Insights and Stories on Machinery

Gasoline, diesel prices set to continue rising

Feb. 16, 2022 at 8:18 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The steady rise in crude oil prices is based on three factors, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service at Lakewood, N.J. One of those factors is the amount of crude oil produced by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting […]

Alberta border blockade expected to disperse Tuesday

Feb. 15, 2022 at 12:48 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Windsor-Detroit trade corridor reopens after police clear protesters

Feb. 14, 2022 at 2:16 pm CST

By Chris Helgren David Morgan Kayla Tarnowski

Farm and agrifood groups press for clear border crossings

Feb. 11, 2022 at 8:29 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to ease border protest disruption

Feb. 10, 2022 at 9:38 pm CST

By Carlos Osorio Ismail Shakil Steve Holland

Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts

Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:20 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Protests in Canada against vaccine mandates have disrupted two key U.S. border crossings, and are snarling hundreds of millions of dollars daily of trade, ranging from cattle to car parts. Demonstrations who at first demanded an end to federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers […]

By Julie Gordon Rod Nickel

Pandemic protestors block Windsor border crossing

Feb. 8, 2022 at 4:35 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — The busiest land crossing between the U.S. and Canada was jammed on Tuesday after Canadian protestors blocked lanes on Monday over their government’s pandemic control measures. While traffic in both directions was initially blocked, U.S.-bound lanes have since reopened, Windsor Police tweeted. Drivers demanding an end […]

By David Ljunggren Ismail Shakil

Prizes put up to develop year-round berry production in Canada

Feb. 8, 2022 at 4:05 pm CST

A philanthropic foundation focused on improving public health now wants to improve diets by finding ways to juice up Canada’s home-grown fruit supplies. The Weston Family Foundation on Tuesday pledged $33 million over six years for what it calls the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a prize challenge pitting ideas against ideas […]

By Dave Bedard

AgriRecovery underway for flood-battered B.C. farms

Feb. 7, 2022 at 8:07 pm CST

The federal and British Columbia governments’ response to last fall’s destructive flooding now includes what’s said to be the biggest farm disaster recovery package in the province’s history. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lana Popham and her federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced cost-shared funding of $228 million for the Canada-B.C. […]

By Dave Bedard

Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

Feb. 4, 2022 at 7:25 pm CST

San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a […]

By Reuters