Insights and Stories on Machinery

JBS says it paid US$11 million in bitcoin for ransom

Jun. 10, 2021 at 3:58 pm CDT

Reuters — Meatpacker JBS USA paid a ransom equivalent to US$11 million (C$13.3 million) following a cyberattack that disrupted its North American and Australian operations, the company’s CEO said in a statement Wednesday. The subsidiary of Brazilian firm JBS halted cattle slaughtering at all of its U.S. plants and its […]

Feds launch consultations on next ag policy framework

Jun. 7, 2021 at 2:40 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Ransomware attack on JBS halts Canadian, U.S. slaughter

Jun. 1, 2021 at 12:46 pm CDT

By Jeff Mason Tom Polansek

Feather sector’s on-farm upgrade program underway

May. 31, 2021 at 8:39 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

StatsCan shows 2020 farm income up significantly

May. 27, 2021 at 10:22 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

DOT, AutoCart autonomous equipment lines rebranded

May. 21, 2021 at 10:52 pm CDT

U.S. precision agriculture equipment firm Raven Industries has set up a unifying brand for its acquired product lines, including the Canadian-born DOT autonomous field tool system. South Dakota-based Raven on May 12 launched the OMNi brand for its autonomous platform, rebranding DOT as OMNiPower and the AutoCart system as OMNiDrive. […]

By Dave Bedard

Ford wires its electric trucks for business customers

May. 20, 2021 at 12:44 pm CDT

Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co.’s newly revealed electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup doubles down on a bet that the company can beat Tesla and other rivals by giving new technology a familiar face and convincing longtime fleet and business customers that going electric saves money. Ford […]

By Joseph White

Massey’s Protec combo baler brings wrapping on board

May. 7, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

By adding an integrated bale-wrapping unit, Agco’s Massey Ferguson division says its new RB 4160P Protec baler will allow a single operator to produce “hay in a day.” Combining the features found on Massey’s RB Series silage balers with the bale-wrapping unit, producers can harvest and ensile high-moisture forages in […]

By Staff

Cervus expects chip shortages may continue into fall

May. 7, 2021 at 5:12 am CDT

The semiconductor chip shortage plaguing automotive and equipment manufacturers may last into the second and even third quarters of the year, farm equipment retailer Cervus Group says. Calgary-based Cervus — which operates 64 dealerships in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, including 38 devoted mainly to Deere farm equipment — expects […]

By Dave Bedard

Cost index up for CN, down for CP in grain revenue formula

Apr. 29, 2021 at 8:29 pm CDT

Expected labour costs were the major difference in a new ruling on the index that determines how much revenue each of Canada’s big two railways get to keep in the coming crop year from hauling Prairie grain. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Thursday announced its decisions on the volume-related […]

By Dave Bedard