Insights and Stories on Machinery

White House not ruling out a U.S. carbon tax

Oct. 19, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The White House on Tuesday said it has not ruled out a carbon tax as a possible option for fighting climate change, even though U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a critical holdout in the closely divided Senate, said he was not discussing the topic in talks about […]

No evidence trains sparked Lytton fire, TSB says

Oct. 14, 2021 at 9:49 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Deere’s U.S. workers on strike after rejecting deal

Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Reuters

Canada concerned about supply chain issues, watching ports ‘closely’

Oct. 14, 2021 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Reuters

CNH to temporarily shut several plants in Europe

Oct. 13, 2021 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

Deere’s U.S. workers set to strike as UAW fails to reach deal

Oct. 13, 2021 at 5:41 pm CDT

Reuters — Thousands of Deere and Co. workers were set to go on strike, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labour contract that was agreed on by United Auto Workers negotiators and the tractor maker. Earlier this month, the world’s largest farm equipment maker and the UAW reached an agreement […]

By Reuters

Kubota to buy autosteer maker AgJunction

Oct. 12, 2021 at 8:40 pm CDT

Autosteer and ag equipment guidance system maker AgJunction is poised to sell itself to farm equipment maker Kubota Corp. in a $91 million all-cash deal. Publicly-traded AgJunction, which is registered in Calgary but based at Scottsdale, Ariz., said Thursday its board has unanimously approved Kubota’s 75-cents-per-share proposal and recommended shareholders […]

By Dave Bedard

Cargill, ADM sell GrainBridge to ag software firm Bushel

Oct. 12, 2021 at 3:01 pm CDT

An online service farmers use to manage grain sales with ADM’s elevators and processing plants across Canada — along with Cargill and ADM elevators in the U.S. — is under new ownership. ADM and Cargill, the two major U.S.-based agribusinesses that set up GrainBridge in 2019, announced Tuesday they’ve sold […]

By Dave Bedard

Trimble dealer shores up cross-Canada coverage

Oct. 2, 2021 at 6:47 am CDT

The company handling sales and service for Trimble precision ag technology across most of Canada has reached a deal to handle the rest of it. Vantage Canada announced Friday it has bought the Trimble dealership rights and assets for Ontario from Premier Equipment, a John Deere dealership chain with nine […]

By Dave Bedard

GM says chip situation improving

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

Reuters — Top U.S. automaker General Motors said on Friday the semiconductor chip shortage that has hit production at automakers worldwide was abating, while reporting its first quarterly sales fall in a year. “As we look to the fourth quarter, a steady flow of vehicles held at plants will continue […]

By Reuters