Insights and Stories on Machinery

Alberta RCMP to start unclogging major border crossing

Feb. 1, 2022 at 5:29 pm CST

A major supply chain corridor connecting Alberta and the U.S. is expected to be cleared of protestors and reopened to traffic on Tuesday, Alberta RCMP have warned. Protestors in vehicles formed a blockade Saturday on Highway 4 leading to the province’s only 24-hour Canada-U.S. border crossing, at Coutts, Alta., about […]

Year-end profits up for CN, CP despite lower grain handles

Jan. 29, 2022 at 2:38 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Farm cybersecurity campaign seeks farmer input

Jan. 20, 2022 at 7:19 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Vaccine mandate to lead to inflation, empty shelves, trucking executives say

Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:41 pm CST

By Steve Scherer

Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Jan. 17, 2022 at 8:34 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

Jan. 10, 2022 at 1:16 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States. Canada will require all truckers entering from […]

By Steve Scherer

GM to chase rivals with US$105,000 electric Silverado

Jan. 6, 2022 at 7:22 pm CST

Detroit | Reuters — General Motors’ US$35 billion electric vehicle strategy will face its biggest test in 2023 when it launches an electric version of its Chevrolet Silverado pickup with a six-figure price tag, more than a year after rivals Ford and Rivian Automotive. GM CEO Mary Barra on Wednesday […]

By Joseph White

Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:55 pm CST

Detroit | Reuters — Deere and Co. said Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the top North American tractor manufacturer after years of effort to automate farm work. Deere […]

By Joseph White

Electric truck battle heats up between Ford, GM

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:16 pm CST

Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model has already attracted nearly 200,000 reservations ahead of its arrival this spring at U.S. dealers. Ford’s announcement comes a day ahead […]

By Paul Lienert

Manitoba Ag Days postponed on COVID protocols

Dec. 28, 2021 at 1:42 pm CST

The 2022 edition of Manitoba Ag Days will not proceed next month as originally planned. Ag Days’ management team and directors have postponed the event – now to be determined at a later date – originally scheduled for January 18-20, 2022, in Brandon, Man., based on new COVID-19 public health […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff