Insights and Stories on Machinery

Don’t let your combine go up in smoke

Jul. 23, 2021 at 10:02 am CDT

Farmers are always thankful for good neighbours who won’t hesitate to help when you’re in trouble. Jason LeBlanc is certainly one. Last September, he had a huge scare when a combine driven by his teenaged daughter, Gracie, caught fire while she was harvesting canola at the family’s farm near Estevan, […]

New B.C. youth work rules: Heavy lifting, ag chem handling out

Jul. 23, 2021 at 3:59 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Lemken Solitair 9+ Duo seed drill

Jul. 22, 2021 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

U.S. FTC votes to make ‘right to repair’ a priority

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

Exemptions, extensions to be granted for rail crossing upgrades

Jul. 21, 2021 at 3:28 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Telus, Rabobank ag arms buy into farm data aggregator

Jul. 19, 2021 at 5:44 pm CDT

The agriculture arms of one of Canada’s major telecoms providers and a major Dutch bank and financial services firm are taking a stake in a tech firm in the business of gathering on-farm data into a single window. Telus Agriculture and Rabo AgriFinance, which is headquartered in St. Louis and […]

By Dave Bedard

Case IH introduces new planter technology

Jul. 14, 2021 at 3:28 pm CDT

Now available for 2000 series Early Riser planters, Case IH ISO Planter Control gives operators the ability to view high-resolution as-applied planting data in real time — all from one integrated display. “We’re increasingly hearing how operators with mixed-brand fleets need the ability to control and adjust their 2000 Early […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

CN, CP trains ordered to slow down against fire risk

Jul. 12, 2021 at 5:15 am CDT

A new federal ministerial order calls for Canada’s big two railways to significantly cut their train speeds in any areas deemed to be at an “extreme” fire risk. “With extreme weather events occurring more severely and frequently in Canada due to climate change, it is important to have an adaptive […]

By Dave Bedard

Biden seeks to lift limits on U.S. farmer dealings with tractor makers, packers

Jul. 7, 2021 at 6:54 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden wants to give that country’s farmers more power in negotiating the sale of livestock to big processors and in deciding who repairs their tractors, the White House said on Tuesday. The executive order, expected within days, will also address such competitive issues […]

By David Shepardson diane-bartz

U.S. court tosses Trump-era rule expanding ethanol sales

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:47 pm CDT

New York | Reuters –– A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a U.S. rule put in place under former president Donald Trump to expand sales of corn-based ethanol, drawing ire from farm and biofuel groups that vowed to work to ensure that such sales continue. The U.S. Court […]

By Stephanie Kelly