Insights and Stories on Machinery

Big ag goes headhunting for carbon offsets

Jul. 1, 2021 at 11:51 pm CDT

As Canadian and U.S. carbon markets heat up, big ag companies are throwing their hats into the carbon offset program ring and looking to recruit farmers to produce those offsets. This June, fertilizer giant Nutrien rolled out a plan to expand its pilot carbon program which began last year. With […]

Climate Corp., Claas co-operate on connectivity

Jul. 1, 2021 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Staff

Sale of new fuel-powered cars, light trucks to be banned from 2035

Jun. 29, 2021 at 2:36 pm CDT

By Steve Scherer

Farm workers qualify for Alberta’s ‘critical worker’ benefit

Jun. 23, 2021 at 4:22 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Indigenous-led ag projects get federal funding

Jun. 21, 2021 at 3:23 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

CNH to buy Raven Industries

Jun. 21, 2021 at 2:24 am CDT

The parent company behind Case IH, New Holland, Flexi-Coil and Steyr farm equipment is set to absorb a significant U.S. supplier of precision ag tech to its product lines and others. CNH Industrial on Monday announced a friendly all-cash agreement to buy up all shares in Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based […]

By Dave Bedard

College farms, GFM Discovery Farm to get smarter together

Jun. 17, 2021 at 12:19 pm CDT

A pair of Alberta college farms and Glacier FarmMedia’s Saskatchewan farm are the first to plug into a national network of “smart farms” to improve the ag sector’s smart technology experience. The Olds College Smart Farm will lead the Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network, which will also include Glacier FarmMedia Discovery […]

By Dave Bedard

KUHN Krause Gladiator ST-PRO strip-till row unit

Jun. 17, 2021 at 9:08 am CDT

Kuhn North America recently introduced the new ST-PRO II strip-till row unit with improvements for the KUHN Krause Gladiator. The new ST-PRO II row units offer a simplified method of adjusting coulter alignment. With just 2 bolts, the coulter spindle can be set to one of 3 positions: 1 degree […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Clean ag tech adoption fund open for applications

Jun. 17, 2021 at 4:05 am CDT

A federal program farmers can use to invest in “cleaner” on-farm equipment — including money specifically for more efficient grain dryers — is now taking applications. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced the $165.7 million Agricultural Clean Technology Program is “now open to applicants.” First launched in 2018 […]

By Dave Bedard

AGI to buy into soil microbe breeding firm

Jun. 14, 2021 at 9:15 pm CDT

A U.S. company ramping up a system to harvest, reproduce and restore beneficial microbes from a field’s own soils, as a way to restore peak fertility, expects to get backing soon from a Canadian farm equipment maker. Winnipeg-based Ag Growth International (AGI) said Monday it has signed a conditional letter […]

By Dave Bedard