knocked […]

By Scott Garvey